Like everything Obama, the speech had lots of flair and style.
Like everything Obama, it had no substance!
Sam Youngman and Bob Cusack have a good analysis:
"President Barack Obama’s address to Congress on healthcare reform was short on specifics and long on ideas he and his advisers had already floated this year."
Beyond that, should Pres BO be so preoccupied with health care reform anyway?
Shouldn't Pres BO be more concerned abut the economy?
"To save himself and his party from enduring another health-care debacle, Barack Obama should put his agenda on the back burner, bend his efforts to raising the economy, and rebuild his political capital by taking credit for the inevitable rebound.
That just might minimize the impending loss of House seats and allow him to revisit his wish list in 2011.
The alternative is promising big, accomplishing little and getting credit for nothing.
This could be America's greatest failed presidency."
That's right.
Drop health care.
Drop cap and trade.
Drop everything that translates into tax increases for employers and taxpayers.
We need an economic recovery before we create an entitlement!
P.S. The AP did a quick fact check on the deficits:
"CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf had this to say in July:
"We do not see the sort of fundamental changes that would be necessary to reduce the trajectory of federal health spending by a significant amount.""
1 comment:
The private sector and competitive market forces, not the federal government, are the best means to meeting our country’s rapidly expanding health care needs. One of the things I think we can do to help make that happen is support American businesses and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (http://bit.ly/oanAT). They’re doing things to reach out and show people that they can get involved, too.
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