anothervoice2's Comments (3745)

“Hope this is true. It will open the door for Obama to get someone more progressive in the WH...that is, if he wants to.”

“Repeating talking points from Faux Noise doesn't make it true! It is just an a** inine opinion.”

“So true....the source has little credibility.”

“Courage, principle and integrity still live on - praiseworthy move by the ex-staff of Rep Griffith! Maybe there is hope for this democracy after all.”

“TW paid for the women's travel and entertainment expenses. And many of them got a monthly income between 5K- 10K.
Both yucky.
Except TW focused on building a public image that was 180 degree opposite of what he was in real life.”

“Yuck indeed!”

“Spot on.”

“The thing collapses?! What collapses? Keeping the ineffective Dems in power? Why? Because they listen to the voters? When? They are owned by the same corporate masters like the GOP.

Backing our President would be easier if there was a single fight he didn't run away from. No, we are not expecting he fight or win every one of them. We all understand politics. He is all soundbites and empty rhetoric. President Obama had huge backing from the electorate for significant health care reform. And what he delivered was a HMO bailout plan. That Senate bill has been MA law for over three years. No public plan. Our cheap plans that cost us 15K/year today for family coverage are projected to cost us 27K/yr by 2016 (this plan will not cover basic tests until you meet your 5K annual deductible - so that cost is actually 32K/yr). The subsidies that help the people who can't pay this is coming out of taxpayer money. 30% of every $ spent on healthcare goes to HMO profits/overhead. Medicare operates on a 3% medical loss ratio. The for profit HMO system just got entrenched with the atrocious Senate bill - which apparently delivers over 95% of what Obama wants in HCR.
Back what exactly? Tried and tested failed HCR?!”

“Don't bother. This is the left wing version of the right wing zombies. Nothing the Dem party does will ever be wrong.”

“so true”

“If capitalism actually worked, your statement is true. But how is "a taxpayer in control of one's own life"? - when our tax dollars are bailing out poorly managed WS firms? Losses are our collective burden but profits are privatized. Extracting ransoms from us makes us victims.”

“meant losses are a taxpayer burden”

“The Govt wouldn't have to "manage" the economy if the "free market forces actually ruled". Instead what we have is corporate socialism passing off as the free market - gains are privatized and profits are a taxpayer burden.”

“Well said!”

“It is primarily a taxpayer-funded bailout of for-profit HMOs. The coverage for 30 million people is incidental.”

“WS and for-profit HMOs are happy with their holiday present.”

“Go ahead and applaud him. You will soon see what this reform means. We have had that promised land in MA for over three years. Same reform - mandates, no denials for pre-existing condition, state exchange - the works. No public plan. The cheap plans that cost 15K/yr today (this plan will not cover basic diagnostics until you reach the 5K annual deductible) are projected to cost 27K/yr by 2016. President Obama had the unique opportunity to learn from the MA experience, and address cost controls. He squandered it away. And is spinning a bailout of for-profit HMOs as real HCR.”

“Well said!”

“HMOs don't ration care today in the USA?!
The only innovation in the for-profit HMO driven health care system is to make money by limiting or denying care and charging ransoms for premiums. Other countries have looked to the US and rejected that "innovation".
Our economy is close to being crippled. Watch for the downturn after this atrocious Senate bill goes through. Mandates with no cost controls. Employers will outsource more jobs.”

“Exactly.”

“So that is the latest WH talking point eh? A progressive who criticizes Obama is a "creepy repub"?!”

“Spot on.”

“"More armtwisting of the progressives" - exactly.”

“He was out of the loop? And somehow coincidentally the Senate bill apparently delivers over 95% of what Obama wanted out of HCR. Wow! Our Senate have telepathic powers or something.”

“Canned comment from the WH plant!
Will save you the trouble, the canned reply to this will be "poser. you did not vote for Obama".”