We cannot call ours a just society if we do not guarantee every man, woman and child a basic level of care—preventative, curative, ameliorative and palliative—for their bodies and minds.
I do not understand those who would deny to others the health care that they themselves enjoy.
Underneath all the reasons have given for opposing universal coverage and a public option, there seems a basic principle: some people's lives, health, livelihoods and happiness are just less important than others'.
There is a blindness out there to the suffering of others. For anyone following any spiritual path, this is antithetical to the path of righteousness.
When I hear my conservative Christian friends rail against universal coverage and the public option, I remind them what Jesus said in the Gospel of Matthew:
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
“The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’"
Just as people are to be judged by the manner in which they treat the poor and downtrodden, so are societies.
Will we as Americans take it upon ourselves to provide for the least among us? Or will we, callously and selfishly, allow our brothers and sisters to slip through the cracks for the benefit of the affluent?
I pray we come to our senses.
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With metta,
d.s.
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my grandparents framed me 2 days ago and are trying to have me put in prison for the rest of my life with the three strikes law
my grandfather hit me in the head with a cordless phone and I took it from him while grabbing his arms to stop him from hitting me which then because he is old and feeble he lost his balance while flailing and trying to hit me more and because I had a hold of his arms while trying to stop him from hitting me anymore I greatly cushioned his fall anyway then my grandmother started trying to hit me with her cordless phone and I had to let go of one of his arms to take the phone from her and she sat down in a chair... perhaps he has dementia and the local mental health which i have been telling them about the verbal and mental abuse from him for the last 12 months ... whatever I need help dealing with this idiot government and society... remember when I told you people need to live in the real world and develop community skills not play games that don't build community skills... and now the only advocate i have seen for the reality which internet communications can enable is being framed because this bastard will get away with having murderd all life on earth and blame me and the kids for not being smart enough to fix it when they controlled the education system to create stupid factory workers for the last 200 years...
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