I still have a high opinion of Mr. Obama though - he seems to be a very thoughful and honest person - it just the party which he happens to represten due to the lack of better alternatives sucks big time. I sincerely hope that at the end of the day he will have the wisdom of not falling for the bullshit dished out by the congressional dems and will veto the damn thing.
BTW, I heard that the venal AARP is selling out their members again by supporting the Baucus proposal. I already renounced their membership when they sold out to Bush, and I think that others should do the same. They are a mouthpiece of the insurance industry anyway. Fuck them.
Wojtek
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 1:20 PM, M <myles.sussman at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I feel the same way.
> The Democrats have to choose between votes that will bring some passion to
> their base (things like real healthcare instead of Baucus "Care", or
> EFCA)... and things that will bring some passion to their large $ campaign
> contributors (permitting banks that are even more too big to fail, and
> fattening the coffers of Aetna and Cigna). They choose the latter, it seems.
> There's only one way that can turn out. I keep thinking:
>
> “Given the choice between a Republican and someone who acts like a
> Republican, people will vote for the real Republican all the time”
>
> (although compared to Henry Wallace, Truman was probably someone who acts
> like a Republican)
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Wojtek S wsoko52 at gmail.com>
> > While we are at that, I think that the Baucus plan is a perfect shot in
> the
> > Democrat's foot. It will fuck Dems big time whether it passes or not.
> If
> > it passes, it will almost certainly "balance the budget" on the backs of
> > working and middle classes by increasing their out of pocket expenses
> > without giving anything in return. The regulation of the industry
> language
> > is nothing but sand iin th eyes,akin to claims made during deregulation
> of
> > utlities that "competitition will bring the prices down." It is sheer
> > bullshit designed to appease the puiblic that has zero factual support.
> >
> > So if the bill passes, it will likely provoke the same or even bigger
> public
> > backlash as thge deregulation of utilities did (at least in MD.) if it
> does
> > notr pass - which IMHO would be a good thing - it will portray Obama
> > administration as a failure.
>
>
>
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