[lbo-talk] Challenge for leftists of all stripes

[Curtiss Leung]

Hell, if you had that kind of political support, might as well do all
sorts of interesting things.  Get rid of corporate personhood, tax
wealth
rather than income, nationalize certain industries...not to mention 
prosecuting numerous quasi-religious organizations for abusing their
tax exempt status by meddling in politics--and then seizing their assets
or taxing them as the partisan political organizations that they really 
are.

If you did all that, you'd likely have mucho dinero to implement not
just universal health care, but all sorts of good social programs.  How 
would you implement that?  I have no idea; I'm not an actuary.  But I
figure if you have that much power, you can make capital play an ongoing

*and transparent* social/economic function rather than simply accumulate
and 
concentrate.


> Even red baiters or post-mos who think Hardt is more interesting than
> Lenin.
> I'm betting the socialists of a Marxist bent come up with the best 
> compositions. I promise I'll write and post mine before I read the
other 
> ones (see how optimistic I am?). 


> In 500 words or less tell us how, if you were a US president with a 
> majority in Congress and lots of nationwide governor support, you
would 
> implement a health insurance and health service system that would 
> guarantee basic access to health care for all the people living in the
US.