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House Democrats don't yet have the votes to pass the party's horrendous health care legislation. But Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desperation can't be underestimated, which means Nevada Rep. Dina Titus, one of many vulnerable incumbent Democrats, is probably taking more heat than Mercury right about now.
There is nothing redeeming about the crushing new health insurance regulations proposed by President Obama and Democratic Party leaders. Nothing. Instead of reducing costs, it will increase Americans' premiums and taxes. It will pile trillions more dollars onto the national debt. It will impose suffocating new burdens on small businesses and create another insolvent federal entitlement.
It is intended to bankrupt private insurers and speed America toward the nationalized, single-payer system the left has long coveted. A majority of Americans want nothing to do with it.
But Mr. Obama, Ms. Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada don't care. They're more than willing to roll the dice come November in order to impose the decades-old progressive dream of nationalized health care.
Rep. Titus supported the House version that barely passed in November. Her spokesman, Andrew Stoddard, said Monday she "has not yet decided how she will vote" on the current bill. "She is waiting to first see the legislative language she will be voting on before making a decision," he said.
But if you want to know which way Rep. Titus is leaning, just listen to what she said on the House floor last Thursday:
"Do the insurance companies care? No. No they don't. They continue to raise premiums, up 39 percent in some states, while making record profits and handing out obscene bonuses. They finance thousands of lobbyists to come to the Hill to argue against meaningful reform and they brag about the millions that they are spending on television and radio ads that are filled with lies and distortions aimed at confusing and scaring people, especially seniors."
Make no mistake: Any member of Congress who actually believes that this 2,000-page monster will save money and force more efficiencies on the U.S. health care system deserves to be voted out of office for embracing such obvious nonsense in the first place.
Rep. Titus claims to be a friend to small business owners and a practitioner of fiscal responsibility. But she'll be exposed as just another budget-busting, tax-and-spend Democrat if she tows the Pelosi-Reid-Obama line on this issue -- and will deserve what she gets come November.
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BlackVegas, as an educated man, do you really believe this?
This bill is different than the others, in that it "pays for itself" (hence the justification in the use of "reconcilliation" and "CBO"!)
There are laws of economics that hold true, and can't be suspended, just because you feel they should. And these laws are just as binding as the laws of gravity.
This bill's plan is to add 31 million more people to the insured roles, without a contingent to add any more doctors.
What does your common sense tell you will happen? Do you really think "over the course of time achieve it's objective."?
Or should I ask you to tell me, what is it's objective?
I'm an ardent Ron Paul supporter not a real Sheldon Richman fan though.
This is a bad bill, I just believe the alternative is even worse.
I can only hope that it will, over the course of time achieve it's objective.
This process is eerily similar to the Civil Rights Act passed in 1875. (amid the public uproar the SCOTUS overruled it as unconstitutional, using the same charges of "Government Takeover" of [Morality].)
It wasn't until 1964 until it was fully implemented.
This bill is different than the others, in that it "pays for itself" (hence the justification in the use of "reconcilliation" and "CBO"!)
A real motivator for me though, was the urge to distance myself from the wackos whose criticism was irrational and even untrue sometimes.
Blackvegas, as a Ron Paul supporter, you might appreciate this from his Campaign for Liberty:
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=649
War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength
It is incredible how a major newspaper can legally get away with spreading lies and fear.
While many Americans AND this nation go bankrupt because of a lack of health care reform, Insurance companies are spending millions of dollars to convince average citizens to vote against their own interests.
BlackVegas, I have a question for you. Are you aware that social security is now going to ALgore's "lockbox" and cashing in $29Billion in IOUs to pay it's obligations THIS YEAR? We have 30 million seniors drawing on the program, now. 75 million baby boomers will start moving through the system NEXT YEAR. How are we going to sustain SS for the kids that are taxed 15.3% FICA today, when they retire?
Why am I bringing this up?
We can't pay for our current entitlement programs. How in God's green earth are we gonna pay for another boondoggle entitlement program?
That's the evil we see in our lying politicians' eyes.
I confronted a well respected opponent of this legislation and showed her how each of her arguments were either misinformation or just a down right lie.
She seemingly agreed her arguments may not be true but countered with:
"They ALL lie, it's just a matter of which liar you want to believe."
"When I look into the eyes of Obama and his flunky,(Senator) Reid, I see evil!"
Now what would make people vote and knowingly use fake, vile statements against their own interests because they don't like the look of someone's eyes?
I have an answer! DOES ANY ONE ELSE?
Time to send Dina, and her annoying accent, back to Georgia.