nytimes.com— Congressional auditors posing as companies found it easy to win the official stamp of approval for energy-saving products.
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"I'm sure they'll do a much better job with your health care"You mean the health care that private companies run and will continue to run? It's too bad we didn't get a public option like most other civilized countries have. (For the record, I'm a US citizen living in Japan and making use of the national health care here. I love it! It's cheap, easy to use, and I've never had the ridiculous wait times that wingnuts say is a huge problem)
You have your population numbers a bit off (there's about 125 million in Japan and 300 million in the US), but I know what you meant. Private insurers are not going anywhere even if the US gets a national insurance option. Even Japan still has private insurance. Any particular reason why you think the US couldn't do a national plan? Generally speaking, the more people you have paying in to something like insurance, the more successful it is.
You are referring to the federal program whose problems were also discovered by federal auditors. If anything, this should show you that the feds do actually oversee programs. If government worked as poorly as you believed, the problem would have never been investigated.
arcticblueMar 27, 2010
"I'm sure they'll do a much better job with your health care"You mean the health care that private companies run and will continue to run? It's too bad we didn't get a public option like most other civilized countries have. (For the record, I'm a US citizen living in Japan and making use of the national health care here. I love it! It's cheap, easy to use, and I've never had the ridiculous wait times that wingnuts say is a huge problem)
arcticblueMar 27, 2010
You have your population numbers a bit off (there's about 125 million in Japan and 300 million in the US), but I know what you meant. Private insurers are not going anywhere even if the US gets a national insurance option. Even Japan still has private insurance. Any particular reason why you think the US couldn't do a national plan? Generally speaking, the more people you have paying in to something like insurance, the more successful it is.
brucealmightyMar 27, 2010
Check it out - EnergyStar approved Air Room Cleaner --- actually a space heater with a feather duster and some fly strips stuck on it -<a class="user" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2010/03/26/PH2010032603282.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo ...</a>
Closed AccountMar 27, 2010
Not really news. The FDA does the same s**t.
brendan1984Mar 27, 2010
You are referring to the federal program whose problems were also discovered by federal auditors. If anything, this should show you that the feds do actually oversee programs. If government worked as poorly as you believed, the problem would have never been investigated.
tvvitterMar 28, 2010
Have you been sleeping mate? The auditors were throwing up red flags on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for YEARS before they collapsed. <a class="user" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs</a>
tronokuApr 14, 2010
if you really want to go down that path.. where was the NY Times when bush passed through a bill to circumvent our rights at any time?