Comments on: John Edwards issues empty threat to take away politicians’ health coverage

By: November, 2007 Archive « Right Minded Online

November, 2007 Archive « Right Minded Online — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:01:35 +0000

[...] he is elected president — he won’t be, so this is merely hypothetical — he will use his power as president to take health care away from members of Congress if they don’t pass universal health care by July, [...]

By: feebiebabe

feebiebabe — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:41:09 +0000

But, I would certainly enjoy seeing legislators lose the wonderful healthcare coverage that they get to keep, along with a few other cushy perks.

Its called don’t vote incumbant.

By: Barry F.

Barry F. — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:39:34 +0000

Now, I am certainly not a John “Pretty Boy” Edwards fan and don’t come close to supporting universal healthcare. But, I would certainly enjoy seeing legislators lose the wonderful healthcare coverage that they get to keep, along with a few other cushy perks. Of course, there is that whole separation of powers issue that he would have to overcome to ever make good on his hollow rhetoric.

I can only imagine what it is like to work somewhere, like Congress, where you get to vote to give yourself pay increases, implement the best in healthcare for you and your family, etc.

Wouldn’t that be an awesome position to be in? It’s a good thing we don’t any corrupt politicians in Washington that would only be looking out for themselves and not consider how wasteful and unfair that would be to the working Americans who vote them into office to represent their interests.

Maybe that’s it. They can’t represent our interests adequately, if they have to worry about their loved ones having good health coverage and a fat salary or pension on which to live. *sarcasm*

By: misterbee241

misterbee241 — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:43:45 +0000

If I’m not mistaken, Congressional medical benefits are a matter of law. It’s a BENEFIT of the J-O-B.
And like most other federal employees, each congress person can either participate in the health plan or not. Just because med benefits come with the job there is no requirement for you to take it.
Why do liberals think that as president they’ll have absolute power as if they are king or queen as the case may be?

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:38:39 +0000

I guess people then can mean it literally when they say “the president makes me sick.”

By: InsureBlog

InsureBlog — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:25:13 +0000

Big Sticks, Mouths…

We don’t generally engage in partisan politics here at IB, but this one is just too juicy to pass up (and besides, we’ve blogged on this very subject before):…

By: Ken M.

Ken M. — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:08:27 +0000

DesertLover (#28; #31):

Here’s a great blog by a physician, who is also actively addressing the current state of affairs:

http://www.lindahalderman.com/default.htm
(also, check Pajamas Media — apparently her essays are posted there first, then later to her blog)

I have a collection of Dr blogs … glad to share if anyone’s interested.
–Ken

By: tgillian

tgillian — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:58:27 +0000

Now THAT’S an attention-getter. Good move, John. Even some of us Republicans can relate to that.

Side note: Aren’t we tired of the terms “demoncrats”, “democraps” and other stupid derivatives?

By: William Teach

William Teach — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:49:54 +0000

Off topic a little bit, but, Liz Edwards was in one of our stores the other day, right near closing (Raleigh), and was apparently talking to Breck Girl on the cell. She finally said “look, just go do your speech.”

Yes, that is true.

By: DesertLover

DesertLover — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:05:34 +0000

trinitytim

I honestly don’t know and was hoping to get further perspective on that question from the medical poster. In my view how can the government control what a Dr can provide if the Dr is not an employee of the government … just thought it wasa a question worth pursuing … hoping someone can shed some light on that side of things … I think that if they are employees and that gets made known to people they will say “no way” …

By: trinitytim

trinitytim — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:09:48 +0000

The Democrats will not stop until they kill our democracy forever. Universal healthcare will break the financial back of our country once and for all.

ACHefty. Good answer. Great column BTW. Wink

DL.. Are Doctors in the UK or Canada government employees? My guess is since the democraps are not smart enough to come up with an original idea, they will copy the failed systems in the UK or Canada so that should tell us what our system will look like.

By: WarTip

WarTip — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:56:36 +0000

1)New Socialist programs
2)More government employees
3)More union employees
4)More costs for truly middle class citizens in the form of higher taxes
5)Less disposable discretionary income
6)Economy weakens
7)Government fixes problem with more socialist programs
8)Rinse and repeat!

Dissidents errrrr I mean democrats will then be able to praise the socialist utopia they have created as they are the first ones put up against the walls!

By: hatelibs

hatelibs — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:54:40 +0000

Now if he threatened to take away their pension package (and it could actually happen)we would be getting somewhere. But don’t think for a minute that they wouldn’t be very upset if their health benefits were cut off. That would mean they would actually have to pay for something instead of the taxpayers. That wouldn’t sit well in Washington. If the premise for the threat wasn’t total garbage it would be nice even though it wouldn’t fly.

Remember Newt forced them, kicking and screaming, into voting for a bill that made members of Congress accountable to the same laws as the general public.

By: Boomer

Boomer — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:51:49 +0000

I would much rather see tort reform before we even think about universal health care. After all Mr. Edwards made all his millions going after physicians and insurance companies only to pass on the cost to the consumer and don’t get me started on how the illegal invasion has also contributed to crippling the medical industry.

By: ACHefty

ACHefty — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:41:30 +0000

Tim,

Titanic wasn’t Finnish; it was English. So get A GOOD START on your history.

/wink-nod

As for Empty-Promise Edwards, the man is useless. We need to stop wasting electrons on him. When all he is doing is stirring the puddin’ for Hillary, we need to focus on Hillary.