Politics ~ Progressive

Blown Opportunity #1: Stimulus Package. Blown Opportunity #3: Auto Bailouts. Blown Opportunity #3: Bank Bailouts. No President since FDR has been handed as many opportunities to transform the U.S. into something that doesn't threaten the stability of life on this planet. He has refused to use each and every one of them. Let's look at the big three.

Why do we need big banks?

I want to create a comparison chart, contrasting each claim with counterclaims by Politifact (or confirmations, in some cases).

"Nobel economist Stiglitz: "US privatized profits, socialized losses is not capitalism." It's fascism"

http://is.gd/7jVr5 (VIDEO)

The president has packed his economic team with Wall Street insiders intent on turning the bailout into an all-out giveaway.

The president has packed his economic team with Wall Street insiders intent on turning the bailout into an all-out giveaway

Why Are Americans Passive as Millions Lose Their Homes, Jobs, Families and the American Dream?

GOP's "Solutions for America" homepage, which lays out its health-care plan in some detail. It has four planks.

Boehner, Cantor Question White House on Proposed Health Care Summit

It's not what you say, it's what people hear you say. (The Word Doctors)

My Gift to the Obama Presidency

Don't be surprised if there's an ambush at the HCR summit

Meet the bankers and brokers responsible for the financial crisis - and the officials who let them get away with it. Matt Taibbi

President Obama is taking a sharp, populist tone with Wall Street and scolding the ways of Washington

Interview with Mitch Stewart, exec direc of OFA, on losing Massachussetts; and on Obama's first year. (Rolling Stone Magazine, Feb 12, 2010)

No We Can't / Yes We Can / No We Can't. Obama had millions of followers eager to fight for his agenda. But the president muzzled them~and he's paying the price. Feb 02, 2010 9:27 AM

*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 ]