Confessions of an ObamaCare Backer

REVIEW & OUTLOOK
NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Confessions of an ObamaCare Backer
A liberal explains the political calculus


The typical argument for ObamaCare is that it will offer better medical care for everyone
and cost less to do it, but occasionally a supporter lets the mask slip and reveals the real
political motivation.

So let's give credit to John Cassidy, part of the left-wing stable at the New Yorker,
who wrote last week on its Web site that "it's important to be clear about what the reform amounts to."

Mr. Cassidy is more honest than the politicians whose dishonesty he supports.
"The U.S. government is making a costly and open-ended commitment," he writes.
"Let's not pretend that it isn't a big deal, or that it will be self-financing, or that it will
work out exactly as planned. It won't. What is really unfolding, I suspect, is the scenario that many
conservatives feared. The Obama Administration . . . is creating a new entitlement program,
which, once established, will be virtually impossible to rescind."

Why are they doing it? Because, according to Mr. Cassidy, ObamaCare serves the twin goals of
"making the United States a more equitable country" and furthering the Democrats' "political calculus."

In other words, the purpose is to further redistribute income by putting health care further under
government control, and in the process making the middle class more dependent on government.
As the party of government, Democrats will benefit over the long run.

This explains why Nancy Pelosi is willing to risk the seats of so many Blue Dog Democrats by forcing
such an unpopular bill through Congress on a narrow, partisan vote: You have to break a few eggs to
make a permanent welfare state.
As Mr. Cassidy concludes, "Putting on my amateur historian's cap, I might even claim that some
subterfuge is historically necessary to get great reforms enacted."

No wonder many Americans are upset. They know they are being lied to about ObamaCare, and
they know they are going to be stuck with the bill.



Printed in The Wall Street Journal, page A24
Copyright 2009 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved

What I find so outrageous about this whole thing is that the politicians aren't going to be using this piece of shit healthcare plan. they have the best of everything at our expense. I want what they have. and somebody needs to take Pelosi out.

this health care proposal does not solve the problems and it costs a ton of money. lests look at some simple math. 40,000 uninsured. obama says his plan will cost the average person 7% of their salarly per year. Take the average salary at $40,000 per year. that's $2800 per year. that's a total cost of $112 billion. So why the trillion dollar price tag

KK wrote:

this health care proposal does not solve the problems and it costs a ton of money. lests look at some simple math. 40,000 uninsured. obama says his plan will cost the average person 7% of their salarly per year. Take the average salary at $40,000 per year. that's $2800 per year. that's a total cost of $112 billion. So why the trillion dollar price tag

the gap is to cover the anticipated inflation adjustments

phluffy wrote:

KK wrote:

this health care proposal does not solve the problems and it costs a ton of money. lests look at some simple math. 40,000 uninsured. obama says his plan will cost the average person 7% of their salarly per year. Take the average salary at $40,000 per year. that's $2800 per year. that's a total cost of $112 billion. So why the trillion dollar price tag

the gap is to cover the anticipated inflation adjustments

ah the ones caused by the stimulus package

KK wrote:

this health care proposal does not solve the problems and it costs a ton of money. lests look at some simple math. 40,000 uninsured. obama says his plan will cost the average person 7% of their salarly per year. Take the average salary at $40,000 per year. that's $2800 per year. that's a total cost of $112 billion. So why the trillion dollar price tag

There you go questioning the information put out by your government again.

There you go questioning the information put out by your government again.[/quote]

you betcha1