Posted on 12/07/2013 7:15:36 PM PST by pluvmantelo
Former Secretary of State and longtime Republican Colin Powell is calling for a universal health care solution in the U.S. “We are a wealthy enough country with the capacity to make sure that every one of our fellow citizens has access to quality health care,” he said Thursday at a Seattle fundraiser for prostate cancer. “(Let’s show) the rest of the world what our democratic system is all about and how we take care of all of our citizens." The retired four-star general, a prostate cancer survivor, spoke at the Prostate Cancer Survivors Celebration Breakfast, organized by UW Medicine and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center . Powell took the opportunity to share some of his own experiences and to publicly call for a health care solution similar to those in Canada, Japan and other countries that have a universal, single-payer system. In the case of his own cancer diagnosis, he recovered, thanks to what he described as universal health care offered through the U.S. military. “I am not an expert in health care, or Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act, or however you choose to describe it, but I do know this: I have benefited from that kind of universal health care in my 55 years of public life,” Powell said. “And I don’t see why we can’t do what Europe is doing, what Canada is doing, what Korea is doing, what all these other places are doing.”
Colin Powell. LOL! A putz speaks. AHhahaha!
Colin Powell. LOL! A putz speaks. AHhahaha!
He’s a product of affirmative action, an idiot given jobs he had no business being in. He was grade C student in College.
This affirmative-action, equal-opportunity parasite has been under government payroll his whole life. In the military he kissed-up, made generally bad decisions and got promoted. He is a commie. He is a racist and a Clown Prince nobama devotee.
I fell for the hype as well. I’m obviously a slow learner because initially I thought Paul Ryan was okay too.
does he still pretend to be a “Republican”?
I remember some time ago that there were FReepers ready to vote him POTUS.
Yeah, his repeated attacks on the Republican party are more effective that way.
We have for decades had universal health care in the United States. The 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) requires anyone coming to an emergency department to be stabilized and treated, regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay, and even before then physicians and hospitals treated those in need as a social duty. What Obama is doing is wrecking a functional medical system to "guarantee" medical insurance for those willing to subsidize their in most cases wealthier neighbors. There is no logical justification for such a change, except for those who value all expansions of federal government power over our lives.
Heh, good one.
To think I thought Powell was presidential timber.
The token general, so eloquently characterized in the movie, “Mars Attack”, again, opens up his vacuous mind, engages his tongue, and trips on it.
Pure Barbra Streisand from Gen Powell.
I started with nothing, worked my way up with hard work in college and jobs to be able to pay for MY OWN healthcare.
If I can do it, so can the lazy people who spend time playing Nintendo instead of acquiring a useful skill.
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Powell isn’t honest.
Let’s see now....
1. Both Powell and Obama have had white girl friends
Agree, agree. I was going to post this exact comment at the link...but the comments are FB comments, only. I don’t have FB, so I cannot post there. Powell is NO Repub and this outlet needs to realize that.
I say it’s time to end all income/racial/demogrphic differences. What we need is to pass a law where everyone gets a Government backed guaranteed tax free income of say $100,000.00 a year and all food housing, cell phone, internet, schooling, drugs and medical is paid for by the government. Oh and gasoline should be FREE to time ‘Big Oil’ paid their dues!
You can work if you want to, but your first $100,000.00 extra you make will be taxed at 50%. Any money you make over $200,000.00 you will lose dollar for dollar from your guaranteed Government check. Also anything you make over $200,000.00 in total income will be taxed at 90% and you lose your guaranteed Government Check. Also for every $50,000.00 you make over $200,000.00 your tax rate goes up .5% with no cap and no deductions.
We are a rich enough country so why should we be made to work just to make Corporate America richer? Time we even things out! Time everyone gets a share! Time the rich folk and the government pony up the money for stuff we have the RIGHT TO! NO MORE SLAVE WAGES! NO MORE MAKING THE MAN RICH!!!
I sure hope I didn’t need to put a sarcasm tag with that post. ;-)
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