It doesn't matter who's in the Oval office; the stuff is going to hit the fan, it's just a question of who's more qualified to put it off the longest.
Posted on 09/11/2012 9:33:30 AM PDT by Kartographer
Some good analysis. With Healthcare, remember, there is already complete repeal passed in the House. Those members cannot expect to get reelected in 2014 if they renege on that. The voters will hold their feet to the fire on that one. The Senate will be a different story, and that’s where your scenario is a real one.
My only argument is that Romney is not really the author of Romneycare. It was a largely Democrat statehouse, and he participated. Ultimately he owns it, just like Obama owns his odoriferous health care bill, but it is not like this is his passion nor his bread and butter. His purpose in being president isn’t to implement Romneycare.
The key to getting rid of Obamacare as passed is to get rid of the giant new government bureaucracy, the panels of bureaucrats and the countless taxes and regulations that further distort the industry. Unfortunately, we’ll probably end up with some aspects that poll well because none of these guys are going to fight to the death over those portions and risk no repeal.
I am not as bearish on health care as others with Romney’s stupid comments this weekend. He’s trying to show himself to be moderate to the moderate voters. It is ill conceived, but not too alarming to me. More alarming is that he was given the blueprint by Santorum, Newt and others on this issue and seems to be going moderate verses explaining the problems. That is unfortunate, but not unexpected. Repealing Obamacare is going to be a bear no matter how much Romney wins by, or how many Senate seats we get this cycle. It is really hard to get rid of entitlements, the Dems are going to pull out all the sob stories before and after the election.
Denninger is pretty adamant that the growth in credit is from student loans.
and the beginning of the revolution of the proletariat
It doesn't matter who's in the Oval office; the stuff is going to hit the fan, it's just a question of who's more qualified to put it off the longest.
Wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest.
Who is Selco?
The reason you want cash is that paper money and coinage only make up 10% of the money supply, the rest being digital. For sure the digital money will disappear, but people will be hungry for cash and coin - there won’t be any debit cards, checks or credit cards.
If you want to learn what happens I suggest you read some of Selco’s firsthand experiences in Bosnia:
A Survival Q & A: Living Through SHTF In The Middle Of A War Zone
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2798007/posts
Thanks for the link! Very interesting.
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