[cicero's_son]

Ditto.

I even wrote Krugman to tell him so.

I hope the Republicans are pleased with themselves--they are going to pay a huge political price for this down the line.

[Bahbah]

Same here as far as this bankruptcy bill goes. He could have done a much better job, however, of addressing the particular problems with this bill. Instead, he had to go to the broad brush approach of Republicans evil, Democrats good. Republicans are going to get hammered repeatedly over this.

[dogbyte12]

Here are the states with the highest levels of bankruptcy filings: Utah, Tennessee, Georgia, Nevada, Indiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Ohio, Mississippi and Idaho. Notice how red that list is there? Many of these states also have companies that have marginal health coverage. Coincidence? If you get sick on the job, lose your health insurance due to not being able to work, you don't pay your bills. You file.

People are going to be indentured servants for life. We are heading back to debtor prisons.