- Allowing the payoff of hundreds of millions to Louisiana to pay off skeptical Democrat Senator Mary Landreau. This is known as the "Louisiana Purchase"
- Allowing the payoff of hundreds of millions to Nebraska to pay off skeptical Democrat Ben Nelson. This would allow citizens of Nebraska not to have to pay for Medicare Advantage for the next 10 years. Instead, the rest of the country would pay for it. This is called the "Cornhusker Kickback".
- Allowing the "Cadillac Tax" NOT be payed by Union members. Since the unions are one of Obama's (and Democrats) largest supporters, Obama accepted this deal. So those of us who are not union members and have the "Cadillac" insurance plans, have to pay this tax, but Obama's friends do not for I believe 8 or 10 years. NICE!!!
- As mentioned at length in previous posts, Obama PROMISED to put the healthcare debates on CSPAN 8 times during the campaign. Not only has this not happened, but the Democrats have denied the usual committee conference that debates any legislation.
- Obama promised to allow bi-partisan debate, although none of the Republican ideas have been included in the bills. This includes tight restrictions on no federal funds for abortion, the possibility of drugs imported from Canada, being able to get insurance across state lines, tort reform, etc.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Healthcare payoffs
Nobody ever said the game of politics wasn't full of lies, deceit, and basically doing anything to "get the job done". When Obama ran his 2008 campaign he promised to change the way politics was done in Washington. Regarding the healthcare debate, let's go over a few things that would clearly (even as a liberal supporter) not be included as "change". In fact, I would argue that it is Chicago "machine thug politics" at its worst. Here's a few samples:
