ABC turns programming over to Obama!?

most lobbyists push for regulations. for example, GE pushed for environmental regulations. Why? So its harder for new companies to come from nothing. Funny thing is, the interior design field tried a similar thing a while back, trying to get a central body to regulate everything despite the fact that there was no problem.

our medicine problems comes from our copyright and patent laws. if i made advil, tylonal has to be a little different otherwise i can sue. this is why we have so many drugs with so many different side effects, its the government.....

i dont think people are scum

people are stupid, thats for sure. but scum? i dont think so.

Real world economics also has the reality of governments in the back pockets of corporations, lobby groups that get the government to help prevent competitors from entering the market.

A free market requires a government whose role is the deterrence of the initiation of force and the use of fraud. Under 'democracy' (as we have come to know it: i.e., an alphabet soup of special interests) it is indeed quite difficult.

But that does not justify further expansion of government power, and further expansion of government involvement in economics

That's my whole point. In a system of economics that isn't just a backdoor handshake between two sets of suits (one representing the 'private sector' the other representing the 'public sector') you would be free to do something about it. If you were to fail in your endeavours, no one would be forced to help you, but the privatization of risk is worth the privatization of reward. The opposite is not true, in my humble opinion.

1) Waste of money, shameful abrogation of contract rights, and further evidence that government intervention in the economy makes the government beholden to the largest economic actors in a society.

2) Never saw it

1. What about all the post bailout AIG fiasco?

2. You should, its interesting at least.

1) Well, considering that governments around the world are still acting on the 'too big to fail' policy, the notion that we're in a post-bailout period is somewhat specious.

2) I saw Bowling for Columbine and I saw Roger and Me, and I liked neither. How much different is Sicko anyway?

1. But the people expect governments to intervene when such huge risks are involved. Sometimes its just a rock and a hard place.

2. Same old Moore stuff, just at a different industry this time.

3. Did Giantbomb just die for a few seconds?

WAKE UP!!!!!  You need to come out of this Obama induced stupor. The" All Barrack Channel "(ABC) are playing you for fools. This whole white house broadcast is nothing but a staged scam. Do you honestly think that Obama is not going to know every question that will be asked and the person who is going to ask it? He will also know every answer before hand because it will be on his teleprompter to read. The true apponents of this so called health care plan are not going to be allowed to be there. You won't hear the other side of the story and there is always another side of the story. Obama doesn't care about your health care or even if you  live or die. He just wants to have control of every facet of your life. To make you dependant on the Government.  He's going to tell you that you can keep your insurance if you want to  and then undercut your insurance companies by providing a lower price at first . Much like Walmart did when they moved into a town and undercut mom and pop businesses and offering lower prices until they ran them out of business and then raised there prices back up again. How long has it been since you have seen the rolling back prices sign at Walmart. If Obama gets his socialized medicine passed then at first the prices will be so low that the private insurance companies won't be able to compete. then when they have everyone on the government plan. the quality of service will go down. But, the price will not go down because just like in England it will be illigal to get your own insurance or see the doctor of your choice and just like England, Canada and all the other socialized plans out there, you will have to be on a waiting list to get treated. You need to wake up and see what is really going on.