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[fauxpaxfauxreal]

I agree a hundred and ten percent.  Of course lines should never have had to be drawn.  If people got into business for moralistic reasons as opposed to antimoralistic greedy reasons, I think the free market would work, and thusly, the private health care system would work.  I'd have to say that while termed a "free market", our current marketplace is more like corporate piracy than a truly "free market".

[antelope19]

No comments on the house bill that passed this weekend?  Anyone think it'll get through the senate?  From what I am reading, it doesn't look like it will. 

[Poster Nutbag]

No comments on the house bill that passed this weekend?  Anyone think it'll get through the senate?  From what I am reading, it doesn't look like it will.

I'm getting the same feeling from what I've read in today's paper... It looks like they will water it down more to the point it will be nearly pointless and the bill will fail miserably because it will not contain enough teeth to bite through major insurance companies grip and health insurance costs will continue to increase and so will the costs of hospital visits and so will the cost of pharmaceuticals... 

[fauxpaxfauxreal]

No comments on the house bill that passed this weekend?  Anyone think it'll get through the senate?  From what I am reading, it doesn't look like it will.

I don't like the fact that they killed abortion funding for those most likely to use abortions (the lower classes).

Also: There is little chance this will pass the three votes to come.  It passed with a TINY margin in the House, which has a sizable democratic majority.  If it does pass the Senate, I think the compromise bill will definitely not repass in the House.  Also, the fact that they had the final debate and vote on a Saturday probably had a great deal to do with it passing.  There is always a higher chance of getting a vote to go through when you are in a "special session".

[sls.stormyrider]

by no means a perfect bill, but, considering what we have now, not bad.

I doubt the Senate will pass a bill with a public option.

Frankly, I don't get it. Only 4% of the population would even qualify for a public option, the way it is written now. Hardly seems like it is "a road to government takeover of health care".

Lieberman (who I respect, in general) is getting on my nerves more and more over time.

[fauxpaxfauxreal]

by no means a perfect bill, but, considering what we have now, not bad.

I doubt the Senate will pass a bill with a public option.

Frankly, I don't get it. Only 4% of the population would even qualify for a public option, the way it is written now. Hardly seems like it is "a road to government takeover of health care".

Lieberman (who I respect, in general) is getting on my nerves more and more over time.

It's the lobby system.  These dooders are getting PIZZAID (and maybe even intimidated physically) to not pass real health care reform.  This is the way the system we have works.  Especially because most of us have the attitude that this is "just the way it works".  We are all to blame for our collective laziness and inability to tackle tough issues head on.

[Superfreakie]

Lieberman (who I respect, in general) is getting on my nerves more and more over time.

Wow, I am surprised you had an affinity towards him. I have found him to be the slimiest of the slimy snakes. So transparently self-serving, at times it makes me sick....then again most politicians do  :-P 

[Superfreakie]

by no means a perfect bill, but, considering what we have now, not bad.

I doubt the Senate will pass a bill with a public option.

Frankly, I don't get it. Only 4% of the population would even qualify for a public option, the way it is written now. Hardly seems like it is "a road to government takeover of health care".

Lieberman (who I respect, in general) is getting on my nerves more and more over time.

It's the lobby system.  These dooders are getting PIZZAID (and maybe even intimidated physically) to not pass real health care reform.  This is the way the system we have works.  Especially because most of us have the attitude that this is "just the way it works".  We are all to blame for our collective laziness and inability to tackle tough issues head on.

The United States is suffering from a severe democratic deficit that stems from those lobbying moneys needed to fund electoral campaigns. Take a quick glance at last week's mayoral, governor and district elections, and the incomprehensible amount of money spent on the campaigns. And the solution is simple extremely simple; the US should have publicly funded elections. It would immediately cut a tremendous amount of corruption and return a significant portion of the US back to the people....... 

[Alumni]

Wait, SF...

Are you saying it *shouldn't* cost one hundred million dollars to win the NYC mayoral election?  :crazy:

[Hicks]

Lieberman (who I respect, in general) is getting on my nerves more and more over time.

Wow, I am surprised you had an affinity towards him. I have found him to be the slimiest of the slimy snakes. So transparently self-serving, at times it makes me sick....

Agreed, what a slimeball.

[rowjimmy]

Lieberman (who I respect, in general) is getting on my nerves more and more over time.

Wow, I am surprised you had an affinity towards him. I have found him to be the slimiest of the slimy snakes. So transparently self-serving, at times it makes me sick....

Agreed, what a slimeball.

Third'd
Dude is on my folding chair list.

[sls.stormyrider]

I guess my liking him dates back to the campaign of 2000.
The past 2 years or so, it's an entirely different story.

[Hicks]

I'm of the opinion that Gore may have picked up a Southern state or two without Lieberman on the ticket.

[sls.stormyrider]

"If every Deadhead in Florida voted in 2000, the world would be a different place now"

Bob Weir, October, 2008

[Hicks]

"If every Deadhead in Florida voted in 2000, the world would be a different place now"

Bob Weir, October, 2008

I hear ya, no sense in wishing the past had been different.