That is all we have been given sadly, by Obama letting Congress run this show.
What a wretched shame.
And all the more that he thinks us so stupid as to buy into his pontificating that he's made a "major" step toward the Medicare donut hole with an agreement with drug companies that for SENIOR citizens in the donut hole they will reduce NAME BRAND drugs by 50%.
Oh, he lauded this as a grand achievement, and smiled, and cheered himself on.
Liar.
Or idiot.
I am disabled.
I am in the donut hole.
I cannot afford name brand drugs, except for the very few that come no other way. The vast majority of my drugs are generic, but they are still VERY costly.
Many I cannot afford now, and do not buy.
Drugs for my lungs.
Besides, his much vaunted achievement of nothing was only for SENIOR citizens, at that.
Not ME.
Not a 51 year old ex-RN disabled on oxygen 24 hours a day.
I reiterate: betrayal, deception, broken promises, lies.
Posted by bakunin2
Oct 19 2009 - 8:57pm
There is one succinct word to describe Baucus, and that word is CORRUPT. Yes, its time to use the right word, and also start discussing the appropriate consequences.
Posted by DHamson
Oct 19 2009 - 10:12pm
"Don't just get mad, get busy."
Yes, but busy doing what? The only people who can change things are the very ones who profit from the status quo. Even if a progressive law manages to get passed, it is ignored. Corporations rule; they always will, because they have the money to buy the power to enforce their rule. I hate to sound defeatist, but I see no way to break corporate rule short of violent revolution, and then we all lose.
Posted by bardamu
Oct 20 2009 - 2:29am
Corporations do reasonably well against violence. They do poorly against economic sanctions.
Don't buy from them.
Don't borrow from them.
Don't work for them.
Don't vote for their allies.
Don't provide services to them, except perhaps advice on how to change their ways.
Tell whomever you can.
Posted by ap
Oct 20 2009 - 12:33am
Thank you, Bill Moyers, for being one of the finest voices in American journalism. Your reporting on the health care crisis in this country reminds me of Walter Cronkite stepping forward on the Vietnam War. President Johnson, at that time, said that if he had lost lost Walter Cronkite, he had lost the American people. While I draw this comparison, though, I'll add that I actually think you are even braver than Walter Cronkite was back then. I recall watching him as a child, and while I knew he was doing something very big, I was ever aware that he could not say that the screen of horrors before my young eyes was morally wrong. He could only say we were losing, and therefore, that made it a bad idea. But you have taken Walter to new heights. In exploration of detail, in coverage of what the other big-time reporters won't talk about, in showing us how we're losing a battle, and in saying that it's morally unjust. Medicare For All. People Before Profits. Health Care Is A Human Right.
Posted by 123xyz
Oct 20 2009 - 7:15am
I am angry and disgusted with the corruption in Congress. Everyone justifies their immoral behavior; legislators, lobbyist, and corporations, while turning away from all the ordinary people. Money, money, money. I have no money so I can die from my treatable disease, but so what, as long as a few rich citizens can get wealthier. What a cold,loveless, nation our wealthy patriots are creating.
How can so many men and women be so callous toward their fellow Americans? It is enough to make me cry and become a Canadian, Australian, Brittan, Norwegian, Japanese, Dane, Swiss, French, Belgian, German, or a citizen of some other country who cares about basic human rights. We use to have King George (the one who lived in the 1770's) ruling over us and now it is corporations telling us to shove it and take it. From the health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, to the money mongers on Wall Street - they are laughing all the way to the bank.
I use to fine it horrible what the French people did to their aristocracy during the French Revolution, but now I can understand their hurt, pain, and sense of revenge.
Thank you legislators, I can always eat cake while I become homeless and die of a curable illness.
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Show AllBetrayal. Deception. Breaking promises. Lies.
That is all we have been given sadly, by Obama letting Congress run this show.
What a wretched shame.
And all the more that he thinks us so stupid as to buy into his pontificating that he's made a "major" step toward the Medicare donut hole with an agreement with drug companies that for SENIOR citizens in the donut hole they will reduce NAME BRAND drugs by 50%.
Oh, he lauded this as a grand achievement, and smiled, and cheered himself on.
Liar.
Or idiot.
I am disabled.
I am in the donut hole.
I cannot afford name brand drugs, except for the very few that come no other way. The vast majority of my drugs are generic, but they are still VERY costly.
Many I cannot afford now, and do not buy.
Drugs for my lungs.
Besides, his much vaunted achievement of nothing was only for SENIOR citizens, at that.
Not ME.
Not a 51 year old ex-RN disabled on oxygen 24 hours a day.
I reiterate: betrayal, deception, broken promises, lies.
There is one succinct word to describe Baucus, and that word is CORRUPT. Yes, its time to use the right word, and also start discussing the appropriate consequences.
"Don't just get mad, get busy."
Yes, but busy doing what? The only people who can change things are the very ones who profit from the status quo. Even if a progressive law manages to get passed, it is ignored. Corporations rule; they always will, because they have the money to buy the power to enforce their rule. I hate to sound defeatist, but I see no way to break corporate rule short of violent revolution, and then we all lose.
Corporations do reasonably well against violence. They do poorly against economic sanctions.
Don't buy from them.
Don't borrow from them.
Don't work for them.
Don't vote for their allies.
Don't provide services to them, except perhaps advice on how to change their ways.
Tell whomever you can.
Thank you, Bill Moyers, for being one of the finest voices in American journalism. Your reporting on the health care crisis in this country reminds me of Walter Cronkite stepping forward on the Vietnam War. President Johnson, at that time, said that if he had lost lost Walter Cronkite, he had lost the American people. While I draw this comparison, though, I'll add that I actually think you are even braver than Walter Cronkite was back then. I recall watching him as a child, and while I knew he was doing something very big, I was ever aware that he could not say that the screen of horrors before my young eyes was morally wrong. He could only say we were losing, and therefore, that made it a bad idea. But you have taken Walter to new heights. In exploration of detail, in coverage of what the other big-time reporters won't talk about, in showing us how we're losing a battle, and in saying that it's morally unjust. Medicare For All. People Before Profits. Health Care Is A Human Right.
I am angry and disgusted with the corruption in Congress. Everyone justifies their immoral behavior; legislators, lobbyist, and corporations, while turning away from all the ordinary people. Money, money, money. I have no money so I can die from my treatable disease, but so what, as long as a few rich citizens can get wealthier. What a cold,loveless, nation our wealthy patriots are creating.
How can so many men and women be so callous toward their fellow Americans? It is enough to make me cry and become a Canadian, Australian, Brittan, Norwegian, Japanese, Dane, Swiss, French, Belgian, German, or a citizen of some other country who cares about basic human rights. We use to have King George (the one who lived in the 1770's) ruling over us and now it is corporations telling us to shove it and take it. From the health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, to the money mongers on Wall Street - they are laughing all the way to the bank.
I use to fine it horrible what the French people did to their aristocracy during the French Revolution, but now I can understand their hurt, pain, and sense of revenge.
Thank you legislators, I can always eat cake while I become homeless and die of a curable illness.