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Topic: Krugman: Death Panels and
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Krugman: Death Panels and
Middle-Class Tax Hikes Ahead
Investor´s Business Daily, by Editorial
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Posted By:RustMB, 2/8/2013 7:56:01 AM
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| Big Government: We almost never agree with President Obama´s favorite economist Paul Krugman, but he recently spoke the truth about where Obama´s policies are taking the country. It should scare anyone with a pulse. Krugman, after speaking at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C., was asked about the debt crisis. After arguing it´s no big deal in the near term, Krugman admitted that "Eventually we do have a problem. The population is getting older, health care costs are rising ... . Something is going to have to give." What´s that something?
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
RayLRiv, 2/8/2013 8:56:22 AM (No. 9165265)
Sarah Palin was right.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
MrYules, 2/8/2013 8:56:51 AM (No. 9165270)
Prepare for interfacing differently with the "health care system". This means networking with family and close friends to watch out for each other´s welfare, especially regarding hospitalizations. Think "ombudsman", one or more relatives and/or trusted friends who will walk with us through the "health care" adventure. Be observant. Take names of all people involved with our "care", not just physicians, nurses, aides, techs, pharmacists and the like, but also - and very importantly - the bureaucrats, managers, office personnel that interface with us, especially those that are out of public view. Know them. Meet them. Be friendly. Let them know you are personally interested in the "identified patient". Keep adequate notes so that you can reconstruct events later on, and know who did a good job and who did not. Especially know who the decision-makers are, both physicians/nurses and administrators/bureaucrats. It might be wise to consult an attorney (I am not one!) who specializes in the complex areas of "health care law" and especially litigation (the art and science of suing people for gobs of money). Take photographs at the bedside of the "patient" and the friendly, dedicated "health care providers", not only as a memento of an important life event, but also to establish a chain of evidence should that be necessary. Always be polite and respectful of those that deserve respect, but also let folks know (especially those that are a bit arrogant, dismissive, or "pulling rank as ´authority figures´") that you are an autonomous adult, and will not tolerate your rights being taken away.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna, 2/8/2013 9:03:47 AM (No. 9165280)
Don´t get sick, Komrad.
It´s bad for your health.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
enuf8, 2/8/2013 10:19:46 AM (No. 9165486)
Health wise-----natural alternatives have kept me away from doctors/hospitals/clinics since 1983 and it can be done.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
doctorfixit, 2/8/2013 10:29:03 AM (No. 9165510)
Above all, he´s a propagandist. He may have a Nobel Prize for an arcane sub-specialty of international finance, but as far as government control of the economy, he´s strictly a plagiarizer of Marx/Keynes whose ideas can be reduced to more spending/more taxing/more government. Not that he will ever have to face any consequences of his policies, living as he does off of his rich wife.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
ScarletPimpernel, 2/8/2013 10:35:43 AM (No. 9165525)
Excellent advice, #2. Thank you!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 2/8/2013 10:35:46 AM (No. 9165526)
Krugman would farewell before a death panel.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
mickturn, 2/8/2013 11:46:51 AM (No. 9165676)
So Krugie, how´s that Enron thing working out for ya? You should be in Prison and you KNOW that!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
jalo1951, 2/8/2013 12:01:49 PM (No. 9165716)
You know the old saying "death and taxes" are the only two constants in the world. Thanks to all the stupid, yes, stupid people who votes for this idiot and his administration.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
hicksvillekid59, 2/8/2013 1:35:33 PM (No. 9165901)
Palin is so much smarter that Kruggie. She had this pegged YEARS ago.
Kruggie is just now catching up. He´s not that bright as we know.
If NoBell (sic) prizes were given on smarts alone, Palin would have 10 to the one Kruggie has.
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