"I simply cannot allow partisan politics to stand in the way of the basic functioning of government," Obama said in a statement.
Wow, yeah. Your ideas always sound better when no one's there to disagree.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
TheCatt wrote:wrt #2: It's been $1.25 billion so far. The issue was that basically companies could double count certain expenditures for retirees twice towards tax write-offs. The law makes it so that they can only deduct it once.
That doesn't change the fact that it's going to cost them an ass load of money.
My grocery store used to double my coupons. Now they don't. I'm out more money.
"... and then I was forced to walk the Trail of Tears." - Elizabeth Warren
As difficult as it was, passing the health care bill is only "a critical first step" in overhauling the system so that it "works for all Americans," President Obama told NBC's Today show.
Fuck only knows what the other steps are.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
I'm just waiting for the next influenza virus to hit. Even if it's only slightly worse than the average cold, I just want to see the numbers skyrocket.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
I've been hearing that a lot of doctors plan on quitting if health care is actually nationalized... I don't know how much of that is bluster and hype, though.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Remember how all the liberals moved to Canada when Bush won his second term? And all the republicans followed them because of Obama?
Yeah.
However, I do expect we'll see med school enrollments plummet. But then the feds will get desperate, and will start paying the way through for anyone able to do it. And when the success rates are crap they'll start relaxing standards to keep from having the whole system collapse under the collective failure of it all. Then, of course, there'll be a bunch of incompetent doctors around and the whole system will collapse under the collective failure of them all. On the bright side the feds will make it illegal to sue any of their doctors for malpractice, so there's that much at least; everyone they maim will have no recourse.
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The MSM seems to be mocking the guy who said this, but technically he's got a point.
And why replace the 5 percent taxes on cosmetic surgery and botox treatments with this one anyway?
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Total, 25 years and over
7.3 8.2 8.3 8.3
Less than a high school diploma
13.8 15.2 15.6 14.5
High school graduates, no college
9.1 10.1 10.5 10.8
Some college or associate degree
7.3 8.5 8.0 8.2
Bachelor's degree and higher
4.4 4.9 5.0 4.9
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
I remember when Bush's 5.6% unemployment was a disaster for the economy, and proof that he was incompetent for the job.
I also remember the warnings that unless Obama's stimulus was passed, unemployment could be over 9%.
Well, let's be honest, they're still blaming Bush, and they will continue to do so as long as they think the public believes it.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
I remember when Bush's 5.6% unemployment was a disaster for the economy, and proof that he was incompetent for the job.
I also remember the warnings that unless Obama's stimulus was passed, unemployment could be over 9%.
Well, let's be honest, they're still blaming Bush, and they will continue to do so as long as they think the public believes it.
The next 2.5 - 6.5 years?
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
I remember when Bush's 5.6% unemployment was a disaster for the economy, and proof that he was incompetent for the job.
I also remember the warnings that unless Obama's stimulus was passed, unemployment could be over 9%.
Well, let's be honest, they're still blaming Bush, and they will continue to do so as long as they think the public believes it.
The next 2.5 - 6.5 years?
Exactly.
After that, I think even they know it'd be a stretch to continue blaming Bush.
I don't think Bush did anything in office that will have a lasting effect, ala The New Deal.
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"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
