As Ive stated in past posts, Ive read/heard that the real goal is to get social services funded and provided through the individual states, not at the federal level.. It also involves a major restructuring of the tax codes at both levels and is part of the effort to privatize much of what was once managed through the fed.

I don't understand why its a secret that formidable forces within our federal govt (FOX News,the trans-national corporations and the elected reps that represent them) want the fed out of the business of administering social programs and oversight agencies.

Considering what Wyden slipped into the latest legislation, he must know it too.

At least the student loan reform passed.

http://news.firedoglake.com/2010/03/26/a-progressive-bill-passed-yesterday/

At least Wyden's talking to people in Oregon about what he's doing - Maybe Huffman will have some effect on him after all?

Most everyone who are not impulse buyers understands the federal government is largely bankrupt thanks to its unfunded future obligations for existing medicare, social security, employee pensions, and home loan quarantees. So, this so called health care reform victory is largely one of empty promises. You can't effectively raise taxes enough to close this massive gap in funding needs (some $50 trillion or more). Inflation and real economic growth will probably close some of the gap, but the gap is still not closed and large cuts in public service through long lines and outright denial of service are inevitable.

It's hard to sell bad news unless you're a newspaper, and its pretty easy for politicians to continue selling new promises. Impulse buyers and the naive seem to be still in charge over government purse strings.

2017? Good one!

Yep, that bogeymany Fox News, out to get everybody.