Roskam Priorities v. 6th District Priorities
There is a saying among liberals: A Budget is a Moral Document.
A budget can open a window through which values are revealed. It can show what is fair, just and important.
It seems a campaign website can be such a moral document as well:
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"Health Care... Coming Soon."
Maybe Pete will post a health care plan for 6th District families by election day, maybe he wont.
But don't worry -- I'm sure that if Rubberstamp Roskam gets to Congress, the healthcare needs of the families in the 6th District will be a top priority!
hat tip: Republicans for Duckworth
cross posted at the so-called 'austin mayor' blog
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As some one who supports Roskam over Duckworth, this is an embarrassment.
The fact is that there should be a lively debate over the differences between a collectivized model promoted by Democrats and the individualized models promoted by Republicans.
The fact that there isn't a word about it on the website is just plain stupid.
It isn't as if Roskam hasn't thought about the issue, or that he isn't aware of the differing policies.
To me, this is just another example of a politician too busy doing what their consultants tell them to do. They ought to be telling the consultants to get their websites in order.
I'm well aware of the argument that no one pays much attention to "policy positions" and white papers, but the fact is that some people do - like bloggers looking for an opportunity to embarrass a candidate, for example.
Just another example of how one learns more from their enemies than their friends (and overpaid campaign consultants 'recommended' by the party's pool of lackeys).
I see the heavy hands of consultants on both sides in this race.
The future is what Romney's done in Mass, and medical savings accounts....
...would have liked to see Roskam and Duckworth talk about what Romney's done.
SCAM,
For the record, Roskam is in the process of revamping the entire site. I was just on it yesterday to do some research for a post, and everything about it has changed since then - the graphics, the format, the features. The point is, it's not that Roskam doesn't have positions or ideas on this issue, or that it isn't a priority (or, for that matter, any of the other issues that are similarly "coming soon"); it's just that his website isn't complete. Is that an embarassment? Yes - for someone who has as much money, and has had as much time.
But consider that Jerry Weller doesn't even have a campaign website at present. That doesn't mean he doesn't have positions or priorities.
This is a pretty cheap shot, SCAM. And really beneath you.
Budgets are a moral document, yes. But are websites, too? I don't really think so. But, since you do, I'll ask you to point me to Tammy Duckworth's policy position on term limits and tort reform. After all, as I pointed out yesterday, her deriding of Roskam as a "personal injury attorney" and "career politician" make it seem like those are serious issues. Thus, I'd like to know where she stands on them. Why isn't it on her website? Is it 'coming soon?'
...budgets as moral documents has always been a problem for me.
Rheinhold Niebuhr wrote somewhere (I'll dig it up later) that liberalism's greatest weakness was an inability to pick between the lessor of evils.
A budget is almost always a process of picking the best of a bad set of choices.
I want a Politician who can pick...
Serving the public good often means selling your soul.. even when you do nothing -because you can't find the morally right choice- you can't avoid the crime... it's on your hands one way or the other.
This is a pretty cheap shot, SCAM.
Really?
Pointing out that Pete's website, just 60 days before the election, fails to address the issue of health care -- an issue that is foremost in the minds of 6th District voters -- is a "pretty cheap shot"?
I guess we will have to agree to disagree.
And really beneath you.
I think it is well established that that is simply not true.
-- SCAM
SCAM –
I told you, it’s a brand new website. They are still transferring all the content. Click around. Look what I found after surfing it for literally 2 ½ minutes:
http://www.roskamforcongress.com/news/view_article.cfm?id=644
You’re right, it wasn’t a cheap shot. It was just ill-informed.
So, now that you can see that Roskam does, indeed, have a position on this admittedly moral and important issue, I hope you will edit your post to reflect that that.
And I stand by my assertion that a website is not a "moral document." It is a communication tool. One that Roskam's team has been slow to properly utilize. It is not a reflection of his priorities or morals.
Oh Boy!! This is the gift that keeps on giving! A little more research, and here is what I found:
http://www.duckworthforcongress.com/issues_details.asp?id=4
Great stuff.....Duckworth spends more time pontificating as to why healthcare is a crisis than she does actually proposing solutions. And what are her solutions?
- continuing the S-CHIP program (attributed to President Clinton)
- A federal “AllKids” (attributed to Governor Blagojevich)
We then get a paragraph with vague pledges to improve VA services (specifics would be “coming soon, I assume?”).
Well done, indeed.
So, while Roskam has a detailed, comprehensive plan for improving our nation’s healthcare industry, but inconveniently has not yet posted it in the proper spot on his website, Ms. Duckworth has – wait for it – lots of words in the right place, but no actual plan!!
SCAM, you should really go sit in the corner for a while after this one. And never follow the lead of anyone who identifies them as a partisan for the other party's candidate.
BTW, I am still searching for her plan to fight political careerism and tort abuse. After all, if “career politicians” and “personal injury attorneys” are all such liars, why isn't she suggesting we do anything about it other than not vote for the one against which she is running?
"SCAM, you should really go sit in the corner for a while after this one."
I tried to -- but every corner of Illinoize is filled with postings from Bill Baar.
-- S.C.A.M.
He already hit on this issue — a campaign event at Jarosch's Bakery in Elk Grove a few weeks back. He outlined a four-point plan or a five-point plan or a pentagram-shaped plan or something ...
Having read Roskam's healthcare plan, I've noticed that it's just a band-aid. It does nothing for the working poor who can't afford HSAs or work for employers who do not want to take on the cost of providing healthcare benefits. When are we going to face up to the fact that the free enterprise model is not a one size fits all solution to everything. People with money or good insurance like Tony Snow are the "winners" under the current way of doing things. The working poor and friends I've known who died because they couldn't get the treatment they needed are the "losers". Can't we as conservatives come up with something better?
i think some of the other empty issues are even funnier.
check out the immigration one. all there is is a picture of a fence and a badly photo shopped shadow standing guard.
or the law suit reform (this from the personal injury lawyer who sold his tort reform vote in the illinois general assembly) one with the gavel.
then again, pictures speak louder than words.
Old Quack...
Check out this site:
http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/bush-considers-using-military-for-border/20060512021009990002?cid=2194
Bad photo shop? Nice try.
Health Savings Accounts would be a nightmare for anyone with a chronic illness (unless they're rich). The whole thing is just a cover for forcing people to pay more out of pocket.
HSAs are based on the theory that the problem with the health care system is that average Americans pay too little for their health care. It's a way of diverting blame from the drug companies, insurance companies, etc. The theory is if we could just incentivize people having a heart attack to do an internet search for the cheapest hospital before they go to the ER, we'll solve the health care crisis. It's absurd. The only actual result will be that working people will avoid treatment, and they'll get sicker as a result.
If you love paying thousands out-of-pocket for health care, you'll love HSAs. Healthy rich people will benefit, regular people -- especially those with chronic illnesses -- will suffer.
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