Comments for Bent Notes http://barneyquick.net/blog Ruminations on music, culture, America and the world stage Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:57:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 Comment on The largest monthly deficit in U.S. history by Mr. Dings http://barneyquick.net/blog/2010/03/10/the-largest-monthly-deficit-in-u-s-history/comment-page-1/#comment-149920 Mr. Dings Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:57:01 +0000 http://barneyquick.net/blog/?p=3183#comment-149920 Under Ronnie's watch in 1986, the federal government ran a budget deficit equal to a staggering 5.0% of the Gross Domestic Product. Under Ronnie’s watch in 1986, the federal government ran a budget deficit equal to a staggering 5.0% of the Gross Domestic Product.

]]> Comment on The largest monthly deficit in U.S. history by Mr. Dings http://barneyquick.net/blog/2010/03/10/the-largest-monthly-deficit-in-u-s-history/comment-page-1/#comment-149919 Mr. Dings Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:55:36 +0000 http://barneyquick.net/blog/?p=3183#comment-149919 The previous record of $290 billion, was reached under Bush’s father in 1992. The previous record of $290 billion, was reached under Bush’s father in 1992.

]]> Comment on The largest monthly deficit in U.S. history by Mr. Dings http://barneyquick.net/blog/2010/03/10/the-largest-monthly-deficit-in-u-s-history/comment-page-1/#comment-149917 Mr. Dings Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:49:44 +0000 http://barneyquick.net/blog/?p=3183#comment-149917 America destroying? What did you call it when the 'Pubs did it? Of course you promise to change course. You won't be believed anymore than anyone else in Washington is believed. Your wails are those of both a loser and a liar. Until the next election. But the liar will still be there, for history to tell the truth. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/28/bush-leaving-next-preside_n_115335.html Bush Leaving Next President Record Federal Budget Deficit The biggest deficit ever in terms of dollars, though several were higher in the 1980s and early 1990s as a percentage of the overall economy. America destroying? What did you call it when the ‘Pubs did it?
Of course you promise to change course. You won’t be believed anymore than anyone else in Washington is believed. Your wails are those of both a loser and a liar. Until the next election. But the liar will still be there, for history to tell the truth.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/28/bush-leaving-next-preside_n_115335.html

Bush Leaving Next President Record Federal Budget Deficit

The biggest deficit ever in terms of dollars, though several were higher in the 1980s and early 1990s as a percentage of the overall economy.

]]> Comment on Professor Williams weighs in on the subject by Mr. Dings http://barneyquick.net/blog/2010/03/10/professor-williams-weighs-in-on-the-subject/comment-page-1/#comment-149892 Mr. Dings Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:49:24 +0000 http://barneyquick.net/blog/?p=3175#comment-149892 What do you call those whose livelihoods are imperiled by even a single-payer option that is decried as the death of the health insurance industry which then won't be able to compete with it? No, you might have the term insurance confused with both welfare (for the beneficiaries) and a casino (for the administrators). That is really your fear, that someone will get for nothing what you think you get for your considerable something. We'll all contribute to the coverage pool. Deep down inside are you really wishing you wouldn't have to work? You seem to ascribe that moral failure to a such a significant percentage of the population here that it would be welfare to cover them. I realize that your view of human nature is that it is naturally debased. That is, most humans not of your solid moral fiber. What do you call those whose livelihoods are imperiled by even a single-payer option that is decried as the death of the health insurance industry which then won’t be able to compete with it?

No, you might have the term insurance confused with both welfare (for the beneficiaries) and a casino (for the administrators). That is really your fear, that someone will get for nothing what you think you get for your considerable something. We’ll all contribute to the coverage pool. Deep down inside are you really wishing you wouldn’t have to work? You seem to ascribe that moral failure to a such a significant percentage of the population here that it would be welfare to cover them. I realize that your view of human nature is that it is naturally debased. That is, most humans not of your solid moral fiber.

]]> Comment on Nothing brings up lefties’ stuff like an advanced, free, diverse Western nation by Mr. Dings http://barneyquick.net/blog/2010/03/10/nothing-brings-up-lefties-stuff-like-an-advanced-free-diverse-western-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-149890 Mr. Dings Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:42:30 +0000 http://barneyquick.net/blog/?p=3177#comment-149890 That advanced, free, diverse nation-state with universal health care coverage. I thought that meant the death of freedom. Israel. Stand beside her and guide her through the night with a light from above.... That advanced, free, diverse nation-state with universal health care coverage. I thought that meant the death of freedom. Israel. Stand beside her and guide her through the night with a light from above….

]]> Comment on Voters (correctly) hear “tax and spend,” “soaring deficit,” “no reduction in cost of care,” and “I’ll have to switch from something I’m perfectly satisfied with” by Mr. Dings http://barneyquick.net/blog/2010/03/10/voters-correctly-hear-tax-and-spend-soaring-deficit-no-reduction-in-cost-of-care-and-ill-have-to-switch-from-something-im-perfectly-satisfied-with/comment-page-1/#comment-149888 Mr. Dings Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:39:29 +0000 http://barneyquick.net/blog/?p=3179#comment-149888 Rasmussen states: "Senior citizens—the people who use the health-care system more than anybody else and who vote more than anybody else in midterm elections—are more opposed to the plan than younger voters." Bloggie is indeed correct that they are hearing (they) have to switch from something I'm perfectly satisfied with." Well, sure seniors are perfectly satisfied with their social insurance program administered by the United States government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over. It's called Medicare. Ahh, that virtue of selfishness.... http://www.law.uh.edu/healthlaw/perspectives/2009/(CC)%20Insurance.pdf WHILE 51% OF SENIORS REPORTED THEIR COVERAGE AS EXCELLENT, ONLY 32% OF THOSE INSURED UNDER THE AGE OF 65 REPORTED THE SAME!!!! Rasmussen states: “Senior citizens—the people who use the health-care system more than anybody else and who vote more than anybody else in midterm elections—are more opposed to the plan than younger voters.” Bloggie is indeed correct that they are hearing (they) have to switch from something I’m perfectly satisfied with.”

Well, sure seniors are perfectly satisfied with their social insurance program administered by the United States government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over. It’s called Medicare.

Ahh, that virtue of selfishness….
http://www.law.uh.edu/healthlaw/perspectives/2009/(CC)%20Insurance.pdf
WHILE 51% OF SENIORS REPORTED THEIR COVERAGE AS EXCELLENT, ONLY 32% OF THOSE INSURED UNDER THE AGE OF 65 REPORTED THE SAME!!!!

]]> Comment on Professor Williams weighs in on the subject by Bentnotesmanhisself http://barneyquick.net/blog/2010/03/10/professor-williams-weighs-in-on-the-subject/comment-page-1/#comment-149865 Bentnotesmanhisself Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:21:28 +0000 http://barneyquick.net/blog/?p=3175#comment-149865 Companies don't outsource for the hell of it. they do so when functions they need performed are done less expensively elsewhere. Same with insurance premiums. "Management class" - there's a leftist term if I ever heard one. I think you have the term "insurance" confused with the term "welfare," as if the aim is a state of affairs of "Hey, everybody, come one, come all, get your health care, yessirree! Doesn't matter what your health has been like or how much money you have, we'll fix you right up!" Companies don’t outsource for the hell of it. they do so when functions they need performed are done less expensively elsewhere. Same with insurance premiums.
“Management class” – there’s a leftist term if I ever heard one.
I think you have the term “insurance” confused with the term “welfare,” as if the aim is a state of affairs of “Hey, everybody, come one, come all, get your health care, yessirree! Doesn’t matter what your health has been like or how much money you have, we’ll fix you right up!”

]]> Comment on I doubt if it was a sudden conversion by Mr. Dings http://barneyquick.net/blog/2010/03/09/3167/comment-page-1/#comment-149861 Mr. Dings Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:09:43 +0000 http://barneyquick.net/blog/?p=3167#comment-149861 http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/07/29/medicare-44/ Moreover, a recent survey from the Commonwealth Fund, found that “elderly Medicare beneficiaries reported greater overall satisfaction with their health coverage, better access to care, and fewer problems paying medical bills than people covered by employer-sponsored plans.” In fact, Medicare is so popular that most Americans support expanding Medicare coverage to Americans aged 55 to 64. According to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll, “over half of Americans (53 percent) “strongly” support such a proposal and an additional 26 percent say they support it somewhat, totaling 79 percent backing.” http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/07/29/medicare-44/

Moreover, a recent survey from the Commonwealth Fund, found that “elderly Medicare beneficiaries reported greater overall satisfaction with their health coverage, better access to care, and fewer problems paying medical bills than people covered by employer-sponsored plans.” In fact, Medicare is so popular that most Americans support expanding Medicare coverage to Americans aged 55 to 64. According to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll, “over half of Americans (53 percent) “strongly” support such a proposal and an additional 26 percent say they support it somewhat, totaling 79 percent backing.”

]]> Comment on I doubt if it was a sudden conversion by Mr. Dings http://barneyquick.net/blog/2010/03/09/3167/comment-page-1/#comment-149849 Mr. Dings Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:31:57 +0000 http://barneyquick.net/blog/?p=3167#comment-149849 # Mr. Dings said, March 10, 2010 at 7:16 pm As in this ongoing debate here, I can link as many sources saying Medicare isn’t going broke or won’t be going broke as you can that insist that it is. It will only go broke if we want it to. Not just you and yours. http://www.takingcontrolofyourhealthcare.com/?p=415 So, why the the lies? Opponents of healtcare reform want to scare seniors into believing that the Obama administration will use “insolvency” as an excuse to cut Medicare benefits. Never mind that Republicans have used this scare tactics for years to try to eliminate Medicare. We must separate truth from fact. Lets not waste this moment for healthcare reform that will benefit all of us. #

Mr. Dings said,

March 10, 2010 at 7:16 pm

As in this ongoing debate here, I can link as many sources saying Medicare isn’t going broke or won’t be going broke as you can that insist that it is. It will only go broke if we want it to. Not just you and yours.

http://www.takingcontrolofyourhealthcare.com/?p=415

So, why the the lies? Opponents of healtcare reform want to scare seniors into believing that the Obama administration will use “insolvency” as an excuse to cut Medicare benefits. Never mind that Republicans have used this scare tactics for years to try to eliminate Medicare. We must separate truth from fact. Lets not waste this moment for healthcare reform that will benefit all of us.

]]> Comment on A clear demonstration of why health care isn’t and can’t be a right by Mr. Dings http://barneyquick.net/blog/2010/03/10/a-clear-demonstration-of-why-health-care-isnt-and-cant-be-a-right/comment-page-1/#comment-149843 Mr. Dings Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:16:40 +0000 http://barneyquick.net/blog/?p=3170#comment-149843 As in this ongoing debate here, I can link as many sources saying Medicare isn't going broke or won't be going broke as you can that insist that it is. It will only go broke if we want it to. Not just you and yours. http://www.takingcontrolofyourhealthcare.com/?p=415 So, why the the lies? Opponents of healtcare reform want to scare seniors into believing that the Obama administration will use “insolvency” as an excuse to cut Medicare benefits. Never mind that Republicans have used this scare tactics for years to try to eliminate Medicare. We must separate truth from fact. Lets not waste this moment for healthcare reform that will benefit all of us. As in this ongoing debate here, I can link as many sources saying Medicare isn’t going broke or won’t be going broke as you can that insist that it is. It will only go broke if we want it to. Not just you and yours.

http://www.takingcontrolofyourhealthcare.com/?p=415

So, why the the lies? Opponents of healtcare reform want to scare seniors into believing that the Obama administration will use “insolvency” as an excuse to cut Medicare benefits. Never mind that Republicans have used this scare tactics for years to try to eliminate Medicare. We must separate truth from fact. Lets not waste this moment for healthcare reform that will benefit all of us.

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