On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > White House talking points. >
Like broken clocks, even White House talking point are occasionally right. In particular, maybe you can explain why the following is wrong: "What do you imagine would happen if premiums turned out to be unaffordable—even with hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies? Would Congress enforce the mandate for individuals to buy insurance, or ease it? Would Congress keep subsidies at the same level, or make them more generous? Would Congress play nice with insurers, or add a public option? History teaches that, once in place, entitlement programs tend to become more generous, not less. The approach to programs that do not work as intended is to lubricate their operations as Congress does best—by spending more money. This is a cause for concern about the Senate bill, but not among liberals." -raghu. -- Did you hear about the dyslexic Satanist? He sold his soul to Santa. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
