That's ridiculous and demonstrates you either have next to no knowledge of the costs and effects of Romneycare (let's be honest and call it what it is), or you believe "the middle class' is people who make at least $250,000 yr.
Well the reason for the Palin selection as depicted in the movie was as maxiep says. He clearly wanted a female running mate who would bolster the base. Palin was a spitfire. The problem was that she was absolutely clueless. McCain was going to lose anyway so he picked a potential Homerun threat. Problem was that Palin pretty much struck out on every key at bat.
I think the middle class is families making $20K to $65K in income. If there are 30M to 40M people without insurance that now have to buy insurance or pay the "tax" (fine, whatever you want to call it), it is most certainly going to be a huge hit to those earners.
It is typical that you call out someone for ignorance when you are ignorant about the difference between Federal and State powers. Obama has no authority to issue a mandate at the federal level. Thus, Obamacare and Romneycare are most certainly not the same thing legally.
The income range you cite will pay less, not more for insurance. I've never met or even heard of anyone in that income range who'd rather not have healthcare if they could afford it. Being a member of the middle class currently I've looked into it and I believe it will allow us to once again obtain health insurance in 2014 when the pre-condition clause kicks in. We've been without insurance for about 2 years now because our premiums more than doubled over a 3 year period. Until the economy recovers we'll most likely be somewhat subsidized under Romneycare and companies will have to let us back in, which they will not do now at any price. Once the RE market rebounds and I'm rolling in dough I'll have no resentment to being asked to help those in similarly hopeless situations.
I wouldn't put it past him. Everything I've seen/read of him doesn't lead me to believe there's any halo over his head. Hell I still don't even know what his stances on many issues are; just as soon as I think I know, he flip flops. But it doesn't matter..the only thing Romney's winning is a plane ticket home.
A $10,000 deductible insurance policy costs between $30 and $50/month. ObamaCare costs more than that.
A $10,000 deductible insurance policy is useless to a middle-class family and costs between $325 and $1,124 [/B]per month (if you've never had a chronic illness before in your lifetime). http://www.ehealthinsurance.com/ehi/ifp/all-plans?sortOption=DEDUCTIBLE Not sure what planet you live on.
