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We aren’t broke
ecthompsonmd March 6, 2011

From Michael Moore: America is not broke. Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you’ll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash. It’s just that it’s not in your hands. It has been transferred, in the greatest heist in history, from the workers and consumers to the banks and the portfolios of the uber-rich. Today just 400 Americans have more wealth than half of all Americans combined. Let me say

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It is time to put the people first
ecthompsonmd November 1, 2010

Representative John Boehner gave the Republican response to President Obama’s weekly address. Instead of taking some time and laying out the Republican plan, he gave us more of the same. During the Reagan Revolution, the Republicans preached lower taxes and smaller government. They’ve touted this over and over again. Lower taxes and smaller government. This dynamic duo is the answer to all of our problems. Our educational system is failing – lower taxes, smaller government. We seem to be spending more and more on our military – lower taxes, smaller government. The unemployment rate is 9.6% – lower taxes and smaller

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Grab Bag – Thursday evening
ecthompsonmd March 24, 2010

I am not the first (and hopefully not the last) to express my own outrage over the recent violence toward many some members of Congress. The violence has been directed at their offices for the most part. I am deeply saddened by the fact that we cannot have a reasoned and thoughtful discussion in this country without its deteriorating into name-calling, finger-pointing and then violence. We have some significantly serious problems facing us today. The solutions to these problems will require us to change something — our habits, our consumption, our work environment, etc. We have been sitting on our ever-expanding

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Errington C. Thompson, MD

Dr. Thompson is a surgeon, scholar, full-time sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats.

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