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I guess I need to comment on the healthcare bill. There's seems to be a split on the left with MoveOn, Chris Bowers, Daily Kos (Markos anyway. Not sure about the others on the Kos FrontPage...McJoan is okay with reproductive rights curtailment..?) and others wanting to just pass the damn bill. Firedoglake, David Sirota and Norman Solomon have come out against the bill.
I'm going to have to go with the Kill the Bill crowd. I can't get over those mandates. You will have to buy insurance or face a fine with IRS enforcement. This is much worse than just a fine. If you miss a hearing on your "fine", then a judge can order an arrest warrant for you. Yes, I've learned this from experience. I believe this was a 16 year old rent bill that wasn't worth more than 200 bucks. Try using that math with hospital bills that can hit 10 grand with just one emergency visit. Try imagining what kinds of people will be hit hardest with this kind of enforcement: poor blacks and lower class whites in all probability of which I am one of the former.
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