Comments on: Senate Finance Committee Liveblog, Three http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-liveblog-three/ Politics for liberal newsgeeks Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:47:29 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: marcos http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-liveblog-three/#comment-49005 marcos Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:02:40 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-liveblog-three/#comment-49005 <p>Are all of these astroturf groups?</p> Are all of these astroturf groups?

]]> By: JamesJoyce http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-liveblog-three/#comment-49003 JamesJoyce Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:01:43 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-liveblog-three/#comment-49003 <p>Bloodletting of America to protect corporations?? Good analogy….</p> Bloodletting of America to protect corporations?? Good analogy….

]]> By: JamesJoyce http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-liveblog-three/#comment-48989 JamesJoyce Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:55:47 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-liveblog-three/#comment-48989 <p>Rape of America by corporations……..</p> Rape of America by corporations……..

]]> By: JamesJoyce http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-liveblog-three/#comment-48986 JamesJoyce Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:54:40 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-liveblog-three/#comment-48986 <p>Quid pro quo… mandated ‘HEALTH INSURANCE IMPOSED ON THE PEOPLE” to keep corporation a float, on the promise they will no longer discriminate? Servitude to corporations as Jefferson feared!</p> Quid pro quo… mandated ‘HEALTH INSURANCE IMPOSED ON THE PEOPLE” to keep corporation a float, on the promise they will no longer discriminate? Servitude to corporations as Jefferson feared!

]]> By: marcos http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-liveblog-three/#comment-48962 marcos Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:43:14 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-liveblog-three/#comment-48962 <p>Sleazebaucus.</p> Sleazebaucus.

]]> By: ouroborous http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-liveblog-three/#comment-48950 ouroborous Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:34:34 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-liveblog-three/#comment-48950 <p>Tried to call Rockefeller and Schumer to urge them to vote down Baucus. Both were busy.</p> <p>Schumer: 202-224-6542<br /> Rockefeller: 202-224-6472</p> Tried to call Rockefeller and Schumer to urge them to vote down Baucus. Both were busy.

Schumer: 202-224-6542
Rockefeller: 202-224-6472

]]> By: marcos http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-liveblog-three/#comment-48932 marcos Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:25:57 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-liveblog-three/#comment-48932 <p>The insurance companies claim that they can’t do the business practices reform without a guaranteed customer base provided by the individual mandate. </p> <p>If the politics of addition prevail, we would see a mandate, public option and business practices reforms.</p> <p>If the politics of subtraction prevail, the mandate and lack of public option might cancel each other out and all that will be left with support from both sides is the business practices reform. That will leave the insurance companies exposed, having to defend the fact that they must continue with reprehensible business practices unless they are able to coerce you to buy their product.</p> The insurance companies claim that they can’t do the business practices reform without a guaranteed customer base provided by the individual mandate.

If the politics of addition prevail, we would see a mandate, public option and business practices reforms.

If the politics of subtraction prevail, the mandate and lack of public option might cancel each other out and all that will be left with support from both sides is the business practices reform. That will leave the insurance companies exposed, having to defend the fact that they must continue with reprehensible business practices unless they are able to coerce you to buy their product.

]]> By: Eureka Springs http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-liveblog-three/#comment-48922 Eureka Springs Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:20:40 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-liveblog-three/#comment-48922 <p>Class war.</p> Class war.

]]> By: Elliott http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-liveblog-three/#comment-48920 Elliott Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:19:42 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-liveblog-three/#comment-48920 <p><a href="http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-live-blog-cont/" rel="nofollow">new thread</a></p> <p>with Scarecrow</p> new thread

with Scarecrow

]]> By: JamesJoyce http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-liveblog-three/#comment-48915 JamesJoyce Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:17:06 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/29/senate-finance-committee-liveblog-three/#comment-48915 <p>Not for profits corporations can profit under Subsection F IRS code!!</p> <p><a href="http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/nccsTools.php" rel="nofollow">http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/nccsTools.php</a></p> Not for profits corporations can profit under Subsection F IRS code!!

http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/nccsTools.php

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