Would the trigger represent a way to meet his requirements? Would the trigger come in 3 years after he is gone?
On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 10:17:43PM -0400, Max B. Sawicky wrote: > Putting on my rose-colored glasses, I think people may be > misinterpreting BHO's > apparent equivocation about the public option. The way he layed it > out was an > explicit challenge to the other side to propose some alternative way > of generating > competition -- multiple providers -- where there currently is none. > There is no such way. > Note also BHO's definition of lack of competition was markets with as > few as five providers > Of health insurance. That's a pretty broad characterization. It > makes it easy to > justify a public option. > > Bottom line is the White House wants a bill and if they have to > relinquish the > public option, which in its present form(s) is not that big a deal, > they will. > And I don't think you could blame them. A health insurance exchange > for the > uninsured and the uninsurable would be a good thing. > > I was more concerned about the pledge to veto anything that added "a > dime" to the > deficit. That looks like a tough thing to wiggle out of. Kind of > like his campaign > promise to not raise any taxes on anybody earning less than $250K. > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
