Much to the shame of the House of Representatives, a so called ‘Universal Health Care’ bill was forced upon the American people yesterday evening in a very rare, very late, session of the body in Washington DC. I would think that the final vote was, more then anything, a surrender to Pelosi and Obama so the Representatives would finally be allowed to go home. They had been a captive audience for the vast majority of the day. It was, from all accounts, a marathon of deals being offered, arms twisted to the breaking point, funds promised, anything to get the needed votes.
Finally, not long before midnight, Nancy Pelosi and her lap dog, Barack Hussein Obama, finally got their way. With the help of one turncoat Republican from New Orleans, Rep. Joseph Cao, a first-term House member, they literally squeezed out a 220 – 215 vote to complete the first phase of the final law. With Rep. Cao being the one exception, the 176 Republicans must be given credit for standing their ground, along with 39 Democrats that joined the ranks of the opposition.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, of course, compared the ‘ground breaking’ legislation to that of Social Security in 1935 and Medicare in 1965. Two of the more brilliant examples of government run programs that have done so much for our lives over the years.
As this government takeover of yet another industry begins to look more inevitable, one member of the house must surly be ecstatic. Rep. John Dingell (D-Mi) has introduced national health insurance to every Congress starting in 1955. Doing so after succeeding his father. One would think that if the people had not accepted it after 50+ years, Congress would understand that the people do not want it.
What is truly frightening is that the bill, as it is now, is 1,990 pages long. Not a single person that has voted for, or against it, have ever read it. Nearly 2,000 pages? Of course not. That being the case, why would they vote for something this important if you could not understand its text?
Also, why would anyone vote for a bill that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates will cost We The People, $1,200,000,000,000.00 conservatively, and the (CBO) has never been right in their history. Without doubt, this will cost us at LEAST twice that amount. Yet the President can tell us, with a straight face, that this will not require any new taxes and “will not increase the deficit by one nickel.” Oh, and he has a couple of bridges he wants to sell us too.
They even added a bill to the bill that would restrict government paid abortion. Of course Sen. Charlie Rangel refused assure the Republicans that the new abortion bill would remain as part of the health care bill after the Senate gets hold of it.
The bill will further REQUIRE most Americans to carry insurance. This is a mandate that will require both companies, and We The People, to carry insurance like it or not. If we defy the government there will be substantial penalties imposed through the IRS. The IRS?
Because of the ‘central medical database’ provision, the medical records of all those insured will be collected and stored in a government computer ‘to simplify access.’ I have to ask the question, ‘simplify access for who?’ I mean, we all know how secure our government computers are.
Finally, to pay for all this, they want us to believe that they can do so with their $400 billion cuts to Medicare over the next ten years. I’ll bet the states are just thrilled to hear that one. There will also be a 5.4% increase in taxes on singles making over $500, 000 and of families making more then $1,000,000. Remember though, no taxes on anyone below these levels. I would be very concerned about those ‘sir charges’ though. Their already talking about them.
In short, my friends, we have, once again, been sold down the river by our leaders. The worst is, this is only the beginning. There is a little bill waiting for the House to consider it call Cap and Trade. It is a climate change bill that will take from us what little we have left after the Health Care fiasco, and, if that’s not enough, there are at least a dozen bills in both houses that will effectively take away our ability to defend ourselves by removing our guns. They really are covering every base.
With all this coming down the pipe, I see little chance that we will not be a Socialist nation within the next decade. The fact is, however, it’s our own fault. We elected them. Now, we need to fire them. SOON!!
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Sandy,
As always a very good article. As for Obama he would not know the truth if it jump up and slaped him in the face. Pelosi is in my opinon becoming the most hated woman in the United States, and having to listen her go on and on about Ted Kennedy made me want to slap her in the face.
On the other hand I would like to give a warm welcome to CarlV!
We all should immediately find out how our representatives voted and notify them that we will do everything we can to vote them out of office for their next term if they sold us out. A message should be sent loud and clear – if you are not going to represent your constituents the way they have asked you to – then we are going to send you packing. It is time they stopped voting party line and vote the wishes of the people. No votes should be held this late. I have watched the same type of politics on a local level. This practice must be stopped especially when bills like this affect most of us and our pocketbooks.
Excellent article – keep it up!
Excellent article. I’m so scared of what our “leaders” are doing to us.
Yes we need to fire them ALL. We are that much closer to a Socialist State now. VERY upsetting.
Bobbi, this is exactly the course I plan to take over the next twelve months. Something many do not know, the ENTIRE House of Representatives, and one third of the Senate are up for reelection in Nov. 2010. Another third of the Senate somes up in Nov. of 2012 AND our loving leader BHO. Between the two elections we have a chance to repair the damage they may have done. I’ll be working on a number of sites and through e-mail to see to it that as many as possible get knocked out of the House this time aroung. One very important thing though. Everyone must research the ones they wish to vote for. We don’t need to replace on bad apple with another.
God Bless
Carl