That’s right… I said it and it’s 100% TRUE. The government healthcare program provides NO health nor care nor savings nor help. You don’t believe me, well then let’s see how much they really do “care”.
How does the government cause cancer? We are now being assessed a 10% tax on tanning. Since this is mainly against light skinned Americans let’s examine the case of my brother-in-law. 5 years ago we decided to take a trip to OC, MD. As it was not an extremely warm climate he felt he would be fine on the beach. Day 1 – fun in the sun. Day 2 – hat, sunglasses, long shorts, socks, long sleeved shirt, under a canvas umbrella. Now we jump to this past year as he and his new wife decide they want to go to a Caribbean location for their honeymoon, which we would all agree everyone is entitled to have wherever they wish, he decided to go more prepared. He went for some tanning sessions as to make sure it was his body’s natural UV repellent that would be able to help even with the primer he calls sunscreen. I think it’s like SPF a billion (sorry dude), but he would now be taxed 10% on that tanning, if booths are still around, so he could enjoy his honeymoon. How can the NAACP and any other race oriented contingent be ok with this tax on all light-skinned Americans, let alone my, and i’m again sorry bro, almost half albino brother-in-law especially in the wake of society the way it is today.
Second. Moderate suntanning without burning can also prevent subsequent sunburn, as it increases the amount of melanin, a skin photoprotectant pigment that is the skin’s natural defense against overexposure which increases the immediate and long term risks of cancer.
Third. Will we have to wear UV monitors? Are Arizonians’ taxes going to be raised to help out tanning salons of the north? Will any dark-skinned Americans have to pay a pre-pigmentation tax? NO.
The next sham of healthcare is the hiring of 16k IRS agents at the tune of 5.8 billion dollars to track you and I monthly to make sure we have adequate coverage for the government. No money for doctors, nurses, hospitals, clinics, schooling, equipment, etc., but 5.8 billion for bureaucracy! I want less money to go to the IRS not MORE. Why does someone need to verify my existence and my healthcare policy.
Ok well they’re helping the people who are under a mountain of medical debt with this plan. OH, ARE THEY? Currently you can deduct anything you pay health wise over 7.5% of your salary so if you make, and let’s make it easy, 10,000 a year anything over 750 dollars you would pay in medical expenses would be tax deductible. THAT HAS BEEN RAISED to 10%. 2.5% more now.
Also there is a NEW 2.9 % tax on all equipment medical home devices as well. This includes: wheelchairs, cpaps, scooters, lift chairs, etc. I’m glad to know their taking care of the disabled this way.
For those of you, like I because my plan has gotten worse, who choose to participate in a HSA (Healthcare Savings Account) which let’s you save money in an account that is not taxed so you can use it towards your health care expenses, it is getting cut in HALF. Last year you were able to put 5000 in it and with the new health care plan you can now only put 2500 in the upcoming year. Plus elimination of pre-tax payments for Over the Counter products and services for FSAs, HRAs & HSAs. So when you want to use what you have in the account at the end of the year to by OTC meds you can use the government will now just STEAL your money.
Well they’re helping out the middle class who can’t afford healthcare right now. OH REALLY! There are no more major medical healthcare plans. Your plan has to cover substance abuse (even though you don’t do drugs), have psychological care (even though you don’t need to go), pediatric care (even though you have no children), and a multitude of other things. If you don’t, Tax penalties to individuals that do not purchase and maintain health insurance on a sliding scale with from $325 to $695 or 1% to 2.5 % of income whichever is greater. $700 for the new poor-middle class. WOW!
Well they got the pre-existing conditions in their for children, that’s what’s important. OH REALLY! Children and adults pre exist aren’t covered till 2014. Under the new law, insurance companies still would be able to refuse new coverage to children because of a pre-existing medical problem. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Gap-in-health-care-laws-apf-4272209396.html?x=0&.v=1 WHOOPS!
Well we see some relief now. OH REALLY! There will be no major benefits for Americans till 2013. One year after the next election. SHOCKING!
Primary Care physicians reimbursed at 100% of Medicare rates for Medicaid patients. This doesn’t even happen now. They can’t guarantee this and don’t be surprised of lack of PCPs in the near future. Some physicians and drugstores (Walgreens) have stopped taking Medicare and Medicade as insurance. Yeah, when something good happens, the first thing people do is jump ship.
Well their helping the elderly. OH REALLLLLYY ?!? Medicare Tax increased from 1.45% to 3.9% for individuals with modified adjusted gross income incomes of $200,000 single and $250,000 joint returns. This includes investment income derived from interest earnings, dividends, royalties, rents, and net gains from sales of property unless held in a business. The key statement in here is INCLUDES INVESTMENT INCOME DERIVED FROM DIVIDENDS. Goodbye 401k. Retirement is not yours anymore.
Increased Government fees on brand name pharmaceuticals. Well that will just make it easier for us to get all the meds we need. More fees always makes prices go down. COME ON!
Fines to employers with 50+ full time employees equal to $2,000 per employee not insured under the employer’s plan. This means it is cheaper to pay the fine and have your huge companies, that pay into healthcare still, cancel their healthcare and let their workers use the government plan. CAN ANYONE SAY SINGLE PAYER?
Employers with 200 or more employees required to auto-enroll new hires in lowest cost plan option. And what would that be? The government subsidized plan (because they can make it look low with your tax dollars) or the free market plan (which is actually cheaper but they can’t tax you on the back end).
Let’s not even go into the fact that the government completely took over Student Lending with the Health Care Bill.. that you can read about here. And why the hell would the government put that in a Health Care Bill to begin with.
So now let’s actually look at the problem. Why is healthcare expense up? Because the healthcare industry takes more and more money? NO. The healthcare industry as a whole made a .02% profit last year. Most healthcare companies are half the size they were… So where is the issue. The issue is JOBS. Less jobs have less people in a smaller pool buying less healthcare. Liberal mindset is the same way on taxes as it is on healthcare. If they take more they make more. But the underlying factor is that as you take more there is less giving. Whether it be time, or money, or another job offer.
The solution is easy… create jobs. Jobs give people opportunity, both financially and intellectually. As this spreads you see the difference in more people buying insurance, more company provided healthcare, more profit, and more jobs. Tax cuts give companies an opportunity, not to line their pockets, as some might say, but to expand their businesses, grow revenue, and help their fellow workers. As jobs are lost competition is lost as well, and when we lose competition we either wind up with a capitalist controlled monopoly or a communist controlled government monopoly, neither of which a republic bodes well with. We need competition to strive intellectually, and monetarily as a country and as an economy. This bill, now law, does nothing for the individual except swallow them whole into a government beast.
My rants are to inform and educate. I work 2 jobs to help my family pay for what we need. I have always been taught to survive on my own. I cannot imagine a world, and will not teach my children to be, reliant on anyone except themselves. You are born in this country to strive to achieve, not to be placid. There were times in my life i didn’t put in the work and I have failed because of it. I accept that, and use it to better myself everyday. Yet, with two jobs and minimal sleep, I still find myself compelled, although I’m sure I’m not widely read, to post what I can, when I can because my children cannot grow in a world where their internal instinct to achieve is taken away and they end up not more than a mere existence. If that is the new life then… why exist?
Does anyone remember a time when the media didn’t lob up fat ones for a democratic president to knock out of a park during an interview. I sure as hell don’t. Hats of to Brett Baier this week on Fox News for delivering a REAL interview with President Obama. We’ll try to translate the Obamics (that’s a cross of Ebonics and the lies that roll off our presidents tounge). So let us dive in and comment on the transcript. I’ll post the video as well because I know no one seems to hear what needs to be heard so the more people I can hit the better.
BRET BAIER, “SPECIAL REPORT” HOST: Welcome to Washington. I’m Bret Baier, and this is a special edition of “Special Report”, beginning tonight in the Blue Room in the White House, mid-way through what many people are calling the most pivotal week of his presidency so far. We are interviewing President Barack Obama.
Mr. President, thank you for the time.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Thank you for having me, Bret. That’s OMG I can’t believe your wasting my time, I have a legacy to create. BUT I JEST.
BAIER: You have said at least four times in the past two weeks: “the United States Congress owes the American people a final up or down vote on health care.” So do you support the use of this Slaughter rule? The deem and pass rule, so that Democrats avoid a straight up or down vote on the Senate bill?
OBAMA: Here’s what I think is going to happen and what should happen. You now have a proposal from me that will be in legislation, that has the toughest insurance reforms in history, makes sure that people are able to get insurance even if they’ve got preexisting conditions, makes sure that we are reducing costs for families and small businesses, by allowing them to buy into a pool, the same kind of pool that members of Congress have. Reducing costs and insuring more… brilliant, why didn’t we think of this before.
We know that this is going to reduce the deficit by over a trillion dollars. BTW the House Republicans are examining this because there has been nearly 900 million dollars double counted. i.e. Medicare will lose close to 280 million but it is back doored into this plan. That’s not a savings. It is on medicare but will be used by Obamacare.
So you’ve got a good package, in terms of substance. I don’t spend a lot of time worrying about what the procedural rules are in the House or the Senate. Doesn’t worry about procedural rules. Article 1 Section 7 of the Constitution states that BOTH houses need to pass with yays or nays and names recorded. Now the, as it’s called, Slaughter Rule, has been used in the past… many times.. but only for MUNDANE issues. NOT for a takeover, not for budgetary reasons, i’ll go as far as to say 10 million dollars.
(CROSS TALK)
OBAMA: What I can tell you is that the vote that’s taken in the House will be a vote for health care reform. And if people vote yes, whatever form that takes, that is going to be a vote for health care reform. And I don’t think we should pretend otherwise. So if we vote for it we want reform and if we don’t we don’t want reform and we’re against it. NO… we’re against THIS… THIS monstrosity!
(CROSS TALK)
OBAMA: Bret, let me finish. If they don’t, if they vote against, then they’re going to be voting against health care reform and they’re going to be voting in favor of the status quo. So Washington gets very concerned about these procedural issues in Congress. This is always an issue that’s — whether Republicans are in charge or Democrats in charge — when Republicans are in charge, Democrats constantly complain that the majority was not giving them an opportunity, et cetera.
BAIER: Let me insert this. We asked our viewers to e-mail in suggested questions. More than 18,000 people took time to e-mail us questions. These are regular people from all over the country. Lee Johnson, from Spring Valley, California: “If the bill is so good for all of us, why all the intimidation, arm twisting, seedy deals, and parliamentary trickery necessary to pass a bill, when you have an overwhelming majority in both houses and the presidency?”
Sandy Moody in Chesterfield, Missouri: “If the health care bill is so wonderful, why do you have to bribe Congress to pass it?”
OBAMA: Bret, I get 40,000 letters or e-mails a day.
BAIER: I know.
OBAMA: I could read the exact same e-mail —
BAIER: These are people. It’s not just Washington punditry.
OBAMA: I’ve got the exact same e-mails, that I could show you, that talk about why haven’t we done something to make sure that I, a small business person, am getting as good a deal as members of Congress are getting, and don’t have my insurance rates jacked up 40 percent? Why is it that I, a mother with a child with a preexisting condition, still can’t get insurance? Ok first, the reason that insurance rates keep going up is because we don’t have the job base we did. Simply put, more jobs, more people, more insured, lower rates. Second, with a preexisting condition no hospital is NOT going to provide health care, there are many charitable programs out there to help support, and payment plans, just like they would have to pay if they were in a healthcare plan.
So the issue that I’m concerned about is whether not we’re fixing a broken system. The system is not broken, however, The USPS, Amtrack, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, etc. are.
BAIER: OK, back to the original question.
OBAMA: The key is to make sure that we vote — we have a vote on whether or not we’re going to maintain the status quo, or whether we’re going to reform the system. Again, vote for it or against it. There is no other option.
BAIER: So you support the deem and pass rule?
OBAMA: I am not —
BAIER: You’re saying that’s that vote.
OBAMA: What I’m saying is whatever they end up voting on — and I hope it’s going to be sometime this week — that it is going to be a vote for or against my health care proposal. That’s what matters. That’s what ultimately people are going to judge this on. MY health care proposal, people are going to judge this on MY bill. Also, yesterday he had a session with the congressional Hispanic contingency and pleaded his case that this is a major factor of what his legacy will come to and he wants it done and that’s why they should vote for it. Can anyone say arrogant?
If people don’t believe in health care reform — and I think there are definitely a lot of people who are worried about whether or not these changes are, in some fashion, going to affect them adversely. And I think those are legitimate concerns on the substance — then somebody who votes for this bill, they’re going to be judged at the polls. And the same is going to be true if they vote against it. Chicago Strong Arm, Vote for it, my dems, or you will be deemed unworthy of my support. Although that could be a good thing. lol
BAIER: Monday in Ohio, you called for courage in the health care debate. At the same time, House Speaker Pelosi was saying this to reporters about the deem and pass rule: “I like it, this scenario, because people don’t have to vote on the Senate bill.” Is that the kind of courage that you’re talking about? The Pelosi Pole Vault.
OBAMA: Well, here’s what’s taking place — we both know what’s going on. You’ve got a Senate bill that was passed, that had provisions that needed to be changed. Right? People were concerned about, for example, the fix that only fixed Nebraska, and didn’t fix the rest of the states.
Now, a lot of the members of the House legitimately say, we want to vote on a package, as the president has proposed, that has those fixes embedded in it. Now that may mean they have to sequence the votes. But the ultimate vote they’re taking is on whether or not they believe in the proposal that I put forward, to make sure that insurance reform is fixed, to make sure the deficits are reduced, and premiums go down, and small businesses are helped. That’s what they’re concerned about.
BAIER: Do you know which specific deals are in or out, as of today?
OBAMA: I am certain that we’ve made sure, for example, that any burdens on states are alleviated, when it comes to what they’re going to have to chip in to make sure that we’re giving subsidies to small businesses, and subsidies to individuals, for example. He should have just said “No I don’t, no one knows till we pass it.”
BAIER: So the Connecticut deal is still in?
OBAMA: So that’s not — that’s not going to be something that is going to be in this final package. I think the same is true on all of these provisions. I’ll give you some exceptions though.
Something that was called a special deal was for Louisiana. It was said that there were billions — millions of dollars going to Louisiana, this was a special deal. Well, in fact, that provision, which I think should remain in, said that if a state has been affected by a natural catastrophe, that has created a special health care emergency in that state, they should get help. Louisiana, obviously, went through Katrina, and they’re still trying to deal with the enormous challenges that were faced because of that. The Louisiana Re-Purchase. So, Mr. President if PA has a coal mine cave in and half the state get’s swallowed we’re screwed huh? thx.
(CROSS TALK)
OBAMA: That also — I’m giving you an example of one that I consider important. It also affects Hawaii, which went through an earthquake. So that’s not just a Louisiana provision. That is a provision that affects every state that is going through a natural catastrophe.
Now I have said that there are certain provisions, like this Nebraska one, that don’t make sense. And they needed to be out. And we have removed those. So, at the end of the day, what people are going to be able to say is that this legislation is going to be providing help to small businesses and individuals, across the board, in an even handed way, and providing people relief from a status quo that’s just not working. See the facts of the bill here.
BAIER: OK, the Florida deal, in or out?
OBAMA: The Florida deal —
BAIER: Paying for Medicare Advantage, exempting 800,000 Floridians from —
OBAMA: My understanding is that whatever is going to be done on Medicare is going to apply across the board to all states.
BAIER: Connecticut, Montana — there are a lot of deals in here, Mr. President, that people have issues about.
OBAMA: Bret, the core of this bill is going to be affecting every American family. If you have insurance, you’re going to be able to keep it. If you don’t have insurance, you’re going to be able to buy into a pool, like members of Congress have. We’re going to make sure that we have delivery system reforms that strengthen Medicare, that are going to make sure that doctors and hospitals are providing better service and better care, and this is going to reduce the deficit.
Now, there are going to be in this, as I just mentioned, on things like making sure that states who have gone through natural catastrophes and medical emergencies are getting help, but those are not going to ones that are driven by politics, they’re going to be driven policy. Dodge, Dodge, Stick with the deficit (That I increased more than any one person ever).
BAIER: Couple more process things, quickly.
You said a few times as Senator Obama that if a president has to eke out a victory of 50 plus one, that on something as important as health care, “you can’t govern.” But now you’re embracing a 50 plus one reconciliation process in the Senate, so do you feel like you can govern after this?
OBAMA: Well, Bret, the — I think what we’ve seen during the course of this year is that we have come up with a bill that basically tracks the recommendations of Tom Daschle, former Democratic senator and leader, but also Bob Dole, former Republican leader, Howard Baker, former Republican leader. The ideas embodied in this legislation are not left, they’re not right, they are — they are —
BAIER: I understand what you’re — I know you don’t like to talk about process, but there are a lot of questions in these 18,000 that talk about process.
OBAMA: I understand being —
(CROSSTALK)
BAIER: And there are a lot of people around America that have a problem with this process.
OBAMA: Bret, I —
BAIER: You called it an ugly process just last month.
OBAMA: I’ve got to tell — I’ve got to say to you, there are a lot more people who are concerned about the fact that they may be losing their house or going bankrupt because of health care.
BAIER: OK, so we have —
OBAMA: And so — so the — look — Oh and Landmark Legal Foundation will take this to court if they deem it so.
BAIER: Deem and passed, Senate reconciliation and we don’t know exactly what’s in the fix bill. Do you still think —
OBAMA: No, we will — by the time the vote has taken place, not only I will know what’s in it, you’ll know what’s in it because it’s going to be posted and everybody’s going to be able to able to evaluate it on the merits. So we’ll know what it is after it’s passed… well that’s good. As speaker Pelosi said “You have to pass it, to see what’s in it.” Like it’s a surprise or something.
But here’s the thing, Bret, I mean, the reason that I think this conversation ends up being a little frustrating is because the focus entirely is on Washington process. The CONSTITUTION if you do it right!
And yes, I have said that is an ugly process. NOT IF YOU DO IT RIGHT!
It was ugly when Republicans were in charge, it was ugly were in Democrats were in charge.
BAIER: This is one-sixth of the U.S. economy, though, sir. One-sixth.
OBAMA: And, Bret, let me tell you something, the fact of the matter is that for the vast majority of people, their health care is not going to change because right now they’re getting a better deal. The only thing that is going to change for them is is that they’re going to have more security under their insurance and they’re going to have a better situation when it comes to if they lose their job, heaven forbid, or somebody gets sick with a preexisting condition, they’ll have more security. But, so — so —
BAIER: So how can you —
OBAMA: — the notion that —
BAIER: — guarantee that they’re not going to —
OBAMA: — so but —
BAIER: — they’re going to be able to keep their doctor —
OBAMA: Bret, you’ve got to let me finish my answers —
BAIER: Sir, I know you don’t like to filibuster, but — Gotta love Baier. Stick, Jab
OBAMA: Well, I’m trying to answer your question and you keep on interrupting. So let me be clear.
Now, you keep on repeating the notion that it’s one-sixth of the economy. Yes, it’s one-sixth of the economy, but we’re not transforming one-sixth of the economy all in one fell swoop. Slowly over time. Sure.
What we’re saying is is that for the vast majority of people who have health care, they’re going to be able to keep it. But what we are saying is that we should have some basic protections from insurance company abuses and that in order for us to do that, we are going to have to make some changes in the status quo that we’ve been debating for a year.
This notion that this has been not transparent, that people don’t know what’s in the bill, everybody knows what’s in the bill. I sat for seven hours with —
BAIER: Mr. President, you couldn’t tell me what the special deals are that are in or not today.
OBAMA: I just told you what was in and what was not in.
BAIER: Is Connecticut in?
OBAMA: Connecticut — what are you specifically referring to?
BAIER: The $100 million for the hospital? Is Montana in for the asbestos program? Is — you know, listen, there are people — this is real money, people are worried about this stuff.
OBAMA: And as I said before, this — the final provisions are going to be posted for many days before this thing passes, but —
BAIER: Let me get to some of the specifics on substance not process.
OBAMA: The only thing —
(CROSSTALK) Why lie. Just say i don’t know
BAIER: (INAUDIBLE)
OBAMA: — the only thing I want to say, just to close up, is that when you talk about one-sixth of the economy, this is one-sixth of the economy that right now is a huge drag on the economy. Now, we can fix this in a way that is sensible, that is centrist. I have rejected a whole bunch of provisions that the left wanted that are — you know, they were very adamant about because I thought it would be too disruptive to the system. But what we can’t do is perpetuate a system in which millions of people day in and day out are having an enormously tough time and small businesses are sending me letters constantly saying that they are seeing their premiums increase 40, 50 percent.
BAIER: Mr. President, you said Monday that you praised the Congressional Budget Office numerous times. You also said this, this proposal makes Medicare stronger — and you just said it to me here —
OBAMA: Right.
BAIER: — it makes coverage better, it makes its finances more secure, and anyone who says otherwise is misinformed or is trying to misinform you.
OBAMA: Right.
BAIER: The CBO has said specifically that the $500 billion that you say that you’re going to save from Medicare is not being spent in Medicare. That this bill spends it elsewhere outside of Medicare. So you can’t have both.
OBAMA: Right.
BAIER: You either spend it on expenditures or you make Medicare more solvent. So which is it?
OBAMA: Here’s what it does. On the one hand what you’re doing is you’re eliminating insurance subsidies within Medicare that aren’t making anybody healthier but are fattening the profits of insurance companies. Everybody agrees that that is not a wise way to spend money. Now, most of those savings go right back into helping seniors, for example, closing the donut hole.
When the previous Congress passed the prescription drug bill, what they did was they left a situation which after seniors had spent a certain amount of money, suddenly they got no help and they were stuck with the bill. Now that’s a pretty expensive proposition fixing that. It wasn’t paid for at the time that that bill was passed. So that money goes back into Medicare, both to fix the donut hole, lower premiums.
All those things are important, but what’s also happening is each year we’re spending less on Medicare overall and as consequence, that lengthens the trust fund and it’s availability for seniors.
BAIER: Your chief actuary for Medicare said this, that cuts in Medicare: “cannot be simultaneously used to finance other federal outlays and extend the trust fund.” That’s your guy.
OBAMA: No — and what is absolutely true is that this will not solve our whole Medicare problem. We’re still going to have to fix Medicare over the long term.
BAIER: But it’s $38 trillion in the hole.
OBAMA: Absolutely, and that’s the reason that we’re going to have to — that’s the reason I put forward a fiscal commission based on Republicans and Democratic proposals, to make sure that we have a long-term fix for the system. The key is that this proposal doesn’t weaken Medicare, it makes it stronger for seniors currently who are receiving it. It doesn’t solve that big structural problem, Bret. Nobody’s claiming that this piece of legislation is going to solve every problem that’s been there for decades. What it does do is make sure that the trust fund is not going to be going bankrupt in seven years, according to their accounting rules — So basically we are robbing Peter to pay Paul but we’re taking 1 nickel from Peter and Paul already spent 280 trillion of them. So how does that work… oh… and don’t forget to pay for the bureaucracy in the middle.
BAIER: So you don’t buy —
OBAMA: — and in the meantime —
BAIER: — the CBO or the actuary that you can’t have it both ways?
OBAMA: No —
BAIER: That you can’t spend the money twice?
OBAMA: — no, what is absolutely true and what I do agree with is that you can’t say that you are saving on Medicare and then spend the money twice. What you can say is that we are going to take these savings, put them back to make sure that seniors are getting help on the prescription drug bill instead of that money going to, for example, insurance reform, and —
BAIER: And you call this deficit neutral, but you also set aside the doctor fix, more than $200 billion. People look at this and say, how can it be deficit neutral?
OBAMA: But the — as you well know, the doctors problem, as you mentioned, the “doctors fix,” is one that has been there four years now. That wasn’t of our making, and that has nothing to do with my health care bill. If I was not proposing a health care bill, right — let’s assume that I had never proposed health care.
BAIER: But you wanted to change Washington, Mr. President. And now you’re doing it the same way.
OBAMA: Bret, let me finish my — my answers here. Now, if suddenly, you’ve got, over the last decade, a problem that’s been built up. And the suggestion is somehow that, because that’s not fixed within this bill, that that’s a reason to vote against the bill, that doesn’t make any sense. That’s a problem that I inherited. That was a problem that should have been solved a long time ago. It’s a problem that needs to be solved, but it’s not created by my bill. And I don’t think you would dispute that.
BAIER: We’re getting the wrap-up sign here.
OBAMA: Yes. Yeah and it’s too damn hot in here… whew.
BAIER: Can you be a transformative president if health care does not pass?
OBAMA: Well, I think that — look, I came in at a time when we probably had the toughest economic challenges since the Great Depression. Please, did we forget about the Carter Administration?
A year later, we can say that, although we’re still a long way from where we need to be, that we have made the economy stronger. Everything to make an economy stronger, More jobs (NOT!), more production (NOT!), more capitalism (NOT!)… Whatever the hell this brink was everyone was talking about, get ready to be thrown off it.
It’s now growing again. We have created a financial situation that is vastly better than it was before. Highest unemployment EVER!
And so we’re now in a situation in which the economy is growing, moving. We’re reforming areas like education. We’re taking steps on energy. We’re doing a whole bunch of things out there that are going to create the foundation for long-term economic growth. Less companies = more growth. Wow, they really gotta change Macroeconomics in college cause my curriculum sucked.
BAIER: So if it doesn’t pass, does that diminish your presence?
OBAMA: Well, if it doesn’t pass, I’m more concerned about what it does to families out there who right now are getting crushed by rising health care costs and small businesses who were having to make a decision, “Do I hire or do I fix health care?” That’s the reason I make these decisions.(Cough) Dictator (Cough). HE makes decisions. Not to mention that large companies… let’s take McD’s for instance… will pay the penalty by not giving workers the option of healthcare because it will be cheaper, legitimately as a business decision, and all McD workers healthcare will now all be footed by the government. Meaning McD’s and the McD’s worker won’t pay for their healthcare… you and I will, by percentage, so we pay more because we make more, and the distribution of wealth begins.
BAIER: Mr. President, I’m getting wrapped up, and I don’t want to interrupt you, but to finish up, do you think this is going to pass?
OBAMA: I do. I’m confident it will pass. And the reason I’m confident that it’s going to pass is because it’s the right thing to do. Look, on a whole host of these measures, whether it’s health care, whether it was fixing the financial system, whether it’s making sure that we passed the Recovery Act, I knew these things might not be popular, but I was absolutely positive that they were the right thing to do and that, over time, we would be vindicated in having made those tough decisions. You have been deemed a communist, I made a rule.
I think health care is exactly the same thing. We — I’ve got a whole bunch of portraits of presidents around here, starting with Teddy Roosevelt, who tried to do this and didn’t get it done. The reason that it needs to be done is not its affect on the presidency. It has to do with how it’s going to affect ordinary people who right now are desperately in need of help. Yes, social programs are definitely better than the free market. Look at social security, medicare, medicade, the us postal service, AmTrack, the DMV, and the fed all stellar examples of great social programs. Economically sound bodies. Genius.
BAIER: I apologize for interrupting you, sir. I tried to get the most for our buck here.
(CROSSTALK)
BAIER: Thank you very much for your time.
OBAMA: Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Thank you
Again back to my point. How can anyone think this is a good idea. The Canadian Prime Minister came here for care because He didn’t want to wait in Canadian healthcare lines nor did he want to look like an elitist and line jump… so he flew to the US for treatment, for a simple heart problem. The DMV takes a day to get a license, we now own a couple car companies, the USPS has a monopoly on mail delivery and works at a deficit every year, AmTrak can’t make a profit, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac make loans to people who can’t afford it and caused the housing bubble, I won’t see social security even though i pay into it, Medicare and Medicade are bankrupt, the Fed prints money that we have no financial banking for and now is apparently giving loans to people we can’t know about, China won’t take on more of debt because our ChinaCard is maxed and now we have to turn to high interest loans from smaller countries and promise to pay them back. WE ARE GOING BANKRUPT… Look at it.
If you were a household, and let’s say you and your wife had a job… diverse… 2 jobs, 2 incomes… one goes down you keep going till you find the next job. Your wife gets pregnant… you have 1 job now. Let’s say things are going good… your on the production line and your in the GM plant (let’s call your 1 job, the government)… it’s the 80′s. So now all your eggs are in this basket and it’s great. But you start doing more and more, more dinners (USPS), more movies (Medicade), more champagne (Fannie and Freddie). And you keep whipping out your ChinaCard… then uh oh… there are less jobs and noone is buying cars and you lose your job. Now here’s where you make your decision. Do you A. Take a new high interest rate credit card? or B. Find another Job?… if it were you (and the jobs were there) you find another job. And thats what our government needs to do. Find another income… how can we keep taxes low, make lots of money, and sustain welfare programs? Simple
JOB CREATION.
Let’s say we have 1,000 jobs and the government takes 40% of the income. that’s 400 jobs worth of dollars… now if we want to lower the percent of taxes and keep the same 400 income we just have to raise the jobs. let’s say we take 4%. that means we would need 9,000 more jobs or 10,000 total to get the same 400 jobs worth of dollars. Reganomics made us boom through the 80′s and we need to save our economy again. This is the way to do it. If the economy is booming redistribution of wealth works automatically, because, people work to make the wage and we all participate. And unionization, communism, obamanamics don’t because there are no winners and losers… everyone, no matter how hard you work, has the same, the same lamp, the same rug, the same government cheese. So why work harder? and that kills production, and then what you were paying for isn’t worth what it should be.
Please read, be informed, see the truth, vote your heart.
Here’s the vid.
