Comments on: Proposed costs are always lower than actual costs

By: MarkJ

MarkJ — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:06:59 +0000

Cunning plan for the GOP:

1. Demand that all government employees (particularly congressmen and, of course, everyone in the executive branch) also have to mandatorily sign up for ObamaCare. If it’s so great, then they’ll have no problem with it, right? If they refuse, then they’ll prove, for all America and the world to see, that they’re hypocrites. And if that happens, look for both the House and Senate to flip in 2010.

2. Attach an amendment to the ObamaCare bill directing that all congressional and executive salaries be automatically reduced by $1k for every, say, $10 billion that ObamaCare goes over projected estimates at time of passage. I guarantee that, within six months, congressmen and Obama will all be working for free. And that’s why they’ll sooner die than allow said amendment to pass.

Game. Set. Match.

By: yukio ngaby

yukio ngaby — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:57:54 +0000

So Chuck, since your health care doesn’t meet with your approval, then you’re saying it’s up to the govt. to fix it for you at enormous (almost limitless) cost? Well, that makes sense. Or are you saying that everybody should have health care they feel is inadequate?

Do you, in your wildest dreams, actually believe that the govt. can run health care efficiently and effectively? What govt. programs have ever been able to do that?

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:57:06 +0000

Why not? I have to fight tooth and nail with my current employer provided insurance to pay for anything! Try going to the ER for a true emergency and being told later that one of the Drs that took care of you “wasn’t in the network” so YOU are now responsible for the thousands of $$ that he/she charged! Or being told that your claim is being denied because you were in the ER for something that MIGHT have been heart related but turned out it wasn’t….

By: Christian Prophet

Christian Prophet — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:50:57 +0000

Well-reasoned article, but how effective is it with voters who support anyone who makes great promises, talks smoothly, and appears handsome?

Wouldn’t it be better to ask people if they are willing to go around to each of their neighbor’s house, point a gun to each of their neighbor’s head, and demand money for health care? People understand bottom line street language and bottom line principles. See:
http://spirituallibertarian.blogspot.com