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Posts Made By: david elosser

November 20, 2009 05:04 PM Forum: Politics

Most Americans agree...

Posted By david elosser
More than half believe that cancelling the stimulus package will actually result in more jobs. Only three out of ten believe that continuing the stimulus will help the economy. Six out of ten Americans believe that tax cuts will be better for our economy than more stimulus spending.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/most_recent_videos2/2009_11/51_say_cancel_stimulus_spending_to_create_jobs

David E

November 20, 2009 07:37 PM Forum: Politics

How to pass health care reform

Posted By david elosser
The old fashioned way.

By buying votes of course!

On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.”

How many states qualify for extra Medicaid subsidies?

‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘disaster-recovery FMAP adjustment State’ means a State that is one of
the 50 States or the District of Columbia, for which, at any time during the preceding 7 fiscal years, the President has declared a major disaster under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and determined as a result of such disaster that every county or parish in the State warrant individual and public assistance or public assistance from the Federal Government under such Act and for which— ‘‘(A) in the case of the first fiscal year (or part of a fiscal year) for which this subsection applies to the State, the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the fiscal year without regard to this subsection and subsection (y), is less than the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the preceding fiscal year after the application of only subsection (a) of section 5001 of Public Law 111–5 (if applicable to the preceding fiscal year) and without regard to this subsection, subsection (y), and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5001 of Public Law 111–5, by at least 3 percentage points; and ‘‘(B) in the case of the second or any succeeding fiscal year for which this subsection applies to the State, the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the fiscal year without regard to this subsection and subsection (y), is less than the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the preceding fiscal year under this subsection by at least 3 percentage points.

In other words: Louisiana. Cost $100 Million Dollars. Harry Reid put that in to buy Democrat Senator Mary Landrieu's vote. Now y'all in La. know how much your Senator can be bought for. wink

From ABC News:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/11/the-100-million-health-care-vote.html

David E

November 21, 2009 12:57 AM Forum: Politics

Obama coup fails!

Posted By david elosser
grin
http://www.breitbart.tv/virtual-revolt-online-gamers-overthrow-obama-administration/

November 21, 2009 11:33 PM Forum: Politics

Democrats want doctor shortages, delays

Posted By david elosser
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aOd7mHLJIhJc&pos=9

According to the American College of Physicians, the second-largest doctor’s group in the U.S.: "President Barack Obama’s health overhaul, aiming to add 36 million Americans to the insurance rolls, will worsen a family-doctor shortage, triggering longer waits for office visits and crowded emergency rooms."

How much longer? Well, in Boston, with Massachusetts' wonderful liberal health care reform, average wait time to see a physician is 67 days. You're literally better off getting your appointment in Miami, where the wait is 7 days; you can get it done while on vacation! wink

David E

November 22, 2009 01:53 PM Forum: Politics

Health care budget buster

Posted By david elosser
From David S. Broder of the Washington Post:

"While the CBO said that both the House-passed bill and the one Reid has drafted meet Obama's test by being budget-neutral, every expert I have talked to says that the public has it right. These bills, as they stand, are budget-busters."

"...there is plenty in the CBO report to suggest that the promised budget savings may not materialize. If you read deep enough, you will find that under the Senate bill, "federal outlays for health care would increase during the 2010-2019 period" -- not decline. The gross increase would be almost $1 trillion..."

(The MSLM of course, did not widely report all of this.)

"The challenge to Congress -- and to Obama -- remains the same: Make the promised savings real, and don't pass along unfunded programs to our children and grandchildren."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/20/AR2009112002618_pf.html

David E

November 22, 2009 02:04 PM Forum: Politics

Tax on H1N1

Posted By david elosser
From the Politico:

“When everybody is coming together to fight a possible pandemic the last thing the government should be doing is taxing the people who manufacture the vaccines and the drugs to treat H1N1 flu...” Well, unless you're a liberal Democrat, in which case it's the first thing you want to do...

http://www.politico.com/livepulse/1109/Reform_tax_would_hit_H1N1_vaccine_manufacturers_.html

David E

November 22, 2009 02:15 PM Forum: Politics

Not as cheap as I thought...

Posted By david elosser
It appears that Sen. Mary Landrieu (Democrat-La.), can't be bought for $100 million after all.

It takes $300 million!

"After Landrieu threw in her support...she asserted that the extra Medicaid funds were "not the reason" for her vote..." Yeah, right. And I've got some dark sky property in downtown New York. From my front porch I can see the Cygnus Rift!

David E

November 23, 2009 01:58 PM Forum: Politics

Re: New health care bill and patients like this?

Posted By david elosser
I don't know what would happen after HCR becomes active four years from now, but fortunately these cases are extremely rare. My position in this case is the same as it always is: The decision to pull or not to pull should be made only by family members after consultation and councelling from their doctors, other family members, and if they desire their clergy. Our government should stay out of it. I don't consider Kathleen Sebelius to have any moral superiority to anyone I know. Dittos with Obama, Reid, Pelosi, et al in Congress.

David E

November 23, 2009 04:48 PM Forum: Politics

Health care support falling...

Posted By david elosser
"Just 38% of voters now favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s the lowest level of support measured for the plan in nearly two dozen tracking polls conducted since June."

"Only 16% now believe passage of the plan will lead to lower health care costs. Nearly four times as many (60%) believe the plan will increase health care costs. Most (54%) also believe passage of the plan will hurt the quality of care."

"On immigration, 83% say that proof of citizenship should be required before anyone can get health care assistance from a government program. Most Democrats while claiming the plan will not cover illegal immigrants are opposed to including a proof-of-citizenship stipulation."

"Other polling shows that 47% trust the private sector more than government to keep health care costs down and the quality of care up. Two-thirds (66%) say an increase in free market competition will do more than government regulation to reduce health care costs."

"Only 31% believe Congress has a good understanding of the proposed health care reform."

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/september_2009/health_care_reform


David E

November 24, 2009 12:34 AM Forum: Politics

Something rotten in ACORN

Posted By david elosser
http://biggovernment.com/2009/11/23/breaking-san-diego-acorn-document-dump-scandal/

This is unreal. If this is anything like the reporter claims it to be, this would be enough to get any big corporation (like AIG) in serious trouble. Particularly troublesome to me are the thousands of documents that purport to have SSN# on them, just ripe for the picking.

David E

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