They are continuing to prove us right, that Obama just wants to make Gov't more powerful. Not really there to help anyone.

DTOM!!

Taxed Enough Already

healthcare insurance simply will not work.  As bad as the private insurance industry is, the government getting involved can only lead to massive inefficiency and corruption, with untold cost overruns.  Whatever is bad, the government will make worse, but you all already know that.

Beck is onto something here. He said:

This is - this is about destroying the health care system that we have right now.

Carefully now - it's more than that. It's even about destroying the social net that we have right now. How? Listen here to what President Obama said, last Saturday in Green Bay, WI, about the historically sacred twin sacred cows, Medicare and Medicaid:

The real problem is Medicaid and Medicare. That's the nightmare scenario.

..and then Obama went out to propose that $400 billion be slashed from the M's.

Why would they do that? Because they need the money right now, to fund what they are proposing to implement. They'll come back for that money, and more, later on.

Imagine the outrage if a Republican had trash-mouthed the M's, and had proposed slashing funding for the left's two most cherished social safety nets.

The really odd bit here, is that the loud left in Congress, John Conyers, Bernie Sanders, etc., are actually calling for, in the moment, huge expansions of Medicare and/or Medicaid to bring everyone else into these programs.In it's current form, this bill out of the Senate Health Committee is calling for full implementation of the plan in the 2013.

Let's suggest that every member of congress which supports this bill (or who votes for it) and each and every member of their families and their staffs, be forced to drop their current federal health plan and be allowed to enroll in Medicaid for the next 3-4 years.  

I'd be curious to see what the ones who survive that long will have to say about proceeding with government health coverage. (;~/ gary

Michelle Malkin has confirmed that John Stossel will not be taking part in the White House Obamacare Show!

I wonder why not!

I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows.  -Bart Simpson

the first reason is to get more people under government control.  This is talked about all the time.

 I was thinking why would one group WANT to do that.  If you follow the money, you will notice times where they pepper in comments about how MUCH doctors make.  You know those drs. that have 8 plus years of schooling, have to deal with lots of complicated things, and need a staff to support the operation of a business, that is not free!

 Speaking of people's staff, the benefits that congress get, do their non-intern staff get the same level of insurance, or do they have a lessor plan?  Anyone know?

This article gives us some rather dated (2005) numbers about Medicare. 

 I'll quote some stuff:

 "Thomas R. Saving, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) testified about the state of Medicare before a hearing of the Senate Budget Committee yesterday. Dr. Saving explained to Senators that Medicare, while currently costing less than Social Security, will soon surpass the pension program and will require an increasing transfer of general revenue to pay promised benefits, ultimately claiming nearly all of the government's income tax collections.

"The single biggest reason for Congress to reform Social Security is the existence of Medicare," said Dr. Saving prior to his testimony. "Social Security is the easier of the two programs to save. Once that program is put on a firm financial footing, we will be better situated to deal with Medicare."

Click Here to view Saving's testimony as prepared for delivery, which appears below this article.

Some of the highlights from his comments:

• Today Medicare is America's second largest entitlement program, behind Social Security. In 2004 it accounted for 13 percent of the Federal budget, 2.6 percent of GDP and required general revenue transfers equal to 10.7 percent of federal income taxes.

• By 2024 Medicare spending is expected to exceed Social Security spending and the differential will continue to escalate thereafter.

• Taking all three parts of Medicare together we owe the current generation a total of $29.2 trillion and future generations will add another $32.5 trillion to this obligation.

• Thus, the total Medicare debt is a staggering $61.6 trillion. Let me put this number in perspective for you.

• Assuming that federal income tax revenues remain at the 50 year average ... the Medicare debt of $61.6 trillion is 62 percent of all future federal income tax receipts.

• Thus, if Congress passed legislation today, binding on all future Congresses, setting aside 62 percent of all federal income tax revenues from now to eternity, you could just pay for promised Medicare benefits.

• The transfers required to pay current law benefits given current law taxes and premiums will grow from their current level to almost 19 percent of Federal income taxes in 2015, to over 32 percent in 2025, and will require over 90 percent of projected federal income tax revenues by 2075!"

 Remember, this was written in 2005.

 ACA

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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana notes from the Underground' (Soon to be at theaters near you)