Robert Reich : Krugman Still Has it Wrong on Obama's Health Plan

[flpoljunkie]

Monday, February 04, 2008

Krugman Still Has it Wrong on Obama's and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Plans

I don't command any space on the New York Times oped page, but for those of you want to know the truth about the health-care plans of Obama and Clinton -- rather than the rather lopsided arguments Paul Krugman keeps making in his column on that page, as he did again today -- please see my for January 13, 2008,"Democrats Should Stop Squabbling Over Healthcare Mandates."

[rinsd]

1. Flunky for Obama vs. former Edwards supporter.

I'll take Krugman.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

9. Krugman has had his head up the Clintons' ass for years.

I never believed for one minute he supported Edwards. He pretended to so rubes who read his column would give him credibility.

Oh, and he loooooooooooves outsourcing. Some liberal. Where does he think we're going to get the money for these mandates when no one has a fucking job anymore?

[MADem]

2. The address is not valid

Most likely causes:
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If you clicked on a link, it may be out of date.

[DJ13]

4. ?

http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2008/02/krugman-still-has-it-wrong-on-obamas.html

[MADem]

15. Thanks. Best part of that whole thing is the COMMENTS below. Good discussion there. NT

[flpoljunkie]

14. Works for me. Try it again.

[joshcryer]

3. ProSense has posted this dozens of times.

Sorry, but no dice. It's a joke.

[ProSense]

7. I have never posted this piece by Reich! n/t

[joshcryer]

10. A 3 day old piece and you never posted it?

You're slipping.

Thought I read this from you before, I have read it.

[Bread and Circus]

16. Well, it's ok. You aren't the first Hillary supporter to make shit up.

[MADem]

17. From the comments...

....I think Reich's Jan 13 post is pushing some BS here about mandates not working, because the study he cites is for a country that had 98% coverage before the mandate was adopted. We have 47 million uninsured, like 15% of the country. If our government mandates coverage, then insurance companies must offer these 47 million people something.

[KittyWampus]

18. he also references MA. But you have to read the whole thing to get his point. Which is NOT to fight

about mandates.

[Diane R]

5. Didn't Krugman work for Bill Clinton?

[mrreowwr_kittty]

12. And Ronald Reagan. nt

[no name no slogan]

6. The truth is both plans suck, and would make Nixon proud

www.hr676.org

[ArkySue]

8. Robert Reich -- NAFTA proponent!

He pushed for NAFTA to be passed during the early Clinton Admin. 'Nuf said.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

11. Paul Krugman -- also a NAFTA proponent!

Still defends outsourcing. 'Nuf said.

[KittyWampus]

19. So did Krugman.

[sniffa]

13. Bill Clinton's former Secretary of Labor, the Obama Flunkie? What does he know?

Serving in Clinton administration

A longtime friend of Bill and Hillary Clinton, going back to their days together at Oxford and Yale Law School respectively, he was invited to head Clinton's economic transition team. He later joined the administration as Secretary of Labor. During his tenure, he implemented the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), fought sweatshops, successfully promoted increasing the minimum wage, improved workplace safety, successfully lobbied to pass the Pension Protection Act and the School-to-Work Jobs Act, and launched a number of job training programs.

At the same time, he lobbied Clinton to address bigger societal issues, and pushed for improvement of conditions for those in poverty. He had moderate success until the 1996 presidential campaign began, when Clinton, heeding the advice of political advisor Dick Morris, shifted right and promoted policies designed to appeal to the suburban swing voter as understood by Morris.

In addition, Reich used the office as a platform for focusing the nation's attention on the need for American workers to adapt to the new economy. He advocated that the country provide more opportunities for workers to learn more technology, and predicted the shrinkage of the middle class due to a gap between unskilled and highly skilled workers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Reich#Serving_in_Clinton_administration

Quite telling he's backing Obama, and not HRC.