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*I've been very critical of HCR (1+ / 0-)Obama, and the whole process and what appears that the end result will be.  What would be enough for the democrats opposed to the bill to support it? Personally speaking, I recognize that it's never going to be perfect.  But the sticking point is forcing people to buy a product from a private company without any effective cost control measures.  That's it, anything else I can work with. So for me, I would need either the mandate taken out, strict cost regulation added, or a non-profit pulic option added. What about the rest of you? by Skellen on Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 11:59:13 AM PST[ Reply to This | Recommend ] REPLY by .@avivao: Mandate to buy private insurance? (0 / 0)Exactly. A mandate to buy from private insurers (who're already raising rates in advance of the bill's passage--a way of gaming medical loss ratios, etc.) must be counterbalanced by a substantive public plan (Medicare for All or Medicare for More would be the most expeditious way to go, I suspect). Also, the mandate will surely cause suffering "down the road" unless regulation of insurers is actually enforceable. Still, we must pass this #HCR bill, I think. I'm extremely worried about (1) passing it with a unilateral mandate; (2) not passing it because of a unilateral mandate. How did we get trapped like this? What went wrong? Sure; a lot has gone right. I don't deny it. I'm glad. But we're backed into a corner now on passing this health bill. If we don't pass it, the news is very, very bad. If we do pass it, the news is probably very,very bad (for a different constellation of reasons). I say: #PassTheDamnBill. But I'm very disturbed by the potential consequences of doing so. There are many benefits to this bill; I pray that the liabilities don't outweigh them. We'll see. by avivagabriel on Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 11:56:59 AM PST[ Parent | Reply to This ]

"On October 4, 2010, Elena Kagan Will Ask Her First Question As A Supreme Court Justice And Justice Ginsburg will look across the bench at her new colleague and smile"

"Brown, Kaufman Introduce The Safe Banking Act Of 2010"

ob Openings and Labor Turnover data for March 2010 is scheduled to be released May 11, 2010, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.

Pollin, Robert | Baker, Dean Reindustrializing America: A Proposal for Reviving U.S. Manufacturing and Creating Millions of Good Jobs Publication Date: 4/28/2010

Going for the plausible at the expense of the perfect: Rahm Going for the perfect at the expense of the plausible: Obama Or so they say. Jason Horowitz Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, March 2, 2010; A01

Senate version of the Public Online Information Act of 2010

"In his 2010 State of the Union address, President Obama called for a "non-security" discretionary spending freeze to help bring down the deficit. "

"May 9, 2010 Liberal activists intensify attacks on Kagan as court pick nears"

Washington Monthly "...real entrepreneurs and real scientists and real executives and real bankers and real farmers and real software engineers and real venture capitalists tend to understand quite well how real power is used against them." -March 2010

Sanders/Dodd Audit-The-Fed allows audit of TARP + TALF, but not FOMC, discount window operations, or agreement with foreign central banks. "Even the so called "independent" leftists, Kucinich and Sanders, have both capitulatied to the corporate, class markets and their class despotism, proving they are not real opposition leaders, but phony socialists, phony anti war activists." ~Eric Albert Schwing I read all three versions of the Sanders amendment carefully, and I believe Sanders made a good call if the decision was compromise with Dodd or have no amendment at all. The big differences with the compromise are: -Single audit covering December 1,2007 to May 2010 rather than open-ended audit until all bailout funds are recovered. -Specific parameters on the audit focusing on whether proper procedures were followed and what could be done to improve Fed governance. However it is not clear that the audit is limited to these items. -Fed website still must report lots of previously undisclosed details about the bailout measured-who got what and why. ~bmull

Reputation Economics Revisited by Stranded Wind Digg this! Share this on Twitter - Reputation Economics RevisitedTweet this submit to reddit Share This Thu Apr 15, 2010 at 11:52:41 PM PDT

Coelho, Bruno | Gallagher, Kevin Capital Controls and 21st Century Financial Crises: Evidence from Colombia and Thailand Publication Date: 1/8/2010

"Pollin, Robert | Garrett-Peltier, Heidi The U.S. Employment Effects of Military and Domestic Spending Priorities: An Updated Analysis Publication Date: 1/26/2010"

"Pollin, Robert 18 Million Jobs by 2012: How Obama Can Save His Presidency Publication Date: 3/1/2010"

"Crotty, James The Bonus-Driven "Rainmaker" Financial Firm: How These Firms Enrich Top Employees, Destroy Shareholder Value and Create Systemic Financial Instability (revised) Publication Date: 4/26/2010"

Smeeding, Timothy M. | Thompson, Jeff Recent Trends in the Distribution of Income: Labor, Wealth and More Complete Measures of Well Being Publication Date: 6/3/2010

Hamm, Patrick | Stuckler, David | King, Lawrence The Governance Grenade: Mass Privatization, State Capacity and Economic Growth in Post-communist Countries Publication Date: 5/12/2010