s skippy the bush kangaroo: rep. anthony weiner (d-ny) you go, dude! you go!

skippy the bush kangaroo



Friday, July 31, 2009

rep. anthony weiner (d-ny) you go, dude! you go!

he's tired of the rethuglican hypocracy and has called them on it.!
yesterday, rep. anthony weiner (d-ny) decided that it was “put-up or shut-up time for the phonies who deride the so-called ‘public option.’” he offered an amendment that would eliminate government-run medicare - think progress
give the congresscritter a call and tell him, you go, dude! 202.225.6616 or find a toll-free # at callcongress.org

Labels: , , , , ,

posted by Cookie Jill at 9:55 AM |

2 Comments:

He did?

Fuck. And to thnk he chickened out of facing Bloomberg in the mayoralty race! Now I may have to fund him somethingsomething...
commented by Blogger Carl, 5:07 PM PDT  
Supposedly we "need" "health care reform" because health care costs are too high, and because there are 40-50 million Americans without health care. Yet the proposed legislation will radically increase, not decrease health care costs, while equally radically decreasing the quality of service. So even if we need reform (which is arguable), we don't need what this administration and Congress are proposing.

Health care costs are high primarily because of government regulation. How will more regulation reduce costs?

The "40-50 million Americans" figure includes illegal immigrants (who I don't believe are entitled to tax-payer funded health care), those who are healthy and don't see the need for insurance, and a much smaller number of individuals who simply can't afford health care insurance. Most of these individuals will not be able to afford the premiums of government-sponsored health care either, but they will be forced to pay them or extortionate penalties. How will that help them?

But where is the need? Low-income individuals may not be able to obtain health insurance currently, but they can usually still obtain health services (which is or should be the main issue). Hospitals are already required by law to treat anyone who comes to emergency, regardless of financial ability. Some doctors still treat indigent patients for free (and more would do so if they were not taxed and regulated so heavily), most communities have "free clinics" (and many more would do so if there weren't so much red tape and financial liability involved), and most states have some form of "Medicaid".

So, benevolent big brother is addressing a problem that doesn't really exist, and proposing a solution that doesn't properly address it.

But you morons go right ahead and trash the Republicans. It's so much easier than trying to solve problems with realistic solutions.
commented by Blogger cdg, 12:17 PM PDT  

Add a comment