On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:24:21 -0700, the infamous Gunner Asch
scrawled the following:

On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:32:44 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:40:05 -0500, the infamous Ignoramus7894
scrawled the following:

My own opinion, which is worth what you pay for it, it that this
legislative victory is also a political victory for Democrats, for two
reasons.

1. This is a more minor reason, but passage of this law removes the
factor of annoyance about uncertainty in the minds of voters and also
shows that Democrats are capable of accomplishing a large legislative
change. Just because the uncertainty is over, causes some relief in
the minds of voters and that is a favorable factor.

When the feeble minds finally accept the fact that they won't be
getting healthcare for free, they are gonna come un_glued_, Ig.
All it'll take is a simple list of what everyone in the country (well,
except for the 20 million illegals) who has no insurance is going to
have to do to be legal. My neighbor has been watching the Washington
Journal early mornings and she says that people continue to call in
thinking they're going to get free healthcare, compliments of The O.
When the cost of insurance sinks in and finally hits their little
psyches, it'll be like the 4th of July. We're in for a ****storm,
dude. Mark my words.

Plant _that_ in your Victory garden.


More briefly, now we cannot say that "Obama administration
accomplished nothing".

He may yet take the "most destructive" and/or "worst President" awards
before he's done, eh?


2. There is a large constituency of people, like parents of young
adults lacking coverage, people with substandard health insurance
policies, and so on, who would eventually realize the benefits of this
change. When they do, they will, presumably, support its
sponsors.

What about the people who haven't been able to afford health insurance
who will now be forced to pay half their monthly salaries for it? Or
the homeless? How will they pay?


Also, people like me, who have health insurance, but realize that they
would likely lose it when they *really* need it, would also be
favorably inclined towards it.

Why would you lose it?


3. The people negatively affected are those young healthy well paid
people who have to shoulder some of the costs. While some of them
might realize that one day they may become old and unhealthy and not
so well paid, even if they do not, extra taxes will be a drop in the
bucket and not a hot button issue like gun control.

Do you really believe yourself there?


The healthcare reform has every potential of becoming a sacred
political cow, like Medicare, and create a pro-Democrat constituency
where none previously existed.

The more likely potential is that it will spark the second American
revolution, Ig. Duck and cover.


Aside from elections, here's one more point that I want to make.

4. As Warren Buffett pointed out, our health care costs are 14-16% of
GDP and are much higher than for other industrialized nations, which
badly affects our competitive standing. The healthcare law has some
chances of reducing that percentage.

Not the way they've done it. The whole system needs to be changed for
it to be affordable to the entire populace. Prima donna physicians
can't be a part of it because they demand too much money for simple
procedures. Etc. ad nauseum.

I'm just glad I'm not near any large populations of Democrats right
now. If and when things spark off, it'll likely be quite dangerous to
be near them.


One assumes you have stocked up on food, water, consumables and plenty
of ammo, barbed wire, etc etc?

If not..best be about it.

Ayup, more water, canned goods, and propane today. Better safe than
sorry.

I wonder, if I get cases of chili, could I refill the propane
cannisters myself?

--
If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we
shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.
-- Samuel Butler