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« Reply #50 on: June 29, 2012, 10:44:03 AM »
« edited: June 29, 2012, 10:47:49 AM by WhyteRain »

Certain people in this thread seem to be forgetting that roughly 25-30% of the opposition to Obamacare, according to polls, comes from the left (people who want single-payer). Only about 40-45% of the nation opposes Obamacare from the right.


Obviously you're referring to me.  You suggest that a substantial number of the opponents of DemocratCare think the only problem with it is that it doesn't impose enough government control on people's health care decisions.  Here's the problem with your analysis:

The Florida poll shows that the percentage of people who disagree with DemocratCare (50%) is almost identical with the percentage that think it will make health care worse (47%) and that think it will make health care more expensive (51%).  http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=3c025172-d766-4ce7-928f-01f11c9c0671&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter  For your analysis to hold water, these figures would have to be far further apart.  Only 20% of respondents think DemocratCare will "make health care better" -- which is about the same percentage of Americans who self-identify as "liberals" and nearly all of whom would be in the 39% who supported the SCOTUS decision.  Only 12% think it will reduce health care costs.  (I also note that the Florida survey included only 61% white people; the Nov. 6th electorate will be substantially whiter than that.)

In other words, Obama and the Democratic hold on the Senate are dead.  Nearly every. single. one. of those 50% will be out to vote -- not for Romney, but against DemocratCare.  How many of the 39%, only one-third of whom (12% of 39%) think DemocratCare will lower their health care costs, are going to run to the polls to vote it up?

Landslide.

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I recall someone else making exactly the same prediction in March, 2010, when DemocratCare was passed and signed into law.  They were right.  There was a jump of about 4% in favor for about two weeks. 

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True.  Romney is the very undeserving beneficiary of this. 
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« Reply #51 on: June 29, 2012, 10:48:24 AM »

Why would Romney's candidacy be considered "worthless" due to health care, consideirng less than 10% of American's consider it their top issue?

Rick Santorum may have potentially had a leg up on Romney in terms of health care, but in terms of the economy, which is by far the most important issue, Romney is the best nominee for the GOP.
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« Reply #52 on: June 29, 2012, 01:53:48 PM »


The Florida poll shows that the percentage of people who disagree with DemocratCare (50%) is almost identical with the percentage that think it will make health care worse (47%) and that think it will make health care more expensive (51%).  http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=3c025172-d766-4ce7-928f-01f11c9c0671&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter  For your analysis to hold water, these figures would have to be far further apart.  Only 20% of respondents think DemocratCare will "make health care better" -- which is about the same percentage of Americans who self-identify as "liberals" and nearly all of whom would be in the 39% who supported the SCOTUS decision.  Only 12% think it will reduce health care costs.  (I also note that the Florida survey included only 61% white people; the Nov. 6th electorate will be substantially whiter than that.)

What you are neglecting is that for the most part, the people who think the ACA didn't go far enough believe that going to single payer will both improve the quality of health care and reduce its cost.

The most striking info from that poll is the following:

Should everyone in the United States be required to have health insurance?
RepublicansDemocratsIndependents
Yes13%59%35%
No86%39%58%
Not sure1%2%7%

Should insurance companies be able to deny health insurance to those who have pre-existing medical conditions?
RepublicansDemocratsIndependents
Yes27%6%14%
No68%85%80%
Not sure5%9%6%

It just goes to show that we have a nation of idiots, if so many people apparently think results would be desirable if we required insurance companies to issue insurance at will without requiring people to buy it.  That particular idiocy is somewhat more concentrated among Republicans than Democrats, but there is more than enough to go around.
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« Reply #53 on: June 29, 2012, 04:00:12 PM »


The Florida poll shows that the percentage of people who disagree with DemocratCare (50%) is almost identical with the percentage that think it will make health care worse (47%) and that think it will make health care more expensive (51%).  http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=3c025172-d766-4ce7-928f-01f11c9c0671&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter  For your analysis to hold water, these figures would have to be far further apart.  Only 20% of respondents think DemocratCare will "make health care better" -- which is about the same percentage of Americans who self-identify as "liberals" and nearly all of whom would be in the 39% who supported the SCOTUS decision.  Only 12% think it will reduce health care costs.  (I also note that the Florida survey included only 61% white people; the Nov. 6th electorate will be substantially whiter than that.)

What you are neglecting is that for the most part, the people who think the ACA didn't go far enough believe that going to single payer will both improve the quality of health care and reduce its cost.

The most striking info from that poll is the following:

Should everyone in the United States be required to have health insurance?
RepublicansDemocratsIndependents
Yes13%59%35%
No86%39%58%
Not sure1%2%7%

Should insurance companies be able to deny health insurance to those who have pre-existing medical conditions?
RepublicansDemocratsIndependents
Yes27%6%14%
No68%85%80%
Not sure5%9%6%

It just goes to show that we have a nation of idiots, if so many people apparently think results would be desirable if we required insurance companies to issue insurance at will without requiring people to buy it.  That particular idiocy is somewhat more concentrated among Republicans than Democrats, but there is more than enough to go around.

You're sort of right.  We are a nation of idiots, mostly because the cultural elites want us that way.  I define "idiocy" as thinking that there is any such thing as "insurance for a pre-existing condition".  A pre-existing condition, when words meant things, is, by definition, non-insurable.  But I just heard a commercial featuring Mitt Romney -- the scion of both Harvard Business and Harvard Law Schools! -- saying that "we must provide insurance for pre-existing conditions".

So, tell your progressive friends not to worry:  Thanks to an intentionally mal-informed electorate, we'll have a two-tier, North Korean-style health care system sooner than they think.
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« Reply #54 on: June 29, 2012, 04:54:50 PM »

Why would Romney's candidacy be considered "worthless" due to health care, consideirng less than 10% of American's consider it their top issue?

Rick Santorum may have potentially had a leg up on Romney in terms of health care, but in terms of the economy, which is by far the most important issue, Romney is the best nominee for the GOP.

Romney's economic pitch: I know how to create jobs.

He didn't create jobs as governor. Look at Massachusetts' job growth numbers from when he was in office.

He didn't create jobs when he was working in private equity.
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« Reply #55 on: June 29, 2012, 08:06:07 PM »


The Florida poll shows that the percentage of people who disagree with DemocratCare (50%) is almost identical with the percentage that think it will make health care worse (47%) and that think it will make health care more expensive (51%).  http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=3c025172-d766-4ce7-928f-01f11c9c0671&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter  For your analysis to hold water, these figures would have to be far further apart.  Only 20% of respondents think DemocratCare will "make health care better" -- which is about the same percentage of Americans who self-identify as "liberals" and nearly all of whom would be in the 39% who supported the SCOTUS decision.  Only 12% think it will reduce health care costs.  (I also note that the Florida survey included only 61% white people; the Nov. 6th electorate will be substantially whiter than that.)

What you are neglecting is that for the most part, the people who think the ACA didn't go far enough believe that going to single payer will both improve the quality of health care and reduce its cost.

The most striking info from that poll is the following:

Should everyone in the United States be required to have health insurance?
RepublicansDemocratsIndependents
Yes13%59%35%
No86%39%58%
Not sure1%2%7%

Should insurance companies be able to deny health insurance to those who have pre-existing medical conditions?
RepublicansDemocratsIndependents
Yes27%6%14%
No68%85%80%
Not sure5%9%6%

It just goes to show that we have a nation of idiots, if so many people apparently think results would be desirable if we required insurance companies to issue insurance at will without requiring people to buy it.  That particular idiocy is somewhat more concentrated among Republicans than Democrats, but there is more than enough to go around.

You're sort of right.  We are a nation of idiots, mostly because the cultural elites want us that way.  I define "idiocy" as thinking that there is any such thing as "insurance for a pre-existing condition".  A pre-existing condition, when words meant things, is, by definition, non-insurable.  But I just heard a commercial featuring Mitt Romney -- the scion of both Harvard Business and Harvard Law Schools! -- saying that "we must provide insurance for pre-existing conditions".

So, tell your progressive friends not to worry:  Thanks to an intentionally mal-informed electorate, we'll have a two-tier, North Korean-style health care system sooner than they think.
You mean British-style, Australian-style, or Canadian-style, right? Or French, German, Russian, South Korean, Japanese, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Israeli, Taiwanese, Brazilian, Argentine, along with nearly all of europe, except for belarus, serbia, bulgaria, albania, turkey, and montenegro, AND quite a few other countries. Not quite North Korean-style, but pretty much Entire Western World except for us-style.
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« Reply #56 on: June 29, 2012, 09:08:53 PM »

This will help both.

Romney will galvanize the base. Obama can run on a genuine bit of 'change' suceeded (the value of which being debatable at best).
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« Reply #57 on: June 29, 2012, 09:20:26 PM »

Which Mitt Romney? The one who said this?

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Mitt Romney thought that a mandate and taxes were a good idea when it came to RomneyCare. Why is it suddenly a bad idea when it comes to ObamaCare?
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« Reply #58 on: June 29, 2012, 09:35:13 PM »

Which Mitt Romney? The one who said this?

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Mitt Romney thought that a mandate and taxes were a good idea when it came to RomneyCare. Why is it suddenly a bad idea when it comes to ObamaCare?

Why don't you understand that people in different states want different things.  Unlike rich liberals in California or Massachusetts, there are real people who don't want to pay for a mandatory health care tax or premium.  Some states don't have the money to budget for the HC exchanges, expanded medicaid, and they simply don't have the hospital/doctors available to meet the increased demand. 
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« Reply #59 on: June 29, 2012, 09:38:42 PM »

Which Mitt Romney? The one who said this?

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Mitt Romney thought that a mandate and taxes were a good idea when it came to RomneyCare. Why is it suddenly a bad idea when it comes to ObamaCare?

Why don't you understand that people in different states want different things.  Unlike rich liberals in California or Massachusetts, there are real people who don't want to pay for a mandatory health care tax or premium.  Some states don't have the money to budget for the HC exchanges, expanded medicaid, and they simply don't have the hospital/doctors available to meet the increased demand. 

Oh! You're Sarah Palin! And no, California and Masschuseets aren't in Fake America, whatever it is.
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« Reply #60 on: June 29, 2012, 09:40:21 PM »


The Florida poll shows that the percentage of people who disagree with DemocratCare (50%) is almost identical with the percentage that think it will make health care worse (47%) and that think it will make health care more expensive (51%).  http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=3c025172-d766-4ce7-928f-01f11c9c0671&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter  For your analysis to hold water, these figures would have to be far further apart.  Only 20% of respondents think DemocratCare will "make health care better" -- which is about the same percentage of Americans who self-identify as "liberals" and nearly all of whom would be in the 39% who supported the SCOTUS decision.  Only 12% think it will reduce health care costs.  (I also note that the Florida survey included only 61% white people; the Nov. 6th electorate will be substantially whiter than that.)

What you are neglecting is that for the most part, the people who think the ACA didn't go far enough believe that going to single payer will both improve the quality of health care and reduce its cost.

The most striking info from that poll is the following:

Should everyone in the United States be required to have health insurance?
RepublicansDemocratsIndependents
Yes13%59%35%
No86%39%58%
Not sure1%2%7%

Should insurance companies be able to deny health insurance to those who have pre-existing medical conditions?
RepublicansDemocratsIndependents
Yes27%6%14%
No68%85%80%
Not sure5%9%6%

It just goes to show that we have a nation of idiots, if so many people apparently think results would be desirable if we required insurance companies to issue insurance at will without requiring people to buy it.  That particular idiocy is somewhat more concentrated among Republicans than Democrats, but there is more than enough to go around.

Actually it proves that liberals want FREE stuff (discounts on pre-existing conditions).  

But republicans don't want to be mandatory taxed to pay for these discounts on the HC premiums.  

Of course everyone wants free stuff without paying for it.  Now we are gladly slaves to the Health Care industry.  Obama is not the president, its the president of Blue Cross, etc.  
The Insurance industry owns the POTUS.  
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« Reply #61 on: June 29, 2012, 09:42:40 PM »

Which Mitt Romney? The one who said this?

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Mitt Romney thought that a mandate and taxes were a good idea when it came to RomneyCare. Why is it suddenly a bad idea when it comes to ObamaCare?

Why don't you understand that people in different states want different things.  Unlike rich liberals in California or Massachusetts, there are real people who don't want to pay for a mandatory health care tax or premium.  Some states don't have the money to budget for the HC exchanges, expanded medicaid, and they simply don't have the hospital/doctors available to meet the increased demand. 

Oh! You're Sarah Palin! And no, California and Masschuseets aren't in Fake America, whatever it is.

If universal health care is so popular, then why didnt California pass it for their own state?
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« Reply #62 on: June 29, 2012, 10:15:18 PM »

Unlike rich liberals in California or Massachusetts, there are real people who don't want to pay for a mandatory health care tax or premium. 

Yes, I'm sure there are "real people" who don't want to pay for the healthcare they receive (because if they won't buy health insurance and they can't/won't pay a small fee not to, how exactly are they paying for doctor visits and hospital bills?). They're the people who get in a car wreck, rack up a $60,000 hospital bill and have no way of paying for it.
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« Reply #63 on: June 29, 2012, 11:35:10 PM »


The Florida poll shows that the percentage of people who disagree with DemocratCare (50%) is almost identical with the percentage that think it will make health care worse (47%) and that think it will make health care more expensive (51%).  http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=3c025172-d766-4ce7-928f-01f11c9c0671&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter  For your analysis to hold water, these figures would have to be far further apart.  Only 20% of respondents think DemocratCare will "make health care better" -- which is about the same percentage of Americans who self-identify as "liberals" and nearly all of whom would be in the 39% who supported the SCOTUS decision.  Only 12% think it will reduce health care costs.  (I also note that the Florida survey included only 61% white people; the Nov. 6th electorate will be substantially whiter than that.)

What you are neglecting is that for the most part, the people who think the ACA didn't go far enough believe that going to single payer will both improve the quality of health care and reduce its cost.

The most striking info from that poll is the following:

Should everyone in the United States be required to have health insurance?
RepublicansDemocratsIndependents
Yes13%59%35%
No86%39%58%
Not sure1%2%7%

Should insurance companies be able to deny health insurance to those who have pre-existing medical conditions?
RepublicansDemocratsIndependents
Yes27%6%14%
No68%85%80%
Not sure5%9%6%

It just goes to show that we have a nation of idiots, if so many people apparently think results would be desirable if we required insurance companies to issue insurance at will without requiring people to buy it.  That particular idiocy is somewhat more concentrated among Republicans than Democrats, but there is more than enough to go around.

Actually it proves that liberals want FREE stuff (discounts on pre-existing conditions).

I thought the Republican talking point on this was that the mandate is a TAX (and all TAXES are EVIL), which will cost lots of money anf thus is not FREE.

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What your post proves is that you are inept at interpreting statistics.

What those results show is that at minimum 55% of Republicans want to have a free ride by allowing people to wait until they have a serious condition to buy insurance. (68 % who want must issue - 13% who want must buy) By contrast, at most 39% of Democrats want that. 
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« Reply #64 on: June 30, 2012, 11:39:07 PM »

Look, liberals and republicans want health care for pre-existing conditions. 

Republicans just don't want to pay extra taxes. 

The universal health care mandate is just a way for all taxpayers to subsidize pre-existing conditions. 

There's no such thing as a free lunch.  And liberals sound like the Health Care companies are doing them a huge favor.  Well I would be pretty happy as an HMO executive if my customer base just doubled overnight.  (I think that's called a Monopoly). 

So liberals enjoy subsidizing corporations and corporate welfare, hooray!
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« Reply #65 on: July 01, 2012, 07:12:06 PM »

Look, liberals and republicans want health care for pre-existing conditions. 

Republicans just don't want to pay extra taxes. 

The universal health care mandate is just a way for all taxpayers to subsidize pre-existing conditions. 

There's no such thing as a free lunch.  And liberals sound like the Health Care companies are doing them a huge favor.  Well I would be pretty happy as an HMO executive if my customer base just doubled overnight.  (I think that's called a Monopoly). 

So liberals enjoy subsidizing corporations and corporate welfare, hooray!

Fixed for you.  I could be a Republican if there weren't so many dishonest ones who promise voters that we can cut taxes, balance the budget, while cutting only the wasteful spending (i.e., spending that doesn't affect you, just some other schmoe).

Not that Democrats are more truthful, they just tell different lies.
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« Reply #66 on: July 02, 2012, 03:35:27 PM »
« Edited: July 02, 2012, 03:40:05 PM by Vice President-elect Kalwejt »

The constuitional criticism is still valid as this act is just that. Unconstuitional.

But the Court just ruled it constitutional.

That's what that big building across the street from Congress is for.

The Supreme Court also said that blacks are not citizens, once upon a time.  It's not an infallible institution.

Next time, don't forget to invoke Hitler.

People like you disgust me. You live in some comfortable California suburb, being provided with everything by your parents, while millions of people are not as fortunate as you, they need this to simply not die. But of course you either don't know that or you don't care.

I wish you to stay comfortable, Morgan. You wouldn't survive in the real world.
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« Reply #67 on: July 02, 2012, 04:20:37 PM »

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