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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Road Walker who wrote (10044)	10/2/2009 9:59:32 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 42652

Well I guess we're coming from a different place. When they talk about the gap widening, they're talking about the difference between rich and poor so that's where I was coming from. The poor in this country are well off, indeed, by any historical standard. The working class has recently faced some setbacks as have all groups due to a near depression. The working class was struggling even before that due to globalization that was made even more conspicuous by the previous fat-union heyday. I expect that the working class is pretty well off on an historical basis, as well, but I don't have a basis to argue that strongly. I think that's what's happening is mostly that life isn't living up to their expectations or their previous heyday, which isn't the same thing as an absolute setback. I grew up in a working class family. No way would we have been able to afford cable TV even if such a thing were available. We didn't have a phone. I have trouble finding those who struggle to pay for cell phones and cable TV deprived. I am reminded of the post from yesterday about what is "inadequately insured" where some folks think you are inadequately insured if you have to make a co-payment or meet a deductible and others think you're inadequately insured if you break your leg and have to pay for it all yourself.