The Non-Issue that is Still an Issue

The latest poll numbers I've seen show that, in one form or another, somewhere around 80-90% of all Americans want universal healthcare. As someone who has spent significant time without health insurance and has had to fork over hundreds of dollars for routine check-ups, tests and exams, I am one of those 80-90%, although no one has asked my opinion. In fact, I almost voted for Hillary based on her position regarding universal healthcare and her history with the issue. It's something this country wants and needs.

The thing is, with the kind of support this issue seems to have, how is it still an issue? With 80-90% of people saying that universal healthcare is something this country needs, why are there so many elected officials against it? With these numbers, that means even Republican voters are aching for a public healthcare option (or whoever conducted these polls has no idea what "random selection" means).

So why are so many Republicans in Congress against it? Why are they trying so vehemently to kill the plan? Probably because they want free-loading, jobless losers like me to hoist myself up by my boot straps and magically make money appear to pay for my own medical care. That way the government can take taxes out of my income to pay for all of the members of Congress' healthcare. I mean, who am I to think that they should share their sweet medical coverage with the rest of the country. I'm just some unemployed deadbeat who can't find work in the worst economy since the Great Depression. That doesn't mean I shouldn't have to pay for my own insurance. This ain't no sissy-pants socialist democracy like them fags got in Euro-land. This is America. Americans pay for their own shit. Except when they are famous and don't pay for their own funerals. Or are in government and don't pay for their own: homes, cars, construction on homes, flights around the country, taxis, limos, vacations, gold outings, suits, second homes and any other sort of kick back they can get out of lobbyists and corporations or they can expense to the government, which I'm paying for with taxes.

God forbid I might want some medical coverage in return when I lose my job because the same Congressional members "forgot" to regulate the financial world. Boy, what a selfish prick I am.