COMPETITION "IMPEDED" BECAUSE OF THE GOVERNMENT?
The White House issued a statement Thursday as a response to the House's passing of a bill to require Medicare to negotiate for lower prices with pharamceutical companies:
"Government interference impedes competition, limits access to lifesaving drugs, reduces convenience for beneficiaries and ultimately increases costs to taxpayers, beneficiaries and all American citizens alike."
What kind of morons must the White House think we are? That's their argument--that government harms competition? Do they think we don't know about antitrust legislation? Do they think we don't know that in general, the idea is for government to force competition to be allowed, so that a monopoly does not exist to the detriment of the consumer?
I mean, I'm no economist or anything, but the statement that "government interference impedes competition" just seems ludicrous to me. I tend to think that "government mandates competition (with a few exceptions)."
Or am I just totatlly wrong about that?
Showing posts with label Democratic agenda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Democratic agenda. Show all posts
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Wednesday, November 15, 2006
WHAT I WANT FROM THE DEMOCRATS...
...but probably won't get:
1. Impeachment-To not impeach this president and vice-president is to excuse the behavior in which they've engaged since even before 9/11. It is to excuse it for this president as well as for future presidents.
2. Withdrawal from Iraq-Should've never invaded that country in the first place.
3. Economic Populism-tax fairness, help for the poor, ending the middle class squeeze, and so forth
4. End to illegal NSA wiretapping-which may have begun before 9/11 and is too terrible a power for any one person to have
5. Repeal of anti-civil liberties legislation-specifically, the Patriot Act and especially the abhorrent Military Commissions Act.
The only way the Democrats will not succeed for the next two years is if they fail to hold the Bush administration accountable for the horrendous policies they've pursued while in power. That's the only way the Democrats can lose power--by pledging not to impeach, not getting out of Iraq, not ending the warrantless wiretapping, not reversing the tax cuts, not reining in corporate power, not creating disincentives for outsourcing, etc.
If there were ever going to be a time to do all of these things, it's now. These are not partisan proposals--they are pro-American, pro-freedom, pro-humanity policies. We must strike while the iron is hot. We can't dance around the issues and try to please a deluded minority of the country that still loves Rush Limbaugh and Bush.
...but probably won't get:
1. Impeachment-To not impeach this president and vice-president is to excuse the behavior in which they've engaged since even before 9/11. It is to excuse it for this president as well as for future presidents.
2. Withdrawal from Iraq-Should've never invaded that country in the first place.
3. Economic Populism-tax fairness, help for the poor, ending the middle class squeeze, and so forth
4. End to illegal NSA wiretapping-which may have begun before 9/11 and is too terrible a power for any one person to have
5. Repeal of anti-civil liberties legislation-specifically, the Patriot Act and especially the abhorrent Military Commissions Act.
The only way the Democrats will not succeed for the next two years is if they fail to hold the Bush administration accountable for the horrendous policies they've pursued while in power. That's the only way the Democrats can lose power--by pledging not to impeach, not getting out of Iraq, not ending the warrantless wiretapping, not reversing the tax cuts, not reining in corporate power, not creating disincentives for outsourcing, etc.
If there were ever going to be a time to do all of these things, it's now. These are not partisan proposals--they are pro-American, pro-freedom, pro-humanity policies. We must strike while the iron is hot. We can't dance around the issues and try to please a deluded minority of the country that still loves Rush Limbaugh and Bush.
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
NOT TO BE TOO PARTISAN, BUT...
The Democrats win the Senate! I can't believe it!
Rumsfeld's gone, the public hates the Iraq war, and the Democrats are in complete control of Congress!
Hot damn!
My only regret is that it took so long for a majority of the population to figure out what was going on. I mean, for fuck's sake, we've been barrelling down the road to fascism at breakneck speed, seemingly cheered on by a majority of the public. We've come so close to losing our democracy, even just in the last couple of months, not to mention the last five years.
But hellfire and damnation, even a late victory is still a victory!
Get rid of the Military Commissions Act! Please! Dismantle the NSA wiretapping program! Investigate 9/11!
Although with the Dems now in power, I feel slightly less apprehensive about speaking my mind on this blog and I don't think I'll worry quite as much about being carted off to a FEMA prison camp in the middle of the night just for being the left-handed leftist...
The Democrats win the Senate! I can't believe it!
Rumsfeld's gone, the public hates the Iraq war, and the Democrats are in complete control of Congress!
Hot damn!
My only regret is that it took so long for a majority of the population to figure out what was going on. I mean, for fuck's sake, we've been barrelling down the road to fascism at breakneck speed, seemingly cheered on by a majority of the public. We've come so close to losing our democracy, even just in the last couple of months, not to mention the last five years.
But hellfire and damnation, even a late victory is still a victory!
Get rid of the Military Commissions Act! Please! Dismantle the NSA wiretapping program! Investigate 9/11!
Although with the Dems now in power, I feel slightly less apprehensive about speaking my mind on this blog and I don't think I'll worry quite as much about being carted off to a FEMA prison camp in the middle of the night just for being the left-handed leftist...
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