On Group lobbies Ryan for health care reform

Posted on October 22 at 7:46 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

If Ryan were to support a good Democrat plan there'd be no reason to promote him. He's no dummy.

And my guess is that he's less concerned about the $877K, which has been received and spent, than he is about the future campaign dollars he'll achieve by leaving the inefficient insurance industry in the loop.

Jack Lohman ...
http://MoneyedPoliticians.net

On Ryan's war chest is practically bursting

Posted on July 17 at 7:44 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Sorry, kiowamohican, I don't even love my own congressman. Sensenbrenner? Loves to vote on bills that benefit his investments.

On Ryan's war chest is practically bursting

Posted on July 17 at 5:54 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Oh, give me a break. Garin was running against Ryan; all politicians weren't. And my not being in the 1st CD I didn't vote for either one of them. But I did vote for McCain.

The issue I speak to is political corruption, and McCain's past indicates he may have fixed it. But he was also corrupted by the money.

On Ryan's war chest is practically bursting

Posted on July 16 at 11:43 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Well, RetiredAirForce, you are absolutely correct. ALL POLITICIANS are bought and paid for, but this blog is only about Ryan. That all are corrupt doesn't excuse him for being the same.

If you reviewed my web site you will see that I target both. The Dems get their money from labor and the R's from business. Being overly lopsided on labor is just as bad as being lopsided for business.

The point is, I don't want my politician getting his money from ANY special interest, not even the ones I agree with. I want them fighting for their people and they can't be if they are corrupted by private dollars. Special interests give money for only one reason... it works! But to the detriment of constituents.

I support public funding of campaigns, and at $6 per taxpayer per year (at the federal level) it would be a bargain.

Jack Lohman
http://MoneyedPoliticians.net

On Ryan's war chest is practically bursting

Posted on July 16 at 10:18 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Problem is, Ryan is bought and paid for by the special interests that fund his elections. He supports their causes, not those of the 1st CD. Garin has her head screwed on right, and it's aimed toward the citizens. Especially in health care.

Jack Lohman
http://MoneyedPoliticians.net

On What can Janesville offer GM?

Posted on June 12 at 7:22 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Duh... How about Healthy Wisconsin, which would reduce Wisconsin's corporate costs?

Jack Lohman
http://SinglePayer.info

On Line-item veto for Obama? Janesville-based proposal says yes

Posted on March 5 at 7:32 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Until the public is financing political campaigns, a line-item veto will only allow the president or governor to veto the opposing party's pork and let their party's pork go through. While the special interests are controlling our politicians, we need to retain the up or down vote. Look at Wisconsin's line-item veto... we should know better.

Jack Lohman
http://MoneyedPoliticians.net

On Leaders need to use courage to fix finances

Posted on November 10 at 12:52 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Bailout for all, not just a few: As bailouts go, here’s an idea that will help all citizens and all US industries at the same time, not just AIG and banking and not just GM and Ford:

Implement a "Medicare-for-all" system that transfers health care costs from all businesses to the public. It protects the citizenry and their children in the process! And it bails out all industry, not just a few favored companies, and it uses the same taxpayer dollars.

It’ll reduce employee costs for all companies by typically $6000 per employee per year, provide 100% health care to all Americans, reduce (for example) car prices by $1200-1500 each, save $400 billion in national healthcare costs, and make corporations more competitive with foreign product.

It will save ALL corporations money and keep jobs in the country!

How can we afford not to do this?

Medicare-for-all is simple. You get sick, you get care, and the caregiver gets paid. Simple as that. The hospital or doctor sends their bill to a different payor, the Medicare contractor. You will go to the same doctor and hospital as before, they’ll just send their bill to a different payor.

This would eliminate the 31% of healthcare costs that are currently consumed by the wasteful insurance bureaucracy. These are costs like high broker commissions, high executive salaries and bonuses and stock options, shareholder profits, cherry-picking and lemon-drop costs, and even lobbying and campaign contributions that are added to the system and passed on to the patient. Medicare’s administrative costs are just 3% of the total.

More of the same is not the answer.

And don’t you believe that we’ll turn into a Canadian system with its wait times. They spend just 10% of GDP and we spend 16.5%. We don’t have wait times now, and if the politicians are on the same system we’ll not have wait times then. And over 59% of physicians and 80% of nurses support the change.

The only industry that won’t like it is the insurance industry, and the business associations and politicians that take their money. Let’s hope they don’t win this battle and put the country further under.

On City asked to help pay for GM retention efforts

Posted on August 11 at 8:36 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

If GM were smart, they'd revive the electric car they killed several years ago and build it in Janesville. Maybe now that they are next to bankrupt they'll reassess that dumb decision.

See: http://www.whokilledtheelectriccar.com/

Jack Lohman
http://MoneyedPoliticians.net

On Nuclear must replace natural gas in power plants

Posted on July 21 at 10:02 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

While I can understand your concern, proartist, there is no reason why nuclear can't be used for a temporary solution until the magic bullet is found. Ignoring it as a source would be foolhardy.

Jack Lohman
http://MoneyedPoliticians.net