For reasons beyond my understanding Paul Ryan has been the economic
spokesperson for the Republican Party. Paul Ryan, in love with the ideology of
Ayn Rand which never made much sense, predictor of the demise of the welfare
state to unbridled, unrestricted capitalism that even Adam Smith would condemn,
carried the hopes and dreams of the Republicans. Paul Ryan who warned that
health care inflation brought on by Obama-care would destroy the economy.
Paul Ryan convinced his party of the need of lower taxes, spending
and regulation was key to stopping a US massive debt crisis. He repeated and
repeated his gospel and told us the welfare state was doomed as Marx predicted
the state would wither away under enlightened socialism and eventual communism.
And both were flat wrong.
Austerity economics don’t work, and Obama-care has not destroyed
the nation. Oh, the health care industry is still a mess but the only problem
with Obama-care is that it doesn’t go far enough to a single payer system. And
we need to regulate the pharmaceutical companies among other things to bring
down health care. Healthy care inflation has slowed despite the cries of doom
and destruction of Ryan.
And they talk about this man as presidential material; we might as
well elect an ostrich. Another case of “don’t confuse me with the facts, my mind
is made up.”
While I'm at it; what on earth is Michelle Backmann doing on the House intelligence committee? She must have been inoculated with and anti-truth/fact serum as a baby.
While I'm at it; what on earth is Michelle Backmann doing on the House intelligence committee? She must have been inoculated with and anti-truth/fact serum as a baby.
C'mon now, Ryan is all heart. Though the sequester cut funds for Head Start, Meals on Wheels and school meals, he stuck up for air travelers...
ReplyDelete"At Reagan National Airport, where many members of Congress headed after the vote, the same split mood was apparent.
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), asked if he was relieved Congress had stemmed the delays, smiled broadly and said, "I gotta catch my flight," as he breezed toward a relatively short line." Having read Thomas Frank\'s
book a couple of times, I'm thinking we need a
'What's The Matter With Wisconsin?'
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ReplyDelete"but the only problem with Obama-care is that it doesn’t go far enough to a single payer system"
ReplyDeleteUgh. That is pure evil. We need many many more players, not fewer. The most powerful forcing a single "one sites fits a few, and it is our choice and we can jail you" if you don't want it. I'm sure glad that most in this country oppose the horrid idea of taking away all healthcare decisions from doctors and patients and turning them over to wealthy ignorant ruling elites and bureaucrats who are entirely ignorant of people's healthcare matters.
By insisting on total government control of healthcare instead of insisting on helping needy people, in this area so many on the Left go down a clearly fascist road, toward that of government power for its own sake.
Why is it so necessary to have total government control? Monopoly is really an idea best avoided.
The real problem with Obamacare is that it shifts too much power from the people to the rulers. Not that it shifts too little.
I've had some success writing to my representatives and senators making the point that the government role in healthcare is that of a safety net, not that of master control.
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I know what is the matter with Kansas. The people there have tended to vote for candidates that best serve their interest. Some don't like that, and they ignorantly think (a la Frank) that their personal preferences and lives and values are the same as those of others, and they get kind of nutty when they avoid this basic fact. And yes they vote for economic policies that best serve their interest. And Frank is hung up on "populism". A nebulous term at best, but it is quite erroneous to assume that a "populist" would always favor the policies of the Left (which appeal to the idea more power and control for the most powerful, at the espense of the public and the public interest).