Posted in Liberalism and the Progressives, The Economy, tagged Harry Reid, omnibus bill on December 16, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Harry Reid, Democrat Senator from Nevada, if anyone doesn’t know that, has pulled the hugely bloated omnibus spending bill from the Senate floor tonight.
All one can say about that is “Praise the Lord”.
The insanity of a last minute Christmas Eve (remember last year’s holiday gift? ObamaCare), push to spend 1.3 trillion more is too unbelievable to believe, but there you have it. Desperation does strange things to people. I hear de-nial is NOT a river in Egypt. Think about it.
Posted in Health Care Debate, Liberalism and the Progressives, Recent news, The Economy, tagged Democratic Party (United States), Health care, Senate Democrats, United States Congress on July 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From atr.org:
As the nation prepares to celebrate Independence Day with parades and barbecues, America’s veterans face a new tax on prosthetic limbs and other vital medical devices.
The health care overhaul passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama earlier this year contains a new tax on medical devices such as prosthetic limbs, pacemakers, and wheelchairs. This tax, which its proponents claim will raise $20 billion over the next ten years, contains no exemption for the nation’s 22 million veterans. In fact, Senate Democrats specifically refused to exempt veterans from the tax.
On March 24 2010, Senate Democrats rejected an amendment offered by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) to the healthcare bill. This amendment (SA 3644) would have prevented the medical device tax from hitting veterans covered by the Veterans Healthcare Program or TRICARE for Life. This amendment was rejected by a vote of 44-54. All but five Democrat senators voted in favor of retaining the tax for veterans.
Posted in Liberalism and the Progressives, The Economy on July 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My friend over at the Conservative Pup has a great post. In it she uses this photo…I had to borrow it. Go here to read her most excellent commentary.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words.
Posted in citizenship, Recent news, The Economy on June 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
And all caught on a hidden camera. James O’Keefe is at it again and good for him. Now we can all get a bird’s eye view of your tax dollars at work. And this is just one snapshot.
Posted in Liberalism and the Progressives, Recent news, The Economy, tagged Obama's retirement proposals on February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From Philip Moeller at U.S. News:
“Arguing against new government inducements to improve retirement plans is an uncomfortable place to be. Who could possibly be opposed to the goal of a comfortable retirement? Who doesn’t want to help older Americans achieve that goal? Who doesn’t agree that something is terribly wrong when middle-class salaries actually are lower, after inflation adjustments, than they were a decade ago? Surely, we must do something about this.”…
Read the rest of the column here.
So after reading this….if you thought the health care bill was about insuring 30 plus million uninsured…if you thought massive government spending was about creating new jobs…(well, it will create new very expensive government jobs but is that what we want?)…if you thought hope and change was a good selling point in the last election…what do you think now? It looks like the president makes great sounding promises, then turns around and does the exact opposite. Why would he do that? Why would he want to destroy the economic wealth of the American people? (Think Cloward and Piven.)
Watts Up With That?
