Comments | caspian_x: idiocratic government vs free-market

caspian_x

idiocratic government vs free-market

Apr 07, 2008 15:01

How am I just seeing this now?

From FORTUNE, March 11, 2008

Why McCain has the best health-care planMy summary ( Read more... )

economics, healthcare, politics

Comments 8

THIS IS A JOKE, DAMMIT shad_0 April 7 2008, 20:46:48 UTC

I didn't read the article, but since you're a religious right-wing conservative Republican you must be wrong.

Re: THIS IS A JOKE, DAMMIT caspian_x April 7 2008, 20:50:24 UTC

Hahahaha. I'd just like to take this opportunity to say that we need more of this around here.

And by 'this' I mean both this type of humor and comments/entries from you, specifically.

Re: THIS IS A JOKE, DAMMIT shad_0 April 7 2008, 21:30:28 UTC

Which reminds me, thank you for the "nudge" a few months ago. Sorry it took me so long to react to it.

Re: THIS IS A JOKE, DAMMIT caspian_x April 7 2008, 21:53:34 UTC

Heh, no worries. Just wanted to make sure you were still, you know, breathing.

Thread 5

k_sui April 7 2008, 21:05:09 UTC

With the caveat that both Obama and Hillary's "plans" aren't fantastic, Tully's analysis seems flawed on two, if not more, counts.

1. He assumes that as soon as the tax exclusion is applied, employers will suddenly be all, "Well, we used to put this money into paying for your health insurance, but now that we no longer pay that, here's a big, fat unexpected raise. Good luck." HAH. Not to be blunt, but the chances of that are approximately zero. More likely will be the situation where employers cease providing coverage and the vast majority of us are forced into an open, and now increasingly unregulated, market. To say nothing of complicating the Code with an additional reporting concern, which seemed to be a huge, big bugaboo for most professed conservatives. So one can only assume that further complicating the Code is a lesser evil than bureaucracy ( ... )

jphotog April 7 2008, 21:15:32 UTC

Yeah. What you said.

clayfoot April 8 2008, 18:43:13 UTC

I'm all for plan C: Eliminate the tax break, as McCain suggests, then leave it up to the states, as nobody suggests, but some states are already doing. This is an excellent space for the states to work with their constituents and to compete with other states for industries, workers, and residents. It's a lousy space for the federal government to meddle, as Medicare keeps trying to tell us.