Again, not really much of a surprise.  But we can never have too many reminders of what the Obamunists are really all about:     If you believe Sebelius when she says, “And to dismantle something in order to get……

The Truth is all contained in past liberal writings of the great dictators (Mein Kampf, The Red Book, etc.) because if we do not counter them now promises of Fahrenheit 451 will come true.

a single-payer system

There ought not be any surprise about this.

Make no mistake: no matter what Democrats and their knee-walking syncophants may say, a single-payer system is their true and only goal for health care “reform”.

But, it would be great if people who are underinsured as well.

Much more clarification needed here in either case, though.

There are less costly ways to cover more Americans than to force everyone into government-run “exchanges” — really just a federal licensing system for health insurance — in order to cover the 15% of people uninsured in the US.

I don’t get what Ed is proposing here. A licensing system for Healthcare?

May someone explain?

Really? I guess I don’t count as part of the 100% then. I buy my own insurance.

I mentioned the same up-thread. Maybe her statistics don’t include all 57 of Obama’s states.

75% of Americans who have health insurance have insurance coverage through their employers. The rest have it through government

Really? I guess I don’t count as part of the 100% then. I buy my own insurance.

Some animals are more equal than others.

However they do every single year. They just go to Congress and get more money thrown at them. They just can’t have a negative balance on 30 September each year. $7 Billion loss estimated for this year alone for the USPS.

Johnnyreb on October 20, 2009 at 12:32 PM

They’ve only run consistent deficits in recent years. In years past they got a loan from congress, uped the rate for stamps, then used some of the new money to pay congress back.

Perhaps I missed something down the line. Just for curiosity’s sake, if a public option will run private insurance out of business, why doesn’t the USPS run UPS and FedEx out of business? Even when it operates at a loss?

The Calibur on October 20, 2009 at 11:46 AM

Because all of lobbyists from big business’s, make it clear to congress, that will not be tolerated.

Johnnyreb on October 20, 2009 at 12:32 PM

I do not believe the pensions are factored into that. It’s an operational loss – post office can’t run an operational loss. The pensions are forced upon them by congress, if memory serves.

So you agree with me that the federal government should limit itself to what only the federal government can provide (e.g. National Defense)?

The feds have no business screwing with health care in the first place. They have no idea what it is they are doing, it’s not a party thing.

Perhaps I missed something down the line. Just for curiosity’s sake, if a public option will run private insurance out of business, why doesn’t the USPS run UPS and FedEx out of business? Even when it operates at a loss?

The Calibur on October 20, 2009 at 11:46 AM

Just to underline what others posted, the USPS has a legally enforced monopoly on First-class Mail. It didn’t run the competition off in that market, it simply outlawed it. You can’t consider USPS’s pricing and performance in other markets without taking into account the monopoly rents it gains in that one market.

By law, the post office is not permitted to run a deficit.

MarkTheGreat on October 20, 2009 at 12:26 PM

However they do every single year. They just go to Congress and get more money thrown at them. They just can’t have a negative balance on 30 September each year. $7 Billion loss estimated for this year alone for the USPS.

why doesn’t the USPS run UPS and FedEx out of business? Even when it operates at a loss?

The Calibur on October 20, 2009 at 11:46 AM

By law, the post office is not permitted to run a deficit.

That’s why we call them the: National Socialist Democrat Party
Insert witty screen name here on October 20, 2009 at 11:55 AM

Sorry but no ground is to be gained by calling the Dem party by what is probably a more accurate name. Stupid people who think that Americans can still work with this crowd to reach a compromise get into a snit when you call liberals nazis.

highhopes on October 20, 2009 at 12:02 PM

Yes but it puts the Leftists in a conundrum.

On the one hand, they like to label themselves as ‘Socialists’ on occasion, and that is just adding the word National – they are a National party, so it’s an accurate label for them.

On the other, they also like to sling around the ‘NAZI’ lie at their opponents, neglecting the inconvenient little fact that it really means National ‘Socialist’ workers party.

They can’t admit that, lest they admit that it is they who are the closest to that ideology.