Yes, health care reform will reduce the deficit!
And single payer would reduce the deficit even more, but alas that’s not what we’re getting.
Great sighs of relief will be heard on Capitol Hill when the bill finally passes and is signed, but the lessons learned may take a while longer:
1) The President should have gotten this bill through in the first 90 days of his Administration. He wasted a year and nearly got nothing because of his infatuation with nonexistent bipartisanship.
2) The Democratic Party needs to become more cohesive, or it will be pitched out of office. The Blue Dogs and clowns like Stupak are not really Democrats; progressives need to start fielding and electing candidates that are progressive.
3) The Know Nothing Party has nothing to offer the country.
4) The extreme right remains a spent force, not worthy of a moment’s consideration in the political process or in any country that thinks it is civilized.
Gorilla predicts: “There’s a long way to go, but we’ll all be in Medicare by 2025!”
Tags: CBO, democrats, health care reform, Know Nothing Party