well. Through Nato and other alliances, the biggest boogeyman of the Leftist/Communists, the American Military has been sheilding these declining socialist countries who spent little or nothing on their own defense. They have been allowed to shift the money from defense to health care, by relying on American largess. What is going to happen to them when America can no longer afford to defend them? Linda | 10.21.09 @ 4:33PM Tim Overturf | 10.11.09 @ 7:50PM To Jerry. Thanks for the cogent response. Those that would stand by and criticize what is happening to advance the Health and well being of the American People as a whole should be forced to go without for a couple of years and see what it's like to have a sick family member with no where to turn for hope. Shame on those of you who are being obstructionist and reactionist in the face of a great challenge for all of us to get the system that is badly broken repaired and retooled to work for the betterment of our society. The American dream is pretty shallow if you are sick and not able to enjoy any of the benefits of that dream. Jerry had the sense to put this issue in perspective. Those of us in the trenches that see the results of no care or care that has come too late are painfully aware that the system needs to be changed. Completely changed. Please work to help things rather than to scare