[LS]

No. That is not readonable—that the languising Obama economy that sat still for 8 years only coincidentally recovered in Nov.

No. Exec action and “jawboning” can make all the difference in the world.

Zerocare was NEVER hoing to be purely repealed as I stated here many times. Yes, times. Yes, further refining an make it a lot better.

Yes, markets & investment accelerating a lot, way past e% soon.

[nathanbedford]

US first-quarter growth weakest in three years, as consumer spending falters

Q1 0.7% GDP

"At best a 2% economy"

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/28/first-estimate-of-2017-q1-gdp.html

Jawboning an economy with a GDP of $18.5 trillion can hardly make "all the difference in the world."

So far Obama care has not been significantly improved, at least nothing that remotely fulfills Trump's over the top campaign promises.

There is nothing in the political environment in the Senate which would lead a reasonable observer to believe that the bill will be "improved." Except that the ever increasing costs will be freighted from the premium payer to the taxpayer-or more likely to the federal treasury as debt.

[nathanbedford]

There is nothing in the political environment in the Senate which would lead a reasonable observer to believe that the bill will be “improved.” Except that the ever increasing costs will be freighted from the premium payer to the taxpayer-or more likely to the federal treasury as debt.

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