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Mon Nov-16-09 02:51 PM
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Will the President sign health insurance legislation... |
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...if it has a mandatory purchase clause?
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Mon Nov-16-09 02:53 PM
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1. At this point, the president will sign health insurance legislation. Period. |
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I don't care how big a stinker crosses his desk, he's signing it.
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Mon Nov-16-09 02:55 PM
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3. This is what happens when ... |
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...you have a corporatist leaning President who leaves the writing of a "reform" bill up to the Lobbyist controlled Congress.
We get screwed.
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Mon Nov-16-09 02:58 PM
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4. This is what happens when you have a political process. |
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The alternative to mealy-mouthed compromise is actually less preferable.
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Mon Nov-16-09 03:03 PM
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5. It's only "mealy-mouthed" because... |
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...the powers that be, including the majority of Democrats, care much more about the PAC money than they do about us.
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Mon Nov-16-09 03:17 PM
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7. I think that's a little simplistic. |
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I don't deny that there are Democrats who are wholly beholden to insurance companies, or whatever corporate villain du jour. But there's also Democrats for whom the best possible health-care reform varies from the norm established by progressives. If you're a congressman representing a certain district, you have to do what's best for that district. If, for example, CIGNA employs a few thousand people in your congressional district, then you're certainly not going to be for single-payer, and it doesn't matter whether you get money from the AHIP PAC or not. Now, keep in mind that the health-care industry makes up a huge portion of the American economy, and it stands to reason that there are actually quite a few congresspeople in this position.
And that's just one example of why a congressperson might deviate from what we'd like them to do as progressives. There are many others that similarly have little to do with simply giving in to whomever dishes out the most cash to the congressperson.
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Mon Nov-16-09 03:24 PM
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8. "who leaves the writing of a bill up to Congress" |
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Someone flunked Civics 101.
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Mon Nov-16-09 04:25 PM
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9. Well, Congress in name only |
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Actually Congressional staffers and policy wonks.
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Tue Nov-17-09 04:27 AM
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like Congress is some sort of "legislative branch" or something...
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Mon Nov-16-09 04:28 PM
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10. Historical reference for a President whom suffered hugely |
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Because of failure to prioritize and push legislation/Jimmy Carter, the opposite who had a four year honeymoon/Ronald Reagan. Obama can't afford to get pulled down into the weeds, he has to stay above the fray.
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Mon Nov-16-09 03:07 PM
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6. He'll sign anything he gets from Congress. |
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As good or (more likely) bad as it may be.
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Tue Nov-17-09 03:35 AM
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11. Yes. I believe and hope that he will. n/t |
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