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I'm assuming that we now understand there is a difference between advocating socialism and opposing laissez faire capitalism from the conclusion of the conversation in my last blog. now that we know the difference i'd like take an honest look at John Edwards health care plan.

In short he wants to open up an optional single payer system, essentially opening Medicare to anyone who wants to pay in to it. keep in mind this is not mandatory, if you want in, you pay in, if you do not wish to buy in you do not have to. given that with the current numbers, Medicare being not for profit, operates at 5% of the overhead of private market insurance companies this health care option will likely be much less expensive in general and could cover the uninsured as well as those who are insured at a lesser cost than your current private market insurance.

i know what you're thinking "BUT THATS SOCIALISM!" but it isn't and here is why. if united health group wants to continue giving William McGuire $2.1 billion in stock options, they can. all this system will do is add more fierce competition to the market. and as we know a competitive market is paramount to good capitalism. it will help to drive health costs down while they compete to come up with a better insurance plan. the best part of his plan is is nobody is taking away options or telling you that you have to have this plan. just giving you more choices

that is why John Edwards scares people, the right couldn't run against him, they know it, why do you think they and the corporate media have anointed Hillery as our candidate when truth of the matter is most liberals can't stand her. yet conservatives can't get her name out of their mouth, why? because they have chosen who they want to run against. same thing happened to Howard Dean last cycle. the right didn't want to run against him, the right wing had a million dollar ad in Iowa slamming Dean a month before their caucus, simply put Kerry was a pushover, and thats who the bush crew wanted to run against.

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AlwaysaSceptic read my blog
Nov 5, 2007 | 2:30 AM

So your point is... Edwards is the man for president and has the cure for health care? Only he has no chance because the Republicans want to beat Clinton?

OR

The Republicans control everything so Edwards and Clinton have no chance?

OR

The Republicans control everything so there is no chance for health care reform at all?

Wait! What is your point?

drtbkr read my blog
Nov 5, 2007 | 6:29 AM

"I'm assuming that we now understand there is a difference between advocating socialism and opposing laissez faire capitalism from the conclusion of the conversation in my last blog."

I think it would be fairer to say that we understand that that is your opinion. I saw nothing in your last blog indicating you had persuaded anyone to agree with it. I'm not saying I totally disagree, it's a matter of degree.

Your argument would be more persuasive if it didn't begin with a condescending attitude.

Abunai read my blog view my photos
Nov 5, 2007 | 7:52 AM

Then once you got past the attitude, you could formulate an argument based in ALL the facts available instead of the ones being spoon fed to you, or the few you pic that feed your socialist agenda.

I get a kick out of the young ones that think they have some novel approach or vision..... eventually they enter into the world where the rest of us deal in reality, and about a decade later, are shocked at what they used to think...

Either that or they simply continue to live in a "Boulder haze" and grow old with the same ponytail they had at Woodstock....

XNoctemNacimur read my blog view my photos
Nov 5, 2007 | 12:52 PM

the point was that Edwards has a comprehensive health plan.it's well thought out and pretty fair. It's something we should all really consider, granted, no plan is perfect, but i think this could work for everyone.

however, i knew what the replies would have been, more McCarthyist misuse of the term socialist so i headed it off at the pass, if it sounds condescending its cause i believe the "socialism" buzz word is played out and tired, to be blunt its an ignorant point for a lack of argument, and I'm sick of hearing it.

the last rant is a little off topic other than the fact that a real well thought out progressive scares the powers that be. why do you think kucinich got such a hard time on his UFO comment, truth of the matter is, no matter what you believe, there is more proof of UFOs than there is god and all conservative run a platform based on their "moral" religious life style and a commitment to "God". that along with the cost of someone's hair cut is what passes as a political topic. its nothing more than slander meant to distract the ignorant masses from the real topics.

finally the reason i brought up Clinton was because she is actually our weakest candidate, but the powers that be once again want her to get the nomination because she is the one the republicans are most likely to beat. same thing happened in 2004, howard dean who was the democrats front runner was more likely to beat bush than Kerry, lots of conservative's money was spent to trash dean and promote Kerry because Kerry was the weaker candidate.

Abundai, yes i am young but you have yet

XNoctemNacimur read my blog view my photos
Nov 5, 2007 | 12:58 PM

Abundai, yes i am young but you have yet to refute my points. so come on if i've missed something bring me "all the facts available".

AlwaysaSceptic read my blog
Nov 5, 2007 | 1:25 PM

You act as though the “powers that be” are the Republicans. The Dems have no responsibility and no say in who runs for their party? I’ll buy that for a dollar!

Maybe the reason why Edwards does not have a chance is because of his health plan?

Maybe you need to think about WHYs instead of taking what the left tells you for face value.

It’s a thought

XNoctemNacimur read my blog view my photos
Nov 5, 2007 | 2:32 PM

i'm saying there is alot of special interst that manipulates all aspects of politics. a progressive democrat who would do things like work for energy independence would not be liked by a specific industry, or one who advocates for peace would not be liked by another, or one who advocates for national healthcare would not be liked by another. but the oil, defence and healthcare industries have lots of money to throw at an election. now as far that concernes conservatives they are generally in bed with big oil, defence and most big corporate special interest, if for nothing else because they don't believe in the sherman anti-trust act and generally believe in "neo-liberalism" or laissez faire capitalism.

edwards healthcare plan and his refusal of lobbiest money is the exact reason the "powers that be" (read big corporate powers) run against him.

Powerball read my blog view my photos
Nov 5, 2007 | 4:53 PM

There's no need to refute what experience will eventually succeed in doing. We've all been down the world is unfair road X, your not finished with your journey and the fact that you generalize every topic without finishing the debate is the proof.

Abunai is correct, come back to your writtings in 10 years and you will be laughing. This is not a dig on you, it's just the way life seems to work. That said, keep on a civil track and you will get more out of people-then again it is a blog!

XNoctemNacimur read my blog view my photos
Nov 5, 2007 | 6:45 PM

i got ya', no need to actually debate the issue, no point necessary, just discredit everything i say by chalking it up to lack of experience.

no matter how old you are, you lack a point till you can come back and have a somewhat pointed rebuttal, as far as I'm concerned you have lost the conversation, debate whatever you want to call it, just remember, the future is mine. you can reach out to me, engage me or write me off, the choice is yours.


also civility went out the window with this forum, when i was called a domestic insurgent. I'm not your typical pacifist hippie liberal, i know when I've been threatened and growing up in the punk and skinhead scene i know how to take a hit if not deal them.

AlwaysaSceptic read my blog
Nov 6, 2007 | 2:24 AM

The thing is you have the attitude that special interests have all the power in the world. This shows you immaturity in American politics and society. The sad thing is the are a great deal of OLDER leftists with the same immaturity. HOWEVER, with you I do see there is good thought process going but again keep asking the WHYs. I would encourage you to look at where the money has to come from to pay for any health plan, not just Edward’s, but any! And if the burden of the cost falls on a certain group more than other people, then it is a poor plan. This is America and with t he freedom we have come responsibility. My children need to rely on me to provide the health care, not you or anyone else. Health care is NOT a right.

hfaylor23 read my blog view my photos
Nov 6, 2007 | 4:39 PM

the funny thing in all this is i was a part of the eyoung republicans at my school and as i look back i can't help but laugh at how dumb my ideals used to be...

XNoctemNacimur read my blog view my photos
Nov 6, 2007 | 6:39 PM

I think it is you who are naive, i think you are underestimating the power of special interest and wealth in politics in general.


also i did look at where the funding comes from, read above, if you want to join his health care plan you pay in based on income, if not, you continue paying your current fica tax rate... but because current and similar programs operate at 5% of the overhead everyone can be covered at less than what we are paying current market rates, even if not everyone chooses to get on the GI (government insurance)...

Powerball read my blog view my photos
Nov 7, 2007 | 4:54 AM

Well X

I would hope that you could see all you are promoting here is more corruption. Think hard about it before you start the cry-baby rants dude, your discrediting yourself and anyone with a smidge of common-sense can see it.

For a lesson in government run health care, please research Walter Reid Medical Center, and don't forget to read some of the dispariging stories about the center written by the NYTimes, Newsweek and on and on. Walter Reid is Government run health care and at this point is the only model we have.

X
The common working class understands that special intrests are not helping the common citizen. If you people could express a thought without attacking others you wouldn't be referred to as a domestic insurgent. But you haven't, and then you lay accountability for it at other peoples door step.

And am I the only one who is wondering if this conversation is about winning or loosing. Doesn't that make it a left vs. RIGHT issue? Or are you trying to bait people again? You can't have it both ways, the only thing you have accomplished in all of your blogs is to generalize the citizens on this Nation. Focus on a topic for gods sake, one topic without attaching 100 generalized thought processes that exist in your head. Your all over the place and until you can slow down a bit your going to get nowhere.
I can't help but wonder as a mechanic if you work the same way as you think, tell us where that's at so we can save ourselves some frustration and not go there. In reality, I would prefer someone who tackles the problem instead of avoiding it. I need

Powerball read my blog view my photos
Nov 7, 2007 | 5:02 AM

I need an oil change, does that mean your going to replace the engine?

Do you work at a dealership X?
Now there is bussiness that fleeces the public.
Total rip-off and part of the big business mindset in our society. A special-intrest if there ever was one X.

I hope you don't X, I hope you work for a place that is honest and does the customer right by giving them the service that they need and not a bunch of crap that they don't.

I hope you give an answer X, I really do think knowing that will help many of us understand where it is your comming from.

XNoctemNacimur read my blog view my photos
Nov 7, 2007 | 9:16 AM

well, i service fleet, so unless you drive one of our trucks, don't worry about it. given the company is my customer, if i did shoddy work I'd be jobless. also a car like politics is SYSTEMIC one problem can cause another and sometimes what seems to be a problem is only a symptom, for example your tires wear irregularly, you can replace the tires once a year, or you can get an alignment and service the linkage thus fix the PROBLEM and make one set of tires last 3 years.

failure at walter reed, failure of social security, failure of public schools are all symptoms of one problem that is irrational fear in conservative leadership. the lack of money and proper oversight for all these programs. its all because regan and everyone since believed they needed to lower taxes, they had an irrational fear of "socialism", they feared these programs, cut the funding. walter reed is the incarnation of regan's 9 scariest words and the mentality that follows.

bottom line is you get what you pay for. you want our VA hospitals to give the care a veteran deserves? PAY FOR IT quit bitching about taxes.

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I'm a socialist, unborn baby killing, freedom & country hating, liberal! or am I? actually i am a mechanic, just a working class guy, looking out for my countries best interests. I see that laissez faire capitalism and democracy do not see eye to eye. I see that there has been an undeclared war waged on the American middle class. one where the super rich keep getting richer the poor get poorer, as the middle class disappears into a corporate feudalist system under the guise of freeing the market. i see that supply side economics is nothing more than grooming the American public to be consumers, not producers in the new world order. if you can't afford to be a consumer well sell yourself into slavery with your new Amero express card. does that make me a liberal? a socialist? fine so be it call it what you will. but do not tie me to the democratic leadership who has been all too willing to pander to the highest bidder while making it look like they are the opposition. at least the republicans will admit they are for hate, war and oppression. while the democrats only pretend to be against hate war and oppression.

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