CaseyJones
01-15-2014, 03:05 PM
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/conncarroll/2014/01/15/the-democratic-partys-corporatist-vision-for-americas-future-n1779430
The Washington Examiner's Phil Klein covered a health care conference sponsored by JP Morgan Tuesday, where health insurance CEOs gave their takes on the future of the industry, including this gem from Jay Gellert, the CEO of Health Net:
"We’re all in in the ACA. We’re all in and we’re happy we are. ... The business is going to be increasingly government driven ... the commercial-to-government ratio is going to change dramatically over the next two or three years."
Gellert's statement about the future of the health care sector of the economy is also the Democratic Party's vision for America's entire economic future: large, happy, corporations guaranteed market share and solvency by federal government subsidies and bailouts.
It is not a vision without its upsides. The Democratic Party's corporatist vision for America promises safety and stability for big corporations, their CEOs, their workers, and the customers they serve. People like to feel safe and secure.
But there are drawbacks to corporatism as well. Slower growth, less innovation, and an entrenched corporate-government elite who will jealously protect their power.
The Washington Examiner's Phil Klein covered a health care conference sponsored by JP Morgan Tuesday, where health insurance CEOs gave their takes on the future of the industry, including this gem from Jay Gellert, the CEO of Health Net:
"We’re all in in the ACA. We’re all in and we’re happy we are. ... The business is going to be increasingly government driven ... the commercial-to-government ratio is going to change dramatically over the next two or three years."
Gellert's statement about the future of the health care sector of the economy is also the Democratic Party's vision for America's entire economic future: large, happy, corporations guaranteed market share and solvency by federal government subsidies and bailouts.
It is not a vision without its upsides. The Democratic Party's corporatist vision for America promises safety and stability for big corporations, their CEOs, their workers, and the customers they serve. People like to feel safe and secure.
But there are drawbacks to corporatism as well. Slower growth, less innovation, and an entrenched corporate-government elite who will jealously protect their power.