Working in the media for almost 30 years means that I have a lot of good leftist friends. Now that we all keep in touch on Facebook, I end up with a pretty lively page sometimes. We rarely find common ground politically, but when we do, it’s a wonderful thing. I think we’ve made a connection on the “healthcare” issue.
After the bill passed in the House the other night I decided I had had enough and after bantering back and forth for a while on the issue, I decided to agree with them. This bill is a great idea! I told them I would dump by health insurance in the morning (tired of those $500.00 per month payments for my wife and me) and I would look forward to them paying my bill. My post went something like this:
I’m going to dump my health insurance tomorrow and see if my liberal Democrat friends will chip in and foot the bill. Thanks. This is a great idea you cooked up. Where can I pick up the cash? I’ll meet you where ever you’d like. Thanks again!
I didn’t get much of a response from my liberal Democrat friends, so I figured I’d continue the idea that they cooked up in the House, Senate and White House. I explained that I was having trouble with my car and besides, it’s low on gas right now so, I said:
If I need to take a cab, will you pick up the bill for that too? Nancy Pelosi says healthcare is a right, shouldn’t transportation be a right too? Besides, I’m going to pick up the healthcare cash that you promised and said you believed in. The cab fare shouldn’t be more than 30 bucks or so. Thanks. See ya!
Dang, my liberal Democrat friends still didn’t answer. I have a lot of them too. I can’t believe they were ignoring me in my time of need. Maybe they weren’t on Facebook anymore or their computers had broken down. But all at the same time? That seemed odd. About this time I was feeling hungry, so I thought I’d check back to see if they were there yet:
Hey, when I take the cab to pick up my health insurance cash from you, I’m gonna need to get a bite to eat. Probably just lunch at Applebee’s or something. Maybe twelve bucks is all. Food should be a right, shouldn’t it? Thanks. See ya around 1 p.m.
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I was shocked that I still heard nothing. I know these are all really good people who care about those of us without insurance. They said so. They told me over and over that they wanted to help the 31 million, or 41, or 51 million Americans without insurance. Now, I was one of those 61 million and I needed their help. Maybe they were just offline. But then, I thought I would give them another chance:
Hello my liberal Democrat friends! I’m just a little behind on my upside-down house payment. Housing should be a right, right?. While we’re at it, can I pick up a little something to take care of the mortgage. $2,100 should take care of it. Thanks again. See ya at 2 p.m.!
Hummmmm. Now this was getting really strange because these people really like to talk to me a lot on FB and now they are long gone. I hope they’re all okay. I’m one of 71 million people out there without insurance, who don’t have a car and are hungry and behind on house payments. Pretty soon my internet will be cut off and how will they hear my pleas for help? Hello? Liberal Democrat friends, this was all your idea…
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