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    KeepYourChan
    ge
    Sep 30 10:32 AM
    Obama or McCain: Who’s Better for Healthcare Investors? [view article]
    Bonnie...

    Rome was burning a long time ago...and it was perpetuated by liberal reformist agendas. If you think the Clinton years and the Democratic-led Congress was such a glorious time...drop the talking points and do some research. I'm sick of hearing about how the world is falling apart and why we won't just all collectively throw government dollars at the latest crisis. The financial crisis for example - look into how Clinton enabled/mandated Fannie & Freddie to make loans to people who couldn't afford them, for the sake of a "social mandate" that more low-income families and minorities should own homes (actually, in my opinion, it was so he could jumpstart the gravy train for all his Dem buddies in the housing and mortgage markets). See how Clinton and the Democratic Congress changed the rules so that Fannie and Freddie could gorge themselves to the gills on securitized mortgages from these sub-prime markets. Check out the story of Franklin Raines, the CEO of Fannie who was appointed by Clinton and who made out with $90mm in salary and stock from his stint at Fannie...and who was later let off the hook (through a settlement) when he was found cooking the books and overseeing one of the biggest accounting frauds in our history. Instead of jail, Raines is now one of Obama's economic advisors!!! Find out who received the brunt of his donation $$$$$$: the Democrats. I don't understand why the MSM does not blow the lid off of this story!!! All they can do is bash Bush - who, by the way, TRIED TO ENACT SWEEPING REFORMS to the Clinton Administration-created mortgage/banking mess as demonstrated by this article in the now off-the-deep-end NYT: query.nytimes.com/gst/...;barney+frank"&am...

    This is what happens when you have a bunch of people who do not understand how the principals of risk/reward and supply/demand work making up rules for "the good of the people".

    If Senator Obama becomes president, it won't be long before the healthcare gravy train starts up because he wants to apply the same flawed principals...alllllll aboard.

    Not me. He can keep his change.     Reply
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    Brion
    Sep 15 02:06 PM
    Obama or McCain: Who’s Better for Healthcare Investors? [view article]
    Today's market meltdown pretty much sums up why I won't be voting the Republican ticket this year.

    You can bet there are numerous SL investors/employees right now who will agree.     Reply
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    Pfloyd234
    Sep 15 01:40 AM
    Obama or McCain: Who’s Better for Healthcare Investors? [view article]
    McCain will be much better for this country for a lot of reasons!!! Reply
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    TinyTim
    Sep 15 12:43 AM
    Obama or McCain: Who’s Better for Healthcare Investors? [view article]
    From an investment standpoint, the risk in markets like this is enough to scare me away. The fickleness of politicians is not a risk I care to take on.

    For all the health care hypocrites out there, since when does health care have to be employer sponsored?
    Since 1943, when the IRS made insurance premiums deductible for corporations to aid in the war effort. I'm sick of hearing employers complain about the costs when they enjoy the benefit of virtually locking in employment. How many times have you heard- the job sucks, but I need the benefits?
    Companies want it both ways-keep employees roped in, but don't make it too costly. Tying health care to employment is a travesty.

    Want to fix health care in this country? Real simple, just drop the corporate tax benefit, eliminate barriers to entry for PA's & NP's by the AMA union and let the markets sort it out.

    The first casualty would be the insurance companies. These middlemen just add a huge cost layer anyway with the bureaucracy and paperwork. You need insurance to replace a fender and get a paint job; do you need it for an oil change and tune-up?

    The next casualty would be the pill pusher doctors who don't provide any value other than being able to lay hands on capital by virtue of their degree to set up an office to deal with the paperwork. Internet pharmacies and nighthawks in India are already pressing them.
    Let the skilled surgeons and ER docs rise to the top. The malpractice lawyers will be circling the rest.


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    AmericanAgen
    t
    Sep 14 03:54 PM
    Obama or McCain: Who’s Better for Healthcare Investors? [view article]
    Under Obama's the government would finance............wro... Don Dion. Wrong, more specifically:

    We, individual taxpayers, would finance Obama's health care plan.

    My view is not a Republican/Democrat issue, it is an issue of public awarness.

    "Government" is not the elected officials and bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. or elsewhere in our country. It is us, the people, the taxpayers.

    We foot the bill.

    Whether you are a blog or journalist, write "government" financing stories as it is: We, individual taxpayers, pay.     Reply
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    WEBISKING
    Sep 14 12:44 PM
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    Obama or McCain: Who’s Better for Healthcare Investors? [view article]
    Higher capital gains and marginal rates =lower tax receipts Reply
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    TAS
    Sep 14 12:36 PM
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    Obama or McCain: Who’s Better for Healthcare Investors? [view article]
    Good article. May I insert that it matters not what the health care plan is if the President has neither the will, courage or experience to defend the country and our vital national interests. Reply
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    Brion
    Sep 13 10:22 PM
    Obama or McCain: Who’s Better for Healthcare Investors? [view article]
    RJC,

    Bonnie's "diatribe of Democrat Party talking points" is largely correct, and singling out a date to dispute in a multiple paragraph post along with dismissing her with a glib and browbeating remark only serves to make her point.

    By admonishing her to "doing one's homework" suggests you've done yours, how conveniently self-serving of you. Bonnie's post clearly reflects hers and many others concern for the serious issues we face in these times, but our problems certainly won't be solved by the likes of you, your snarky attitude, or your transparent posturing to appear "objective and open minded to all sides" – you are just part of the problem.

    I wouldn't have even read Bonnie's zealous comment, had I not noticed your faux wisdom.


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    NEH
    Sep 13 06:26 PM
    Obama or McCain: Who’s Better for Healthcare Investors? [view article]
    Lex Luz - I'm with you - let's get rid of ALL the insurance companies - Americans want to be protected from scraping their knees. Insurance companies have seeped into every part of our life. They reward the weak and expect you and me to pay for it. Responsible, hard-working, honest americans should not be paying for the failures of irresponsible and reckless persons. Think how much money you'd have in your pocket if you didn't pay insurance premiums and what that would contribute to the overall economy. It will never happen of course, the lawyers in this country would fight it to the death.

    I think states should be allowed the liberty and resources to design public programs for the uninsured - tax dollars would pay for them. A federally administered system would be an unbelievable disaster.

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    Jake2
    Sep 13 03:11 PM
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    Obama or McCain: Who’s Better for Healthcare Investors? [view article]
    Health Care is a hot button topic obviously, and not many cool heads are in evidence here. My recommendation is to ignore all commentators. Reader, pass by. Make up your own mind and let all "philosophers&quo... here continue to jabber at one another. Reply
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    steveballmer
    Sep 13 01:49 PM
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    Obama or McCain: Who’s Better for Healthcare Investors? [view article]
    We need less government intervention not more people! Reply
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    searcher
    Sep 13 01:31 PM
    Obama or McCain: Who’s Better for Healthcare Investors? [view article]
    Republican - Libertarian - Democrat - Progressive. Most of these labels, when the printing can be read, are in serious violation of the truth in advertising law. Thank goodness. Reply
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    RJC
    Sep 13 12:38 PM
    Obama or McCain: Who’s Better for Healthcare Investors? [view article]
    Bonnie, The Democrats took control of Congress in January 2007 (election was in November 2006). They have had control for almost two years.

    Starting your comment with a false statement coincides with the rest of your diatribe of Democrat Party talking points.

    I wish people would be more objective and open minded to all sides, which would require doing one's homework (as in investing) and not repeating what one hears on blogs and the media outlets that treat blog information as news.     Reply
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    Veteran
    Sep 13 10:53 AM
    Obama or McCain: Who’s Better for Healthcare Investors? [view article]
    Bonnie

    RIGHT ON!

    Rome is burning and we trying to figure out whether to invest in firefighting equipment, emergency service companies or burn medicine manufacturers.
    "Nero fiddling while Rome burns" seem to be a fitting analogy.
    We have an administration and a party of reckless "pyromaniacs"... who are either unaware of their condition or feel that there is benefit in the destruction they are creating.
    Fundamental change is required.
    When Clinton was running against Bush the Elder, the same nonsense about him bringing in s Socialist agenda was heralded. Today, few would disagree that it was 8 of the best years for Americans and American industry, including investment opportunities.
    The Republican fear mongers have learned their lessons well. It is sickening yet effective.

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    Bonnie
    Sep 13 10:14 AM
    Obama or McCain: Who’s Better for Healthcare Investors? [view article]
    By the way...the Democrats only gained the majority in the Senate and Congress in NOVEMBER OF 2007!!! LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.... NOT 2006!!!

    I can't believe the comments below!!! Obviously those who comment negatively...weren't commenting on the Bush Administration sucking dry all of the Trust Funds.

    Yes, all of the money that all of us have been forced to pay out of our paychecks and all of the money taken out for other specific purposes in our behalf awaiting our retirement...is nearly gone!!! Remember the "Baby-Boomer"... Generation was the largest ever in American History. All of us have been paying into the Social Security Trust Fund since we started working our part-time jobs at 14 years old...now getting ready to retire...THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION HAS ROBBED US BLIND!!!

    OVER $5.2 TRILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN SIPHONED OUT OF THE TRUST FUNDS SINCE BUSH TOOK OVER IN 2000!!! IN PARTICULAR...OVER $1.5 TRILLION DOLLARS STOLEN FROM THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND ALONE!!! ADDITIONALLY, OTHER TRUST FUNDS, INCLUDING THE MILITARY RETIREMENT TRUST FUND, THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT TRUST FUND, THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT TRUST FUND, AND THE AMERICAN INDIAN TRUST FUNDS AND MANY OTHERS...HAVE BEEN HIT AS WELL!!! MIND YOU, THERE IS NO PLAN TO PAY IT BACK AND NO WAY TO PAY IT ALL BACK!!!

    THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION ALSO BORROWED BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM 12 FOREIGN COUNTRIES!!! THE TOP THREE ARE JAPAN (OVER $600 BILLION DOLLARS), COMMUNIST CHINA (OVER $300 BILLION DOLLARS), THE UNITED KINGDOM (U.K.), (OVER $200 BILLION DOLLARS) AND NINE (9) MORE COUNTRIES. ALL OF THESE LOANS ARE BACKED BY HARD AMERICAN ASSETS...LIKE U.S. TREASURY BONDS!!! CAN YOU IMAGINE THE INTEREST RATES ON THEM...AND YOUR GREAT, GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN...MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FINISH PAYING OFF THESE DEBTS!!!

    YES, ANYONE WHO INHERITS THIS AND THE MANY OTHER HORRIFIC BLUNDERS OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION...WILL HAVE HELL TO PAY IN ORDER TO GET THIS COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK...TO SOME SEMBLANCE OF NORMALCY!!!

    HOWEVER, AFTER GIVING TAX INCENTIVES FOR CORPORATIONS TO GO ABROAD AND "GLOBALIZE", WHEREBY MOST CORPORATIONS PAY NO TAXES AT ALL INCLUDING MOST FOREIGN OWNED CORPORATIONS FUNCTIONING IN THE U.S., AND SHIPPING OFF MILLIONS OF JOBS OVERSEAS...AND CONTAMINATING THE U.S. WITH MERCURY, LEAD, AND MANY OTHER PRODUCTS AND BI-PRODUCTS OF THE FEW INDUSTRIES THAT ARE STILL HERE...AND WITH THE BABY-BOOMER GENERATION NOW STARTING TO RETIRE...WITH LOST INCOMES IN STOCKS, THE VALUE OF THEIR HOMES, THE LOST PENSIONS WHEN COMPANIES LEFT OR CHANGED THEIR MINDS AFTER LIFE-LONG EMPLOYEES RETIRED, WE NEED A HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM OF SOME KIND...AND OBAMA'S, AFTER DOING THE FIGURING, IS THE BEST!!!

    OF COURSE, THE VOICES THAT I HEAR IN THIS COMMENT SECTION...COULD CARE LESS...THEY ARE JUST WORRIED ABOUT SAVING THEIR BOTTOMS NOW...BECAUSE THEY HAVE MANY YEARS LEFT TO SURVIVE THIS MESS!!!

    BUT THESE ARE YOUR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS THAT THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TOOK ADVANTAGE OF...AND THEY NEED THE BEST CARE POSSIBLE. DO YOU THINK THAT THE DOCTORS ARE GOING TO LOWER THEIR RATES...WHEN THEIR STOCK PORTFOLIOS ARE SUFFERING???

    DO YOU THINK THAT YOUR PARENTS ARE GOING TO PULL THE MONEY OUT OF THEIR BOTTOMS...OR GROW IT ON A TREE IN THE BACK YARD!!! THEY PUT YOU THROUGH SCHOOL, THEY HELPED YOU THROUGH ALL OF YOUR TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS...LOANED YOU MONEY, KISSED YOUR BOTTOMS MOST OF YOUR LIVES...STOP FOOLING YOURSELVES AND SUPPORT SOMEONE WHO REALLY WANTS TO TURN THIS COUNTRY AROUND...NOT SOMEONE WHO IS PANDERING TO ALL OF THE SPECIAL INTERESTS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION'S LEFT OVERS!!!

    WE NEED SOMEONE WHO IS "WITH IT", NOT SOME OLD FOGGY, WHO DOESN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THE INTERNET...WE NEED SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE IN REALITY...IN REAL TIME...AND WILL FIGHT TO BRING US ALL BACK...NOT JUST THE WEALTHY AND THE CORPORATIONS...AND DISGUISE IT AS "THINKING OF ALL OF US"!!! TOO OLD AND TOO PRETTY...DOESN'T MAKE IT IN THE REAL WORLD!!! OBAMA AND BIDEN HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND FOR ALL, ALL, ALL OF US!!! NOT JUST THEIR BUDDIES!!! THIS ISN'T A "MISS AMERICA" PAGEANT OR THE BAR AT THE "VFW LODGE"...THIS IS MODERN DAY PROBLEMS...THAT NEED MODERN DAY SOLUTIONS BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALL OF THEIR FACULTIES ABOUT THEM...NOT SOMETHING THAT "HANDLERS" WILL DEAL WITH!!!

    MY VETERAN GRANDFATHER IS TOSSING IN HIS GRAVE. AN IMMIGRANT FROM ITALY...FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR I...STOOD UP TO IDIOTS WHO PORTRAYED THEMSELVES AS "FOR THE PEOPLE" AND WERE "FOR THE RICH"!!!

    GET REAL!!! OUR LIVES AND FINANCIAL STABILITY COUNT THIS TIME...BIG TIME...NO CUTE STORIES...OR WAR STORIES ARE GOING TO CHANGE WHERE WE ARE TODAY!!! ONLY INTELLIGENT AND HONEST MEN....BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN ARE HONEST AND INTELLIGENT MEN...WHO WILL EVEN WORK FOR THE POOR (WHERE MOST OF US ARE NOW), THE MIDDLE-CLASS (IF ANY EXIST ANYMORE), AND THE WEALTHY (WHO HAVE TO GIVE UP THEIR TAX LOOPHOLES AND DO THEIR FAIR SHARE TO BRING AMERICA BACK!!!). THEY WILL WORK FOR THE SICK, THE HEALTHY, THE MENTALLY ILL AND THE SANE!!!

    STOP BEING SUCH NARCISSISTS AND SOCIOPATHS AND REMEMBER....WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER...AND WE NEED SOMEONE WHO WILL WORK FOR ALL OF US....TOGETHER!!!!
    UNITED WE STAND...DIVIDED WE FALL!!! AND WE ARE ALMOST DEAD!!! WE BETTER GET SOMEONE WHO HAS SOME LIFE LEFT IN THEM...AND UNDERSTANDS THE REALITY OF WHAT HAS REALLY HAPPENED IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS...AND THE REALITY THAT WE ALL HAVE TO FACE EVERYDAY OF OUR LIVES!!!     Reply
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