Here's Tim Graham's story from Newsbusters:
Poor Mikey. He'll have to drown his tears in all that capitalist money he's made over the years. SNIFF!!Michael Moore Filled With 'Despair' Over ObamaCare, a 'Victory for Capitalism
Appearing on the radical-left public radio network Pacifica on Tuesday to promote his DVD of Capitalism: A Love Story, filmmaker Michael Moore called the passage of ObamaCare a victory...for capitalism [1]:
Well, I mean, to me, it all comes back to this issue of an economic system that is truly evil. And the healthcare bill that was passed ultimately will be seen as a victory for capitalism, because it protected the capitalist model of providing healthcare for people. In other words, we’re not to help people unless there’s money to be made from it. That is so patently disgusting and immoral, but that’s the system. That’s where we live.Moore wanted the leftists to get right back to pushing a "single payer" option that outlaws insurance companies:
There’s nothing to be proud of with this bill being passed, other than maybe a temporary satisfaction of watching Republicans -- you know, watching their spray-on tan fall off out of utter -- through utter anger.Moore doesn't feel that Obama is authentically leftist. He's a sellout:
I don’t think he really cared about a public option. I don’t think he really believes in true universal healthcare that’s managed by we the people. He was the number one recipient of health industry money in the Senate and when he was running for president, so I’m not surprised that he had very little interest in doing any of that.
So, I mean, Obama, right now, he’s our -- you know, he’s the guy that isn’t the last eight years of Bush and Cheney. Boy, there’s a rousing endorsement for him. I mean, I’m sorry, I’m just so -- I feel so disillusioned. And I sit here on this camera here, and I’m thinking, you know, I’ll try and sound upbeat and positive and optimistic and all this, because people are filled with such despair right now. But I’m sorry, I, too, am filled with that despair.
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"Poor Mikey. He'll have to drown his tears in all that capitalist money he's made over the years. SNIFF!! "
To imply that Michael's comments carry no weight because he is rich is just wrong. This bill, even though it was a step in the right direction, is a win for capitalism; However, the despair we feel arises not from the belief that capitalism is evil per se but from the fact that capitalism should have no place in our health care system. An investor should not be paid dividends based on how many people were denied care in any given month. Obamacare succeeded in certain aspects yet failed miserably in others;for instance, Obamacare forces companies to provide care for all citizens regardless of preexisting conditions yet at the same time is providing the companies who have abused these same people so badly with thirty-two million new customers. This is tantamount to punching one's child in the face for taking a cookie from the cookie jar and then giving the child ten cookies as consolation. So capitalism in and of itself is not evil, a capitalist health care system is however. I am happy that now I can get affordable health care but cringe at the thought of giving my money to a company that just before the bill was signed would have told me to roll over and die.
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