Comments on: Obama Orders FDA To Curb Drug Shortages

By: David

David — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:56:12 +0000

Posted by: specialty57 | October 31, 2011, 4:55 pm 4:55 pm

You seem to have forgotten the shape President Bush left the country in . . . mired in two unpaid for wars, deficits and huge debt, close to a million people losing their jobs every month, month after month, banks and financial institutions collapsing, two major automotive companies about to go bankrupt, stock market collapsing . . . of course the stimulus worked. Every professional knows that. We’ve had slow, steady economic growth for close to 2 years now, private sector jobs added every month for close to two years now.

By: specialty57

specialty57 — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:55:40 +0000

Jake no proof of the jobs saved, we will never know. But add all your figures up and divide it by a trillion and you will see this was not a good investment,. Now that money was wasted on 10 thousand dollar political road signs and paybacks and now we need another half trillion.

By: specialty57

specialty57 — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:51:09 +0000

jake, like I told you yesterday, the stimulus was a failure that cost a trillion bucks. If it worked why have we had 3 unemployment extensions, and now need another half trillion. Jobs created in unknown zip codes as we found out did not help. Band aids do not last long do they? Well, as a progressive liberal like Obama is we can just do it again in 3 months.

By: Jake

Jake — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:07:47 +0000

“We can’t wait” campaign? Where the hell has this man been since January 2009?

Posted by: Shoe | October 31, 2011, 3:23 pm 3:23 pm

I think the question would be ‘where has Shoe been’?

The very first thing the Obama administration passed was the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). It was signed into law February 17, 2009.

Almost every professional source reports this Act saved or created millions of jobs:

CBO: Between 1.3 million and 3.6 million jobs saved or created.
IHS/Global Insight: 2.45 million jobs saved or created.
Macroeconomic Advisers: 2.3 million jobs saved or created.
Moody’s Economy.com: 2.5 million jobs saved or created.

Then there is the Small Business Jobs Act (2010), and then there’s . . . . well, who knows what a right winger could discover if they took time to research accurately – or told the truth.

By: numbers

numbers — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:39:28 +0000

“It’s absolutely, hideously, stupid to attempt to blame the Republicans for ‘blocking’ his jobs bill at this point”

Actually it’s a great move, and judging from recent polling has received some traction with the public. That’s why the Republicans hate it so much and are so stung by it. They want unemployment to stay high until the election.

By: Common _ Sense

Common _ Sense — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:35:28 +0000

I understand that there is still H1N1 vaccine left over from the President’s last effort to create an abundance of vaccine out of thin air! Note that it cost tens of millions of dollars but arrived too late to do any good so it is beyond the expiration date! (The President had good intensions)

By: Shoe

Shoe — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:23:53 +0000

“We can’t wait” campaign? Where the hell has this man been since January 2009? We’ve BEEN waiting for jobs and growth in the economy since then, and during the LARGEST PORTION of that time, DEMOCRATS had an ENTIRE MAJORITY!! It’s absolutely, hideously, stupid to attempt to blame the Republicans for ‘blocking’ his jobs bill at this point. IF Obama was a leader, he would have started this jobs ball rolling A LONG TIME AGO. But here’s the deal…it wouldn’t have had the impact on electability then that it does NOW. It gives him a talking point, a campaign slogan, a ‘spring board’ for his re-election bid. Wake up people, this man is all about HIMSELF. Simple.

By: Stu

Stu — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:22:54 +0000

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay News) — Since 2010, the number of drugs either in short supply or not available at all has risen dramatically, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Most of these are generic drugs given by injection and used in hospitals to treat serious conditions such as breast and testicular cancer. These shortages are putting patients at risk and compromising their care, experts say.

“Shortages have been caused by everything from an insufficient supply of available raw materials to meet demand, to inadequate and delayed communications about shortages, both within the supply chain and also within and among the FDA’s enforcement and drug shortages personnel. FDA enforcement actions that delay or deter the production of certain products have also had an impact, as have changes in clinical practices that have altered volume production and use, as well as wholesaler stockpiling of critical medications.” – David Belian, Generic Pharmaceutical Association