History suggests that attempts to privatize Medicare by relying on private companies to offer Medicare benefits in rural America simply will not work. |
Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any political agenda. |
Medicare provided guaranteed equal coverage, something that the private sector could not. |
I believe that if corporate America expects consumer confidence to be restored, they must first be honest with us. |
Sending our young men and women into battle is perhaps the most serious course of action a Nation can undertake. |
Even President Bush has cited the need to outlaw the practice of corporations making loans to their officers. Strangely enough, when the President was a corporate officer, he took out several loans from the company. |
Medicare debates in Congress should result in better Medicare benefits for all our nation's seniors. We're not asking for special treatment for rural America, just a fair deal. |
Rather than squander the surplus on tax breaks for the rich, we should add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, shore up Social Security, fortify our defense, provide a quality public education and offer economic assistance to rural areas. |
If you talk to the Whites in Mississippi they will tell you, 'You can go to any school you want to; we don't see race.' Biggest lie ever told. |