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“Lech – Look around at any doc’s offices (except perhaps a gyn) & the people aren’t in the glow of health.”
I think you’re confusing me with Benson.
Funny story: So my mom’s an OB/GYN, and when I was a kid there was this big box of stainless steel implements that was in a shed out back. I had no idea what they were for, but they were kind of shaped like pistols: you held this handle thing, and you could almost squeeze it like a trigger, except then the other part would open up when you squeezed the trigger. Didn’t matter though, to a kid it was box full of totally servicable play guns. So I spent hours running around in the woods playing cops n robbers and Army with a bunch of gyno spreaders.
Legion…truth comes out on the timing of the Goldman Sach lawsuit.
SEC’s Schapiro Touts Goldman Sachs Suit in Seeking More Money
April 28 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro is touting the agency’s fraud lawsuit against Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as she seeks more funding from Congress.
Schapiro, in testimony prepared for a Senate appropriations subcommittee today, said the SEC’s enforcement activity has “increased significantly†during her 15 months as chairman.
She cited the Goldman Sachs case, in which the agency this month accused the Wall Street firm of misleading clients, as an example of “the importance of the actions we brought.â€
“Swift and vigorous prosecution of those who have broken the law is at the heart of the agency’s efforts to restore investor confidence,†Schapiro said. “In recent years, the SEC’s enforcement program had suffered under a variety of procedural, structural and budgetary constraints.â€
President Barack Obama proposed $1.26 billion in spending for the SEC in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, a 12 percent increase over its current budget.
They went with a really lame suit on issues that they will not win on for the sake of expediency and, typically, more funding!!!!!!!!! SURPRISE
I also agree with most of what lechacal said at 3:00. there’s always room for improvement in health care reform but we have to start somewhere. Holding back the bill while every single thing is hashed out time and time again would be the same as not doing it at all.
Benson you’re preaching to the choir. I’m a lifelong FISCAL conservative and I agree with some of your response to my “lofty” and “meaningless” statement. I absolutely agree there need to be limits imposed on healthcare regulation, but from personal experience, I do believe that healthcare should be affordable and readily available to all. Frankly, I’m ashamed it took something catastrophic to happen to me before I came to that conclusion.
Alright, let me address it in another way. I am not against the idea of a social safety net. However, what I don’t believe in is an entitlement.
Let’s take Medicaid, the health insurance for the poor. Does it require any responsibility from those who receive this service? Not at all. Are premiums indexed (even loosely) to how well someone takes care of themselves? Not at all!! Does it stress preventitive medicine? Not at all. Are there any limits put on some services? Nope, it’s just one huge entitlement that keeps insurance companies, lawyers and some doctors busy. Would you say those who come out of a medicaid clinic look like the picture of health? Not at all.
your post makes alot of sense,
failure to address #2 on your list is the reason the current healtcare bill is a sham
and #4 is one of the planned revenue sources to fund the healthcare bill;
new taxes on medical devices and patents,
so they aren’t likely to squash the Golden Goose,
then again, they’re sitting pretty hard on Goldman Sachs.
“Lech – Look around at any doc’s offices (except perhaps a gyn) & the people aren’t in the glow of health.”
I think you’re confusing me with Benson.
Funny story: So my mom’s an OB/GYN, and when I was a kid there was this big box of stainless steel implements that was in a shed out back. I had no idea what they were for, but they were kind of shaped like pistols: you held this handle thing, and you could almost squeeze it like a trigger, except then the other part would open up when you squeezed the trigger. Didn’t matter though, to a kid it was box full of totally servicable play guns. So I spent hours running around in the woods playing cops n robbers and Army with a bunch of gyno spreaders.
Legion…truth comes out on the timing of the Goldman Sach lawsuit.
SEC’s Schapiro Touts Goldman Sachs Suit in Seeking More Money
April 28 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro is touting the agency’s fraud lawsuit against Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as she seeks more funding from Congress.
Schapiro, in testimony prepared for a Senate appropriations subcommittee today, said the SEC’s enforcement activity has “increased significantly†during her 15 months as chairman.
She cited the Goldman Sachs case, in which the agency this month accused the Wall Street firm of misleading clients, as an example of “the importance of the actions we brought.â€
“Swift and vigorous prosecution of those who have broken the law is at the heart of the agency’s efforts to restore investor confidence,†Schapiro said. “In recent years, the SEC’s enforcement program had suffered under a variety of procedural, structural and budgetary constraints.â€
President Barack Obama proposed $1.26 billion in spending for the SEC in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, a 12 percent increase over its current budget.
They went with a really lame suit on issues that they will not win on for the sake of expediency and, typically, more funding!!!!!!!!! SURPRISE
I also agree with most of what lechacal said at 3:00. there’s always room for improvement in health care reform but we have to start somewhere. Holding back the bill while every single thing is hashed out time and time again would be the same as not doing it at all.
Benson you’re preaching to the choir. I’m a lifelong FISCAL conservative and I agree with some of your response to my “lofty” and “meaningless” statement. I absolutely agree there need to be limits imposed on healthcare regulation, but from personal experience, I do believe that healthcare should be affordable and readily available to all. Frankly, I’m ashamed it took something catastrophic to happen to me before I came to that conclusion.
Lech – Look around at any doc’s offices (except perhaps a gyn) & the people aren’t in the glow of health.
I may be going to dinner w/ the Big O! (If I win a contest the DCCC is running…)
“the most irresponsible and incompetent spending imaginable.”
Oh yeah. Like the Iraq War, for example. Oops, that was the PRIOR ADMINISTRATION! My bad.
Cobble;
Alright, let me address it in another way. I am not against the idea of a social safety net. However, what I don’t believe in is an entitlement.
Let’s take Medicaid, the health insurance for the poor. Does it require any responsibility from those who receive this service? Not at all. Are premiums indexed (even loosely) to how well someone takes care of themselves? Not at all!! Does it stress preventitive medicine? Not at all. Are there any limits put on some services? Nope, it’s just one huge entitlement that keeps insurance companies, lawyers and some doctors busy. Would you say those who come out of a medicaid clinic look like the picture of health? Not at all.
lechacal,
your post makes alot of sense,
failure to address #2 on your list is the reason the current healtcare bill is a sham
and #4 is one of the planned revenue sources to fund the healthcare bill;
new taxes on medical devices and patents,
so they aren’t likely to squash the Golden Goose,
then again, they’re sitting pretty hard on Goldman Sachs.
Or perhaps that’s just a show as some say.