mmonk
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Tue Mar-02-10 12:44 PM
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We burned draft cards and changed America, |
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Why can't we burn insurance cards?
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Tue Mar-02-10 12:51 PM
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1. Better yet... why can't we burn our pink slips? |
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Tue Mar-02-10 01:10 PM
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7. Better yet, displaced workers should take over the |
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Tue Mar-02-10 01:12 PM
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where are they going to get the money to run the factories -- pay the utilities, purchase raw materials, pay employees?
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Tue Mar-02-10 01:33 PM
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13. Worker Control Solution |
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Tue Mar-02-10 12:56 PM
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Tue Mar-02-10 12:56 PM
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3. You can - just don't expect to get free health care or insurance aid |
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Tue Mar-02-10 12:56 PM
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Burning draft cards demonstrated a willingness to break the law. What does burning insurance cards represent? It's not illegal and it doesn't hurt anyone but yourself.
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Tue Mar-02-10 12:57 PM
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5. we burned our draft cards because we didn't want to be drafted |
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are we supposed to burn our insurance cards because we don't want insurance?
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Tue Mar-02-10 01:09 PM
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6. Are you saying if you burn your card, your coverage drops? |
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Tue Mar-02-10 01:10 PM
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8. I'm saying that there was a connect between burning our cards and what we wanted |
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Not sure I see that in the action of burning an insurance card.
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Tue Mar-02-10 01:13 PM
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11. It's called symbolic protest. Burn them on the steps of Capital Hill. |
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All you have to do is keep a copy on file. Do it just to tell them to go to hell.
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Tue Mar-02-10 01:12 PM
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...I liked the women burning bras even more.
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Tue Mar-02-10 01:22 PM
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12. Some of y'all were over there fragging your commanding officers |
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That had as much to do with changing America as any burning of cards.
I'll leave it to the reader what to infer from that.
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