tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post751914590992718715..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: Point Counter Point Weekly Addressesmike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-44930834202019232662009-09-27T12:19:54.895-07:002009-09-27T12:19:54.895-07:00I'm proud of you except you are only one of th...I'm proud of you except you are only one of three hundred million people. The president mentioned them in his speech and in his whirlwind sunday morning tour. So, that's a week. I haven't tracked it for a week but that's all I'll give you. <br /><br />As for the CBO, that hasn't been scored, but you are confusing two issues. It may very well be revenue neutral but that doesn't mean it won't cost money. There will be added taxes and cuts to Medicare to make up for the costs, but it will cost in the neighborhood of a trillion over the next decade. <br /><br />Again, if you are going to claim something back it up. Health care has been bouncing in the low 40's. The public option isn't popular with Reps that absurd. It isn't popular with the public. If everything you say were true, we'd already have a law by now.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-60214206432911004512009-09-27T11:43:55.322-07:002009-09-27T11:43:55.322-07:00I haven't heard the word "death panel&quo...I haven't heard the word "death panel" for weeks. Its almost like the media is ashamed to admit they helped perpetuate that lie.<br /><br />Cost? Maybe you should have thought about that before you used the CBO to bludgeon the Democrats over the head earlier this year, because they're reporting savings for both Baucus' plan and the Public Option.<br /><br />Maybe the idea that the Democrats shot down enforcement amendments for the no-undocumented immigrants subsidy gained some traction, but now that Baucus agreed to implement those ideas its drawing more attention to how badly written it was. The way its written now there will be more legal immigrants denied coverage than anything else.<br /><br />The President's numbers are bouncing, health care reform's numbers are bouncing, the public option's numbers have ALWAYS been high, even with Republicans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-57003943961630406492009-09-27T05:38:08.907-07:002009-09-27T05:38:08.907-07:00The cost of health care reform hasn't gotten a...The cost of health care reform hasn't gotten any traction. Yeah. Death panels, insurance for illegals, tax payer funded abortions, those are all things the president is still saying are lies and has to counter them. The president even paid lip service to tort reform. I don't know where you are coming from with these comments.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-79121593905562034172009-09-26T18:44:39.177-07:002009-09-26T18:44:39.177-07:00The only critique that has gotten any traction is ...The only critique that has gotten any traction is people losing their the insurance they have now. That very prospect is the CENTERPIECE of the what little the Republicans have proposed for health care reform.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-36584469455525442532009-09-26T18:39:40.440-07:002009-09-26T18:39:40.440-07:00What you think and reality are two different thing...What you think and reality are two different things. Tort reform, selling across state lines, and portability of insurance have not been exposed as anything because they are sensible solutions to the problem. So, that appears to be your opinion and not that of anywhere near the majority.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-86193965273369966922009-09-26T18:34:23.745-07:002009-09-26T18:34:23.745-07:00Frankly, I think people are tuning the Republicans...Frankly, I think people are tuning the Republicans out. Every single thing they have said has been exposed as a deliberate fallacy. The American People don't like being played for chumps.<br /><br />The Tea-Party is over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com