Radio: Ed Morrissey Show
9 June
Today is my debut on Blog Talk Radio. I’ll be on the Ed Morrissey Show at 3:30 PM EDT today discussing health care.
(photo credit: Radio Daze by Ian Hayhurst)
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I just listened to your discussion with Ed Morrissey and found it very helpful. Admittedly, I am not a fan of the current administration but I did find it helpful that you pointed out where they defined the problem correctly though the current proposals do not address the problem as defined. I doubt the vast majority of the American people have any sense of how Obama defines the problem or that the current proposals miss that mark.
Congress is attempting to address health care more along the line with how the American people understand the issue, cover everyone. I think recent polling suggests that citizens have doubts about a vast health care revision in the current economic environment. It is evident that they have grave concerns about runaway spending and deficits. It is likely voters would be inclined to accept a proposal that is paid for with corresponding spending cuts. My gut tells me that any proposal that is paid for with corresponding tax increases will sink faster than the Titanic.
Either President Obama needs to make it clear to Congress that current proposals do not address the problem as he defines it or we can assume that is truly not his priority. This is a similar failure of leadership I think we saw with his handing a stimulus law to be worked through by Congress. What was passed looked more like the conquerors looting their newly acquired village, rather than anything intended to address a severe recession affecting real people in countless ways. Voters may tend to overlook a stimulus that fails to stimulate but health care will be an entirely different matter.
Who would have thought that small little bed sheets could make such a big difference in our health care?