We are not going to get the health care legislation we want.  Everybody knows that, right?

And here is why:

KPOJ Morning Show discussion about health care and public financing (9 minutes).

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By the way, Thom Hartmann mentions a $10 check off box on your tax return as the means for instituting an effective, voluntary public financing system. I want to add that the current $3 check off box defaults to “no” if the taxpayer does not check either the “yes” or “no” boxes. This should be changed to a “yes” default since most people do not bother to check it at all and many are misinformed that it will increase their tax liability (which it does not and will not).

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