//------------------------------// // On Air (22) // Story: Gale Watch // by Grainne Ni Bhroin //------------------------------// “Good evening everyone, you're listening to Vox Radio with DJ Hurricane, broadcasting from a brand new secret location. Can’t keep us off the air that easily coppers. It’s coming up on 19:00 and if you’ve been listening to us for long you’ll know I usually find some topic to complain about around this time and tonight’s no different.” There was the thunk of a glass on a table followed by the sound of liquid being poured into it. “That’s right folks, it’s a whiskey night so settle in.” “Tonight we’re going to be talking about healthcare. Now, back before the sundown Equestria had this thing called universal healthcare, that means that everyone’s medical costs were paid for out of the national budget and that no one got denied care because they couldn’t afford it. After the sundown though the whole system was privatized to ‘save costs’ under Medicart and they’ve been jacking up the prices ever since. A bottle of pills that would have been free before the Sundown now costs me 500 bits and still only costs them 2 bits to make. Trust me I looked it up. And I swear I’m not just salty because I got my refills today.” “The whole system was deliberately restructured to funnel wealth to the rich and drain the pockets of the rest of us. And if someone should die because they can’t afford it or they shut down a clinic that wasn’t profitable enough, then that’s just ‘unfortunate’. Well murder is what I call it. Anyway, let’s get the next set started. You all know I don’t smoke but a lot of you do so here’s ‘Give the Anarchist a Cigarette’.”  Gale Force walked out of the ‘recording studio’, a bottle of whiskey held in one wing and a glass in the other. “Yes Haki I did take my meds today I was just talking about it on air. Ah, you were listening.” He sighed, rolled his eyes and took another drink from the glass. “No Haki, it was just water. No Haki, I'm not lying. Because it’s part of the act, I’m fine. I promise. I love you too Haki, miss you.”