Okaaaaay.....

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Okaaaaay.....
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Fri, 09-19-2008 - 11:22pm

Crazy:


 


http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/mccain-on-banking-and-health/


 


September 19, 2008,  7:24 pm
McCain on banking and health


OK, a correspondent directs me to John McCain’s article, Better Health Care at Lower Cost for Every American, in the Sept./Oct. issue of Contingencies, the magazine of the American Academy of Actuaries. You might want to be seated before reading this.


Here’s what McCain has to say about the wonders of market-based health reform:



Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking, would provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst excesses of state-based regulation.


So McCain, who now poses as the scourge of Wall Street, was praising financial deregulation like 10 seconds ago — and promising that if we marketize health care, it will perform as well as the financial industry!>>>

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iVillage Member
Registered: 08-20-2008
In reply to: sopall1953
Mon, 09-22-2008 - 3:44pm
Guess McCain's campaign manager qualifies as a "hack" lol since he's gotten 30,000 a month for lobbying.
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Registered: 03-31-2008
In reply to: sopall1953
Mon, 09-22-2008 - 3:55pm

Another straw man.

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-20-2008
In reply to: sopall1953
Mon, 09-22-2008 - 4:01pm
Straw man?
iVillage Member
Registered: 09-16-2008
In reply to: sopall1953
Mon, 09-22-2008 - 4:36pm
If it was never voted on then exactly how many democrats are 'on record' as opposing it? If it was never brought out of committee how many democrats could even BE on record since it was never brought up for a vote? Names please of ALL the democrats that are 'on record' as opposing it and what constitutes the 'record' or their opposition.
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Registered: 09-19-2008
In reply to: sopall1953
Mon, 09-22-2008 - 4:43pm

*** Straw man? One thing he's done is not seek advice from Phil Gramm who is behind this mess -

No, Obama surrounds himself with a panel of economic experts and more than a week after the "crisis" began he emerges with this stunning plan to do...nothing. Wadda marroon! Presidents can't vote "present."

And as for who's "behind" this mess...the attempts at reform by Republicans and the Democrat protection of Fannie and Freddie has already been well documented.

*** future Treasury Secretary - give me a break....

It's funny to see the libs get in such a tizzy over Gramm just because he had the stones to call your whining..."whining."

*** I see your conveniently leaving out AIG and Lehmann - that's ok - it would not add to your "straw man."

Fannie and Freddie are the core of the problem.

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Registered: 08-29-2008
In reply to: sopall1953
Mon, 09-22-2008 - 6:00pm
Thank you!
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Registered: 07-25-2006
In reply to: sopall1953
Mon, 09-22-2008 - 6:08pm

This is what I have been wondering too, oldfaithfulmom. The Dems complain


iVillage Member
Registered: 07-25-2006
In reply to: sopall1953
Mon, 09-22-2008 - 6:14pm
As has been posted here before. Barney Frank opposed reform as did Senators Chirs Dodd and Chuck Schumer.


iVillage Member
Registered: 09-16-2008
In reply to: sopall1953
Mon, 09-22-2008 - 6:19pm
So 3 democrats, according to your post, prevented how many republicans from passing this legislation? What are they super democrats? How many republicans were there? More than 3 since they had the majority at the time, and a pretty healthy majority as I recall. Surely they could have at least tried to bring it to a vote. But then they wouldn't be able to blame those 3 big bad democrats I guess.
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Registered: 07-25-2006
In reply to: sopall1953
Mon, 09-22-2008 - 6:32pm

The record shows that it was Republicans and only Republicans that tried to stop the insanity


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