Hmm, well, I have to say, the first 30 minutes were excellent and I was optimistic about the direction he seemed to be headed. But the second half seemed like a partisan promotion of the Pelosi bill with some wishy washy ness on the public option, and worse, he bailed on integrating tort reform into his plan. All in all, not much of a game changer in the end. I really don't think he made much progress. I have to say I'm pretty dissapointed.
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SoWal Insider
fdr, the first communist in government....nice comment. did you make that up all by yourself?
The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775 - you have had 234 years to get it right; it is broke.
The Post Office was a necessary function during the early years of our country. It was manned by Americans that knew how to work hard and knew the value of their labor. Then Congress and the unions realized that the Post Office didn?t need to be cost efficient, they had the unlimited resource called the taxpayer to fund their enterprise. Then came private enterprise and they got their ass kicked by efficiency.
Social Security was established in 1935 - you have had 74 years to get it right; it is broke.
Social Security started out as a voluntary contribution of one tenth of one percent of earned wages. FDR (the first communist in government) sold this load of crap to America as the government?s attempt to provide security to those too old to work anymore. What he really meant was that ?you are too stupid to take care of yourself and the government can do a better job of it if you will just trust us.? Social Security is now 13.76% of your wages and will be paying out more than it takes in by 2018. Oh, and it is not voluntary anymore!
Fannie Mae was established in 1938 - you have had 71 years to get it right; it is broke.
Fannie Mae was based on the principle of good fiscal policy and risk management. It began during an era when Americans believed that a debt incurred was a debt to be paid. Then some how Congress got further involved and decided that not making loans to riskier borrowers was a form of discrimination.
The "War on Poverty" started in 1964 - you have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor"; it hasn't worked and our entire country is broke.
The ?War on Poverty? did nothing but trap the poor into government dependency. It destroyed all of the ?Poor?s? incentive to better their lot in life. All they had to do was wait for the welfare check to show up every month. If you think I am wrong, think about what came crawling out of the bowels of New Orleans after Katrina. These people were totally dependent on government assistance because they knew no other way of life. The government?s solution is to give them more money because that translates into guaranteed votes.
Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965 - you've had 44 years to get it right; they are broke.
Medicare and Medicaid are trust funds. They can only pay out what they receive every year. Congress got involved and now Doctors are forced to maintain a 75% increase in staff just to deal with the paper bureaucracy. This increase in staff are not care providers, they are unnecessary overhead.
Freddie Mac was established in 1970 - you have had 39 years to get it right; it is broke.
See comments on Fannie Mae.
Trillions of dollars were spent in the massive political payoffs called TARP, the "Stimulus", the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009... none show any signs of working, although ACORN appears to have found a new source: the American taxpayer.
Congress has sold programs to the American public in order to do good. They have done quite well! Nothing works because they have no motive other than votes but they are deeper in my wallet than ever before.
And finally, to set a new record:
"Cash for Clunkers" was established in 2009 and went broke in 2009! It took cars (that were the best some people could afford) and replaced them with high-priced and less-affordable cars, mostly Japanese. A good percentage of the profits went out of the country. And the American taxpayers take the hit for Congress' generosity in burning three billion more of our dollars on failed experiments.
No comment because I already have stated my views on this latest of failed government programs.
So with a perfect 100% failure rate and a record that proves that "services" you shove down our throats are failing faster and faster, you want Americans to believe you can be trusted with a government-run health care system?
20% of our entire economy?
With all due respect,
Are you crazy?
Beach Fanatic
fdr, the first communist in government....nice comment. did you make that up all by yourself?
no, but it's kinda catchy
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