| Believe it or not, Rush Limbaugh said this week | | | | thing is that these individuals are trying to spread |
| that he will move to Costa Rica if the health care | | | | an irrational fear of health care reform, which in |
| reform bill is passed. What is so great and ironic | | | | reality most of them don't even believe in-by |
| about this is that Costa Rica has a "socialized" | | | | witness of their own words. |
| single-payer system. In fact, about 9 to 10% of | | | | Costa Rica, Canada, and every other industrialized |
| your salary goes directly into the government | | | | nation in the world realize something that in the |
| hospital system. | | | | U.S. seems still hard to understand for some |
| I think what Limbaugh is inadvertently showing is | | | | reason-every human being should have the right |
| that there is actually nothing to fear with this new | | | | to health care. Are the Costa Rican or Canadian |
| health care bill. After all, Costa Rica still seems to | | | | systems perfect? Of course not; however, they |
| be a "good" country in Rush's book even though | | | | are a much greater step in the right direction |
| they have been plagued by the "disease" of | | | | from the United States health care mess, which is |
| socialized care. Something similar happened earlier | | | | entirely based on profit. The United States will not |
| this year when Rush raved about how great the | | | | be "destroyed" by this new health care bill; in fact, |
| health care system was in Hawaii when he had a | | | | it will be greatly strengthened. The people who |
| heart attack, only to have to later swallow his | | | | try to spread this fear should be ashamed; |
| words as he realized that they have a very much | | | | because they know that the fear it is not based |
| government subsidized system in Hawaii. This also | | | | on truth-they just hope the general public is gullible |
| happened recently when Sarah Palin had a gaff by | | | | enough to drink it up. I hope for the health of our |
| happily stating that when she was young, she and | | | | nation that we learn to not be controlled and |
| her family would cross the border to get health | | | | manipulated by this fear which profits the few |
| care in the Canadian socialized system. The funny | | | | and hurts the general public. |