During the middle of the civil back-and-forth, one man identified himself as a Republican and said, "I don't know what I'm doing here." The Democratic president said he was happy to have him in attendance.
Toward the end of the session, Obama went so far as to ask for someone to give him a skeptical question. The best he got were queries about why he doesn't chastise Congress more and where the nation would find the additional doctors and nurses it needs.
So he got one "tough" question (Hopefully the guy wasn't beaten by SEIU thugs afterward) and tons of wimpy softballs. Plus he added this "own goal" that had me laughing out loud.
As long as they have a good product and the government plan has to sustain itself through premiums and other non-tax revenue, private insurers should be able to compete with the government plan, Obama said.
"They do it all the time," he said. "UPS and FedEx are doing just fine. ... It's the Post Office that's always having problems."
UPS and FedEx are strait up smashing the Post Office in terms of profitability, reliability, technological advances, and overall better service. So you want to create yet another Post Office-like entity that will fail miserably and have to be bailed out with even more tax money?
If I were Obama I wouldn't use the Post Office, the VA Hospitals, the DMV, the Stimulus Package, Cash for Clunkers, Fannie and Freddie, Hurricane Katrina relief or just about any other government program as a selling point for what should be called the Post Office Public Plan (POPP.)
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