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Do you think Obama has ever read the Book Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, I just finished it last week?

Question by Trace Man: Do you think Obama has ever read the Book Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, I just finished it last week?
It was 1168 pages long took me two weeks to get through it, easly the Best book that I have ever read, my wife is now reading it, The book seems to really mirror what is going on today’s Government, Especially the new Obama administration. here is a quick snapshot of the book from the Wall Street Journal.

(WSJ Article) Ayn Rand, who had come to America from Soviet Russia with striking insights into totalitarianism and the destructiveness of socialism, was already a celebrity. The left, naturally, hated her. But as recently as 1991, a survey by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club found that readers rated “Atlas” as the second-most influential book in their lives, behind only the Bible.

For the uninitiated, the moral of the story is simply this: Politicians invariably respond to crises — that in most cases they themselves created — by spawning new government programs, laws and regulations. These, in turn, generate more havoc and poverty, which inspires the politicians to create more programs . . . and the downward spiral repeats itself until the productive sectors of the economy collapse under the collective weight of taxes and other burdens imposed in the name of fairness, equality and do-goodism.

In the book, these relentless wealth redistributionists and their programs are disparaged as “the looters and their laws.” Every new act of government futility and stupidity carries with it a benevolent-sounding title. These include the “Anti-Greed Act” to redistribute income (sounds like Charlie Rangel’s promises soak-the-rich tax bill) and the “Equalization of Opportunity Act” to prevent people from starting more than one business (to give other people a chance). My personal favorite, the “Anti Dog-Eat-Dog Act,” aims to restrict cut-throat competition between firms and thus slow the wave of business bankruptcies. Why didn’t Hank Paulson think of that?

These acts and edicts sound farcical, yes, but no more so than the actual events in Washington, circa 2008. We already have been served up the $ 700 billion “Emergency Economic Stabilization Act” and the “Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act.” Now that Barack Obama is in town, he will soon sign into law with great urgency the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan.” This latest Hail Mary pass will increase the federal budget (which has already expanded by $ 1.5 trillion in eight years under George Bush) by an additional $ 1 trillion — in roughly his first 100 days in office.

The current economic strategy is right out of “Atlas Shrugged”: The more incompetent you are in business, the more handouts the politicians will bestow on you. That’s the justification for the $ 2 trillion of subsidies doled out already to keep afloat distressed insurance companies, banks, Wall Street investment houses, and auto companies — while standing next in line for their share of the booty are real-estate developers, the steel industry, chemical companies, airlines, ethanol producers, construction firms and even catfish farmers. With each successive bailout to “calm the markets,” another trillion of national wealth is subsequently lost. Yet, as “Atlas” grimly foretold, we now treat the incompetent who wreck their companies as victims, while those resourceful business owners who manage to make a profit are portrayed as recipients of illegitimate “windfalls.”

When Rand was writing in the 1950s, one of the pillars
Rand, who had come to America from Soviet Russia with striking insights into totalitarianism and the destructiveness of socialism, was already a celebrity. The left, naturally, hated her. But as recently as 1991, a survey by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club found that readers rated “Atlas” as the second-most influential book in their lives, behind only the Bible.

For the uninitiated, the moral of the story is simply this: Politicians invariably respond to crises — that in most cases they themselves created — by spawning new government programs, laws and regulations. These, in turn, generate more havoc and poverty, which inspires the politicians to create more programs . . . and the downward spiral repeats itself until the productive sectors of the economy collapse under the collective weight of taxes and other burdens imposed in the name of fairness, equality and do-goodism.

In the book, these relentless wealth redistributionists and their programs are disparaged as “the looters and their laws.” Every new act of government futility and stupidity carries with it a benevolent-sounding title. These include the “Anti-Greed Act” to redistribute income (sounds like Charlie Rangel’s promises soak-the-rich tax bill) and the “Equalization of Opportunity Act” to prevent people from starting more than one business (to give other people a chance). My personal favorite, the “Anti Dog-Eat-Dog Act,” aims to restrict cut-throat competition between firms and thus slow the wave of business bankruptcies. Why didn’t Hank P

Best answer:

Answer by mustagme
Great book. Read it. Loved it. It really does parallel what is happening today. I saw on Fox, that this book popularity has risen over 1000% this past year.

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Do you agree with the Democratic strategy to pass a healthcare bill THEN try to sell it to the public?

Question by c(^-v-*)o: Do you agree with the Democratic strategy to pass a healthcare bill THEN try to sell it to the public?
Wouldn’t people be WAY LESS skeptical of this bill if our alleged representatives could explain all the benefits BEFORE they vote on it?? (Or are these “benefits” simply too few and far between??)

http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/no_20100111_1501.php

ext on his checklist: “finish this health care bill successfully.” And after that? “Then we have to go out and sell it,” he said. “I think we can run on this. I think there is so much in here that has value to every American, and mostly to people who have insurance.”

In the conversation, Axelrod mentioned several other legislative initiatives that the White House hopes Congress will complete this year, including an energy bill. But asked what else Congress could pass before November that might significantly improve Democratic prospects, he cited only one other area: reform of financial regulation. “I wouldn’t put this on that order of magnitude [as health care] at all, but I think if we pass a financial reform that includes strong consumer provisions, reins in some of the worst excesses of the industry, I think that would be useful, would be helpful,” he said.

More important than new initiatives, he suggested, would be reframing the debate on what has already happened in Washington since Obama took office. On the one hand, he argued, the campaign will provide Democrats an opportunity to tout legislative successes, like bills strengthening federal regulation of tobacco and credit card companies, that have been almost completely eclipsed by the high-profile confrontations over the economy and health care.

On the other, he hinted, would be sharper efforts to compare the Democratic agenda with Republican priorities. While Republicans are hoping that voters will view the election as a referendum on Democratic performance, he said Democrats will work to frame the election more as a choice between the parties — and present an aggressive case against the GOP alternative.

Best answer:

Answer by Brother Obama
you best be checkin’ yourself, my brotha

I ain’t gon be readin’ all dat stuff…fo’ shizzle!

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Why are Republicans now fighting against policies that they used to fight for?

Question by Eddie: Why are Republicans now fighting against policies that they used to fight for?
They wanted to give insurance companies more business by requiring all Americans to buy health insurance. It was issue when health care over haul was being discussed in the nineties.

Did Orrin Hatch forget about car and home owners insurance?

“Congress has never crossed the line between regulating what people choose to do and ordering them to do it,” said Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT). “The difference between regulating and requiring is liberty.”

Republicans used to want pay-as-you-go rules. No that Obama and the Democrats are interested, some republicans are against it.

Republicans wanted a deficit cutting commission and when Obama agreed…they voted no.

How can anyone with common sense support people who are not interested in working for the American people? Their only goal is to see President Obama fail.

http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/02/16/health-care-republicans-oppose-their-own-idea/

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/28/senate-gop-paygo/

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/gop-party-9781939

PO’d – You can have a home mortgage without insurance?

“Lenders require that you have homeowners insurance. Be sure to shop around.”

http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/topics/buying_a_home

So some of you feel that being forced to buy car and home insurance is different from being forced to buy health insurance?
Since it wasn’t that long ago that the Republicans wanted it to be manditory for all to buy health insurance – would you have opposed that too?
““Every expert who has looked at this says, ‘If you provide the subsidies and you cap somebody’s income, everybody’ll be able to afford it; it’ll be cheaper than anything you’re buying now if you’re buying it,’” he said. “I’m just telling you, we won’t get control of cost unless we cover everyone.”

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/20/924212.aspx

“Republicans were for much of the Democratic heath reform package before they were against it. In 1993, Republican Senators supported a bill that would have:

•Banned discrimination against people with pre-existing conditions.
•Required employers to offer insurance, as well as required people to buy insurance.
•Reduced growth in Medicare spending.”

http://www.annarbor.com/news/opinion/health-care-bill-isnt-perfect-but-it-is-a-giant-leap-forward/

Peace – Show us one proposal that shows Republicans are for the people.
A recent Harvard study concluded that close to 45,000 people died in 2006 because they didn’t have health care coverage. The bill is far from perfect but would save hundreds of thousands of lives and keep thousands more out of bankruptcy court. The bill would ensure coverage for millions of citizens who are currently without health insurance.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/12/is_the_senate_health-care_refo.html

http://www.annarbor.com/news/opinion/health-care-bill-isnt-perfect-but-it-is-a-giant-leap-forward/

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Answer by bobbyrich32
because they put party before country

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Why Did Guardian Life Insurance Co’s Death Panels?

Question by Tex A: Why Did Guardian Life Insurance Co’s Death Panels?
Make a decision that Ian Pearl and every person like him deserve to die?

And why didn’t the corporate media report it?

How many other “insurance” rackets are operating death panels below the cover of the corporate media blackout?

http://www.enewspf.com/index.php?alternative=com_content&view=write-up&id=10911:olbermann-insurer-ends-wellbeing-system-calls-high-cost-individuals-dogs&catid=88888989:well being-care-reform&Itemid=88890248
yooper: Try to remain focused on the issue.

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Answer by YooperInVegas
The ‘corporate media blackout’?? How about the Obama ‘despotic communist murderer admirers in his cabinet’ media blackout?

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Wouldn’t a military takeover be better for America, than the current “Give away the Farm” style of destruction?

Question by Obama W. Bush: Wouldn’t a military takeover be better for America, than the current “Give away the Farm” style of destruction?
At least with a Coup we stop bleeding money and rid our self of parasites. Ya’Know like Insurance Corporations, Credit Vultures, and Politicians

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Answer by GOP PURITY
Hell no.

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Obama has challenged anyone to find “gaps” between his promises and actions on healthcare….Can you help him?

Question by _______: Obama has challenged anyone to find “gaps” among his promises and actions on healthcare….Can you assist him?
Huffington Post has already started: Obama FLIP_FLOPPED (complete 180) on his stance concerning a federal mandate to buy private insurance. CANDIDATE Obama opposed it (even criticized McCain and Hilary on this point). PRESIDENT Obama now supports it.

Can you feel of anything else?? (lobbyists, big pharma deal, etc.)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/write-up/2009/12/22/AR2009122202101.html?hpid=topnews

President Obama rejected in an interview Tuesday the criticism that he has compromised too much in order to secure wellness-care reform legislation, challenging his critics to determine any “gap” among what he campaigned on last year and what Congress is on the verge of passing.

“Nowhere has there been a larger gap between the perceptions of compromise and the realities of compromise than in the wellness-care bill,” Obama said in an Oval Workplace interview with The Washington Post about his legislative record this year. “Each and every single criteria for reform I place forward is in this bill.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/22/after-ripping-clinton-and_n_401270.html

Obama produced well being care in basic a major portion of his campaign so that when he won, he could claim a mandate and push for reform during his very first year.

In performing so, Obama savaged his major opponent, Hillary Clinton, for arguing that people need to be mandated to acquire health insurance.

“If a mandate was the remedy, we could attempt that to solve homelessness by mandating everyone purchase a home,” he said on a CNN morning show on Super Tuesday during the election. “The reason they do not have a home is they do not have the money. So our concentrate has been on decreasing costs, creating it available. I am confident that if people have a chance to acquire high top quality well being care that is reasonably priced, they will do so. And that is what our program does, and nobody disputes that.”
three……….”This will mark the most impressive initial year by a President in a lengthy, long time.”

Well that signifies Dems should have a cake walk in 2010, proper?? No issues getting re-elected??

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Answer by threegooofs
No – the gaps in terms of what his outline of principles had been at the beginnning of hte legislative process vs. the results.

He was quite clear – his principles werent perfect (in an perfect planet, we’d have single payor), but they had been realistic and pragmatic ambitions. He succeeded. This will mark the most impressive 1st year by a President in a lengthy, extended time.

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Do You Have All Of Your MI Refinance Options Handy?

As someone who spends a great deal of time online watching trends, I am literally blown away by the sum of people searching for MI refinance solutions these days.

Simply by heading over to the biggest search engines and doing ultra simple searches for keywords in the “MI refinance” “MI refi” and “refinance Michigan” niche, the amount of monthly searches is literally approaching the a million number mark PER MONTH!

But when you really look at the numbers, the searches for MI refinance have become unreal.

linked as one with the disaster that has befallen the car industry in Michigan and you can see a one two Michigan loan crisis that no one could have ever seen coming.

My best advice for those looking for real ways to refinance in Michigan is to stick to the biggest names in refinancing in Michigan and those are the national banks that have locations throughout the state.

The biggest loan modification specialists in Michigan are the national banks that now are taking the Obama March 26 initiatives as seriously as you can imagine.

Sticking to the national names will then allow you to see if a local Michigan refinance specialist can BEAT what the big players will give you. Play king of the hill with your Michigan refinancing options. Let the smaller guys (promising you the service you won’t get from the big guys) beat the number and the terms first.

We all know that Michigan has been crushed in the last few years. Now is the time to take the initiatives and run with them.

If I were looking for MI refinance, I would start with the refinancing names I know and work from there.

Obama to Citizens on Health Care: Send In All Fishy Emails

In an effort to push back against criticism of its health care reform plans, the Obama administration is sending one of the many former journalists in its employ onto the digital airwaves of Youtube to attack Matt Drudge and other critics for spreading “disinformation” and “lies.” Since “we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House,” health reform Communications Director Linda Douglass says, “we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.”

Reason.tv’s Dan Hayes is nothing if not patriotic, and with a good nose for fish, so he took his camera in the dead of night and went hunting for perpetrators. The results, as shown in this two-and-a-half-minute video, should scare every American who cares about truth and health care.

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11/5/09: White House Press Briefing

President Obama opens todays press briefing saying real health insurance reform is closer than ever now that the AARP and American Medical Association have announced their support of a bill about to be voted on by the House of Representatives. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs conducts his regular briefing following. November 5, 2009. (Public Domain)

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President Obama on Historic House Health Reform Vote

The President marks the historic vote on the House floor on health insurance reform. November 7, 2009. (Public Domain)

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