Comments on: Nebraska Democratic Party Passes DFA/FDL/Credo Resolution In Support of Public Plan http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/nebraska-democratic-party-passes-dfafdlcredo-resolution-in-support-of-public-plan/ Politics for liberal newsgeeks Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:37:02 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: NAVDOC3rdMAR http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/nebraska-democratic-party-passes-dfafdlcredo-resolution-in-support-of-public-plan/#comment-51508 NAVDOC3rdMAR Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:31:16 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/nebraska-democratic-party-passes-dfafdlcredo-resolution-in-support-of-public-plan/#comment-51508 <p>Senators Rockefeller, Schumer, Stabenow and Widen of the Senate Finance Committee Sub-committee on Health, did a great job of pointing out that the Medical Industrial Complex’s contribution to Health Care Reform, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is $20 BILLION and in return they will get $500 BILLION in TAX-PAYER FUNDED SUBSIDIES. Democratic Senators baucus, conrad, carper, lincoln and nelson voted with the republicans to kill the public option 09-29-09.<br /><br />Criminally corrupt politicians are the reason the U.S. is ranked near the bottom of every catagory when ranked next to other modern, industrialized nations. Time for publically funded elections. <br /><br />lieberman $12.6M, mcconnell $7.8M, baucus $7.7M, cornyn $6.7M, <br />kyl $5.6M, grassley $5.4M, ensign $5.2M, conrad $5.1M, cantor $4.9M, <br />nelson $4.9M, burr $4.8M, boehner $4.4M, hatch $4.4M, lincoln $4.1M, <br />vitter $3.9M, carper $3.6M were paid by the Medical Industrial Complex to kill Health Care Reform. (Source: <a href="http://OpenSecrets.org" rel="nofollow">OpenSecrets.org</a>, Aug. 09)<br /><br />Follow the Money: <a href="http://hmc-lavadogs.livejournal.com/20128.html" rel="nofollow">Link</a><br /><br />Call Congress and demand, Single-Payer Health Care for All!<br /><br />(Toll Free # House and Senate)<br />1-866-338-1015 _____ 1-866-220-0044<br />1-800-473-6711 _____ 1-866-311-3405<br /><br />Sign Single-Payer Petitions: <a href="http://www.singlepayeraction.org/join.html" rel="nofollow">Link</a> <a href="http://www.americacantwait.com/TrueMajority" rel="nofollow">Link</a><br /><br />Don’t let the Medical Industrial Complex steal your Health Care from you and your family by donating huge sums of money to Crooked Politicians in order to maintain the Status Quo. Keep up the good fight.<br /><br />SEMPER FI!</p> Senators Rockefeller, Schumer, Stabenow and Widen of the Senate Finance Committee Sub-committee on Health, did a great job of pointing out that the Medical Industrial Complex’s contribution to Health Care Reform, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is $20 BILLION and in return they will get $500 BILLION in TAX-PAYER FUNDED SUBSIDIES. Democratic Senators baucus, conrad, carper, lincoln and nelson voted with the republicans to kill the public option 09-29-09.

Criminally corrupt politicians are the reason the U.S. is ranked near the bottom of every catagory when ranked next to other modern, industrialized nations. Time for publically funded elections.

lieberman $12.6M, mcconnell $7.8M, baucus $7.7M, cornyn $6.7M,
kyl $5.6M, grassley $5.4M, ensign $5.2M, conrad $5.1M, cantor $4.9M,
nelson $4.9M, burr $4.8M, boehner $4.4M, hatch $4.4M, lincoln $4.1M,
vitter $3.9M, carper $3.6M were paid by the Medical Industrial Complex to kill Health Care Reform. (Source: OpenSecrets.org, Aug. 09)

Follow the Money: Link

Call Congress and demand, Single-Payer Health Care for All!

(Toll Free # House and Senate)
1-866-338-1015 _____ 1-866-220-0044
1-800-473-6711 _____ 1-866-311-3405

Sign Single-Payer Petitions: Link Link

Don’t let the Medical Industrial Complex steal your Health Care from you and your family by donating huge sums of money to Crooked Politicians in order to maintain the Status Quo. Keep up the good fight.

SEMPER FI!

]]> By: djfourmoney http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/nebraska-democratic-party-passes-dfafdlcredo-resolution-in-support-of-public-plan/#comment-51494 djfourmoney Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:33:22 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/nebraska-democratic-party-passes-dfafdlcredo-resolution-in-support-of-public-plan/#comment-51494 <p>Supporting the Public Option would be OKAY if you could tell me what the Public Option is? If its HR3200, I don’t want any part of it. In fact I won’t be eligible anyway, my company does offer me partial health care coverage because of my part-time status.</p> <p> Plus it won’t kick in until 2013</p> <p> Bullshit!</p> <p> We need reset the debate and start with SINGLE PAYER just like Canada or Great Britain or some version of France’s system which is judged as the best in the world.</p> <p> Keith is going to break it down for the people on his show tomorrow. I hope this is call to action. We need to join Doctor’s Made As Hell and DEMAND Single Payer health care or Multi-Payer Health Care that takes the PROFIT motive away from insurance companies.</p> <p> Supporting the Public Option is nice, but we need to know all the nuts and bolts of this “Public Option” before I’ll blindly support it.</p> Supporting the Public Option would be OKAY if you could tell me what the Public Option is? If its HR3200, I don’t want any part of it. In fact I won’t be eligible anyway, my company does offer me partial health care coverage because of my part-time status.

Plus it won’t kick in until 2013

Bullshit!

We need reset the debate and start with SINGLE PAYER just like Canada or Great Britain or some version of France’s system which is judged as the best in the world.

Keith is going to break it down for the people on his show tomorrow. I hope this is call to action. We need to join Doctor’s Made As Hell and DEMAND Single Payer health care or Multi-Payer Health Care that takes the PROFIT motive away from insurance companies.

Supporting the Public Option is nice, but we need to know all the nuts and bolts of this “Public Option” before I’ll blindly support it.

]]> By: bailey2739 http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/nebraska-democratic-party-passes-dfafdlcredo-resolution-in-support-of-public-plan/#comment-51493 bailey2739 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:09:07 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/nebraska-democratic-party-passes-dfafdlcredo-resolution-in-support-of-public-plan/#comment-51493 <p>Jane H. I see THIS unmistakingly clear resolution to Ben from home as tremendously helpful. I have no doubt he’ll rationalize it (as Phoenix Woman suggests), but I expect his peers will have some with it & that a few who are up for reelection in 2010 will take to heart.<br /> But, I don’t expect this strongly worded, nearly unanimously supported and extremely relevent message to get much air time. You know better than I the corporatization of our media (thanks Bill Clinton!) has made it more difficult than ever for relevent inquiry to shake the news. However, even though it’s probable in a few days this neat storyline will be dismissed as old “local” news, my guess is it will marginalize Ben just a tad more with his Congressional peers who are up for reelection in 2010.</p> Jane H. I see THIS unmistakingly clear resolution to Ben from home as tremendously helpful. I have no doubt he’ll rationalize it (as Phoenix Woman suggests), but I expect his peers will have some with it & that a few who are up for reelection in 2010 will take to heart.
But, I don’t expect this strongly worded, nearly unanimously supported and extremely relevent message to get much air time. You know better than I the corporatization of our media (thanks Bill Clinton!) has made it more difficult than ever for relevent inquiry to shake the news. However, even though it’s probable in a few days this neat storyline will be dismissed as old “local” news, my guess is it will marginalize Ben just a tad more with his Congressional peers who are up for reelection in 2010.

]]> By: PaulaT http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/nebraska-democratic-party-passes-dfafdlcredo-resolution-in-support-of-public-plan/#comment-51491 PaulaT Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:48:28 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/nebraska-democratic-party-passes-dfafdlcredo-resolution-in-support-of-public-plan/#comment-51491 <p>If the insurance industry is bankrupt, better to have it die with a public plan in place to make sure people still have some way to get medical care than to have it die with nothing else in place. No bailout will save it. It’s a flawed model. Giving Madoff an infusion of cash would only have delayed the crash and added to the victims count. It’s gonna hurt no matter what, so might as well just get it over with.</p> If the insurance industry is bankrupt, better to have it die with a public plan in place to make sure people still have some way to get medical care than to have it die with nothing else in place. No bailout will save it. It’s a flawed model. Giving Madoff an infusion of cash would only have delayed the crash and added to the victims count. It’s gonna hurt no matter what, so might as well just get it over with.

]]> By: gbasin http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/nebraska-democratic-party-passes-dfafdlcredo-resolution-in-support-of-public-plan/#comment-51475 gbasin Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:35:44 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/nebraska-democratic-party-passes-dfafdlcredo-resolution-in-support-of-public-plan/#comment-51475 <p>Slowly… that’s how it goes, very, very slow<br /> It takes years, sometimes centuries, to make even incremental steps.<br /> The abolitionists worked for 400 years to outlaw slavery, yet there’s<br /> still racism. The Suffragettes persevered nearly 100 years, yet still<br /> sexism persists. From Stonewall to gay marriage, we’re still not even<br /> there, and that fight’s been raging for 40 years.<br /> These battles have been waged across the generations, with incremental<br /> victories along the way.</p> Slowly… that’s how it goes, very, very slow
It takes years, sometimes centuries, to make even incremental steps.
The abolitionists worked for 400 years to outlaw slavery, yet there’s
still racism. The Suffragettes persevered nearly 100 years, yet still
sexism persists. From Stonewall to gay marriage, we’re still not even
there, and that fight’s been raging for 40 years.
These battles have been waged across the generations, with incremental
victories along the way.

]]> By: Sparkatus http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/nebraska-democratic-party-passes-dfafdlcredo-resolution-in-support-of-public-plan/#comment-51451 Sparkatus Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:14:46 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/nebraska-democratic-party-passes-dfafdlcredo-resolution-in-support-of-public-plan/#comment-51451 <p>I definitely think when this is all over, there will be a lot of dirt that seeps out. But I am pretty sure that insurance cos aren’t going bankrupt. Giant wealth transfer to them, yes (particularly if we have the double whammy of mandate plus no public option). But it will be just additional gravy.</p> I definitely think when this is all over, there will be a lot of dirt that seeps out. But I am pretty sure that insurance cos aren’t going bankrupt. Giant wealth transfer to them, yes (particularly if we have the double whammy of mandate plus no public option). But it will be just additional gravy.

]]> By: Knoxville http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/nebraska-democratic-party-passes-dfafdlcredo-resolution-in-support-of-public-plan/#comment-51414 Knoxville Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:35:51 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/nebraska-democratic-party-passes-dfafdlcredo-resolution-in-support-of-public-plan/#comment-51414 <p>Jane, I just sent you another email with info for another specific reporter at a different Nebraska newspaper.</p> Jane, I just sent you another email with info for another specific reporter at a different Nebraska newspaper.

]]> By: TheLurkingMod http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/nebraska-democratic-party-passes-dfafdlcredo-resolution-in-support-of-public-plan/#comment-51334 TheLurkingMod Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:02:20 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/nebraska-democratic-party-passes-dfafdlcredo-resolution-in-support-of-public-plan/#comment-51334 <p>Eli is upstairs!<br /><a href="http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/how-does-shep-smith-still-have-a-job/" rel="nofollow">How Does Shep Smith Still Have A Job?</a></p> Eli is upstairs!
How Does Shep Smith Still Have A Job?

]]> By: NorskeFlamethrower http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/nebraska-democratic-party-passes-dfafdlcredo-resolution-in-support-of-public-plan/#comment-51331 NorskeFlamethrower Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:38:21 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/nebraska-democratic-party-passes-dfafdlcredo-resolution-in-support-of-public-plan/#comment-51331 <p>P.S. and I still think we’re gunna find out that the entire insurance industry is bankrupt and this legislation is their bailout.</p> P.S. and I still think we’re gunna find out that the entire insurance industry is bankrupt and this legislation is their bailout.

]]> By: NorskeFlamethrower http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/nebraska-democratic-party-passes-dfafdlcredo-resolution-in-support-of-public-plan/#comment-51330 NorskeFlamethrower Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:36:44 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/10/06/nebraska-democratic-party-passes-dfafdlcredo-resolution-in-support-of-public-plan/#comment-51330 <p>AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND…</p> <p>Citizen Hamsher and the Firepup Freedom Fighters:</p> <p>Somehow I don’t think this is over by a loooong shot. Obama now owns this entire mess and he won’t be able ta manage a rock garden if he doesn’t put somethin together on this. Somehow I think that the progressive Democrats in the House and Senate are gunna come outta this thing stronger’n Obama if he doesn’t get his shit together. If there is no bill or one that cracks the system wide open, those to suffer will be a lotta Blue Dogs and some Rethugs. Obama will be left with smaller margins in the House and about the same numbers in the Senate but he won’t be able ta trianulate the Dems ‘cuz he won’t have enough Blue Dogs and the fascists won’t do ANYthin for ‘im.</p> <p>In my opinion, the Democrats come outta this leaner and meaner and there will be leadership changes right up into the White House…and if ObamaRahma wakes up in time they could still win this thing.</p> <p>KEEP THE FAITH AND PASS THE AMMUNITION,THE STRUGGLE GOEZ ON AND ON AND…</p> AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND…

Citizen Hamsher and the Firepup Freedom Fighters:

Somehow I don’t think this is over by a loooong shot. Obama now owns this entire mess and he won’t be able ta manage a rock garden if he doesn’t put somethin together on this. Somehow I think that the progressive Democrats in the House and Senate are gunna come outta this thing stronger’n Obama if he doesn’t get his shit together. If there is no bill or one that cracks the system wide open, those to suffer will be a lotta Blue Dogs and some Rethugs. Obama will be left with smaller margins in the House and about the same numbers in the Senate but he won’t be able ta trianulate the Dems ‘cuz he won’t have enough Blue Dogs and the fascists won’t do ANYthin for ‘im.

In my opinion, the Democrats come outta this leaner and meaner and there will be leadership changes right up into the White House…and if ObamaRahma wakes up in time they could still win this thing.

KEEP THE FAITH AND PASS THE AMMUNITION,THE STRUGGLE GOEZ ON AND ON AND…

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