Archive for the ‘Government’ Category

My stance against a public option

I’m not the first one to admit that our health care system needs some fixing up and polishing. To deny that is just pure stupid. But what the Democrats have planned for my country is no where near the right direction at all.
I am only going to touch on the “public insurance option” in this [...]

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The great New York welfare giveaway!

Governor Paterson of New York has decided that he needs to buy some votes, by handing out $140,000,000 in grants to welfare and food stamp recipients. The money, in increments of $200 per child, would be distributed on their EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer) cards for the purchase of school supplies and clothing.
I have no problem [...]

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Surprise! A tax hike on the middle class!

“If you make under $250,000, you will not see your taxes increase by a single dime. Not your income taxes, not your payroll taxes, not your capital gains taxes. Not one single dime..”
Those are the EXACT words of, then candidate for President, and now CURRENT President Barack Obama discussing how he would NOT tax the [...]

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Obama charges guests for meals?

I’ve always lived by the guideline “you invite, you pay” when it came to meals. If I ask you to come to a lunch meeting with me… you should not be expected to pay for your food. Apparently that concept is completely foreign to our President, unless of course he’s staging a photo-op to gloss [...]

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Health Care is a Right – amendment

House Judiciary Chairman, Rep. John Conyers believes health care is a right… and as such, he will be introducing a Constitutional Amendment that will, for the first time in US History, declare health care a basic human right.
“We need a real serious bill and, by the way, the fundamental question, ‘Is health care a constitutional [...]

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