Other Public Option Options We'd Like To Have

By The Beachwood Public Affairs Desk

While we certainly want to see a public option make its way back into health care reform legislation, we don't want to see the public option movement stop there.

* The Parking Meter Public Option. For those who don't want to pay a private company to park on public streets.

* The Aldermanic Public Option. For those who don't want to pay a privately funded and controlled local representative.

* The Congressional Public Option. For those who don't want to pay privately funded and controlled national representatives.

* The Publix Option. For those tired of Dominick's and Jewel.

* The Pub Public Option. Federal subsidies to those who like beer.

* The Pro Publica Option. Letting these people cover your local news instead of the jerkoffs you have now.

* The Public Sports Franchise Option. As long as we're paying for the stadiums and arenas . . .

* The Public Education Option. Expanding the nation's network of successful suburban public schools into our cities.

* The Public Interest Option. For those who believe that not everything is a commodity.

* The Public Utility Option. To put cost and quality pressures on our major utilities, customers would have the option of signing up with gas, electric, telephone and cable-TV companies regulated by the government in order to compete with the crappy utilities that seem to regulate themselves.

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Your suggestions welcome.

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