Comments on: Update III: Obama's Route To Economic Revival (A Stake Through The Heart Of The Economy)

By: Bob Schaefer

Bob Schaefer — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:47:10 +0000

“A straitjacket is where this man and his followers belong.”

Anyone care to wager on who has the better handle on reality?

“While the Senate continues to struggle over its approach to health care reform, House Democratic leaders have unveiled a bill that would go a long way toward solving the nation’s health insurance problems without driving up the deficit.” (NY Times Editorial Writer)

“I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think I could win.” (Tom Watson, current leader of the British Open)

By: M. B. Moon

M. B. Moon — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:17:16 +0000

“By any measure Bush is a hard core leftist.” Roger

Why should the very rich be anything but leftists or fascists? You don’t think they got that way without direct or indirect government privilege, do you?

Government backed fractional reserve banking, for instance, is an effective and subtle way to loot the poor for the sake of the rich.

Thanks, Roger for the softball.
outta of the park!

By: Roger Chaillet

Roger Chaillet — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:24:39 +0000

Ilana forgot that it was Governor Bush who restored state provided health care benefits to legal immigrants.

He was praised for this by Raul Yzaguirre, recently retired head of La Raza.

By any measure Bush is a hard core leftist.

By: Robert Glisson

Robert Glisson — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:31:19 +0000

“The result would be near-universal coverage at a surprisingly manageable cost to the federal government.”
That reporter must have lottery tickets for the ‘Brooklyn Bridge raffle’ on hand too.
When I was in the military, one of the men I worked with had a saying. “Remember that we are trusting our lives to a piece of equipment built by the lowest bidder.” Nothing has changed.

By: John Danforth

John Danforth — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:24:35 +0000

According to one neocon radio host, the plan will also sunset all individual policies by prohibiting any new ones from being written. Thus forcing everyone to use the government option eventually. This will protect the quasi-governmental carriers from competition.

The corrupt carriers that already administer the fascist Medicare program (BCBS) are largely behind this and have been bribing, err, lobbying for years to get something like this pushed through. There’s a lot in it for them. Free money forever and not a little power.

By: Barbara Grant

Barbara Grant — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:37:37 +0000

If the government desires to kill small businesses, this is the way to do it.

By: M. B. Moon

M. B. Moon — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:36:46 +0000

“A beastly bureaucratic feeding frenzy cannot awaken the slumbering beauty that is the private economy.” Ilana

Alright, Ilana.
You finally forced it out of me:

Brilliant!

By: Jack E

Jack E — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:37:52 +0000

“It will “require virtually all Americans to carry health insurance or pay a penalty”

Does anybody know how that is to be enforced? Will we have to provide our policy number when we file our income taxes like we do when we renew our auto tags? Or will they expect doctors and hospitals to report you if you seek treatment without insurance?

By: Roy Bleckert

Roy Bleckert — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:27:55 +0000

I am glad you have and continue to point out to all the G W Bush followers, all the goof ball policies Bush promoted during his 8 years, and may i also add Bush supporting Kennedy and McCain on S 2611
The Bush-Kennedy-McCain Senate Amnesty/Immigration Acceleration Bill, although it died in 2007, i wonder when original sponsors Specter, McCain, Graham and Kennedy will bring this back up.

One good thing about Barry getting elected is that now at least some of the Bush loyalists are starting to acknowledge some off the socialist policies Bush advocated .

On health care, will someone please show me in the constitution where congress or the prez. have any authority to force anyone to provide or pay for yours, mine or any one else’s health care, and if they have no constitutional roll to play in health care, why are they even wasting tax dollars discussing it!

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:22:16 +0000

As a Fed employee on government health care, I recently got $ 5000 of colonoscopy – for something like $ 150 out of pocket – for the 1 in 1000 or so chance of spotting colon cancer. Had I instead just had a catastophic insurance that kicks in at $ 5000, I doubt I would have placed that much money on the roulette table and gone through the trouble with no other intestinal symptoms. Just an example of the type of bad spending that will further propagate when no one has any financial responsibility. John Stossel writes extensively on this obvious BAD use of the “health care” system – as well as the usual “coverage mandates” such as fertility treatments, viagras, and other necessities of life. We are heading over the finacial cliff – FULL STEAM AHEAD!