SushiSake3 said...

SushiSake3 at 12:15 PM JST - 5th March

"You deserve better."

That's what people who bother to think about this issue would believe, unless they have totally bought into the hailstorm of fear-mongering rhetoric spewing out of the hard Right and conservative talk show hosts in that this is a 'Government Takeover' of healthcare.

If you want to…

Posted in Obama urges Democrats to seize moment on health care at 12:15 PM JST - 5th March
SushiSake3 at 11:35 AM JST - 5th March

It's becoming really clear in this and related threads that there is a solid mass of Americans who are near paranoid about 'Government control.'

But hell, let's face it - what are Medicare nad Medicaid but Government controlled programs???

Are they "Socialist" too?

Posted in Obama urges Democrats to seize moment on health care at 11:35 AM JST - 5th March
SushiSake3 at 11:33 AM JST - 5th March

Wolpack - "Yes, and those countries are beginning to go bankrupt."

Your point is moot. America has been completely bankrupt for more than a decade.

"Taxes will have to be raised greatly just to pay for the interest."

**Have you only just realized this? ** Liberals were talking about rising…

Posted in Obama urges Democrats to seize moment on health care at 11:33 AM JST - 5th March
SushiSake3 at 11:17 AM JST - 5th March

Skip, you may well be right. If Wikipedia is accurate,

"Universal health care is implemented in **all **industrialized countries, with the exception of the United States.[1] It is also provided in many developing countries."

Posted in Obama urges Democrats to seize moment on health care at 11:17 AM JST - 5th March
SushiSake3 at 11:00 AM JST - 5th March

Yuri - well said!

"If Americans want to live up to their core values of freedom they have to grant it to others."

I agree.

Posted in Japan tells U.S. existing Futenma relocation plan off the table at 11:00 AM JST - 5th March
SushiSake3 at 10:53 AM JST - 5th March

It's amazing how the country that creates the most wealth in the global economy cannot implement a universal healthcare system.

Most of the rest of the developed world can and has.

Posted in Obama urges Democrats to seize moment on health care at 10:53 AM JST - 5th March
SushiSake3 at 10:35 AM JST - 5th March

Molenir is right.

According to GOP Talking Points, this nasty bit of legislation that "75% of Americans Want Scrapped" is in fact a "Socialist" "Government Takeover" (cue: shrieking) that is being "Forced Down Our Throats."

Well, that's what the well-dressed (and no doubt, well insured) folks sitting around in chairs…

Posted in Obama urges Democrats to seize moment on health care at 10:35 AM JST - 5th March
SushiSake3 at 07:52 AM JST - 5th March

Watch out - GOP Talking Point No.6125: 'The government is trying to push (or 'ram') this bill down our throats.'

GOP Talking Point No.6214 - 'No one supports this bill' (or its variant -) GOP Talking Point No.6215 - '75% of people are against this bill'

(How can they have…

Posted in Obama demands vote on health care reform at 07:52 AM JST - 5th March
SushiSake3 at 02:30 AM JST - 5th March

"75% of Americans want this bill scrapped" - that'd be according to the 'Fair and Balanced' folks down at Fox News, I'd expect.

Posted in Obama demands vote on health care reform at 02:30 AM JST - 5th March
SushiSake3 at 02:21 AM JST - 5th March

Newsweek poll - 48% favor Democrat healthcare bill.

ABC-Washington Post - 63% say keep trying to pass this bill.

CBS/NY Times - 59% favor public option.

Hmm....now who was out there saying 75% of Americans want this bill scrapped?

Posted in Obama demands vote on health care reform at 02:21 AM JST - 5th March