December 25, 2009
Health Care Delusion
As to health care reform legislation, delusion is sweeping the country, especially among Democrats, liberals and far too many progressives.
Once again the two-party plutocracy has used its corrupt power to make it appear that American democracy actually functions to serve the public. In truth, it is all a sham. Whatever bill the grinning President Obama signs will mainly advance the financial interests of health insurance companies, as their rising stock prices demonstrate.
Here is a prime example of the delusional thinking on the left. Paul Krugman expresses this insight in his latest column: Imperfect as it is, the legislation that passed the Senate on Thursday and will probably, in a slightly modified version, soon become law will make America a much better country.
A much better country? I doubt it. An immediately available single payer government system, like opening up Medicare to everyone, would do that, but that will not happen.
In the end, whatever changes are legislated will produce higher costs for most Americans and higher profits for health insurance companies, as well as more financial ruin for the US because of still more debt. Call me a pessimist. But I know that a totally corrupt Congress that has been inundated with highly paid lobbyists from the health care industry has created a false and misleading picture of what it is doing.
Wait and see. Disappointment awaits you, if you are delusional enough to believe all the political hype so eagerly spread by the corporate media.
Last year the lobby industry pumped out $3.3B, much of it going to promote upward mobility among the Congress. My Party doesn’t have a dog in the HC fight. But, I am appalled by the low level of protests at the resident powers in Congress buying the votes of the La. Rep. and the Neb. Senator. I can see no reason for tolerating such actions in a so-called Republic with a so-called Constitution. Such actions make a mockery of both and yet find little protests from the public.
Every major bill dealing with social issues since WWII have been passed with an approving public. Currently, there are some 60% of the public who are against the passage of a house/senate HC bill. But hey, we are a Corpocracy, we can do that.
Otherwise, we have the government we deserve.
It’s a shame when congressional leadership has to bribe those in their own party to vote for any bill going through and to go against the will of the people. We shall see come 2010 elections if this bites them.
Posted by: KAP at December 25, 2009 01:49 PMWhile I agree that the system is distorted due to the disproportionate influence of the wealthy oligarchs(read corporations), this is exactly the way Congress was designed to work. It is a unifying process of special interest. It’s been this way since George Washington.
All I expected on healthcare was some kind of step forward. We have that. Maybe. We’ll have to see what happens from here.
Did you really expect sweeping change? Without revolution? Why? We live in a system of slow change.
Posted by: gergle at December 25, 2009 01:53 PMSlow change gergle? Greatest xfer of wealth in history within something like ten years. A bubble in the economy every third presidency. A ramp up in debt from something like $2-3T to $12T within a coupla years. Going for $19T of debt within a couple more years. First generation in our history to be less well off than our forbearers. Splain yoreself gergle.
Otherwise, we have the Corpocracy we deserve.
Posted by: Roy Ellis at December 25, 2009 02:39 PMGergle wrote: “While I agree that the system is distorted due to the disproportionate influence of the wealthy oligarchs(read corporations), this is exactly the way Congress was designed to work. It is a unifying process of special interest. It’s been this way since George Washington.”
Tha’s totally sad gergle. If I felt that way I really would want to take up arms and revolt. Nothing or nobody is preventing reform of government. If the TEA party can find a fair haired celeb to head up their effort they could very well bust up the duopoly. Only delusional thinking is stoppping a reform effort which works very well for the duopoly.
Remember when we used to have a usury law and anti-trust law? Remember that the oil companies were busted up a couple of times into the six or seven sisters. Now they are back. Wonder why?
Otherwise, we have the Corpocracy we deserve.
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