Comments on: What We Are Learning About Obama From the Health Care Debacle http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/08/18/what-we-are-learning-about-obama-from-the-health-care-debacle/ Politics and Culture from a Catholic perspective. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:51:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dueling ObamaCare Videos! « The American Catholic http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/08/18/what-we-are-learning-about-obama-from-the-health-care-debacle/#comment-3829 Dueling ObamaCare Videos! « The American Catholic Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:35:43 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=11618#comment-3829 [...] Now that Obama has thrown the public option and his liberal base under the bus, it will be interesting to see if he can get any sort of healthcare bill through Congress.  With his polls plunging into the forties, and his overall approval rating just a few points higher than those who strongly disapprove of him, I suspect that there are few Democrats in Congress willing to take any risks for him, especially  as the Republicans now lead them in generic Congressional ballot polls, and they are still shell-shocked from the raucous town halls of August.  Besides, they are learning the lesson about Obama that I set forth in an earlier post here:  [...] [...] Now that Obama has thrown the public option and his liberal base under the bus, it will be interesting to see if he can get any sort of healthcare bill through Congress.  With his polls plunging into the forties, and his overall approval rating just a few points higher than those who strongly disapprove of him, I suspect that there are few Democrats in Congress willing to take any risks for him, especially  as the Republicans now lead them in generic Congressional ballot polls, and they are still shell-shocked from the raucous town halls of August.  Besides, they are learning the lesson about Obama that I set forth in an earlier post here:  [...]

]]> By: cminor http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/08/18/what-we-are-learning-about-obama-from-the-health-care-debacle/#comment-3828 cminor Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:55:52 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=11618#comment-3828 You might add an eleventh: His brilliance and quickness of uptake have been, to put it kindly, overrated. I'm not in a health care profession and have at best limited personal knowledge of medical topics Mr. Obama has chosen to use as examples (e.g. pacemakers, tonsillectomy, diabetic care.) I could tell he didn't know what he was talking about. I'm sure doctors and nurses all over the country must be apoplectic. You might add an eleventh: His brilliance and quickness of uptake have been, to put it kindly, overrated.

I’m not in a health care profession and have at best limited personal knowledge of medical topics Mr. Obama has chosen to use as examples (e.g. pacemakers, tonsillectomy, diabetic care.) I could tell he didn’t know what he was talking about. I’m sure doctors and nurses all over the country must be apoplectic.

]]> By: Sammy http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/08/18/what-we-are-learning-about-obama-from-the-health-care-debacle/#comment-3827 Sammy Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:21:59 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=11618#comment-3827 All obama will do is outsource anyways. Just think about the all the lobbyists flocking to Washington DC because of obama's reckless over-spending of $2 TRILLION in just 6 months, which alone is increasing the National Debt by 20%. Politicians take people's money and reward the large corporations, in this case companies in the health care industry, since they have the money to more effectively lobby politicians. In the end smaller businesses will be hurt. Politicians will only reward companies that will be in their best political interest. Honestly, when can you really trust politicians since they are basically professional liars, and being president just means you are the best liar of the time. Why not just give the money directly from the people to the companies and take politicians in government out of the equation? obama is going to recklessly spend TRILLIONS of tax payers' money just to give insurance to about 25% of those who do not have it. Over 50% of people's income go towards taxes, just imagine how many more people will afford health care insurance if their income is almost doubled because of dramatic tax cuts. Competition is what is needed. It lowers prices of products and services, along with developing new innovations. All of which will benefit consumers. You need to remember that monopolistic tendencies can also apply to government. The reason why the cost of insurance is high is because politicians in government mandate insurance companies to increase their premiums to pay for ridiculous things. In addition, politicians put up regulations so that Americans are not allowed to get insurance from another state and use the coverage in their own state. This reduces competition making it more expensive for people to get insurance. On top of that medical professionals are not allowed to freely practice their profession in any US state without taking a long and tedious licensing process. This again increases the cost of medical insurance. In the end, the problem with most economic issues is too much government intervention of the economy by politicians, who will only tend to do things for political self interest. Just like how obama nationalized GM to pander to its unions. Politicians can barely run government, yet people think they can run a multi-national auto manufacturing company? The solution is SMALLER government, LESS spending, and LOWER taxes. All obama will do is outsource anyways. Just think about the all the lobbyists flocking to Washington DC because of obama’s reckless over-spending of $2 TRILLION in just 6 months, which alone is increasing the National Debt by 20%.

Politicians take people’s money and reward the large corporations, in this case companies in the health care industry, since they have the money to more effectively lobby politicians. In the end smaller businesses will be hurt.

Politicians will only reward companies that will be in their best political interest. Honestly, when can you really trust politicians since they are basically professional liars, and being president just means you are the best liar of the time. Why not just give the money directly from the people to the companies and take politicians in government out of the equation?

obama is going to recklessly spend TRILLIONS of tax payers’ money just to give insurance to about 25% of those who do not have it. Over 50% of people’s income go towards taxes, just imagine how many more people will afford health care insurance if their income is almost doubled because of dramatic tax cuts.

Competition is what is needed. It lowers prices of products and services, along with developing new innovations. All of which will benefit consumers. You need to remember that monopolistic tendencies can also apply to government.

The reason why the cost of insurance is high is because politicians in government mandate insurance companies to increase their premiums to pay for ridiculous things. In addition, politicians put up regulations so that Americans are not allowed to get insurance from another state and use the coverage in their own state. This reduces competition making it more expensive for people to get insurance. On top of that medical professionals are not allowed to freely practice their profession in any US state without taking a long and tedious licensing process. This again increases the cost of medical insurance.

In the end, the problem with most economic issues is too much government intervention of the economy by politicians, who will only tend to do things for political self interest. Just like how obama nationalized GM to pander to its unions. Politicians can barely run government, yet people think they can run a multi-national auto manufacturing company?

The solution is SMALLER government, LESS spending, and LOWER taxes.

]]> By: c matt http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/08/18/what-we-are-learning-about-obama-from-the-health-care-debacle/#comment-3826 c matt Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:20:34 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=11618#comment-3826 1. This may not always be a necessarily bad attribute. If nothing else, at least public opinion may be able to keep some form of check on his most extreme excesses. 2. I think part of his oratorial mystique was due to the rather pathetic examples he was up against. Once you have him in isolation, you realize he is only an average speaker (but having been exposed to well below average for so long, it took a while to figure out). 4. This kind of goes hand in hand with 5 (and 10 to some extent). Demonizing your opponent may not be bad depending upon who that opponent is. In this case, the sycophant media and his tin ear to public opinion kept him from realizing the opponent he demonized was not some fringe group, but a large section, possibly majority, of regular citizens. 7. Few, if any, of our Presidents have been leaders. And fewer still have been good ones. 1. This may not always be a necessarily bad attribute. If nothing else, at least public opinion may be able to keep some form of check on his most extreme excesses.

2. I think part of his oratorial mystique was due to the rather pathetic examples he was up against. Once you have him in isolation, you realize he is only an average speaker (but having been exposed to well below average for so long, it took a while to figure out).

4. This kind of goes hand in hand with 5 (and 10 to some extent). Demonizing your opponent may not be bad depending upon who that opponent is. In this case, the sycophant media and his tin ear to public opinion kept him from realizing the opponent he demonized was not some fringe group, but a large section, possibly majority, of regular citizens.

7. Few, if any, of our Presidents have been leaders. And fewer still have been good ones.

]]> By: Dave http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/08/18/what-we-are-learning-about-obama-from-the-health-care-debacle/#comment-3825 Dave Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:58:46 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=11618#comment-3825 if you spent $30 MILLION a day every single day for 2000 years it would still not equal to obama's $23.7 TRILLLION in financial bailouts ... the main reasons why people get poorer are because of higher taxes and inflation. if you spent $30 MILLION a day every single day for 2000 years it would still not equal to obama’s $23.7 TRILLLION in financial bailouts

… the main reasons why people get poorer are because of higher taxes and inflation.

]]> By: Steve http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/08/18/what-we-are-learning-about-obama-from-the-health-care-debacle/#comment-3824 Steve Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:52:40 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=11618#comment-3824 This is why I come here first for my news--both secular and religious. This is why I come here first for my news–both secular and religious.

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