“Fiscal responsibility” is the last thing the Blue Dogs are interested in. Their prescription drug and Medicare positions alone add $148 billion to the cost of the bill without adding any value, and their insistence on “paygo” means those cost gets passed on directly to consumers in the form of higher premiums.
A Brief History of the Blue Dogs and the Public Option |
| By: Jane Hamsher Monday September 28, 2009 7:15 am |


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