[AZLiberty]

Although Taibbi is unkind to Sarah Palin and the Tea Party and doubts that either will have an impact on the backroom dealings that really control America, he dishes it out to the other side, describing Obamacare as "a coldly cynical political deal: massive giveaways to Big Pharma in the form of monster subsidies, and an equally lucrative handout to big insurance in the form of an individual mandate granting a few already-wealthy companies 25-30 million new customers who would be forced to buy their products at artificially inflated, federally protected prices." If you can find this book at your local library, check it out.

[wastoute]

IMHO the Tea Party is “on to” the game over a year ago and will not stand for business as usual. COngress has this last chance to honor the Constitution and if they blow it We may have to invoke the 2nd Amendment. We can pull our butts out of the fire but we are out of time and we can not make any mistakes.

[apoliticalone]

What I like about Matt Taibi is that he is NOT obviously beholden to any Party except for what most people would claim are common sense ethics.

I consider myself conservative especially in the fiscal sense but I don’t trust either Party. They will take care of whatever group or interest that will keep them in power and while they spend the rest of the time trying to convince we the people that they actually looking out for the country.

Democrats are tight with the bankers and Republicans tight with big business (but not necessarily small business) and both love illegal cheap labor. That leaves us with only the occasional morsels (not talking handouts) that will improve America as a nation.

Medicare Part D was the same thing as Obama care and a monsterous deal for big pharma and for Billy Tauzin R Congressman turned multi-million dollar lobbyist.

A big problem is that Congress totally polices itself when they need an outside non-political body of citizens (grand jury) to recommend Justice Dept prosecution.

I’ll have to read that book.