Obamacare: Now Appearing On Your Restaurant Bill

[Lucrum]

Lucrum, as you know, you are one of my favorite ET posters, and I really enjoy reading some of your clever posts. That said there are plenty of naive participants that will not understand that the above is nonsense, and will think you are serious. So it is best not to post this crap or at least give the naive some indication that it is really crap and you're not serious.

For those who are wondering what I'm talking about see for example. http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/o/HB-3200-Obamacare.htm#.UyGzy_u4VqA

For any one interested here is the real bill as passed by both houses. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-111publ148/pdf/PLAW-111publ148.pdf

Believe it or not I started to do some quick research on the email contents before I posted it. 1)There were parts that sounded a little suspicious. And 2) the guy who forwarded it to me never fact checks this kind of email first.

I haven't had time to go to the links you provided yet. Are you saying the entire thing, every bit of it is inaccurate? As much disdain as I have for Obamacare and anyone who naively believes it's the answer to our health care system. I hate anyone who makes up shit to further their agenda. From either/any side of the political isle.

 

[piezoe]

Yup. afraid so. Every bit of it is a spoof.

 

[Lucrum]

Yup. afraid so. Every bit of it is a spoof.

In that case I'd delete it if I could. And not just to save face but to prevent anyone else from thinking it's fact. Like I said, I hate when anyone distorts things to further their agenda. Even when I agree with their agenda.

 

[bigarrow]

In that case I'd delete it if I could. And not just to save face but to prevent anyone else from thinking it's fact. Like I said, I hate when anyone distorts things to further their agenda. Even when I agree with their agenda.

I would think that it was meant more for humor than to distort the facts.

 

[piezoe]

You're a good man Lucrum. I'd offer you a cigar were I where you are.

 

[LEAPup]

You're giving Lucrum too much credit he was fooled just like his sidekick leap was.

And it's obvious your "side kick" is a toothless wonder with a beard.

 

[Tsing Tao]

I'm serious! Compare the aftermath of the bank failures following the 1929 crash with the aftermath of the recent great recession to see how much better recapitalizing the banks worked then just letting them go under. No comparison! What we did this time around produced a much better result. Not painless, but far better than last time around.

In all likelihood though, we could have done much better still, . I agree with Soros that instead of taking the bad assets off the banks books we should have left them there and helped the banks replenish their equity instead. That would have been putting the money where the hole was. And of course we should have extracted more concessions regarding bonuses, and executive compensation for bailing out the banks.

You are as bad as the "economists" that live in mainstream politics, which either makes you a fraud and incompetent or malicious and destructive.

 

[piezoe]

You are as bad as the "economists" that live in mainstream politics, which either makes you a fraud and incompetent or malicious and destructive.

Or possibly someone with a different point of view.

 

[Ricter]

Or possibly someone with a different point of view.

How does it feel to be mainstream, Piezoe? Mainstream economics, mainstream mathematics, mainstream history, mainstream political science, mainstream logic and mainstream critical thinking. You loser!

 

[piezoe]

Being mainstream is a horrible cross to bear. But someones got to do it, and apparently it's me.