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Our esteemed POTUS flew to Maine yesterday to rally support for the Obamacare. Why? I mean, why bother? It passed, maybe by only a few votes, but it was rammed through Congress and signed by POTUS. Done deal. Or is it?
You see, Obama is now very busy trying to make sure that this does not explode in his face come November. And if there is I anything I can do about it, the election will resemble the devices that removed substantially most of Bikini Atoll from the face of the planet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngq2jb79mPU
I cannot even begin to express my anger at the lies promulgated by the Obama administration. Yesterday, Obama told the citizens of Maine that "you got it done. You got together in a grass roots campaign to make this happen." Mr. Obama, that is a lie. There was no grass roots campaign to "get this done," it was "done" to us behind closed doors in Washington D.C., passed by Democrat Congressmen too afraid of their own party (and funding provided by the DNC) to have the courage vote as their constituents would have them vote (70+% against). This was done behind a tissue of lies as to funding, reneged vows as to taxation, blatant violation of campaign promises -- did you see any of this on C-SPAN -- and a desire, as described by Joe Biden, to effect a redistribution of wealth. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP OF SOCIALISM.
Through Biden the Administration came out and admitted it: this is an attack on capitalism and the American way of life -- responsibility for oneself.
Obama is now trying to get everyone to believe that they voted for this disaster, that it won't be so bad, that this will be a step-up for the American people. Step up to what? European medicine? Ever been there? Ever tried to get something done in England or anywhere else? NOWHERE in Europe can you get "free" care if you are a foreigner ... but Obama feels that we should provide free care for the poor and indigent of the World.... There is not enough money to do that, Obama. There is not enough spare cash in the U.S. to take care of what we already have, let alone create the largest entitlement system the world has ever seen.
I was watching Fareed Zakaria on CNN while at the gym (otherwise, I'd turn that S.O.B. off), and he made misstatements of fact that are breathtaking: "the U.S. has the worst health results of any Western industrialized nation." I know where that statement comes from, the World Health Organization -- another interesting socialist-run money-pit. The WHO made that determination based on money spent int he U.S. and what THEY consider to be acceptable outcomes. That is, WHO's algorithm states that for "x" spent, "y" should be result. That piece of subjective sophistry results in the U.S. coming about 35th on their tables. While is fact, in virtually every field of medicine, the U.S. leads the world in cure rate, treatment rate and individual healthcare outcomes. As in over 95% of medical fields. But since the money spent (which is admittedly WAY too much) is so high, WHO relegates us to the bottom of the Western nations tables.
But, when Canadian politicians need specialized surgery, where do they go for treatment? South of their border. Fact. When the wealthy of the world, to whom only the result matters, have medical issues where do they come? The United States. We are extremely lucky to be here as citizens given the fact that the rest of the world wants to come here to get what we ALREADY have.
Zakaria asserts that we finally joined the civilized world in bringing the right to universal healthcare to all our citizens, as is the case in Europe. Mr. Zakaria, you are an idiot: while it is not optimal, every American has access to healthcare through the emergency room of their local hospital. That is their right -- you cannot be turned away. And it may be a hell of a lot quicker than waiting 6 months in the socialist system for even basic treatment -- personal experience shows that a CAT scan is a rare diagnostic luxury in Europe. Here in the U.S., the machine is rarely 50 yards away from the ER. My mother was given a scan within 1 hour of entering the ER with stomach pains. Her friends in the Netherlands and U.K. had already waited over 8 months for the same test.
And Mr. Zakaria asserts that universal healthcare is a fundamental human right ... says who? Consider the obese blimps walking around America, with Burger King and McDonald's as their grocery stores ... why should healthcare needs related to their lifestyle choices be a right? Why should I have to pay for their stupidity? Is it my "right" to pay, as well? And where in the great scheme of human rights (let's use our own home-grown formula ... Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness) is health care enumerated? Surely, healthcare is something that we are each individually responsible for, and while disease can strike the unfortunate as well as the fortunate, fate and the divine hand is not something you can legislate against.
The European model is broken. To model our system after something that does not work is lunacy -- as is our enacting legislation given our proven inability to pay for it. Mr. Obama, even the CBO says it can't be done. Yet, you smugly proclaim "victory" over something that will bankrupt our nation and impoverish our children -- and the major kick-in of costs starts in 2014. Tell me that that this is an accident and was not designed to cause the most negative of effects starting until such point as you hope to be in your second term? And by then, it will be too large to stop -- another intended consequence.
Reform healthcare ... yes. Let's start by cutting off the handouts to non-citizens. Let's reform Medicare/medicaid. Let's shut off the tap of litigation lottery forcing our medical personnel to practice needlessly expensive medicine. Let's eliminate fraud by criminal sanctions. Let's force drug companies to sell us drugs at world prices, and not use the U.S. as a cash cow. Let's force insurance companies to offer cross-state line policies, breaking up the insurance monopolies/oligopolies -- those are Democrat controlled institutions! Here is Mass., there is no earthly way that this lack of competition can be called some Republican scheme... there aren't any Republicans in government to speak of, nor are there in some of the other most expensive healthcare states in the U.S. (NY, CT, NJ, PA, CA, WA, OR). That is the way to healthcare reform -- not tax, borrow and spend.
Remember November.
You see, Obama is now very busy trying to make sure that this does not explode in his face come November. And if there is I anything I can do about it, the election will resemble the devices that removed substantially most of Bikini Atoll from the face of the planet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngq2jb79mPU
I cannot even begin to express my anger at the lies promulgated by the Obama administration. Yesterday, Obama told the citizens of Maine that "you got it done. You got together in a grass roots campaign to make this happen." Mr. Obama, that is a lie. There was no grass roots campaign to "get this done," it was "done" to us behind closed doors in Washington D.C., passed by Democrat Congressmen too afraid of their own party (and funding provided by the DNC) to have the courage vote as their constituents would have them vote (70+% against). This was done behind a tissue of lies as to funding, reneged vows as to taxation, blatant violation of campaign promises -- did you see any of this on C-SPAN -- and a desire, as described by Joe Biden, to effect a redistribution of wealth. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP OF SOCIALISM.
Through Biden the Administration came out and admitted it: this is an attack on capitalism and the American way of life -- responsibility for oneself.
Obama is now trying to get everyone to believe that they voted for this disaster, that it won't be so bad, that this will be a step-up for the American people. Step up to what? European medicine? Ever been there? Ever tried to get something done in England or anywhere else? NOWHERE in Europe can you get "free" care if you are a foreigner ... but Obama feels that we should provide free care for the poor and indigent of the World.... There is not enough money to do that, Obama. There is not enough spare cash in the U.S. to take care of what we already have, let alone create the largest entitlement system the world has ever seen.
I was watching Fareed Zakaria on CNN while at the gym (otherwise, I'd turn that S.O.B. off), and he made misstatements of fact that are breathtaking: "the U.S. has the worst health results of any Western industrialized nation." I know where that statement comes from, the World Health Organization -- another interesting socialist-run money-pit. The WHO made that determination based on money spent int he U.S. and what THEY consider to be acceptable outcomes. That is, WHO's algorithm states that for "x" spent, "y" should be result. That piece of subjective sophistry results in the U.S. coming about 35th on their tables. While is fact, in virtually every field of medicine, the U.S. leads the world in cure rate, treatment rate and individual healthcare outcomes. As in over 95% of medical fields. But since the money spent (which is admittedly WAY too much) is so high, WHO relegates us to the bottom of the Western nations tables.
But, when Canadian politicians need specialized surgery, where do they go for treatment? South of their border. Fact. When the wealthy of the world, to whom only the result matters, have medical issues where do they come? The United States. We are extremely lucky to be here as citizens given the fact that the rest of the world wants to come here to get what we ALREADY have.
Zakaria asserts that we finally joined the civilized world in bringing the right to universal healthcare to all our citizens, as is the case in Europe. Mr. Zakaria, you are an idiot: while it is not optimal, every American has access to healthcare through the emergency room of their local hospital. That is their right -- you cannot be turned away. And it may be a hell of a lot quicker than waiting 6 months in the socialist system for even basic treatment -- personal experience shows that a CAT scan is a rare diagnostic luxury in Europe. Here in the U.S., the machine is rarely 50 yards away from the ER. My mother was given a scan within 1 hour of entering the ER with stomach pains. Her friends in the Netherlands and U.K. had already waited over 8 months for the same test.
And Mr. Zakaria asserts that universal healthcare is a fundamental human right ... says who? Consider the obese blimps walking around America, with Burger King and McDonald's as their grocery stores ... why should healthcare needs related to their lifestyle choices be a right? Why should I have to pay for their stupidity? Is it my "right" to pay, as well? And where in the great scheme of human rights (let's use our own home-grown formula ... Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness) is health care enumerated? Surely, healthcare is something that we are each individually responsible for, and while disease can strike the unfortunate as well as the fortunate, fate and the divine hand is not something you can legislate against.
The European model is broken. To model our system after something that does not work is lunacy -- as is our enacting legislation given our proven inability to pay for it. Mr. Obama, even the CBO says it can't be done. Yet, you smugly proclaim "victory" over something that will bankrupt our nation and impoverish our children -- and the major kick-in of costs starts in 2014. Tell me that that this is an accident and was not designed to cause the most negative of effects starting until such point as you hope to be in your second term? And by then, it will be too large to stop -- another intended consequence.
Reform healthcare ... yes. Let's start by cutting off the handouts to non-citizens. Let's reform Medicare/medicaid. Let's shut off the tap of litigation lottery forcing our medical personnel to practice needlessly expensive medicine. Let's eliminate fraud by criminal sanctions. Let's force drug companies to sell us drugs at world prices, and not use the U.S. as a cash cow. Let's force insurance companies to offer cross-state line policies, breaking up the insurance monopolies/oligopolies -- those are Democrat controlled institutions! Here is Mass., there is no earthly way that this lack of competition can be called some Republican scheme... there aren't any Republicans in government to speak of, nor are there in some of the other most expensive healthcare states in the U.S. (NY, CT, NJ, PA, CA, WA, OR). That is the way to healthcare reform -- not tax, borrow and spend.
Remember November.
posted by Zaphod at Friday, April 02, 2010
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