10 of the Nuttiest Statements Elected Officials Have Made in the Health Care Battle »
Posted By ameliog 1 week, 6 days ago in Political OpinionEven by the standards of our typically debased public discourse, one has to step back and marvel for a moment at the sheer, unmitigated craziness the debate over health care reform has elicited from the right wing.
It hasn't been the usual conservative boilerplate -- blather about "tort reform" or dubious "analyses" predicting the latest proposal would break the budget and blow up the national debt. We've been treated to some truly extreme, and sometimes bizarre, arguments about American health care and even lied to about what the proposed health reform bills contained.
We're accustomed to that kind of hyperbole from hate-radio and the conservative bloggers, but this summer it hasn't been limited to Rush Limbaugh fulminating about socialism or Glenn Beck weepily warning that the Dems' health care legislation are stealthy reparations for slavery.
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fsev411 week, 6 days ago
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It frequently appears to me as though some of our elected leaders are vying for some kind of dumbest comment award for the week. Maybe the RNC contribution to their campaign fund is based on how many stupid remarks they were able to get quoted in the media. Boehner touting the Constitution and then quoting the Declaration of Independence is certainly in the top three this week.
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mesodude1 week, 6 days ago
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I just find sensationalist wingnut talking points hilarious in general. We hear about the perils of "government takeovers" (um...and it's ok that we're being held hostage by the insurance companies now exactly why?) and "government bureaucrats" (as opposed to those warm and tender insurance co "customer service representatives who can never seem to do anything without first talking to "a supervisor")? Then again, I could see how access to medical treatment without even leaving their office building might makes some of these politicians a bit jaded. ;-P
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Progressive1 week, 6 days ago
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The true irony is that half a dozen of those teabaggers at Thursday's astroturf rally were treated free of charge by the attending physicians of the United States Congress--the same government healthcare they were protesting against.
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chuck-the-canuck1 week, 6 days ago
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What’s wrong with government? Isn’t it supposed to be of the people, by the people? It should have the best interests of the people at heart. The only thing big business cares about is profits. Why would anyone favour big business over government?
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sinophil491 week, 5 days ago
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I remember reading a short editorial in Newsweek a couple of weeks ago about illegal aliens and health care insurance. The article basically stated that illegal SHOULD be allowed to purchase health care insurance, either commercially sold policies or public option policies.
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The reasoning is that illegal aliens are generally low utilizers of health care anyway. They are intimidated from going to official-looking edifices and talking to white-robed people. They often avoid care just because of the language barrier. Illegal aliens are generally younger and healthier so that they can work long hours under poor conditions. Also, most illegal aliens stay 1-2 years and leave before having to use health care anyway.
All this means that we get an infusion of cash from purchases of policies that will never be taken advantage of by the purchasers (illegal aliens). The cash is then available for use by those of us who live here and will actually get to use health care.
This was an unusual twist on the issue of illegal aliens, but I could not find any fault in the logic behind this position.
So here we have yet another reason to provide health care insurance for illegal aliens.
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