The 

Christian 

Mormon 

Coalition

Have you ever wondered if Mormons are really Christians? Well, they most certainly are! In fact, the term "Mormon Church" is really a nickname. The true name of the church is: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Having the name of "Jesus Christ" in the name of the church should be sufficient evidence and proof, in and of itself, that Mormons believe in Jesus Christ, and are therefore "Christians"! 

   The term "Mormons" comes from the fact that the members believe that the Book of Mormon is another Testament of Jesus Christ. It is a prophetic history of part of ancient America from around 2000 b.c. to 421 a.d. The other Testament, is, of course, the Holy Bible, and especially, The New Testament. 

     When Martin Luther nailed his 95 thesis on the door of the Chapel in Wittenberg, Germany, in 1517, he was really bringing into question whether the Catholic Church at that time was really Christian. This formally sparked the "Protestant Reformation". 

     Joseph Smith, Jr. organized and formally began the "Mormon Restoration" in 1830. The "Christian Mormon Coalition" is an organization that seeks to more clearly define "Mormon Christianity" and the doctrine of charity which was at the very center and core of the teachings of Jesus Christ. Indeed, Mormons believe, and many "know" by the witness of the Holy Ghost, that Jesus is the Christ, the literal Son of God, born of the Virgin Mary, and who, after being savagely crucified on a cross, died, and rose again on the third day... the first resurrected mortal! 

     One of the goals of this Coalition is to join hands with other Christians and work together to help advance politicians and issues that are consistent with the teachings and example of the life of Jesus Christ. 

     To discover what His real priorities were during his three year ministry, one should prayerfully read and study the New Testament. It is recorded in the Four Gospels that Jesus performed 35 miracles, if one accepts the premise that His feeding the Five Thousand was one miracle. Thirty of His miracles had to do with health: healing the sick, the lame to walk, the blind to see, the possessed to be cleansed, and the dead to return to life. 

     Even feeding the Five Thousand could be construed as being preventative health care, because when people are hungry their immune system renders them vulnerable to illness. (Recall today's Food Stamp Program. Think Fish Stamp Program!)

     Therefore, it is easy to conclude that the number one priority of Jesus Christ during his ministry was charitable health care. And the number one priority of the Christian Mormon Coalition today is also health care. We feel that the best way to answer this important current challenge in America is to work and lobby for the passage of Single-Pay Medicare-For-All . 

     There are around 46 million Americans today who do not have any health insurance. Our country is the only affluent, industrialized nation on this planet that does not provide health insurance for its citizens. This is pathetic and unnecessary. 

     Around 25% of US private health care goes towards the overhead costs of insurance and pharmaceuticals. The present governmental foundation of Medicare has only around a 3% overhead cost. The most logical and easy reasonable solution is to arrange for the option of anyone to buy into Medicare, at least until it is provided universally.  

     O.K., Mitt Romney, and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, let the individual States dole Medicare out, while leaving the option for Americans to keep their private doctors if they so desire to keep paying that extra 22% overhead cost! But the competitive market place will eventually cause a stampede towards the abundant monetary savings inherent in Medicare. 

     Furthermore, Medicare could easily be incrementally provided: just lower the age of qualification ten years at a time. Now, one must be 65 years old to obtain Medicare. Just lower it to 55 years of age, then 45, then 35, 25, 15, and then 5 years of age.! 

     Wait a minute, aren't kids already covered as of last February 2009, thanks to President Obama and the Democrats!

     The bottom line is that any health insurance, public or private, should be not-for-profit insurance. This is the common denominator that was found in a recent world-wide survey of all the major industrialized nations: only the US has for-profit insurance for health care!

     An front-page article in the Wall Street Journal by George Andersen revealed the obscene profits made by just one CEO here in the U.S. (I discovered this in one of Thom Hartmann's Audio Discs: #2.8, which I enthusiastically recommend.) CEO William Mcguire of United Health Group, Inc., the second largest health insurance provider in the country, makes $8 million a year plus the use of the corporate jet. He has acquired one of the largest stock option fortunes of all time: $1.6 billion! And he's not discovering drugs or treating patients, just serving as a middle man to handle the paper-work for for-profit health insurance! The company recorded a $900 million profit in just three months, and has a value of $1.2 billion, besides the $1.8 billion for the CEO. These two combined total $3 billion. This alone could provide health care for how many millions of Americans? Yes, the money for Universal Medicare is potentially available, but we must eliminate for-profit health insurance, first! 

     Here's another way to acquire more funding: just raise the top tax rate to what it was from 1935 to 1980... from 94% to 70% with a 3.2 million dollar "margin". (Inflation since 1980 has been 250%, and since 3.2 million x 2.5 equals 8, the adjusted "margin" in 2009 could justly be 3.2 to 8 million dollars.) In other words, millionaires and billionaires could be taxed 90% of that amount earned over 3.2 to 8 million dollars a year, and taxed like everyone else on that amount earned less than 3.2 to 8 million dollars a year!  (90% is the rate that I am lobbying for. It can always be lowered after we install Universal Healthcare, fix Social Security, balance our books and win our wars. The higher the rate, the faster we solve our problems.)

     Fellow citizens, there is plenty of money out there to solve all of our nation's economic problems, it just has to be justly and wisely collected! So, rally forth and join the Christian Mormon Coalition! Together, as a team, we can successfully lobby to establish Universal Healthcare here in America. 

    Realize also, that all religious faiths are welcome: Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Agnostics, and even kind Atheists, et al! 

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      Thank you for your interest and time. And God bless the Middle Class more... for a change!