sophistic. Please be careful out there! We’ll still be here when you can type safely. Honest.

Thanks Adie. And Katymine, how are things for you up on the Oregon coast (about 250 miles north of me)?

Few mention this, but the American healthcare system is something of a mistake. It blossomed out of a World War II tax reform meant to guard against corporate war profiteering. Liberals, with their usual combination of good intentions and inadequate foresight, imposed massive marginal tax rates on corporations, effectively freezing their profits at prewar levels.

Sigh.
But the point of the piece is that universal healthcare is on the table, and a lot of folks from every side are ready to hammer something out. He puts California in the forefront and while slamming the self-serving approaches proposed by the insurance industry, lauds them for being willing to work on something.

What’s important, though, is that for the first time since the early years of the Clinton administration, these arguments are being made, and employers, insurers, politicians and, most crucially, voters are making their way back to the table.

Thanks Adie… I will check it out.

Goodie!
One little hint about how wonderful the rag is:
I still keep my subscription, even tho we’ve got broadband now(!)

My parents who are lifelong Democrats have been the victim of the traditional media spin because their access to the internet is limited(dial up)…

Katymine, I used to be in the same situation, & it was driving me nuts. Long before we got speedy-toobes & I discovered FDL, THIS saved was was left of my sanity. Maybe your parents would like it too. It brings you exact reprints of all the major favorites weekly, year-round, and even sports a double-page spread of delectable political cartoons in every issue. (They have a website for ordering, but you can only get the issues via snail-mail.);->

http://liberalopinion.com/