Total cost: $1.055 trillion
New Taxes: $572 billion
Cuts to Medicare: $426 billion
Not included: $247 billion needed to stop Medicare payments to doctors from decreasing, pledged to be passed in a separate bill to keep this bill “revenue neutral”
Pages: 1,990
The word regulation appears in the bill 181 times.
The word fees appears in the bill 103 times.
The word tax appears in the bill 214 times.
“As we all know, nothing says ‘affordability’ like higher taxes and fees.”
The word “shall” - as in “must” or “required to” - appears over 3,000 times. “The word, alas, is never preceded by the patriotic phrase “mind our own freaking business.” Not once.”
From Dow Jones Newswires:
“The $1.055 trillion estimate also does not include $245 billion needed to stop Medicare payments to doctors from decreasing, which the House plans to address through separate legislation introduced Thursday.
The costs of the bill are fully offset by cuts to existing spending programs– including the Medicare?Advantage and other programs–saving $426 billion through 2019, and by tax increases raising $572 billion over that time, CBO said. In fact, the combined impact of provisions in the bill would be a net deficit reduction of $104 billion in the next decade, according to CBO.”
Seniors will vote against Dems by the droves
RealQuiet Friday, October 30th at 11:29AM EDT (link)Medicare is going broke anyway. However, this will ensure that a huge number of seniors will vote GOP in 2010.
One thing I did not mention was that
Dan Perrin Friday, October 30th at 10:16PM EDT (link)the bill will also eliminate retiree benefits paid by employers for millions of retirees
The Dems are going to get their
Dan Perrin Friday, October 30th at 10:19PM EDT (link)heads handed to them if they pass this
Shell game continues
azred Friday, October 30th at 12:16PM EDT (link)$245M will be handled separately.
The 10 years of taxes to pay for 5 years of the program.
This is farce. As Beck points out, by controlling the message, anything is possible. The shadows will never be exposed to the light.
More Numbers.
han_solo Friday, October 30th at 1:17PM EDT (link)Check this out.
Total Pages for Obama Care: 1,990
Total Pages for Canadian National Healthcare Act: *** 13 ***
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-6/FullText.html
What an embarrassment our form of government has become.
The democrats can’t even do socialism properly.
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Where do the Regan/Goldwater conservatives go now?
pretty funny
Dan Perrin Friday, October 30th at 10:17PM EDT (link)nice
"What an embarrassment our form of government has become."
ColdWarrior Saturday, October 31st at 2:01AM EDT (link)It’s called “we the people.”
This is what happens when not enough of “we the people” are involved in party politics.
I was at a town hall meeting Sen. John McCain held today in Mesa, AZ.
Some “thirty-something” guy prefaced his pathetic question with, “I’ve never been politically involved before . . . .”
That’s the problem.
The Constitution begins with, “We the People.”
“We the People’ are at fault. We let things get out of control. We allowed elected SERVANTS to become lords over us.
THEY ARE OUR SERVANTS. THEY RANK BELOW “WE THE PEOPLE.” I HOLD MY SENATORS, MCCAIN AND KYL, FOR EXAMPLE, IN DISDAIN FOR NOT FIGHTING FOR MY INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.
When was the last time you read the Constitution? When did you last contact your congresscritters?
I talked to one of mine today:
http://www.redstate.com/coldwarrior/2009/10/30/rep-latourette-gets-it-will-sen-mccain-and-the-precinct-committeeman-question/
I recommend you do the same for your Republican representatives (assuming you have any).
And I’m guilty as charged for not having been involved where it counts. In party politics.
No more.
I am a precinct committeeman.
Are you?
Thank you.
ColdWarrior
http://www.theprecinctproject.wordpress.com
American first, conservative second and Republican precinct committeeman by necessity.
http://www.theprecinctproject.wordpress.com, so you can say, “I became a precinct committeeman before it was cool.”
“Elections have consequences, my friends.” — John McCain
The Word Doctor Appears...
Spyder33 Friday, October 30th at 4:38PM EDT (link)4 times in this healthcare bill….
Friend of Fred, Sarah, Rush, Glenn and Here’s to Hoping My Senior Senator John McCain Loses to what Hopefully will be JD Hayworth!! OH and BTW, The Nation can now enjoy Crappy Nappy as your director of Homeland Security! God Help Us!
Hey, it's a health care bill
Dan Perrin Friday, October 30th at 10:18PM EDT (link)who needs doctors?
How many times does the word "freedom" appear?
drucifer667 Friday, October 30th at 4:55PM EDT (link)Once. In the phrase “Shall be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act.”
None
Dan Perrin Friday, October 30th at 10:18PM EDT (link)I’ll bet
Did you all see this video on Fox and Friends
DavidS1787 Saturday, October 31st at 1:44AM EDT (link)Friday morning…….. If the Gov. can’t stop the problems like this guy has …they will never be able to manage health care!!!!!