An ebullient Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele asserted Wednesday that GOP victories in governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia demonstrate "a transcendent party" on the move again. Democratic Party Chairman Tim Kaine said that nothing about the election returns amounted to a repudiation of President Barack Obama.
If I was disposed I could almost feel sorry for his predicament, rock and hard place doesn't begin to cover it. keep to the Fen Causeway
Health care is significant to US politics. The outcome of that debate should cause some waves. In the meantime, hang tight if you'r'e interested because we're in the same holding pattern we've been in all year, politically and economically.
On the culture front things do appear to be shifting, finally. Christmas spending numbers in the US should be a nice little wake-up call for anybody who believes this "recovery" bullshit they've been fed.
Well, I will be damned. Why, I just oughta move to a cave, grow a beard, quit bathing and drink 2 l of anise each morning...
H.R.3962, "Affordable Health Care for America Act," introduced 29 Oct 2009
SEC. 310. HEALTH INSURANCE COOPERATIVES. (a) Establishment- Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the [new-to-the-world, US federal Health Insurance Exchange*] Commissioner, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall establish a Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan program (in this section referred to as the `CO-OP program')
(a) Establishment- Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the [new-to-the-world, US federal Health Insurance Exchange*] Commissioner, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall establish a Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan program (in this section referred to as the `CO-OP program')
NB. diacritic prefixed CO-OP: resolution of trust fund naming convention in progress. Each state insurance commission will continue to license, or admit, a "co-op" insurer or brokerage eligible for FedVC investment: "(F) The cooperative is licensed to offer insurance in each State in which it offers insurance" to individuals or employer-sponsored groups. A state is prohibited from operating a "co-op," either exchange or insurance: "(D) The cooperative is not sponsored by a State government."
under which the Commissioner may make grants and loans for the establishment and initial operation of not-for-profit, member-run health insurance cooperatives (in this section individually referred to as a `cooperative') that provide insurance through the Health Insurance Exchange or a State-based Health Insurance Exchange under section 308. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a State to establish such a cooperative.
ahahahaha... immodest subordination to The Reid Compromise of 2010 wherein FedVC turfed downside risk ....bwahahahaha... of "public option" to states' governors and legislatures.
1) EXCLUSIVE TO THE EXCHANGE- The public health insurance option shall only be made available through the Health Insurance Exchange.
--- * SEC. 322. PREMIUMS AND FINANCING. (2) START-UP FUNDING "In order to provide for the establishment of the public health insurance option, there is hereby appropriated to the Secretary, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,000,000,000. In order to provide for initial claims reserves before the collection of premiums, there are hereby appropriated to the Secretary, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as necessary to cover 90 days worth of claims reserves based on projected enrollment."
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
"SEC. 309. INTERSTATE HEALTH INSURANCE COMPACTS. (g) Assistance to Compacting States-
(1) IN GENERAL- Beginning January 1, 2015, the Secretary shall make awards, from amounts appropriated under paragraph (5), to States in the amount specified in paragraph (2) for the uses described in paragraph (3).
(2) AMOUNT SPECIFIED- (A) IN GENERAL- For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall determine the total amount that the Secretary will make available for grants under this subsection. (B) STATE AMOUNT- For each State that is awarded a grant under paragraph (1), the amount of such grants shall be based on a formula established by the Secretary, not to exceed $1 million per State, under which States shall receive an award in the amount that is based on the following two components:..." Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
Nothing has/will change in US politics ...
I've come up with an analogy. Watching the US is like watching a basketball game. One team is the super wealthy, the other is the rest of us. The refs, i.e. the government, are suppose to keep the game fair by calling fouls but the super wealthy bribe the refs and have rigged the game. And so the mighty empire which was the US is slowly going down the toilet. The empire of China is slowly replacing us. To quote many movies, "I got a baaad feeling about this." My hope lies with Europe and South America. Wonder when China will take over the Pentagon, assuming they haven't already. And I wonder how Israel will fare in all of this. I don't think China has great respect for the Jews, assuming they respect anyone but themselves. In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
There seems to be a semiconsensus across the land that the myriad decisions voters made around the country this week all added up to a terrible blow to the White House. If that's the way we're going to go, I don't think it's fair to dump all the blame on gubernatorial contests in New Jersey and Virginia. Although there is no way to deny that New Jersey and Virginia were terrible, horrible, disastrous, cataclysmic blows to Obama's prestige. No wonder the White House said he was not watching the results come in. How could the man have gotten any sleep after he realized that his lukewarm support of an inept candidate whose most notable claim to fame was experience in hog castration was not enough to ensure a Democratic victory in Virginia? New Jersey was even worse. The defeat of Gov. Jon Corzine made it clear that the young and minority voters who turned out for Obama will not necessarily show up at the polls in order to re-elect an uncharismatic former Wall Street big shot who failed to deliver on his most important campaign promises while serving as the public face of a state party that specializes in getting indicted. They would not rally around Corzine even when the president asked them! Really, what good are coattails if they can't drag an unlovable guy from a deeply corrupt party into a second term?
There seems to be a semiconsensus across the land that the myriad decisions voters made around the country this week all added up to a terrible blow to the White House. If that's the way we're going to go, I don't think it's fair to dump all the blame on gubernatorial contests in New Jersey and Virginia.
Although there is no way to deny that New Jersey and Virginia were terrible, horrible, disastrous, cataclysmic blows to Obama's prestige. No wonder the White House said he was not watching the results come in. How could the man have gotten any sleep after he realized that his lukewarm support of an inept candidate whose most notable claim to fame was experience in hog castration was not enough to ensure a Democratic victory in Virginia?
New Jersey was even worse. The defeat of Gov. Jon Corzine made it clear that the young and minority voters who turned out for Obama will not necessarily show up at the polls in order to re-elect an uncharismatic former Wall Street big shot who failed to deliver on his most important campaign promises while serving as the public face of a state party that specializes in getting indicted.
They would not rally around Corzine even when the president asked them! Really, what good are coattails if they can't drag an unlovable guy from a deeply corrupt party into a second term?
