Comments on: That health care “summit” on Thursday should be interesting

By: Johanna Jenney

Johanna Jenney — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:17:59 +0000

I’ve pretty much loved checking out the articles here on neo-neocon » Blog Archive » That health care “summit” on Thursday should be interesting. Quite interesting and also easy to go through.

Cheers

Johanna Jenney

By: Wolla Dalbo

Wolla Dalbo — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:45:17 +0000

In line with the statistics above, I note that the Commerce Department is reporting the greatest decline in new home sales–11.2%–in the 50 year history of compiling this , and that, of course, this decline, like so many other items of bad economic news, was “unexpected,” since a rise of 5% was forecast (http://www.chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2010/02/us-home-sales-fall-to-lowest-annual-rate-on-record.html).

I don’t know who is to blame–any guesses?–for the fact that month after month, whether it is new claims for unemployment insurance, housing sales, deficit figures, or the percentage of mortgages sliding toward foreclosure, there is such a lot of “unexpected,” and bad, economic news.

Obama has gone on TV recently to say that “my administation has averted a second Great Depression,” and that “the worst is behind us.”

If you get all your news from the MSM, you probably might believe him, and think that “things are lookin up,” since Obama & Co. and the MSM highlight and focus on the good news, and downplay or don’t report the bad news.

On balance, though, I’d say that things are getting worse, are spreading each day to encompass more and more sectors of our economy, and at an accelerating pace, as in “we have jumped over the edge of the cliff and are falling–faster and faster– towards an impact with the ground below.”

By: Wolla Dalbo

Wolla Dalbo — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:47:19 +0000

While you are contemplating Obama & Co. setting the fires and then sitting back and watching Rome burn, fiddling around with the massive power grabs of supposed “reforms” of a health care industry in “crisis”, and a Cap and Trade bill to solve the utterly discredited “crisis of AGW,” you might want to contemplate some real pain; the fact that according to a CNN report out yesterday 11.3 million, or 24% of all U.S. residential mortgages are “underwater,” –and in Nevada that percentage is 70%, in Arizona 51%, in Florida 48%, in Michigan 39% and in California 35% (http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/23/real_estate/underwater_rates_rise/index.htm) .

Coupled with a real unemployment rate of something over 17%, you can see why people are screaming to this crew, Jobs!, Jobs! But, they resolutely refuse to listen or, perhaps, they are just waiting for the fires to spread and to become more intense before stepping forward with their solution of more and more government intervention and control, and of Tyranny.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:25:43 +0000

Where’d Simon come from? SEEMS REMARKABLY IGNORANT.

By: Perfected democrat

Perfected democrat — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:51:23 +0000

“How about questioning the need for a plan to fix something which isn’t broken.

But it’s obviously as essential as cap and trade to curtail AGW!

By: TheOtherLarry

TheOtherLarry — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:13:33 +0000

Maybe I didn’t explain it enough:

NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! ! !

Clear now?

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:49:59 +0000

“The plan contains everything I want and nothing they want.”

This seems to be the only flaw with what you are saying. I don’t think this watered down insurance company pandering bill is what Obama really wants. He is a good person after all, so he probably wants something closer to the Canadian system. You know, something humane. What he put on the table is a massive compromise to the insurance industry and the Republican nihilists. If you can’t see that, then you really shouldn’t think of him as a liberal at all.

By: A reader in K.C.

A reader in K.C. — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:44:17 +0000

Geoffrey Britain @ 2:42–

Would that it’ll all play out like that. God, I sure hope it does . . . but I’m not convinced it will.

By: Steve D

Steve D — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:15:10 +0000

How about questioning the need for a plan to fix something which isn’t broken.

By: Holmes

Holmes — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:45:21 +0000

“Come into my web” said the spider to the fly.