tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post8921897718727397206..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: The Lefties Are In A TizzyDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-65192376032495810332012-04-02T18:21:02.525-07:002012-04-02T18:21:02.525-07:00@Matt
To answer your question, it is 26 trillion ...@Matt<br /><br />To answer your question, it is 26 trillion dollars underfunded over the next 50, already paying more out than it's taking in, a significant part of medical inflation and it's not of question of will it collapse but it has already collapsed.Mike Thiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929567856363413549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-17157988372982607142012-04-01T17:10:30.130-07:002012-04-01T17:10:30.130-07:00I don't see why we can't just give people ...I don't see why we can't just give people the option to buy into Medicare. That's something else I find funny, people saying "why can't we have single payer" or "America is *never* going to have a single-payer system" when in fact we already do: Medicare.Matt Mangelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-52772735475982302662012-03-30T23:03:44.976-07:002012-03-30T23:03:44.976-07:00This is not all that might put lefties in a tizzy:...This is not all that might put lefties in a tizzy: the Second Amendment Foundation has had four significant gun rights litigation victories in March:<br /><br />March 5: Maryland Carry Law Unconstitutional.<br />http://saf.org/viewpr-new.asp?id=395<br /><br />March 8: Seattle Gun Ban Appeal Denied.<br />http://saf.org/viewpr-new.asp?id=396<br /><br />March 29: North Carolina Emergency Powers Ban.<br />http://saf.org/viewpr-new.asp?id=397<br /><br />March 30: Gun Ban for Resident Aliens Struck Down.<br />http://saf.org/viewpr-new.asp?id=398<br /><br />These couples with the Obamacare arguments make March a terrible month for Progressive litigation.Left Coast Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05125102691834528348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-70283631654835314662012-03-30T22:11:03.110-07:002012-03-30T22:11:03.110-07:00You're right, it *is* a pipe dream. And I hop...You're right, it *is* a pipe dream. And I hope it stays that way.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-22441716593290648662012-03-30T21:35:56.838-07:002012-03-30T21:35:56.838-07:00Big possibility this will just expedite the move t...Big possibility this will just expedite the move to single payer as more and more Americans are priced out of coverage. While critics might say that is just a liberal pipe dream, it makes sense to those of us with pre-existing conditions who purchase coverage on the open market.<br /><br />The Heritage Foundation, Newt Gingrich, and Romney all had good points years ago about the free market principle behind the requirement that all participants in the market - which means anyone alive - contribute via insurance to avoid free riders on the system.It's a shame they turned on their own free market idea simply because the opposing party sought to implement it. Medicare for all will arrive after all and sooner if the ACA is overturned.<br /><br />I, however, would have preferred the Healthy Americans Act, or Wyden-Bennet plan, which would have preserved private insurers and providers and created one free and open market with 300 million consumers in the same pool.<br /><br />Damn shame we missed that great opportunity.mmazenkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602797515366983639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-7045695586007624092012-03-30T20:26:43.188-07:002012-03-30T20:26:43.188-07:00@Ellen K
They don't care if people don't ...@Ellen K<br /><br />They don't care if people don't want this crap. We have to eat our peas and they are the <i>adults</i> who will handle us children.<br /><br />What drives me nuts is as of right now I'll still give B Hussein a 50/50 shot of winning another term.Mike Thiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929567856363413549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-78735973977145567682012-03-30T19:20:14.771-07:002012-03-30T19:20:14.771-07:00The actors within this administration seem to thin...The actors within this administration seem to think they can do no wrong. They truly believe that people want this atrocity. That's what their biased internal polling tells them over and over. They can't bear listening to average Americans because it upsets their systems to realize that while you can make polls say whatever you want, you cannot do the same thing with people.Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.com