I am a military brat raised on the taxpayer's dime. Never let it be said single payer health care doesn't work, its why I am here. I served honorably in the U.S. Army for over 6 years as an infantryman. During that time, I heard more regressive, warmongering, sexist, racist and jingoistic statements than I care to remember. I ignored what the army was really about for far too long. While there were some kind souls in the army, there were far too many who were the opposite (especially the officers!).
My experience in Iraq tore away all my remaining illusions about our government and those who are so willing to support it and its immoral wars and occupations. I was radicalized by what I endured in a land I should have never set foot in. These wars and occupations are inherently immoral. They do not make the vast majority of citizens in this country any safer or richer. In fact,they have the opposite effect. So many innocent lives lost and destroyed and meanwhile its business as usual here in America. Both of these wars are over if WE want it!