And third, do you feel that you have no choice of insurance, and are deprived because your employer steals money from you to pay for your colleague's bypass surgery? Have you never used your sponsored insurance policy to set a child's broken bone, get low cost prescriptions for your heart condition or high cholesterol? Are you willing to forego your insurance and pay for all of your meds and health needs out of your pocket? Are you going to not accept your SS checks out of principle? Does your employer offer a variety of plans that you can enroll in based upon you and your family's needs?

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich