Obamacare Winners and Losers

[bobabode]

Back on topic. Here's an "interesting" op ed from the Post.

"GOP crocodile tears on Obamacare"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...y.html?hpid=z2

This part
"There’s something sad and misguided about talented right-wing wonks devoting immense energy to criticism, yet seeming unable to spare a brain cell for actual public problem-solving. Even a conservative mind is a terrible thing to waste.
The problem, as always, is that once the GOP turns to health-care solutions, they’ll be forced to fess up that Romney-Obamacare was theirs. And it works. That’s something Republican voters are now finding out beyond just Massachusetts.
Like Butch Matthews, 61, a former small-business owner and lifelong Republican from Little Rock. Matthews and his wife, too young for Medicare, had been paying over $1,000 a month in the individual market for a Blue Cross Blue Shield policy with a $10,000 deductible.
“I did not think that Obamacare was going to be a good plan,” he told the (highly functional) Web site ThinkProgress. “I did not think that it was going to help me at all.”
He thought wrong. The policy Matthews just bought from the Arkansas Obamacare marketplace will cost him nothing after income-based subsidies and has a deductible of $750. Doctor visits will cost him $8 instead of nearly $150. He stands to save at least $13,000 a year
“I still am a very strong Republican, but . . . I am so happy this came along,” Matthews said.
If enough Republican voters have happy endings like this, it won’t be long before the GOP’s crocodile tears turn real."

by Matt Miller WaPo

[bobabode]

BTW Thanks for starting this thread, Mike. If you hadn't started it, we progressive liberals would've had to invent it.

[JBS...]

Originally Posted by bobabode

You know what Jim? I'm old enough to remember this same sentiment espoused by the likes of Abbie Hoffman and other counterculture knuckleheads from the '60s and the early '70s. It got a bit of press at the time but to the average hipster and peacenik, it went too far because they were advocating armed insurrection and bombings.
If you want to see the natural progression of that militant mindset take a look at the kidnapping of Patty Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army. It ended badly for those crazies at the hands of establishment. A cautionary tale, if you will.

LOL, nice try Bob. I'm referring to the the GOP establishment. No correlation to what you grey ponytails remember

Pfft, "armed insurrection and bombings","natural progression of that militant mindset" Give me a break.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by JBS...

LOL, nice try Bob. I'm referring to the the GOP establishment. No correlation to what you grey ponytails remember

Pfft, "armed insurrection and bombings","natural progression of that militant mindset" Give me a break.

Who is that new avatar, Jim. A young Ayn Rand?

BTW, never had a ponytail. You must be thinking of D Ray.

[JBS...]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Who is that new avatar, Jim. A young Ayn Rand?

BTW, never had a ponytail. You must be thinking of D Ray.

LOL, naw.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxOouYO5tY4

the inspiration for this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKPNkINFo9U

Just a fan

[piece-itpete]

JBS, wanna get together and overthrow the government sometime? Could be fun

Pete

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

JBS, wanna get together and overthrow the government sometime? Could be fun

Pete

The corporations that own it would never let you.

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by merrylander

The corporations that own it would never let you.

BAM!



Pete

[JBS...]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

JBS, wanna get together and overthrow the government sometime? Could be fun

Pete

Sure sounds great! I think we should get matching fur hats

[piece-itpete]

That does it for me - I'm in!

Pete