What is in the water in the White House? I really didn't think I could be surprised anymore by the economic illiteracy of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, but I stand corrected.
Good news: The White House is downplaying the public option as part of it's health care reform.
Bad news: The White House is targeting insurance companies as the crux of this reform.
They say they're going to start to focus on "choice and competition." They contend that this will be accomplished by forbidding the "bad ol'" corporations from being able to choose who and who they will not (or cannot) insure.
First of all, I am sure everyone is insurable already...for a price. The problem is not everyone, particularly those with preexisting conditions will be able to afford it out of pocket. Tough choices will have to be made such as one's health or one's assets. This means one in terrible health may have to sell one's assets to become healthy.
But not in Obama-nation. You'll get to keep your assets and the President will force companies to insure you at low cost no matter how expensive it will be for them to provide you with care. It doesn't take a genius to figure out what will happen, insurance companies will go bankrupt. So much for "competition."
Will President Obama really let all those corporate fat cats go bankrupt? Of course not. He'll simply force ALL OF US to buy insurance. Not unlike most states force us to buy car insurance. Then, the young, working, and healthy will finance the health care of the infirm, old, and decrepit by paying into the system and never needing to use it. So much for "choice".
Less choice and less competition, more change we can believe in.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Brainiac Krugman fails to reconcile discordance
There has been a lot of hub bub around the town hall meetings of late. The most controversial of which is the claim that the visibly irritable opponents of health care reform are partisan plants. That the ruckuses are organized. "Astro-turf" conspiracies meant to undermine a popular president and the majority in Congress. The accusations are numerous, but the evidence is nonexistent.
Nothing. None. Not a scintilla (and if there is I would love to see it). This is just the best way many health care reformists have come to reconcile what is difficult for them to acknowledge, the people don't want reform in any of the ways they have been proposing.
Hell, even Nobel-laureate and pint sized liberal pundit Paul Krugman contends that,
[block quote]But while the organizers are as crass as they come, I haven?t seen any evidence that the people disrupting those town halls are Florida-style rent-a-mobs. For the most part, the protesters appear to be genuinely angry.[/block quote]
Good for him. We couldn't expect anything less than reason from such an esteemed Princeton professor. Obviously the rational conclusion which brainiac must the conclude is that the heated opposition represents represents objection to the proposals, right?
No. Paul Krugman thinks:
[block quote]That is, the driving force behind the town hall mobs is probably the same cultural and racial anxiety that?s behind the ?birther? movement, which denies Mr. Obama?s citizenship.[/block quote]
*facepalm*. Racism. That's it. It couldn't be that the proposals are ludicrous on their merits, no, it's racism.
Not only are these people in power right now, but he represents one of the smartest of the bunch. God help us.
Nothing. None. Not a scintilla (and if there is I would love to see it). This is just the best way many health care reformists have come to reconcile what is difficult for them to acknowledge, the people don't want reform in any of the ways they have been proposing.
Hell, even Nobel-laureate and pint sized liberal pundit Paul Krugman contends that,
[block quote]But while the organizers are as crass as they come, I haven?t seen any evidence that the people disrupting those town halls are Florida-style rent-a-mobs. For the most part, the protesters appear to be genuinely angry.[/block quote]
Good for him. We couldn't expect anything less than reason from such an esteemed Princeton professor. Obviously the rational conclusion which brainiac must the conclude is that the heated opposition represents represents objection to the proposals, right?
No. Paul Krugman thinks:
[block quote]That is, the driving force behind the town hall mobs is probably the same cultural and racial anxiety that?s behind the ?birther? movement, which denies Mr. Obama?s citizenship.[/block quote]
*facepalm*. Racism. That's it. It couldn't be that the proposals are ludicrous on their merits, no, it's racism.
Not only are these people in power right now, but he represents one of the smartest of the bunch. God help us.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Ouch! MSNBC's parent company GE fined for lying
I guess the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree after all.
GE fined $50m over alleged accounting fraud
GE fined $50m over alleged accounting fraud
Clinton-Obama Cheerleaders and N. Korea
What an utter mess this whole debacle has become. I loathe this polarized political landscape we're in practically everyone is so quick to find the inconsistencies in their opponents positions but refrain from being able to acknowledge their own.
The only small victory I can see from this is the release of the two Americans. In a humanitarian way, one can argue, their release would be worth any cost. After all, how can you measure the worth of human lives?
The damned thing is, this did come at a cost, and I don't think it is worth cheering about as many on left are doing.
The two women were captured on assignment from Al Gore (their employer) to do a story (not on global warming surprisingly) and end up imprisoned with a sentence of 12 years. That's terrible. It was a totally avoidable predicament, and in order to solve it, the Stalinist tyrants wouldn't take anything less than some face time with Bill Clinton.
The advantages Kim Jung il and his ilk get is to use the meeting as justification of their illusory power and dehumanizing strangle on their own people.
Two Americans being released is something to be grateful for, but only the freedom of millions of Koreans will be worth cheering about.
The only small victory I can see from this is the release of the two Americans. In a humanitarian way, one can argue, their release would be worth any cost. After all, how can you measure the worth of human lives?
The damned thing is, this did come at a cost, and I don't think it is worth cheering about as many on left are doing.
The two women were captured on assignment from Al Gore (their employer) to do a story (not on global warming surprisingly) and end up imprisoned with a sentence of 12 years. That's terrible. It was a totally avoidable predicament, and in order to solve it, the Stalinist tyrants wouldn't take anything less than some face time with Bill Clinton.
The advantages Kim Jung il and his ilk get is to use the meeting as justification of their illusory power and dehumanizing strangle on their own people.
Two Americans being released is something to be grateful for, but only the freedom of millions of Koreans will be worth cheering about.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Got to hand it to the city of brotherly love...
For knowing how to treat a turncoat exploiter like Specter.
Read what vote on for crying out loud.
I love how this crowd is handling its representative. We can all learn a lot from them.
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