Somebody ought to do something
The Federal Government’s Student-Loan Fraud
The dangerous massive mess that Obama made of the student loan program has been no secret and the IBD editorial linked to above just summarizes the extent of it.
Our take on it, though, comes from a different slant.
And that relates to Obamacare, the CBO’s collaboration in creating O’Care, and the apparent lack of awareness or interest in the relationship of all this in the current debate over repeal and replace. Naturally the establishment GOP frets mightily over the CBO’s dire predictions re: “all those folks who will die because their health care has been taken away, etc, etc.”
But the CBO was compromised from the beginning to follow Obama’s StarTrek order” to “make it so” when Elmendorf was summoned to the Oval Office and ordered to give Obama “scoring” that will sell Obamacare.
The Student Loan program thus became one more way to make O’Care “affordable”. The federal government took over the program from private loan sources in order to “reap the profits” they had been making off of it to pay for O’Care.
Of course, Obama then proceed to corrupt the Student Loan program so that it became another huge liability!
Now she admits it
Confession: Donna Brazile Admits She Used CNN Position To Pass Debate Questions To Clinton Campaign
Tell us: where does Bernie Sanders go to collect his dignity?
Whatever, anyway:
During the fallout from this revelation, CNN soon cut all ties to Brazile. Donald Trump went on to say that he would’ve been sentenced to the electric chair if he had done what Brazile did.
Anybody ever notice how much Bernie’s ‘bellows’ sound a lot like Pope Francis’s “humble” remarks?
Pope Francis Rails Against Corruption, ‘Idolatry of Money’
ASUNCION — Pope Francis appealed to world leaders on Saturday to seek a new economic model to help the poor, and to shun policies that “sacrifice human lives on the altar of money and profit.”
It was the second time during his trip to South America that Francis, the first pope from the region, used a major speech to excoriate unbridled capitalism and champion the rights of the poor.
Senator Who Owns 3 Houses Rails Against Americans Who ‘Worship Wealth’
Bernie Sanders
@BernieSanders
We are living in a nation which worships wealth rather than caring for the poor. I don’t think that is the nation we should be living in.
You ever hear the term, “splitting hairs”?
Politifact ~~informs~~ us:
Trump Is Wrong: Germany Does Not Owe ‘Vast Sums of Money to NATO’
The president says Germany ‘owes vast sums of money to NATO’ and that the U.S. ‘must be paid more’ for the ‘defense it provides to Germany.’ Both claims are false.
– “The relatively low levels of military spending among U.S. allies is completely rational,” said Christopher Preble, the vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute. “They don’t see a pressing need to spend more.”
– “Germany has, like many members, fallen short of its commitments, which is obviously not good,” Benjamin said. “But there is no central bank this money goes into, and there is no transaction.”
The “perfect” as enemy of the good
It’s Working: The CBO Projections For Obamacare Enrollment Were Way Off…Like By Millions
The article explains CBO gamesmanship regarding health care plan financials. We think it important to not only be appraised of that perspective but to reflect on the utility of essentially ruining coverage for hundreds of millions in order to achieve some paper coverage for the 6% to 10% that do not have coverage — the 20 million uninsured vs 320 million, the rest of the country. We can devise ways to help those without insurance, that want and need it, without destroying the private coverage enjoyed by others or permanently installing overwhelming big government approaches.
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