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  • "Social Security is in crisis; it is headed for bankruptcy."
  • "For young people, SS just won’t be there for them when they retire."
  • "The Social Security Trust Fund surplus is just a pile of worthless IOUs for money that the government has collected and already spent; it will renege on them rather than paying them back when due."
  • "Because everything the gov’t administers is inefficient, the gov’t paying for health care would be far less efficient than paying via private health insurance companies. "
  • "Clinton reversed the trend and moved the US budget from big deficits to big surpluses."
  • "It is well established that tax cuts increase government revenue."
  • "Free markets and free trade make everyone better off because they increase GNP and “a rising tide lifts all boats.”

Television

March 29, 2008

U.S. Health Care Gets Boost From Charity

For once, the media turns its spotlight on something real.  This "60 Minutes" segment shows the sad state of U.S. healthcare: for many, it's at a third world standard.  Every time you hear abour those "long waiting lines" in Canada, send people to this:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/28/60minutes/main3889496.shtml

http://www.ramusa.org/

How To Reach RAM:
Remote Area Medical Foundation
1834 Beech Street
Knoxville, TN 37920
865-579-1530

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