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2009-03-11 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Beavis 2009-03-11 12:27|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Obama plan hits blue states hardest

Sympathy meter please.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-03-11 13:23|| 2009-03-11 13:23|| Front Page Top

#2 The states most likely to profit are the ones that voted against him last November and whose congressional leaders are least likely to support it.

And he'll fix this by making a big chunk of the program an unfunded mandate, leading to tax hikes in those states.

So far, the pharmaceutical industry is on board with the reform effort, but if drug companies become the targets for price caps or similar efforts

These people are idiots. If this goes through, their profits will splash. Hard.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2009-03-11 14:19|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2009-03-11 14:19|| Front Page Top

#3 We've Sympathy meter at 'Burg?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-03-11 14:20|| 2009-03-11 14:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Oxymoron alert. Obama+Plan= Null.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2009-03-11 14:24|| 2009-03-11 14:24|| Front Page Top

#5 TOPIX > ALAN REYNOLDS: IS CAPITALISM DEAD? YES. [USA steadily drifting towards SOCIALISM]/IS THIS CAPITALISM - NO, IT ISN'T CAPITALISM.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-03-11 19:30|| 2009-03-11 19:30|| Front Page Top

#6 Red states across the South, which now offer limited benefits to low-income residents, stand to receive billions of dollars to cover large populations of uninsured citizens. Blue states in the North and Midwest, which are wealthier and already offer insurance to many, are likely to take a financial hit.

And if you wanted to ruin or turn a 'red state', what better way to do it than this?

Posted by Pappy 2009-03-11 22:08|| 2009-03-11 22:08|| Front Page Top

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