Beck Insults Indian Americans, Indian Schools

In Glenn Beck's latest bigoted rant he accuses Indian schools of not turning out decent doctors and ignores the fact that the country has a burgeoning middle class. (Didn't he watch "Slumdog Millionaire"?)

Beck's argument is not based on any form of logic. India has some of the best schools in the world and that is the reason why Indian graduates are sought out across the globe. A large chunk of the brain power in American graduate schools is Indian, and Indians play a significant role in the medical field in both the United States and Britain.

Beck also says that he does not want "discounted wages" in the United States, but then goes on to attack unions, who fight to give American workers a living wage! Plus, Beck's alleged party, the GOP, are in favor of shipping American jobs abroad and driving down wages here. To paraphrase Ice-T's comment on pimping, trying to find logic in Beck's show is like trying to explain astrophysics to a wino.

I guess Beck seems to be intent on having all non-white Americans hate him, which is really smart, since the country is becoming browner by the minute. But, I guess, he knows his audience ...

http://mediamatters.org/blog/200912100015

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Healthcare Company Dumps Policy Holders To Raise Profits

If there was a story to indicate the problems with the American for-profit healthcare system, this is it. Aetna is planning to dump 600,000 policy holders to make sure the company turns a profit. This story sums up the problem with the American healthcare system. Health insurance companies make money by denying people coverage. You pay them a premium, and they make money by denying or delaying your service. That is the only way they make money.

Insurance companies don't make a product, all they do is provide lousy service. They are blood-sucking middle men, who profit by slowing down service to patients and payments to doctors. Healthcare is a business which simply does not work on the for profit system. The healthcare companies are also following the policies of Corporate America, where companies raise profits by laying off workers.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/04/aetna-forcing-600000-plus_n_380130.html

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