As the aroma of homemade cranberry sauce lingers in my kitchen, the thought occurs to me how thankful I am for the unprecedented President Barack Obama and the bumbling Democrats who support his agenda. Hang in there for a minute, patriots! I am thinking about all we Americans have to be thankful for, and for patriots, it’s a lot.
- Thankful for our Armed Forces, who risk their lives to keep our country safe.
- Thankful for our Founding Fathers, who forged our Constitution.
- Thankful for our Republic, which, despite the blows it is taking from politicians and Pres. Obama, stands strong.
- Thankful for our faith and trust in God, whom we lean on in these difficult times.
- Thankful for Pres. Obama’s missteps, and for the Democratic leadership, which as a whole is ignoring its bosses, the American people.
The last item may seem a silly thing to be grateful for, but I thank God that Obama and the Democratic leadership seem h*ll bent on a course that will allow for a huge upset in the 2010 elections.
As Americans watch in dismay as Obama continues to bow to world leaders, throw huge parties at the White House at taxpayer expense, postpone his decision on more troops to Afghanistan, allow AG Eric Holder to try terrorists in New York City’s court system (why would we want to give terrorists the full rights in a trial we citizens enjoy?) and spend more money than any U.S. president ever, all in his first year in office, Obama continues checking off his wish list.
That wish list apparently includes putting the U.S. military between a rock and a hard place. Three Navy Seals who reportedly captured a highly sought after terrorist are rewarded by facing criminal charges, for allegedly giving a terrorist a bloated lip. WTH is going on? I’m sorry, but I don’t think a fat lip constitutes any criminal charges whatsoever, do you? Charging these three Navy Seals serves to not only anger all those who serve or have served in the military, it shocks American patriots, and sends messages of conflict and weakness around the globe.
Thankfully, the American people are not weak. Their message has been clear to Washington leaders.
Unfortunately, while the message has been strong and clear, many Senators and Representatives liberal in beliefs have continued to vote Obama’s agenda into law. The corruption of some politicians is clear to ordinary Americans. We know some votes are being bought. However, like small children who think their parents don’t know what is actually going on, our Congressional leaders continue to do what they want.
No matter. The 2010 elections will make clear that American patriots ‘have teeth.’ Seems many in Washington pushing Obama’s agenda have forgotten their way. Pride cometh before a fall.
My warmest thanks go out to all you patriots who continue to work tirelessly to save our country.
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Is there a common sense booster shot? If so, some U.S. Congressmen need to get one.
We’ll be paying higher taxes for the pricey Health Care Reform if it passes, but the Health Care plan won’t kick in until 2013? Whaaaat?
I know, you think it’s crazy talk, but unfortunately that’s how Sen. Max Baucus wrote the Health Care Reform bill.
Isn’t this idea a lot like paying out the nose for a ballooning credit card bill, but not even being able to enjoy the goodies you bought with your credit card? Good grief, what is in the water up on that Congressional Hill in Washington, D.C.?
The claim that Health Care Reform will be deficit neutral or actually save the US money? The Cato Institute’s Michael F. Cannon debunks those claims and points out that Baucus’ Bill will cost our country more than $2 Trillion.
How? A lot of fudged numbers by the government, and ’white lies’, that’s how.
Not to mention that the way the bill is written, the aim really seems to be getting everyone on to the public ‘option.’ You think there’s going to actually be an ‘option’ long-term? Hmmm. I don’t think so. Do you?
You think this is going to go over well with Americans? I don’t know what you think. But I think this plan of paying higher taxes for four years before getting the goods you’re paying for is completely idiotic.
The only silver lining I see is that this laughable idea will almost certainly get many, many Americans very mad. And that 2010 election next year? There will be some very surprised Congressmen. You know, those Congressmen who are in denial about their angry constituents. You know, the ones who keep getting record amounts of emails, letters and phone calls from the people they represent, communications telling them to stop the marathon spending of tax dollars? Yes, I’m talking about the Congressmen who think the ‘angry mob’ will just go away! Remember those Democrats who have been running up our national debt with wasteful bills, and the few Republicans who have joined in the spending orgy?
Can we boot them out? Yes we can!
Just think, once the Congressmen are booted, they’ll feel the pain of their carefully crafted Health Care Reform. Unless they’re smart enough to listen to their constituents. It’ll be interesting to see what happens, won’t it?
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The Great Community Organizer Pres. Barack Obama is facing a conundrum. He is seeing a great number of Americans voice their dismay at what Congress is doing to our country.
The formerly sleeping giant that is comprised of ‘regular’ Americans has awakened, and the Obama administration is displeased.
They’re not pleased that the American people won’t just let the steamroller of Obama change roll over them. So, as Obama’s mission to enact Marxist and Socialist policies advances, the tactic to negatively label those against Obama policies is ongoing.
Pres. Barack Obama
When Obama speaks on Health Care Reform tonight, he is not speaking to regular Americans. He knows he has angered regular Joes. He knows he won’t convince very many, if any people to his position. But that doesn’t seem to faze the president, who is focused on passing Health Care Reform regardless of the cost. As Obama’s poll numbers continue a major slide downward, the president will address our nation tonight in an effort to convince enough Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate to vote for Health Care Reform, even if their constituents have expressed their opposition to it. Voting against constituents’ wishes puts many Congressional Representatives between a rock and a hard place; next year is a re-election year for many.
The Health Care Reform bills in Congress served to galvanize thousands of Americans to show up at Town Hall meetings, particularly last month, when Congressional members were on break. Despite the denials and statements from the White House about what the Health Care Reform would do, whether it will pay for abortions (it will) and whether it will have a so-called public option (it will), those Americans who voiced their displeasure with the Progressive mission are being re-branded.
So now, normal Americans who take time away from their busy lives to go to a town hall or a protest against Health Care Reform or Cap and Tax are being characterized and re-branded as ‘Angry Mobs’ by the Democratic National Committee.
The attempt to characterize such Americans as a negligible percentage of the population continues to be made. Such labeling of middle America only serves to anger more everyday Americans who are an unseen part of a new movement, made up of Independents, Democrats and Republicans. Consequently, the Tea Party movement and the anger against the majority and freely spending Representatives in Congress gains steam and traction.
And so it is easily understood that the longer this cycle of labeling of Americans who are standing up to make their voices heard goes on, the more vocal that chorus of voices will be, and strident too.
From farmers to white collar workers, repairmen to small business owners, Americans see the political elite in Washington ignoring them. They see the lack of representation. They see the massive spending continuing in D.C. despite a huge deficit and an overwhelming cry to stop the madness. Americans see and feel the disconnect with their representatives. They hear the evening news and read the internet news reports. They are outraged by reports from the AP that Sen. Max Baucus’ plan is to mandate health coverage, and punish those who don’t participate by fining them up to $3,800. Have Democrats forgotten that we’re in a recession? Fines for not participating in the Health coverage is a legit idea? Give us a break. Have the Tea Party protests and those showing up at Town Halls around our great country communicated nothing to representatives in Congress? This is a real grassroots movement that the mainstream media is dutifully not covering, or covering mockingly.
The irony is the Great One, the long-awaited savior for Progressive Democrats, Barack Obama, is himself a community organizer. But the President and Organizer that is Obama does not realize that the more the DNC wages a verbal war on ‘Angry Mobs’ also known as Everyday Working Americans, the bigger the problem.
For when you see 10,000 people at a Tea Party protest voicing their displeasure with the Obama administration and those in Congress who support his policies, what you don’t see are the millions of American citizens who couldn’t be there to voice their dismay with Tea Partiers. This group of Americans have jobs, family responsibilities, and are not paid to show up at these protests. But they vote!
Those in Congress who are still supporting Obama and his policies should beware the numbers of people who are not seen at protests or heard from continuously at their offices. Because the number of Americans greatly dissatisfied, the group the DNC is labeling ‘Angry Mobs’? That’s a majority of Americans. That will become clear in the elections of 2010.
Carry on, fellow Mobsters.
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No Logical Defense: Dems Falling Back to Morality Issue to Defend Health Care Reform Bill
With the Democrats feeling the heat of America’s anger on Health Care Reform and fiscal self-indulgence with taxpayer’s money, Pres. Barack Obama is now touting morality as the reason for reform.
Problem is, logic is not Obama’s friend. Is abortion moral? Most Americans don’t think so; at least, most Americans do not think federal funds should be used to pay for abortions. But Obama has plainly said in the past that abortion will be part of Health Care Reform. And in April 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was asked to define reproductive care. She said, “And reproductive health includes access to abortion.”
Further, taking up the morality issue for health care reform seems to indicate that Obama and the Dems can’t defend their assertion that health care reform will be deficit neutral. Not when the Congressional Budget Office recently contradicted that assertion.
Certainly polls show that Americans do not believe that the Health Care Reform bills will save money. With his approval rating dropping fast, Obama feels the pressure to get HCR passed, something he promised to do in his campaign. Many supporters warmed to Sen. Obama’s assertion that he was in favor of a single-payer system, public health plan. But many Americans are starting to see that the so-called reform in health care will be to their detriment, and are demanding their Congressmen vote no on the Health Care Reform bill.
In the past week, I’ve heard tired talking points from liberal acquaintances, advocating health care reform. I’ve been called unChristian simply because I am against the Health Care Reform bills in Congress.
Nothing could be further from the truth. I am a Christian, and I do care about people. That’s why I’m vocally opposed to this Health Care Reform. I don’t want to see people denied health care due to inadequate funding from the government. I don’t want to hear about a woman calling the hospital begging for an ambulance, and being told to walk the ‘short’ distance there to birth her fourth child. I don’t want to hear about that same woman deciding to walk as far as she could on the sidewalk leading to the hospital in hopes that a passerby could help bring her baby into the world. That scenario actually happened this week in the UK.
Friends, do you want to hear your parent’s doctor tell you her hands are tied, that the government will not pay for the treatment needed to extend life 5-10 years because it will cost too much? Do you want to hear a doctor offer pain pills to your parents, who could live a fuller life if they received surgery?
You and fellow Americans know the U.S. government is spending too much. You know that it is not logical to expect the same high standard of medical care from the same number of doctors and nurses, expected to treat and care for a huge increase in patients under either health care co-ops or a government-run public health care plan. This expected Utopia the Dems tout falls apart when Americans question how it will work well, especially when the government promises it will cut fees to the medical providers—in the name of saving money.
Instead of Utopia, Americans rightly imagine long lines and wait time to see their doctors and rationed health care. No one denies that improvements need to be made to our current health care system. But this Health Care Reform in Congress will make the problems worse, and beggar our country. Some Democrats falsely state that there are no Republican alternatives to Health Care Reform. This kind of statement is easily refuted; look to Rep. Paul Ryan’s alternative health reform. But no. There is no true debate, and no true transparency among most Democrats in Congress.
Instead of being transparent, most of the Democrats pushing Health Care Reform are sidestepping questions on what the bill will cover and do.
Let’s look at abortion in health care. The majority of Americans do not want abortion to be subsidized by the federal government. But that is just what the Kennedy bill (as yet unnumbered) being considered in the U.S. Senate, will do. It “would result in federally mandated coverage of abortion by nearly all health plans, federally mandated recruitment of abortionists by local health networks, and nullification of many state abortion laws. It would also result in federal funding of abortion on a massive scale,” said NRLC Legislative Director Doug Johnson.
Those that claim abortion will not be part of the HCR bill are either naive or deliberately misguiding Americans.
The longer the Health Care bill lingers in Congress, the more time Americans have to read it. And this is a bill, 1000+ pages, that is not like lasagna. It doesn’t get better the longer it sits in its juices. No, this bill’s foulness is stinking it up across our great land. Americans against HCR are making their voices heard. But the fear is the Democratic majority will do whatever it takes to pass HCR, even if it is against the rules. After all, who will stop any potential Congressional rule-breakers?
Does Pres. Barack Obama really favor giving pain pills to seniors instead of life-saving surgeries? Will the elderly be denied things like pacemakers if they are deemed too costly?
At the infomercial, I mean forum, on Health Care Reform hosted at the White House on June 24, Jane Sturm asked a pointed question on how the Health Care Reform will affect the elderly. Sturm mentioned her mother, who received a pacemaker at age 100 and is still living at 105 years old. Obama’s response left me wondering if doctors will only be able to prescribe pain pills for those deemed too costly to treat.
ABC’s Charles Gibson, who co-anchored the ‘forum’ with Diane Sawyer, is shown sitting beside Obama in this video.
Obama: The first thing for all of us to understand is we actually have some choices to make about how we want to deal with our own end of life care. … I think we have to have rules that say that we are going to provide good quality care for all people.
Gibson: But the money may not have been there for her pacemaker or for your grandmother’s hip replacement…
Obama: Right, well and that’s absolutely true. And end of life care is one of the most difficult sets of decisions that we’re going to have to make. I don’t want bureaucracies making those decisions but understand that those decisions are already being made in one way or another.
At this, Charles Gibson shifts uncomfortably in his chair.
Obama: …What we can do is make sure some of the waste that exists in the system that’s not making anyone’s mom better –that is loading up on additional tests or additional drugs– that the evidence shows is not necessarily going to improve care –that at least we can let doctors know and your mom know that, you know what, maybe this isn’t going to help. That maybe you’re better off not having the surgery but taking the painkiller. ….
Ouch. Are you wondering what will happen to you or your family if Obama’s Health Care Plan is passed? I am. I have parents and grandparents I’m worried about. I have disabled friends I’m concerned about. This Health Care plan would give power to government officials over what treatment is allowable, and what is too costly and not covered.
I’m thinking of all the people who could be deemed unworthy of life-saving treatment due to the high cost, and to the high number of people who may just be issued a painkiller prescription. Are you starting to wonder how the Obama administration thinks of those who are not perfectly healthy? I am. I’m wondering how they’ll rate everyone’s value, and who in the Obama administration will be issuing the valuation guidelines. Will it be Ezekiel Emanuel, who is the health-policy advisor at the Office of Management and Budget? The Dr. Emanuel who advocates the ‘complete lives‘ approach?
For those not familiar with ‘complete lives’ thinking, Dr. Emanuel co-wrote an article in The Lancet in January 2009. In it, the article states that those between ages 15-40 will get the most ‘substantial chance,’ and that those younger and older than that will, well, have less of a chance. How did the article in The Lancet put it? “…the youngest and oldest people get chances that are attenuated.”
After all, think of the investment the government has made in that younger group, and how much more they have to give to society! Read about ‘complete lives’, and be prepared to be appalled and scared.
Putting a value on life, valuing those who cost less to treat and who have the opportunity to give more to society because they are younger reminds me of what happened in Germany with the Nazi regime. Think about it. How far will the valuing of life go, and who in the government will be making those rationing decisions? Is the point to cull the imperfect from our nation? Or is it a more practical stance, that our government has limited resources to ably and humanely treat all Americans?
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It’s legal, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi doesn’t like it. Citizens have been voicing their concerns about health care reform and other hot button issues to their Representatives at Town Hall meetings recently. Unfortunately, a few protestors of Health Care Reform were injured and some arrested at town hall meetings yesterday in St. Louis, Mo. and Tampa, Fla. At the Tampa town hall where U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL) spoke, crowd chants of “You work for us!” and “Open Door Policy!” and “Hear our voice!” went on for some time at the public meeting. Once you see and read the details, you may wonder what exactly happened, how some people got hurt, and why the police made arrests.
Town halls have become something those opposed to Health Care Reform have recognized as a way to make their voices better heard. But will voices be heard, if Town Hall meetings are not held?
As the U.S. Senate wraps up its work August 7 and goes on break, some U.S. senator’s offices polled yesterday were keeping details of Town hall meetings close to the vest.
Perhaps some of the closed-mouth attitude was due to some U.S. Representatives who have been surprised by upset constituents questioning them on Health Care Reform at town halls. Many have seen the YouTube video of Sen. Arlen Specter’s recent town hall meeting, in which an uproar arose when Sen. Specter said the Health Care Reform bill was so big, but it’s divided up and… “we have to make judgements very fast.” He added after the crowd roared in disapproval that “Every bill is read slowly and understood by me before I vote.” Does that include the stimulus bill, too, Sen. Specter?
Having read most of the Health Care Reform bill, I had big concerns: 1) How are we were going to pay for it? 2) Abortion is included (is that health care?) 3) Health care will be rationed 4) The disabled and elderly seemed to be headed for very rationed care and possibly euthanasia, and 5) The way it is written, most companies will dump their employees into the public health care plan because it will be too costly to keep private health insurance.
After calling one of my senators, Bill Nelson (D-FL), and asking his office when he was holding a Town Hall meeting, I was asked for my name, address, and phone number so that I could possibly attend if he hosts a Town Hall. Shocked that my senator might not be having a Town Hall, considering the biggest change to Health Care is being considered when Congress returns in September, I decided to conduct an unscientific but fair poll.
Senators from Blue States and Red States were called, picked randomly, and asked whether they were having a regular, in-person Town Hall meeting, a phone conference Town Hall meeting, or were unsure because plans had not been finalized in that regard yet.
Perhaps due to the number of people who have shown up recently to Town Halls and vociferously announced their opinions to their Representatives, some senators’ plans had not been finalized, and a few spokespeople did not return calls by press time.
Health care reform has been a very hot topic among constituents in a number of states. Health care listening sessions are going to be held across the state of North Dakota, said Chris Gaddie, spokesperson for Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND). The ‘health care listening sessions’ will be held in person, not via phone, Gaddie said.
A couple states over, in Idaho, Sen. Mike Crapo (R) has gotten an earful on Health Care Reform from his constituents. “He’s certainly heard loud and clear” what most constituents want, and it’s not the public option, said Lindsay Nothern, Sen. Crapo’s spokesperson. He added that Sen. Crapo would be available for this recess. During last month’s Town Hall conference call, almost the whole call was on health care, Nothern noted.
As the Senate’s break begins and some Town Halls are held (or not held), it will be interesting to see how senators and representatives alike handle hearing from their constituents. And since the White House is handing out advice on the best way to handle Town Halls, I expect that the break — is going to be a hot one.
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Cross-posted at http://race42012.com
So our government thinks it can provide affordable and quality health care for all Americans with HR3200. If that thought wasn’t so ridiculous we’d all be laughing, like we do at a sitcom when the joke’s not on us.
Sadly, the joke is on us. HR3200, the Health Care Reform Bill currently still in the Energy and Commerce Committee, is being held up by the “Blue Dog” Democrats concerned about the cost and scope of the bill. And with good reason.
The government can claim to “save” money by providing health care for all Americans, even illegals, by obtaining cost savings (also known as rationed care).
“With managed care and now with socialized medicine coming, believe me, quality will go down, costs will go up, there will be shortages, there will be lines, and no one’s going to be happy,” Congressman Dr. Ron Paul (R-TX) said on CNN a few weeks ago.
According to Robert A. Book of the Heritage Foundation:
A public health care plan would not improve the current health care situation and would likely make matters worse. Far from saving enough to cover the uninsured, it would increase the cost of covering even the presently insured at the current standard of care. A public plan could reduce overall spending only at the cost of substantial harm to patients.
Reducing health care costs by offering a public plan will only accomplish more of what the government has done with Medicare and Medicaid: reduce payments to doctors and hospitals, and ration care. Rationed care is what the U.K. and Canada and other countries have, and it has sent some of their wealthier citizens to our country to get quality health care.
In a previous post, I stated that we are in danger of losing our freedom in this health care legislation. Shawn Tully details what the Health Care Reform will do in his article, “5 Freedoms You’d Lose in Health Care Reform.”
Do not feel safe because you have private health insurance. You will not be able to keep your health insurance, due to language to that end in HR3200. This is a fact that our own Congressional Budget Office, or CBO, either is unaware of or is ignoring.
FoxNews reports: “CBO estimates that only 11 million to 12 million people would sign up for the public plan — making it a much smaller player in the market. The government coverage would be available alongside private plans through a new kind of insurance purchasing pool called an exchange.”
Well, the number of people who would voluntarily sign up for the public health plan may be correct; 11-12 million. What the CBO is forgetting is the number of people who will be thrown into the public health plan because it will become too difficult and expensive for businesses to continue funding private health insurance for their employees under Health Care Reform.
And what the Obama administration has been trying to keep quiet is that the Health Care Reform bill, if passed, would use taxpayer money to expand abortion services. Would you be happy to pay for someone else’s abortion? Douglas Johnson, National Right to Life Committee Legislative Director points out the reality of the Health Care Reform Bill in a letter to Members of Congress:
“In its current form, this bill would predictably result in the greatest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade, driven by mandates and subsidies emanating from multiple provisions of this bill.
The bill contains provisions that would result in federal mandates requiring inclusion of elective abortion in virtually all health insurance plans, both private plans (which would be required to conform to federal standards in order to participate in the government-operated Exchange), and the new “public plan.” Other provisions would result in health networks being required to establish new abortion providers in order to provide local access to elective abortions. State laws placing procedural requirements or other limitations on abortion ( e.g., waiting periods, or parental notification laws) would be subject to nullification by federal regulation or lawsuit.”
It’s not that hard to believe that abortion ‘rights’ and services will be greatly expanded under Health Care Reform when you consider that in order to rein in health care costs, euthanasia seems to be an option the government is considering. It’s a slippery slope America is going down, with the current legality of abortion. Since an unborn baby can be aborted, why should an older person’s life, especially one with expensive health problems, be considered any more valuable by the government?
Fred Thompson recently had Betsy McCaughey, a conservative and former NY lieutenant governor, on his radio show. McCaughey, who has read the entire 1,000+ page Health Care Reform bill, expressed outrage that the government would mandate quality of life consultations for senior citizens. Carrie Budoff Brown of Politico writes:
On Thompson’s radio show, as well as in a New York Post op-ed and other interviews during the past week, McCaughey has said the provision requires senior citizens to submit to end-of-life consultations. Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity touted the New York Post article on their shows. “Congress would make it mandatory, absolutely require, that every five years, people in Medicare have a required counseling session that will tell them how to end their life sooner,” McCaughey said to Thompson.
The bill expressly says if you get sick somewhere in that five-year period, you have to go through that session again — all to do what is in society’s best interest or your family’s best interest and cut your life short. These are such sacred issues of life and death. Government should have nothing to do with it.”
In the 1,000+ page Health Care Reform bill, ironically named H.R.3200 America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, a variety of ways to cut costs are detailed. Do not be fooled by those saying you will be able to keep your private health insurance coverage. This Health Care Reform plan will make it so difficult to keep private health care insurance that the majority of people will be covered by the public health care plan. Of course, that is by design. How can the government hope to have ‘affordable’ health insurance if only a small percentage of Americans have it? Here’s the kicker. Our U.S. Senators and Representatives who ‘toil’ away for us passing laws in Washington, D.C. will not be covered by the public health care plan. Oh no. They’ll be covered by a top notch private health insurance plan.
If this is such a great plan, why wouldn’t our esteemed leaders in Washington, D.C. enroll in it pronto?
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Would you sign a trillion dollar contract if you hadn’t read it completely? Of course not. No regular American would. But some Democrats in Congress seem to think it’s no big deal to vote for and sign away not only $1 trillion of taxpayer’s money for nationalized health care over the next 10 years, but also sign away the freedom of every American.
Americans are starting to hear some of what is in the 1000+page Health Care Reform bill, and they’re getting scared. Understandably so.
“The Health Care Bill…is going to destroy the small business sector….and is the single greatest threat to freedom and liberty,” said Stephen Moore of the Wall Street Journal at last week’s ALEC convention in Atlanta, Ga.
Moore noted that Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel has proposed an 8% increase in taxes on small businesses which do not provide health care insurance. A recent Wall Street Journal article underlined the difficulties small businesses will face as taxes sharply increase in a difficult recessionary environment. Payroll taxes and capital gains taxes will also be increased under Rangel’s proposal. The top tier of taxpayers will see a 58% combined federal and state tax rate, Moore noted.
“Another implication of the Rangel plan is that America’s successful small businesses would pay higher tax rates than the Fortune 500, and for that matter than most companies around the world.”
The bottom line is that Rangel’s proposal has a very ugly outlook for small businesses.
How will health care affect the regular, working American?
Heritage Foundation: “Yearly premiums for the typical American with private coverage could go up by as much as $460 per privately-insured person, as a result of increased cost-shifting stemming from a public plan modeled on Medicare.”
Would you and your older family members be happy being ‘covered’ by the public, government-run health care plan? What, you say? I have private health insurance. Yes, but if the Health Care Reform bill is passed, it is very likely you will not keep your private health insurance for long.
My friends, this is not all the Health Care Reform bill will do. The 1000+ page bill also dictates to young children, and that is an issue I will cover in a later post.
I urge you to stand up for freedom and for all Americans. As radio talk show host Herman Cain pointed out recently at the ALEC convention, “People aren’t just concerned anymore, they’re fearful.”
People are fearful of all the things that are being passed in Washington, D.C. No one has read the bills, but they’re passed anyway. Mr. Obama even said recently that he hasn’t read the Health Care Reform bill, but is out campaigning and lobbying hard to get it passed. Let me say that again. Mr. Obama has not even read the Health Care Reform bill, and he has said he is not ‘familiar’ with the bill. Yet he is very sure that it’s a great idea and he wants it passed ASAP. Does that make sense to you?
Remember the mess that resulted from people not reading their sub-prime mortgage contracts? The chickens from that debacle have already come home to roost. God help our nation if Health Care Reform passes. Health Care Reform will take away the liberties and freedom that Americans have always considered the bedrock of our culture. Only now, that bedrock is about to be cut into and disfigured by the machines of socialism.
If that isn’t what you want, it’s time to make your voice heard. My friends, we must not be discouraged from action. Listen to Mr. Cain’s words of wisdom: “We are the people in charge of this country. Our vote counts, and our voice counts.” Make sure, my friends, that your voice is heard in Washington, D.C. After seeing only a small part of what is in the Health Care Reform bill, don’t you think that we are in a legislative fight for our freedom?
How would you like the government to reduce what you live on yearly, kill a vast number of jobs in America, all in hopes of reducing the temperature of the earth by two-tenths of a degree by 2099?
According to Ben Lieberman of the Heritage Foundation, a family of four will experience the following due to the consequences of the Cap and Trade bill, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives on June 26 and now goes to the U.S. Senate:
- $436 average increase in energy costs in 2012
- $1,241 energy bill in 2035
- Electricity costs will increase by 90% by 2035
- Gasoline costs to increase 58% by 2035
- Natural Gas costs to increase by 55% by 2035
- Total cost of Waxman-Markey to family of four: $2,979/year from 2012-2035.
- The energy costs spike to more than $4,600 by 2035.
“The cumulative higher energy costs for a family of four by then (2035) will be nearly $20,000,” Ben Lieberman, senior policy analyst for the Heritage Foundation, said in testimony before a Senate Republican Conference recently.
Wow. I think most American families can use $20,000 more productively than the government is proposing with its Cap and Trade energy tax bill. What would you do with the $20,000 the government is planning to take from you during the years 2012-2035? Not only that, but FoxNews reported on June 29 that that the Environmental Protection Agency has reportedly ‘intentionally buried’ a study that calls into question the claims that global warming is a problem.
“My view is…there is not currently any reason to regulate carbon dioxide. Global temperatures are roughly where there were in the mid-20th century,” according to Alan Carlin, author of EPA study of climate change.
Because the Cap and Trade bill is so expansive in its energy taxation, Mr. Lieberman predicts net job loss, and notes that some jobs will disappear on the domestic front, only to show up overseas in countries that are friendlier to businesses.
“Beyond the cost impact on individuals and households, Waxman-Markey also affects employment, and especially employment in the manufacturing sector. We estimate job losses averaging 1,145,000 at any given time from 2012-2035. And note that those are net job losses, after the much-hyped green jobs are taken into account. Some of the lost jobs will be destroyed entirely, while others will be outsourced to nations like China and India that have repeatedly stated that they’ll never hamper their own economic growth with energy-cost boosting global warming measures like Waxman-Markey.”
To add to the pain, farmers will be hard hit by the Cap and Trade bill. After all, farming is by its nature a large energy consumer; think of all the farming equipment used to produce a large number of crops very efficiently. And the poor, as well as those who live in more rural areas, will experience a disproportionately larger share of the energy tax through what they pay for energy use, and what they buy at the store. Companies will of course, pass on their new energy tax to the consumer; we’ll see higher prices on items across the board.
“In addition, because the bill raises energy costs, it hurts rural America much more than urban America. Rural Americans, farmers and non-farmers, spend an average of 58 percent more on energy as a percentage of income than their urban counterparts, and those costs would go up.”
That Darn Republican posted a great piece on Cap and Trade on his blog today, noting:
“Cap & Trade will turn out to be [if passed] the single most wantonly destructive piece of legislation to come from Capitol Hill since Roe vs. Wade. House Resolution 2454 proposes some of the most sweeping and radical pro-special interest infested regulation we’ve ever had to face in our lifetimes. Did we ask for these regulations? Were there throngs of the dissatisfied so beholden and mesmerized by California Air Quality Management District [AQMD] standards that we felt we had to repress the economies of every other state in the union by having them imposed? The answer is an emphatic no. The State of California has been one thing and one thing only… it has been a leader in breeding a culture of out-and-out legislative and cultural dissidence.”
I’m still wondering why the U.S. House of Representatives passed an energy tax which will punish businesses and individuals for their energy use. Do our politicians really represent our wishes and our best interests in Washington, D.C.? Seems like some politicians need to be reminded that they represent the citizens of America, not Al Gore or the ‘green’ special interest groups.
The Cap and Trade bill is now being considered in the U.S. Senate. The trickle-down consequences of Cap and Trade: It kills jobs and decreases everyone’s spending power. This energy tax will possibly reduce the temperature of the earth by two-tenths of a degree by 2099? And there is an EPA study stating that global warming is NOT a problem? This is madness.
Have you called your senators yet to tell them you want them to vote NO on Cap and Trade?
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They say Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Is the same true for the Republican party, America?
We’re not sure why, but on Friday, June 26, eight Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives voted for the Waxman-Markey bill, H.R. 2454, thus ensuring its passage. The final vote for H.R. 2454 was 219-212. It is significant that 44 Democrats voted against H.R. 2454. If only those 8 Republicans had voted against the bill, commonly known as Cap and Trade, it would have died.
As the afternoon wore on that fateful day, June 26, it looked as though there weren’t going to be enough votes to pass the Cap and Trade bill. To be sure, there must have been some behind the scenes deals being made in order to get the needed votes for the bill’s passage. News reports Friday said Pres. Barack Obama was making phone calls to sway reluctant Democrats to vote for the Cap and Trade bill. Twitter conservatives were furiously tweeting late Friday afternoon, asking people to call certain U.S. House Representatives who, at the 11th hour, had mysteriously changed their votes.
Deal-making on Capitol Hill produced results. And there are some things to ponder.
Three of the eight Republicans who voted for the Waxman-Markey bill on Friday, June 26, are from New Jersey.
Hmmm.
Do you find it interesting that of the eight Republicans who voted for Cap and Trade, three of them are from New Jersey? Is that a coincidence, or does that spell earmarks? Did these same 8 Republicans decide to vote for Cap and Trade because they truly thought the taxing bill was a great idea? When we can actually read the 1500+ page Cap and Trade bill, we may discover the answer to the niggling question of why these Republicans crossed party lines to vote for a bill Obama wants passed into law.
It’s too bad the Democrats never gave anyone a chance to read the bill before they demanded its passage. Few, if any, in the U.S. House of Representatives really know the depth and breath of what they voted for; but that’s transparency, Obama style.
The bill now moves on to the U.S. Senate, where its passage is questionable. Are Republicans across the U.S. sufficiently motivated now to demand change? Only time will tell.
Here is the contact information on the Republicans who voted yes on Cap and Trade in the U.S. House of Representatives Friday. Contact their local district office numbers, as Congressmen are on vacation for the July 4 holiday.
Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA)
- Palm Springs District Office Phone: (760) 320-1076
- DC Phone: (202) 225-5330
Rep. Michael Castle (R- DE)
- Wilmington District Office Phone: (302) 428-1902
- DC Phone: (202) 225-4165
Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL);
- Northbrook District Office Phone: (847) 940-0202
- DC Phone: (202) 225-4835
Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ)
- Westfield District Office Phone: (908) 518-7733
- DC Phone: (202) 225-5361
Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ)
- Mays Landing District Office Phone: (609) 625-5008
- DC Phone: (202) 225-6572
Rep. John McHugh (R-NY)
- Watertown District Office Phone: (315) 782-3150
- DC Phone: (202) 225-4611
Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA)
- Mercer Island District Office Phone: (206) 275-3438
- DC Phone: (202) 225-7761
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)
- Hamilton District Office Phone: (609) 585-7878
- DC Phone: (202) 225-3765
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