No Cadillac for You


Even though the government and its friends in the United Auto Workers now own General Motors, the class warrior in Obama just can’t stop thinking of “Cadillac people” as The Enemy. In a PBS interview last week, President Obama talked of "penalizing insurance companies who are offering super, gold-plated, Cadillac plans." Ditto the Democrats in Congress. Kent Conrad (D-ND) is among those on the Senate Budget Committee who "would tax companies that offer Cadillac plans." On Face the Nation Sunday, Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) said that a surtax on so-called "Cadillac" insurance plans might be something that the Blue Dogs could support.

OK, so what’s the message here? The first is that there is something that, as the Texans say, “needs penalizing” about buying or selling Cadillacs. The second is that people who buy or sell Cadillacs will be penalized. And the third is that Democrats from the White House on down really don’t want anyone actually having a Cadillac, or being in the business of selling them. One wonders whether any of this rhetoric has been cleared with the Car Czar.

So far the Democrats are not threatening to tax the Lexus plans. And a good thing, too. If our politicians are going to refer to super, gold-plated stuff — even to demonize it and penalize people for having any of it — they should at least promote our own.

Yesterday, Senator John Kerry said his plan to tax "Cadillac" health benefits is gaining support. Makes you want to run right out and buy a Cadillac, doesn’t it?

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Waybe we should call their efforts the Escalade Escapade

bk Wednesday, July 29th at 3:40PM EDT (link)

Yeah, but some taxes are needed

cartmancar Wednesday, July 29th at 3:55PM EDT (link)

Every country in this recession time is looking for new taxes.
If you have cash for Cadillac then pay the tax.

There's a typical liberal attitude for you.

Vegas_Rick Wednesday, July 29th at 4:08PM EDT (link)

If you got money, you can afford taxes. It’s MY money meat head!

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge.

 

And notice

eliminatedebt Wednesday, July 29th at 4:20PM EDT (link)

That no one is coming out of the recession either?

Independent, fiscal conservative.

 

I notice in your bio that

blooch Wednesday, July 29th at 4:33PM EDT (link)

you’re a “male from Europe”. Is “looking for new taxes” just an ingrained reflexive response for you when seeking a fix for an ailing economy?

“I have to admit that Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a smart man. He was, in many ways, a psychologist.”–drealoth

 

Why is it that only productive individuals are asked to cut back?

JSobieski Wednesday, July 29th at 4:36PM EDT (link)

While government and unproductive individuals have automatic license to ask for more no matter what based on “need”?

Modern liberablism is just a spoiled teenager—a description that fits much of Europe (or at least Old Europe).

My Polish uncle asked my mom the other day if she was planning on returning to Poland. . .


 

Please label your snark...or are you serious, cartmancer? nt

Xasteius Wednesday, July 29th at 6:28PM EDT (link)

Don’t leave the party, hijack it back!

Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom.

When I grow up, I don’t want to be Reagan. I want to be Art Chance.
~Aaron Gardner

From the grammar, I think he's serious -nt-

civil_truth Wednesday, July 29th at 6:35PM EDT (link)
 
 

May I suggest that they are planning to spend Escalade like amounts…

General_Confusion Wednesday, July 29th at 4:00PM EDT (link)
 

Cadillac, Hell...

Crowe Wednesday, July 29th at 3:55PM EDT (link)

…What about the Bentley plan the Lords and Ladies of Congress treat themselves to? Will that be hit with a surtax?

“We sleep soundly in our beds only because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harm Dear Leader Obama gives us leave to do so.”

It would have to be reported as income

Lammo Wednesday, July 29th at 4:14PM EDT (link)

in order to be taxed. What do you think the odds are of that?

ACORN: Association of Criminals Obama Represented in the Nineties. (jupitersuite)

Don’t be so open minded that your brains fall out. (Fr. John Corapi, SOLT)

Crime never takes a holiday. (Dennis J. O’Shea, R.I.P.)

Unlawful is against the law. Illegal is a sick bird. (Ooold joke)

Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read. (Groucho Marx)

 
 

In other words, some people have too much health care?

rocketeer Wednesday, July 29th at 4:24PM EDT (link)

I’m having trouble wrapping my head around the comments. If the complaint is against ‘Cadillac’ health care, does this mean that those Lucky Unstiffs (Lucky Stiffs == dead?) are stealing health care from somebody?

Naah, this is just envy. You have too much health care, we have to draw you back to the pack! Remember, that in places like GB, as I recall, you aren’t allowed to buy additional health care.

I remember a book a few years back by Ron Sider, “Rich Christians in an age of hunger”. Such a dope that an effective rebuttal was soon published by Dave Chilton, “Productive Christians in an age of guilt manipulators”. This fits right in there.


Never buy a dog and bark for yourself: ‘Slippery’ Jim DiGriz

Liberalism is a mental illness---at its core is a compulsion to constantly shift water between various leaky buckets in an attempt to make all the buckets equally "full"

JSobieski Wednesday, July 29th at 4:34PM EDT (link)

Reality is a messy business


 
 

obama and you democrats have destroyed the auto industry

bobojake Wednesday, July 29th at 4:38PM EDT (link)

Where are the jobs and the taxes coming from to pay for your inconsiderate actions obama. kerry, schummmmer, reid, pelosi, kennedy, dodd, frank,.
Lets kill obama care THE SUICIDE PACT FOR AMERICA before it kills AMERICA.

 

I conclude these congresscritters

persiflage Wednesday, July 29th at 5:32PM EDT (link)

are barking mad and completely out of touch with reality. What’s worse, when they are together, their madness multiplies exponentially. For our own safety we would do well to post guards all around Washington D.C. during the August break, and prevent every one of them from ever returning.

“A republic, if you can keep it…” - B. Franklin

 

Not a Cadillac

ss396 Wednesday, July 29th at 5:35PM EDT (link)

Those “Cadillac” plans are not what Obama or the Dems think that they are. These are insurance plans whose premiums are well above what is more usual and customary, and who owns them?

The owners of these “Cadillac” plans turn out to generally be the elderly who have medical problems, and are paying for their own insurance. They have pre-existing conditions, they are not eligible generally under the usual run-of-the-mill group plans, so they have to purchase them on their own. Such things are costly, but these folks prefer paying those premiums vs. having to impoverish themselves in order to qualify for Medicare or Medicade.

Tax these plans?? Lovely. Hey, Obama, let’s drive these people out of their chosen insurances. Let’s add to the ranks of the uninsured. Let’s make another lie about how Obama-care lets folks keep their current insurance.

Let’s talk about “acting stupid.”

It would be nice if Obama and his enablers actually learned what they are talking about before shooting off about something. What a fool.

If you pay people to sit on their duffs, you cannot be surprised when they do.

 

They won't dare say the word "swine" flu

SoFiMil Wednesday, July 29th at 7:47PM EDT (link)

for fear it will hurt the pig farmers, but have not problem dropping the Cadillac-bomb and decimating the auto industry. It’ s a new era when a Cadillac is considered a “clunker”, while a Prius is a prized possession.

 

Quote of the Day

cookcountyconservative Wednesday, July 29th at 9:22PM EDT (link)

“If Obamacare passes Geraldo will be covering the retirement homes like a category 5 hurricane.”

Rush Limbaugh 7/29/2009

 

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