The president and the Democrats decided not to press for the only plan that makes sense for everyone, in order to preserve an industry that is not only cruel and stupid and dysfunctional, but through its rank inefficiency has necessitated the very reforms now being debated. Full Story »
Posted by Randy Morrow
Taibbi employs his colorfully phrased no-bullshit analysis of the disasterous conjunction of health care legislation, and a congress badly in need of mental health care. A very excellent, though somewhat depressing, read.
Without a public option, any effort at health care reform will be as meaningful as a manicure for a gunshot victim.
The president and the Democrats decided not to press for the only plan that makes sense for everyone, in order to preserve an industry that is not only cruel and stupid and dysfunctional, but through its rank inefficiency has necessitated the very reforms now being debated.
It is a fight to the finish now between Really Bad and Even Worse.
Bury the bogus Baucus BS bill, and put in single payer.