Comments on: How Obama And McCain Differ On Medicare

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[johnedwards6]

I hope i see a waiter with an Obama button on before the election. I will do the experiment. Although in my neighborhood, no one is anywhere near homeless or poor. I will still figure out a way to do it.


thanks

[msimamaji]

I also agree with KeepOnTopic. Obama''s philosophy of leadership is not really news. The magazine American Prospect discussed it at length months ago. Ideologues, especially on the far left will be disappointed. Obama tends to be cautious and pragmatic. He tends to weigh in all the facts before making a decision. He favors compromise and consensus. He is far more middle of the road than the GOP and the right wing ideologues can imagine.

[keepontopic]

AtOneAmerica7, Buddy you would not know Socialism or Communism if it hit you on the behind on the way out the door. Seriously the GOP are border line fascist - especially after the last 8 years - by international political standards. By the same standards Obama is centre left of international political standards rather like a good moderate politician in Australia or Canada. Obama is way to the right of socialism let alone communism.
Have you have enough of the cut N paste GOP rhetoric yet?
Do you know your mind can still be saved if you give it up now and you wont go blind.

[jubrown3]

Most small businesses do make over 250.000 a doctor makes over 250.000, but he has to pay his employees and give them medical insurance. How is the doctor who is going to be given rates by the government and taxed by OBAMA going to stay in business. Resturant owners cannot afford insurance and will be given a penalty , with higher taxes under OBAMA. So the guy who got stiffed on the tip, wearing the OBAMA badge won''t have a job. The dominoe effect from OBAMA''s plan will shut all small business''s down. This is what Joe the plumber was trying to get you all to understand. But you just keep putting a deaf ear to him and listening to the BS the golden boy has been selling to you. I plan on keeping my 401 and my money I earned away from all the people who want to sit home and do nothing for a buck. I want to earn my money the honest AMERICAN way not the Russia, Iran way with BARAK. OBAMA''s plan is a polite way of saying he is robbing the honest working and giving to the people who do not want to go out and get a job. But that is ok because he will be eliminating alot of jobs. There are no big companies left thanks to the Dems in Congress..like the leftist Senator. Peace out and GOOD luck At least my conscience will be clear when i vote. After you pull that lever for a socialist government there is not turning back. And believe me i will be the first to say i told you so. But hopefully the smart people will prevail.

[homespunlady]

You know, I WAS concerned about WHERE this nation would be able to come up with the money for Medicare and Medicaid. 300 to 400 plus Billion is a LOT of money.

BUT, then came WALL STREET...

Our "fearless leaders LED by a THREE PAGE DEMAND from King George DEMANDED American TAXPAYERS COUGH UP 700 BILLION PLUS and according to the current ESTIMATES that WALL STREET PONZI ROBBERY is REALLY going to cost somewhere between FIVE TO TEN TRILLION DOLLARS!!!!

AND NOW...King GEORGE has to PLEAD with the PIRATES TO STOP HOARDING the "BAILOUT" ROBBERY MONEY????

THE "BAILOUT BUNCH" is "HOARDING" the cash so THEY CAN CRASH the nation further with the IDEA that once the US is TOTALLY "BANKRUPT" from PAYING THE PIRATES they can then SWOOP IN and "RAID" the REST of whatever is left solvent!!!

They''re ALREADY announcing plans to "BUY UP" (at BARGAIN PRICES) the "solvent" banks and businesses that THE PIRATES are RUNNING INTO TROUBLE by manipulating (DENYING) the CASH FLOW to them!!!

FEUDALISM here we come!!!!

and the RESULT of the NEOCON Government TAKEOVER?

WELFARE "BAILOUT" PAYOUTS for the WEALTHY
FEUDAL SERFDOM for the growing number of POOR
EXTINCTION for the shrinking Middle Class

YEP, REAL BRILLIANT.... let the PIRATE CRONIES that LOBBIED for Financial CHAOS and CONNED this nation into PAYING for their ORGY OF GREED have MORE POWER to financially ROB, RAPE and PILLAGE our Nation!!!

[msimamaji]

Obama''s plan is superior in all respects.
First, it gets rid of subsidies for private plans, which are more expensive than regular medicare. I might add, that the cost of those private plans will keep increasing until they cannibalize the entire system.
Second, it lowers the cost of prescription medicines by allowing Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceuticals.
Third, it emphasizes preventative care. That''s the big cost cutter. Incidentally, I should add that environmental protection, OSHA, and SCHIPS make a lot of cents (in terms of dollars and cents.) The more we reduce childhood illnesses, the more we reduce illnesses caused by pollution and bad workng conditions, the more money we save down the road. Obama understands this. McCain, like all Republicans, just doesn''t get it.
A really great way to save Medicare would be to allow anyone to enroll in Medicare at any age. Then Medicare would have a pool of younger, healthy clients, a pool that would reduce the cost for everyone.
People should ask themselves, "Will we be better of 4,8 or 12 years down the road?"
For that reason alone, we need to elect Obama and his Democratic allies.

[keepontopic]

Ho Hum - more cut and past from KathySun

..lets se if I can craft something from scratch in response...

1. Party of the CEO.
2. Party of the CEO.
3. Oh wait...alomost stuck on stupid like some of these GOP tards...
4. Party of the right wing nuts
5. Party of the right wing nuts
6. drat I keep repeating myself...
7. Keating 5, Abrahamoff, Stevens....
8. Keating 5, Abrahamoff, Stevens....
9. ARGH - my mind is being pollute by GOP cutNpaste - must - fight -back
10. Trickle down / voodoo economics
11. Trickle down / voodoo economics
12...whirl...clump reboot applied....okaY!
13. Palin.
14. MCain.
15. Joe the whatever....
16...
17..

hehhehe

[kittykatty2]

Hmmmm, Olivia, I think you''re a liar. But that is only in keeping with the Republican party. In fact, I will go so far as to qualify you as greedy liars. Your example is meaningless, but that is to be expected from Republicans, you talk a lot of chit, make things up and then feign surprise when you''re called on it.

[olivia4441]

Be my guest, share with everyone you know. It was defintely an eye awakening experiment. The people who do not understand the concept really must learn quickly, there is little time left. God Bless.

[johnedwards6]

Olivia. If you don''t mind. I am going to print your comment and show it to my liberal friends. That is a perfect example.