As George W. Bush’s administration continues its quest to prove that Republican and rightwing governing philosophies can indeed bankrupt the richest nation on earth (yes they can!) Atrios and TPM point out one of the many opportunity costs and suggests we take healthcare costs off the books of these companies we’re bailing out:
if we’re throwing around billions and trillions of dollars we might as well get something good. Instead of writing a big check to the auto companies or loaning them money we could, you know, enroll all their employees in the new national health insurance system.
And before some wingnut starts screeching about “socialism” (without any understanding of the term), tell that to the trillion taxpayer dollars your hero George Bush just gave to his cronies on Wall Street, mm’kay?
