1: Now that both houses of Congress are lining up to curry the favor of President
pro-tem Obama by foisting off his ghastly socialized medicine plot through the use of parliamentary loopholes, it occurs to me that House Speaker Mme. Pelosi has an opportunity to show the nation her "least corrupt Congress," and provide for her longtime colleague as well: since Charlie Rangel now has some spare time on his hands, at least once the document shredding is completed, why not put him in charge of her promised "elimination of Medicare fraud and waste?" He seems to be good with money laund, errr, management. And: "
it's not like he has endangered national security or anything," to use her own words. Way to stand up, Nan!
2:
"Millions of families cannot afford adequate healthcare insurance" is the current mantra from the liberals in D.C. and in the White House. I am fully aware of that factoid. I am also fully aware that millions of families cannot afford lakeshore estates; millions of families cannot afford new Lexus SUV's, let alone a Mercedes, a Ferrari, or a Porsche; millions of families have one or more family members in prison; millions of families are affected daily by drug and alcohol abuse, or, as it's called in D.C., "reaching across the aisle;" and millions of families are sick and damn tired of supporting other millions of families because some pandering pompous plutocrats think they should "spread the wealth around."
Your wealth, not theirs. Remember, Socialism only works until you run out of somebody else's money.
The LAST thing this country needs is another labyrinthine leviathan of bureaucracy for ANY purpose, let alone controlling how, and
if, you get medical care. If this proposal by Mr. Obama is so great, why are mandatory prison terms for non-compliance included in the package? And, excuse me for asking, but doesn't
Congress have the responsibility to write laws, and not the Executive branch? That pesky old Constitution keeps getting in the way of real progress, according to Mr. O's agenda. And, should you stand up to oppose his "O-genda," you will be labelled as an "obstructionist tea-bagger," or worse. Make mine Lipton.
So, instead of painting our faces with woad, donning a kilt, and raising a sword, call your Senator's local office, and
politely tell the paid staffer who answers your call that you oppose a Federal takeover of healthcare insurance (or ANY private industry, for that matter). Why do you oppose it? Well, does GM build better cars now that YOU own 67% of its stock (minus the dividends that the stock used to earn)? Can you say "Cobalt?" I knew you could.
Does the Postal Service perform better than UPS or FedEx or DHL?
Why, no, no it doesn't.
Will Fannie Mae ever be solvent again?
Not in this, nor any subsequent, lifetime.
Which way will my taxes go next year?
In a one-word movie title: "UP!"
Will my quality of health care improve when the Federal Government controls pricing, repayment for services, methodology, diagnostic testing, availability of providers, availability of specialists, availability of medicines, availability of choices by the individual, and the rest of the questions?
Alex, I'll take: "two-letter words that rhyme with "NO." for thireteen trillion dollars. For the answer, look at Medicare, the VA, and Medicaid, and their
current respective "unfunded liabilities." Then carry the 10's.
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
Unless you act, and act quickly, your elected "servants" in both houses of Congress will enact this, the worst piece of legislation since the Volstead Act, and we all have seen how well THAT one worked out.
Call. Write. E-mail. Do ANYTHING to express your stance, within the law. But do it today.
