universal healthcare

[Thecla]

I too want our tax money to help the poor.

Actually, I was under the impression that you were opposed to this --- isn't it up to the individual to help themselves and not depend on the government? (No matter if they're from some wealthy politically connected Texas family, get handed an Ivy league education on a platter, screw up utterly every single thing they touch, and still get invited to the Dallas Cowboys owners box for the NFL playoff; or they're some poor black kid from the inner city who graduates from high school against all odds, does everything right, and still gets laid off from McDonalds.)