President: "Sign up; it will save you money"

During a speech in the Rose Garden today, President Obama expressed his frustration regarding the problems with the healthcare.gov website developed to allow people to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.

While President Obama acknowledged that the website was experiencing problems at the moment, he encouraged us to be patient and consider other means to enroll; e.g. by phone or in person.  The main thing, he said, was to sign up, IT WILL SAVE YOU MONEY.

The President obviously doesn't understand how insurance works.  EVERYONE can't save money. Everyone pays premiums and claims get paid to those who are sick.  For the sick, it saves money IF and only IF their illness results in expenses that are greater than the premiums they paid.  The un-sick never save money.

Where Are The Candidates That Represent Most Americans?

It is a foregone conclusion that Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee for President in 2012. Like him or not, the opposition is a bunch of bible thumping right wing ideologues that pander to the money of several key groups and represent an ideology that says god and business rule.

I'm sorry my friends, god only exists in whatever ideology people make up and business is only interested in turning a profit. Neither act in the best interest of the general population.

Where are the politicians who represent the mainstream "middle earth" people who just want a peaceful, prosperous society where we seek some middle ground between the extremes of liberal and conservative.

I think it's time for an INDEPENDENT to emerge that will strike a chord with the majority of Americans regardless of political affiliation. If that person can overcome the enormous disadvantage of election financing (also known as buying the outcome), we might find ourselves on the road to recovery. In the meantime, prepare for absolute gridlock for the next year and a half.