Hillbilly Report
Glendale, Kentucky
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July 26, 2007
When Senator Sherrod Brown was
running for a seat in the House of Representatives over 10 years ago, he saw
something wrong with this. He pledged not to accept his free government health
care until everyone in the United States had the same luxury. (He's still
waiting.)
Brown reasoned that politicians should have the same privileges as those
they represent. I know a lot of the Democrats running for President understand
this principle. Monday night during their YouTube debate, Hillary Clinton, John
Edwards, Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich, Barack Obama, and Bill Richardson all
pledged to work for the minimum wage should they be elected president -- to show
that they're in touch with the plight of everyday Americans, and to make sure
they are personally invested in making sure the minimum wage in this country is
a livable one. Good for them.
Now, candidates, how about giving up your health care too? If elected
president, you and your family will be entitled to free government health care,
courtesy of the fine doctors at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda,
Maryland. But nearly 50 million of your constituents will go without any medical
care at all -- and 18,000 of them will die during your first year in office
simply because they lack health insurance. As the head of the government, how
can you take advantage of its health care services, but deny it to so many
citizens?
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