tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post784165891428292961..comments2023-12-25T03:15:00.044-08:00Comments on Rants From The Rookery: Please take notesellroonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-51167112181859581272009-09-21T10:11:06.282-07:002009-09-21T10:11:06.282-07:00Well if I sit down, I lose all that edjamication, ...Well if I sit down, I lose all that edjamication, don't I?<br /><br />You are really on the front lines with this health care rumpus, Steve, and so I appreciate your perspective. May all the insurance executives be stricken with an incurable flesh eating bacteria....ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-18961523188906330332009-09-21T09:52:24.787-07:002009-09-21T09:52:24.787-07:00You stand educated, ellroon? Relax. Sit down. Take...You stand educated, ellroon? Relax. Sit down. Take a load off your feet. After this purported debate, none of us will be left standing... except insurance executives. Perhaps long ago, knowledge was power, but I wouldn't bet on it now.Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-57194910035184648442009-09-20T21:11:42.563-07:002009-09-20T21:11:42.563-07:00I stand educated. Thanks, Steve.I stand educated. Thanks, Steve.ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-59636700483703948992009-09-20T14:26:20.331-07:002009-09-20T14:26:20.331-07:00There's just one problem. I loathe Georgie Ste...There's just one problem. I loathe Georgie Steponallofus (as I labeled him years ago in some doggerel), but in this case, he's absolutely right: an individual mandate without a full subsidy IS a tax increase, and, I might add, a regressive tax increase. No one has been "educated" here, and there's just one bullshitter to be dealt with. Take it from one of the 46.5 million uninsured, one who is about to face... call it what it is in fact... a tax increase.Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.com