Bufandas ligeras de Ertl & Cohn

LSYBMcatvLncLnL. The title of this thread was Why Progressives Are Nuts to Oppose the Mandate. I'll coteunr that and say progressives would be nuts to accept the mandates. That's because there is every possibility that these mandates will not lead to lower insurance rates, but rather increase insurance company's profits. I don't see any upside to this for the peon class. In fact, I predict that many people will simply not be able to pay the mandatory insurance-company subsidy, and will either refuse or be forced to pay a fine instead, and then they still won't have insurance. And they will be angry. VERY ANGRY! FOAMING AT THE MOUTH ANGRY!!! And they will blame Democrats, who will soon enough find themselves permanently out of power.Does Obama not see this possibility? Or is he just a Karl Rove operative who has been fooling us all along? I can see that opinions are divided on this board.When Obama got elected, I did say to many friends that we should give him a year before passing judgements. Alas, it has only been 11 disastrous months, but I give up.As many of you already know, I've left the USA to live abroad. Now I'm even afraid to pay a short visit to The Old Country to see relatives. I think the place is getting ready to plunge into civil war.Or am I being melodramatic?