Entries Tagged 'Healthcare' ↓
PDA on Lou Dobbs
July 24th, 2008 — Progressive Strategy, Healthcare, War and Peace, The Movement, 2008 Battle, Race, The Dems
Warfare and Healthcare
March 11th, 2008 — Healthcare, Economy, War and Peace
By Norman Solomon, a SpidelBlog contributor.
It’s kind of logical. In a pathological way.
A country that devotes a vast array of resources to killing capabilities will steadily undermine its potential for healing. For social justice. For healthcare as a human right.
Martin Luther King Jr. described the horrific trendline four decades ago: “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”
If a society keeps approaching spiritual death, it’s apt to arrive. Here’s an indicator: Nearly one in six Americans has no health insurance, and tens of millions of others are badly under-insured. Here’s another: The United States, the world’s preeminent warfare state, now spends about $2 billion per day on military pursuits. Continue reading →
