Comments on: WFP Was There: Times Square Health Care Rally

By: Marilyn Schwartz

Marilyn Schwartz — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:06:57 +0000

WE NEED TO ORGANIZE A MARCH ON WASHINGTON AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ONLY HUGH NUMBERS OP PEOPLE FOR SINGLE PAYER WILL GET RESULTS.

By: Betty M Smith

Betty M Smith — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:28:16 +0000

The health care reform MUST have a strong
public option, and it can be done. It can
be passed without Republicans if necessary
and that is what must be done if they won’t
act reasonably. I am actually for Single
Payer, but a strong public option is a step
toward it. That is why reactionaries and
the insurance giants are against it. Imagine, they would really have to “compete” instead of just gouging all they
can.

By: V. Devany

V. Devany — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:21:44 +0000

Happy to march after 9/15; please let me know. My Cobra is almost as much as my monthly rent contribution. We can do better; I know we can. Ted Kennedy had it right; if Congress and Senate have good care, then we can too; it is time!

By: Jen Senko

Jen Senko — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:20:10 +0000

I’m so sorry I couldn’t make it. My cat decided to get ill with Pancreatitus that day. He’s ok now, thankfully!
Is there any way that we could get 1 million people to march in Washington for a public health care option? We need to drown out the very loud, very false, very lied to voices against it. Let’s all write the various organizations to coordinate a huge march!

By: Marilyn Schwartz

Marilyn Schwartz — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:00:17 +0000

I think we should organize a march on Wahington to show our strength, with buses for the disabled like myself. It’s not what they will do it what we will do.

By: dorothy

dorothy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:40:23 +0000

It all comes back to the need for public financing of campaigns. Until the corrupting influence of money is removed from the political system — or at least countered by public financing — we will be fighting an uphill battle, and, like Sisyphus, we’ll be condemned to pushing that damn rock up the hill over and over again.

Money is also the root of the “dysfunctionality” of the state legislature.

How about pushing for public financing for state-wide and federal offices this year!!! Maybe people are disgusted enough to finally take action!

By: Pete Sikora

Pete Sikora — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:03:51 +0000

Something big will pass, because Obama’s presidency and the democratic majority in the House are toast if it doesn’t. The question is: what’s the something?

By: David Steinberg

David Steinberg — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:19:45 +0000

I have serious doubts that meaningful health care reform will be possible despite our best efforts. The health insurance and pharmaceutical industries have a stranglehold on moderate voices in congress through campaign contributions in addition to extreme right wing opposition. The deck is stacked and time is running out, with a midterm election year coming up in which typically, litle can be accomplished. The real problem is to find a way to get at the moneyed interests which oppose this reform. According to a recent news report on “Lehrer”, we rank 23rd out of the 23 wealthiest countries in the world in terms of life expectancy after age 60.We need to make a lot of noise very soon.

By: Milton (Mickey)

Milton (Mickey) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:23:08 +0000

The only compromise I will accept, is one that has teeth in it for reform. It must do away with the donut, it must include all people, it must not discriminate about previous conditions, and it must be available wherever you go and whatever job you have.

By: Maida Rosenstein

Maida Rosenstein — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:43:02 +0000

Local 2110 of the United Auto Workers had a good delegation for the rally.

The timidity of the Democrats over health care and the Employee Free Choice Act should make it clear that we should take advantage of next year’s Senate cmapaign to try to elect someone truly progressive. In the mean time, we should be pressing Congressional Democrats to hang tough on the public option.