Originally Posted by reefraff
http:///forum/post/3237029
Over the last few months I have gotten in to watching This Week on Sunday morning where Krugman is a panelist. He has got to be one of the most disingenuous people I have ever seen.
He claims Lamar Alexander lied about insurance premiums going up if health care passes despite the fact the CBO is the saying it as well. Even Obama himself had to back track when he disputed Alexander's facts on Thursday.
But here's the rub. Both Obama and Krugman say well premiums are going up but you are getting better coverage so your health care costs aren't really going up But then they both (as well as most Democrats) tout saving Medicare costs by cutting out Medicare Advantage accounts which cost more than traditional Medicare, AND PROVIDES MUCH BETTER COVERAGE!!!!
Every day I get a little closer to Vini's point of view, government might be broken to the point it would take a revolution of some sort to get enough of the liars out of office to correct the problem.
Nancy "I'm going to drain the swamp of corruption" Pelosi ignores Charles Rangles multiple ethics violations by saying "I don't believe any of the thing Mr Rangle has done effects national policy". Harry Reid hands out blatant bribes to sway votes on the health care bill. This just isn't going to work
I ain't given the Republicans a pass here by just naming Democrats but the Dems are in control right now and solving the problems starts which changing the leadership. I don't see that happening without removing the Democrat party from power.
Problem is, things weren't any better when the Republicans had the power. What you need to do is remove partisan politics altogether. Get rid of the party affiliations. You've said it yourself that the majority of the Republicans in office today don't follow what you would define as true Republican philosophies. The Republican Party in the past has always been known to eschew Conservative thinking and values, yet most of the memebers today lean a little more left. I don't see it written anywhere in the Constitution that states we are required to have specific political parties in office at any given time. Half the members in office today would be removed if you simply took the option to vote for a specific party off the ballot. I've asked friends during election runs whether they've voted or not. Their response:
"Sure did. Took me less than a minute to vote. Walked in, selected Vote for Republican Party Members, hit Finish, then walked out."
"Do you even know whose running this election under the Republican Party?"
"Nope. Didn't bother to look. I always vote Republican no matter whose on the ballot."
You can call this ignorance, and it's shameful when people vote this way, but it happens every election. I think it should be a requirement for every person that votes to sit down and read a document that lists all the candidates, and what their respective platforms are before they are allowed to vote. Maybe this would weed out some of the career politicians that have infested our governing bodies over the last couple decades.
