Once again, Obama is found to have broken a key promise, this one that you can keep your current health insurance under the proposed health care reform bill that is being considered currently stalled in The House. Last week President Obama addressed the GOP and said this (video): The last thing I will say,...
In an interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer, President Obama stated he’s ‘happy to admit’ he didn’t change Congress the way ‘he would have liked.’ That’s an interesting choice of words; “happy.” Let’s just clarify, I didn’t make a bunch of deals. There is a legislative process that is taking place in Congress and I...
Today’s New York Times is reporting that the political action committee and lobbyists for Genentech and its parent company Roche provided statements to both Democrats and Republicans, to be entered into official Congressional Record. According to the Times’ article, Genentech supplied information to one of their lobbyists, Ryan, MacKinnon, Vasapoli & Berzok. The firm...
Tort reform is a key aspect that must be included in any health care reform bill. Unfortunately, the latest bill, H.R. 3962 explicitly removes any cap on legal damages or attorney fee’s, as illustrated on page 1432, section 4a and 4b: (4) CONTENTS OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL LIABILITY LAW.—The contents of an alternative liability law...
Just like welfare becomes a disincentive to self-sufficiency for individuals, it becomes the same for bailed-out companies. GMAC is negotiating with the government to receive even more of our tax money. The U.S. government is likely to inject $2.8 billion to $5.6 billion of capital into the Detroit company, on top of the $12.5...
It's time to recognize that Obama is not the Obamessiah, but just another corruptible politician that must be treated with skepticism. Health care reform isn't what's needed at this point. Government reform is what's needed. Lobbyists have become too powerful and politicians too corrupt. True health care reform is unobtainable...
ANOTHER Update 9/24/09: The Massachusetts GOP is seeking an injunction to stop the appointment of Paul Kirk, Jr. The GOP claims the governor didn’t have the authority under the state’s constitution to declare the bill an emergency law (for history on the bill, read the paragraph below, beginning with “Five years ago“). Update 9/24/09:...