The "Bipartisan Compromise" Scam (Cenk @ Huffington Post On Healthcare)

[ihavenobias]

By Cenk Uygur

So, some of the top corporatist Democrats and Republicans in the Senate sat around a table in the Finance Committee for awhile pretending to sweat out a compromise and then came out with exactly what we thought they would -- a health care proposal that benefits the health care companies above all. Shocking. What did we expect?

is the ring leader of this merry band of six senators. Seven out of his top ten are ... health care companies (he has received close to ). You don't say? And then he crafts a proposal that screws the average citizen and helps those same companies. I never could have predicted.

Look at the : The public option and employer mandates. The public option would clearly make and overall. But it would also give the private insurance companies real competition -- so, we can't have that.

Employer mandates might bother some of the top corporations in the country, so we can't have that either. Better to let employees get siphoned off into government subsidies. But wait, wouldn't that and not better? Aren't all of these senators pretending to care about the budget and deficit? Oh I forgot, as long as the corporations get their way, none of the rest of this really matters.

In fact, if it turns out health care reform costs more in the long run, well, that's great because then you can kill real reform easier the next time around by pretending it costs too much. Everyone wins -- except you.

So, why are the Democratic senators going along with this scam? Because they get paid by the same guys as the Republicans. That's how life usually works -- you follow the orders of whoever paid you. In this case, the politicians get elected by raising more money than their competitors, and they get their money from corporate lobbyists. So, whose orders do you think they're going to follow?

Given this state of affairs, it's a minor miracle there are as many Democrats for the public option as there are now. But the ones who actually care to get this done are not the ones coming up with fake compromises with Republicans and the health care industry. They are the ones insisting on a public option. If you negotiate that away, you never had any real interest in reform...

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1. K&R. No, it's not surprising.

[ihavenobias]

6. Until we get serious campaign finance reform, it won't be. n/t

[foginthemorn]

11. Yes, we have know that for decades--but little is done.

[OhioChick]

2. Rec n/t

[pleah]

3. K&R

[CherylK]

4. K & R!!!

:grr:

[ejbr]

5. k & r n/t

[MedfordTim]

7. I'm losing hope

Looks like the rich and powerful are going to screw us again.

[ihavenobias]

8. I'm right there with you.

It's a terrible feeling.

[tomm2thumbs]

9. loved the video that covered this as well

money makes the world go 'round isn't just a song. It's Washington DC's anthem.

[ihavenobias]

10. Good idea, here it is

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x343916