Obama's Policies: The Math Just Doesn't Work
by TLA
Barack Obama's color doesnt mean a damn thing to me. Nor would I care if he was a transexual mexican buddhist with a taste for young boys.
No, opposition to Obama from many Americans lies directly in the fact that the man's foreign and domestic policy proposals are illogical and counterproductive.
For example, Obama's tax cut 'for 95% of Americans' makes no logical sense when seen in light of his proposals to have the government fund health insurance for the uninsured. We can barely afford the medicare and medicaid system we have now, and the current system only covers the destitute and the aged. All government projections indicate that by 2040 at the latest (and probably much sooner than that) our nation will go bankrupt by funding medicare and medicaid alone. Even if we cut education and military funding to $0, we still wouldn't be able to afford medicare and medicaid.
Why? Because our largest generation- the baby boomers- are retiring en masse and there are not enough tax payers to support all of them.
So how can Obama cut taxes and increase the government's health care payroll? Very simply- he can't. He can, however, create a very expensive mess that still won't cover most Americans...
Obama knows as well as anyone that the money saved by an immediate and total pullout of Iraq and Afghanistan would still not be enough to fund expanded health care. Raised taxes on those making over $250,000 would make even less of dent in the staggering cost, which will be many multiples bigger than the much maligned $700 billion bank bailout.
The fact that Obama has proposed such a ludicrous policy exposes him as a liar and a fraud. The fact that no one in the media has asked him to explain this logical pretzel is criminal.
If Obama was serious about helping uninsured Americans, he would have to start on two main fronts: making insurance less expensive and making medical care less expensive. In order to make insurance less expensive, one must eventually address the gargantuan added cost of medical malpractice lawsuits. We all know, however, that the day liberal Democrats come out in favor of capping jury verdicts will be a cold day in hell indeed. Oh- by the way the American Bar Association is one of the top contributors to the Democratic party.
Making medical care less expensive is a bit more complicated. Of course capping lawsuits would help this too, however I would love to hear even one politician run on a platform that TV advertising for prescription medication should be banned. God knows how much money these pharma companies waste on commerical airtime, but we all know that pharma dollars line the pockets of Democrat and Republican alike.
Of course medical care would be even less expensive if hospitals did not have to provide free care and treatment to every illegal immigrant that washes ashore. That, of course, is another issue that will never be addressed by Obama.
Barack Obama may be half black and he may be 'The One' according to Oprah, but he's not a magician and he can't make gold from goose shit. Let him come up with a plan that makes logical sense and is not impossible, and possibly he can win over many of the people who are so skeptical of him. Otherwise, he's just another grandstanding demagogue thats all smoke and mirrors.
Barack Obama's color doesnt mean a damn thing to me. Nor would I care if he was a transexual mexican buddhist with a taste for young boys.
No, opposition to Obama from many Americans lies directly in the fact that the man's foreign and domestic policy proposals are illogical and counterproductive.
For example, Obama's tax cut 'for 95% of Americans' makes no logical sense when seen in light of his proposals to have the government fund health insurance for the uninsured. We can barely afford the medicare and medicaid system we have now, and the current system only covers the destitute and the aged. All government projections indicate that by 2040 at the latest (and probably much sooner than that) our nation will go bankrupt by funding medicare and medicaid alone. Even if we cut education and military funding to $0, we still wouldn't be able to afford medicare and medicaid.
Why? Because our largest generation- the baby boomers- are retiring en masse and there are not enough tax payers to support all of them.
So how can Obama cut taxes and increase the government's health care payroll? Very simply- he can't. He can, however, create a very expensive mess that still won't cover most Americans...
Obama knows as well as anyone that the money saved by an immediate and total pullout of Iraq and Afghanistan would still not be enough to fund expanded health care. Raised taxes on those making over $250,000 would make even less of dent in the staggering cost, which will be many multiples bigger than the much maligned $700 billion bank bailout.
The fact that Obama has proposed such a ludicrous policy exposes him as a liar and a fraud. The fact that no one in the media has asked him to explain this logical pretzel is criminal.
If Obama was serious about helping uninsured Americans, he would have to start on two main fronts: making insurance less expensive and making medical care less expensive. In order to make insurance less expensive, one must eventually address the gargantuan added cost of medical malpractice lawsuits. We all know, however, that the day liberal Democrats come out in favor of capping jury verdicts will be a cold day in hell indeed. Oh- by the way the American Bar Association is one of the top contributors to the Democratic party.
Making medical care less expensive is a bit more complicated. Of course capping lawsuits would help this too, however I would love to hear even one politician run on a platform that TV advertising for prescription medication should be banned. God knows how much money these pharma companies waste on commerical airtime, but we all know that pharma dollars line the pockets of Democrat and Republican alike.
Of course medical care would be even less expensive if hospitals did not have to provide free care and treatment to every illegal immigrant that washes ashore. That, of course, is another issue that will never be addressed by Obama.
Barack Obama may be half black and he may be 'The One' according to Oprah, but he's not a magician and he can't make gold from goose shit. Let him come up with a plan that makes logical sense and is not impossible, and possibly he can win over many of the people who are so skeptical of him. Otherwise, he's just another grandstanding demagogue thats all smoke and mirrors.
posted by The TDL News Team at 7:47 PM
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