AFSCME’s GOP First Aid Kit
March 18, 2010
The GOP first aid kit.AFSCME today began distributing hundreds of first aid kits for protection against the deadly virus of opposition to health care reform being spread by the GOP and their allies.
“The American people shouldn’t believe the insurance industry or the Republican party when they try to hide their opposition to meaningful health care reform,” said AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee. “The only people in America who oppose health care reform are the people in the pockets of insurance company CEOs making a fortune off of the American people.”
While the American public is demanding affordable health care for all and an end to insurance industry abuses, Republicans have focused on helping the insurance company CEOs.
“It’s time to rein in the abuses and to control skyrocketing costs. It’s time for an up-or-down congressional vote,” said McEntee. 
The contents of the first aid kit include hand sanitizer for protection when handling the millions of dollars the GOP has received from the insurance industry, an affordability thermometer to measure the 66% of Americans who want more affordable coverage, and the Glenn Beck tongue depressor — because Americans deserve to hear the facts about insurance company abuses, not demagoguery and fake indignation.
AFSCME is asking members to call Congress today and urge their representatives to finish reform right, to take a stand for working families, and to vote YES on health care reform.
