Hi, PumpkinSeed. If this country cannot afford to ensure minimum decent healthcare coverage for all of its citizens, then it could not afford fighting two wars halfway around the planet, cutting taxes to the richest of its citizens, or looking the other way until Wall Street got so used to robbing people it finally robbed itself and collapsed the whole boondoggle. Oh, how about that? -- We couldn't afford any of those things as it turned out.

If the President must plunge us all into debt (once again!) or break a campaign promise (once again!), at least let it be for something that will ultimately benefit all of us rather than for things that benefit only a few or none of us.

Thanks for replying.