I'm mostly kidding, btw...but they certainly do get rid of a lot of the nonsense. Not to mention that there'd be less point to opinionated news shows. Or at least, less political and financial motivation. Less, anyways...
Maybe we should just toss Congress all together?
Sounds like a good compromise, right? 
Maybe we should just toss Congress all together?
Sounds like a good compromise, right? Congress is too directly elected. The house was fine, but the Senate should be elected by the state legislature. Everything is a campaign nowadays.
You must unlearn what you have learned.
Obamacare: Explained?
- 22/03/2010 07:21:44 PM
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Someone had a good link earlier...
- 22/03/2010 07:32:36 PM
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Thanks
- 23/03/2010 03:48:04 AM
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They don't, or at least not in this bill. That'll have to be a new bill.
- 23/03/2010 09:22:19 AM
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What the bill does, and when each part gets implemented
- 22/03/2010 07:42:26 PM
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This is wonderful thank you. I've already picked my favorite.
- 22/03/2010 07:47:59 PM
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Fear, uncertainty, and doubt
- 22/03/2010 07:52:29 PM
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this is why I believe in dictatorships
- 22/03/2010 08:05:14 PM
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- 22/03/2010 08:05:14 PM
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It's all populism, really
- 23/03/2010 03:51:31 AM
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OOoo I like that idea.
- 23/03/2010 04:20:48 AM
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Re: OOoo I like that idea.
- 23/03/2010 03:01:08 PM
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Senators don't constantly campaign though.
- 23/03/2010 04:20:51 PM
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I don't think that's the point though...
- 23/03/2010 09:35:29 PM
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To the extent the framers intended an elitist legislature, they erred, IMHO.
- 29/03/2010 01:43:34 PM
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At one point some of the concerns were valid.
- 23/03/2010 06:03:29 AM
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Re: At one point some of the concerns were valid.
- 23/03/2010 03:05:58 PM
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We can't pay for the subsidies; even after the tax hike they increase debt in the short term.
- 23/03/2010 04:12:14 PM
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Re: We can't pay for the subsidies; even after the tax hike they increase debt in the short term.
- 23/03/2010 09:40:53 PM
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Can't find that link in this thread, but the CBO seems to agree with you, not me.
- 23/03/2010 11:47:29 PM
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I don't agree
- 24/03/2010 08:52:12 PM
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"Free market" is a VERY big phrase.
- 25/03/2010 07:32:06 AM
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Re: This is wonderful thank you. I've already picked my favorite.
- 22/03/2010 08:04:50 PM
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Re: This is wonderful thank you. I've already picked my favorite.
- 22/03/2010 08:07:39 PM
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Re: This is wonderful thank you. I've already picked my favorite.
- 22/03/2010 08:28:10 PM
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The $900 billion is essentially just government subsidies: Healthcare's gotten THAT expensive.
- 23/03/2010 06:23:01 AM
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you make it sound like this is the end-all bill.
- 23/03/2010 12:01:20 PM
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I doubt we'll see another bill after the reconciliation bill.
- 23/03/2010 02:05:59 PM
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no, the "now or doomed" mindset is not why I'm willing to wait
- 23/03/2010 03:23:21 PM
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Well, if you really are waiting for them to fix it later you'll wait a long time.
- 23/03/2010 04:33:25 PM
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It's quite simple.
- 23/03/2010 04:23:45 PM
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And what does government-run health care have to do with this bill?
- 23/03/2010 04:25:28 PM
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