>I've also, by the way, lived for a while on welfare, and came from your
>basic white trash roots.

        I too have been poor.  But I heard recently that the term "white trash" is
racist because it assumes that most trash is other colors.
        What's bad about medical assistance ( and welfare) is the way that doctors
used to treat the clients.

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