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Obama Considers Middle Class Tax Hikes for Healthcare, "Cap and Trade"

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People like Jay Inslee will find out that middle class voters will rebel against a government that disrupts existing healthcare arrangements.

Ed McBroom of WA 4:42AM August 02, 2009

Healthcare costs what it does because we are already paying for those who do not have insurance. Is anyone ever refused healthcare at any hospital? No. The healthcare system actually works just fine as it is. With the present economic conditions it is absolutely stupid to borrow a trillion dollars against our future generation to fix something that doesn’t need fixing. Furthermore, Government Health Care would be counter productive to economic recovery. It has always been a motivation to get a fulltime job that provides benefits. Social Health Care System takes that motivation away. We can not afford to sell our children’s future. A couple of relevant quotes, “Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burthen whic”, George Washington quotes (American commander in chief of the colonial armies in the American Revolution (1775-83) and subsequently 1st US President (1789-97), 1732-1799). “Debt is the slavery of the free”,Publilius Syrus quotes (Roman author, 1st century B.C.). We are heading down a dangerous path if Obama’s agenda are voted in. God Bless America. Sincerely, Art

Art Hulme of FL 9:34PM July 24, 2009

Healthcare costs what it does because we are already paying for those who do not have insurance. Is anyone ever refused healthcare at any hospital? No. The healthcare system actually works just fine as it is. With the present economic conditions it is absolutely stupid to borrow a trillion dollars against our future generation to fix something that doesn’t need fixing. Furthermore, Government Health Care would be counter productive to economic recovery. It has always been a motivation to get a fulltime job that provides benefits. Social Health Care System takes that motivation away. We can not afford to sell our children’s future. A couple of relevant quotes, “Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burthen whic”, George Washington quotes (American commander in chief of the colonial armies in the American Revolution (1775-83) and subsequently 1st US President (1789-97), 1732-1799). “Debt is the slavery of the free”,Publilius Syrus quotes (Roman author, 1st century B.C.). We are heading down a dangerous path if Obama’s agenda are voted in. God Bless America. Sincerely, Art

Art Hulme of FL 8:56PM July 24, 2009

What Obama's plan really involves is instituting a huge government-run program, turning all of the new employees over to the unions, and raising everyone's taxes to pay for it.
That's why the AFL-CIO held and organized a huge rally in support of the idea on June 25th.
Remember; a union is in the business of collecting membership dues and managing the pension and health care funds of it's members.
The only way a union can increase it's business is to increase it's membership.
An enormous new government program, staffed entirely by union members is the perfect way for them to accomplish that.
Obama's health care reform is really the Democratic party's pay back to the unions for their support.
It's a grab at a huge amount of money to be taken out of all of our pockets and put into theirs.
What this really is is the Labor Union Revival Act of 2009.

Thomas W of WA 9:42AM July 05, 2009

Even as people die from basic medical conditions that are easily treatable, even as half of all bankruptcies are from medical bills there are still arguments against a public form of health care. Health care is a humnan right fair and simple. Would you take away our public school system because it costs too much? There are a few thinsg in life that make the fabric of our society-- basic education and basic health care being two of the most important.
After seeing my own mother (who worked as a nurse for 30 years) be denied health care because of her "pre-existing condition" (cancer) I have seen the brutality of the current health care industry. It is in service of those at the highest levels of that industry, not the people who pay for the system. Not people like my mother who have cared for others her entire life.
Regardless of how you feel about President Obama at least he has the nerve to stand up to the industry and try to find a plan that will work for hard working, true Americas. Americans who care about their neighbors and not simply adding another flat screen tv to their collection.

diane of FL 1:52PM July 03, 2009

How could anyone with an ounce of intelligence think that Obama
could possibly full fill his irresponsible list of promises? He does deserve an academy award (new category) "Best Performance By A Con Artist" 2008 and now that he is actually our President,
"Biggest Hypocrite"2009. He uses Air Force 1 to take his wife on a date, take his family on a vacation? Is this the same man who promised to stop the wasteful spending of our tax dollars? Close Gitmo without any idea`of what to do with the detainees?
There is a large and growing list of examples of Obama's hypocrisy, unfortunately we have many more to come. When are we going to wake up to the fact that the majority of our elected representatives only represent themselves. They are care free they have an unlimited source of income (taxpayers) they have unlimited expense accounts and the best health-care and retirement plans that money can buy a fat paycheck even if they don't show up for work. It doesn't even matter if their decisions are good or bad or right or wrong. Yes these are the same people who want to limit a CEO'S salary and bonus based on
performance. God help the U.S.A. Obama and friends are now controlling the banks the automobile industry and will soon control health-care. I doubt that this group could manage a lemonade stand without raising our taxes.

Peter Kilelee of NC 12:48PM July 03, 2009

1 term

jackson of DE 11:18PM July 01, 2009

CTF, the families that are struggling voted for change...now they're getting the change they voted for, the change they deserve. Until they admit they screwed up last November and they promise they won't do it again in 2010,2012 there's no need to feel sorry for any of them...except those in the minority who didn't vote for change.

Edwardd of FL 7:18PM July 01, 2009

Obama is a fake, and he and the Dems in Congress must be stopped immediately before they inflict damage to this country that will last for generations. This is VERY serious, and Americans need to wake up and start fighting these dangerous people.

Robert Rudolph of CA 1:23AM July 01, 2009

Will someone explain to me why Obama Inc. wants cap and trade? The scientific consenus is that the Earth has been experiencing a cooling period over the past eleven years even though there is more carbon in the air. Unfortunately I do know the answer. Cap and trade is a new revenue stream for the government to milk hundreds of billions from the economy in order to fund government-run health care and all the other nanny-state programs Obama Inc wants to implement. Welcome to the world of creeping socialism. This is going to cost us dearly.

Patrick of VA 4:59PM June 30, 2009