Krugman: Do the Right Thing

[ProSense]

Do the Right Thing

By PAUL KRUGMAN

A message to House Democrats: This is your moment of truth. You can do the right thing and pass the Senate health care bill. Or you can look for an easy way out, make excuses and fail the test of history.

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Some are urging Democrats to scale back their proposals in the hope of gaining Republican support. But anyone who thinks that would work must have spent the past year living on another planet.

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Bear in mind that the horrors of health insurance — outrageous premiums, coverage denied to those who need it most and dropped when you actually get sick — will get only worse if reform fails, and insurance companies know that they’re off the hook. And voters will blame politicians who, when they had a chance to do something, made excuses instead.

Ladies and gentlemen, the nation is waiting. Stop whining, and do what needs to be done.

[ShortnFiery]

1. SnF to Krugman: STFU already.

Really, does this guy EVER just ... RESTS?

[ProSense]

3. "Really, does this guy EVER just ... RESTS?" Do you? n/t

[rurallib]

4. Honestly? You want Krugman to REST? I would love to hear why

He backs up his opinions with facts. Refuses to back down to the corporatists. How is this bad?

[Hello_Kitty]

7. "Refuses to back down to the corporatists"

:rofl:

Thanks for the chuckle.

http://www.slate.com/id/1918

[xchrom]

2. As hoyer said: it's better than nothing.

My but we've set the bar high.

Oh well.

[T Wolf]

5. At this point, I am willing to see EVERYTHING come crashing down. Only if conditions

deteriorate to the point where everyone is severely, negatively impacted by the policies of this and previous administrations will enough people get off their asses, out from in front of Fuck News, and yes, out from behind our keyboards, to try and fix the disaster that Amerika has become.

So yes, I am saying IBTL because "winning" has gotten us nowhere and has not really slowed down the fall that Georgie accelerated so well.

[Spazito]

6. Yep, this sentence says it all in a nutshell, imo

"Some are urging Democrats to scale back their proposals in the hope of gaining Republican support. But anyone who thinks that would work must have spent the past year living on another planet."