Posts Made By: david elosser

In today's Rasmussen daily tracking polls (Nov 24th):

Fifty-three percent (53%) of voters worry that the federal government will do too much when it comes to reacting to the nation’s financial problems. That’s up seven points since President Obama took office.

Meanwhile, the number of people that think the government will not do enough to improve the economy is dropping. And "Americans also have been consistently skeptical of the government bailouts of General Motors and Chrysler and of the financial sector."

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/november_2009/voters_still_worry_government_will_do_too_much_for_economy

David E

We all know of the bogus 600,000 jobs "saved or created" by the Obama administration. ("Bogus" is not just my opinion, it's been reported over and over in the main stream media). But what about health care reform? Why wouldn't Obama say that HCR would "save or create 600,000 lives?" Why not? They did it with the stimulus package! Consider this commentary in Bloomberg.com:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aCgZM8CszQSg

Ms. Baum makes some interesting and thought-provoking points. First, the stimulus bill encouraged districts to take tax payer money and report "jobs saved or created" in order to qualify for more money. This is why so many jobs were created in phantom districts, 440 of them! As Ms. Baum writes: "As it stands now, all the incentives are stacked on the wrong side. They encourage districts to take the money and report healthy job creation in the hope of qualifying for more funds. Why doesn’t anyone think about this in advance? And these are the same folks to whom we’re about to entrust one-sixth of the U.S. economy, better known as health care?"

And remember the claim that HCR is "budget neutral" or will "reduce the deficit by x-dollars?" She writes: "How many small businesses are holding off on hiring additional employees until they know what additional burdens Congress will impose on them in the name of health-care reform? How are expectations of higher health-care costs affecting consumers’ current spending, which in turn affects output and employment? (Only in government la-la land can you provide more health care for less money.)"

David E

In Oregon, with state run universal health insurance, you might not get your cancer treatments paid for, but the state will pay for doctor-assisted suicide. Yes, it's legal there, and the same people that advised Oregon lawmakers how to write that bill are also advising the Democrats in Washington on Health Care Reform. :S

David E

"Given the 17-point drop in his approval rating among all U.S. adults, it follows that Obama's support has declined among all major demographic and attitudinal subgroups, with one notable exception -- blacks."

"Obama's strongest support comes from blacks, Democrats, and liberals -- all of whom give him approval ratings above 80%."

Also, in the accompanying chart, Obama has suffered a huge 19% drop in approval in females, and a damaging 19% drop in the 65+ category (probably because of the HCR he and the liberals in Congress are pushing.) People with a high school diploma or less get it: a 14% drop. And "moderates" also get it, down 18%. Do you get it?

David E

"Navy SEALs who secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq -- the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah in 2004 -- are now facing criminal charges stemming from the suspect’s bloody lip."

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/11/25/terrorists-rights-need-respected/

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/11/UPnavy_seals_charged_112409w/

At the risk of being accused as an Obama-hater, the fact is that President Obama can put a stop to this travesty in a heartbeat.
I never, never thought I would see the day that the very men and women who volunteer to protect us and put themselves in harms way would be treated as criminals by our own Administration.

David E

You know, up until this administration, Democrats have been screaming and hollering about high deficits and how damaging they are to our economy. I guess Obama did an attitude adjustment on Democrats.

David E

"Families with special-needs children and people with chronic illnesses stand to lose hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars in tax benefits under proposed health care reform legislation, critics say, warning that a plan to cap the amount of money people can put into special "flexible spending" health accounts will have "cruel" and "unintended consequences.""

Cruel, yes. Unintended, maybe not...

"The Senate and House health care bills both include a revenue-raising provision that would cap at $2,500 the amount of money workers can put into flexible spending accounts. The accounts, used by millions, allow workers to store pre-tax dollars to cover out-of-pocket health care expenses during the year."

Guess what: "Many employers set a cap on contributions at about $5,000, according to Save Flexible Spending Plans, a group formed by benefits providers over the summer to lobby against the changes. Federal government workers are subject to a $5,000 limit," I guess they want us common folk to settle with an inferior plan.

"It's really become kind of a revenue grab rather than good sound health policy," said Jody Dietel, chief compliance officer for WageWorks," No kidding, Jody! "...she said the change would be significant for those who routinely rack up out-of-pocket expenses due to chronic illnesses or special-needs children."...Ryan Ellis, tax policy director at Americans for Tax Reform, said the real pain from the new policy would be felt among families with special-needs children, who are currently able to use the money to pay for education expenses.
"The No.1 group that would be affected by this are parents of special needs," he said, citing the tuition costs at some specialized schools that climb well into the thousands."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/25/plan-restrict-health-accounts-hurt-disabled-critics-warn/

What is this about President Obama and special needs children? First he jokes about them on prime time TV and now he wants to take away their education money? :S

David E

"General Motors and Chrysler will reconsider decisions to close thousands of dealerships as part of a compromise meant to stave off federal legislation that would require them to keep showrooms open."

Uh oh. Better run this by Big O.

"The House passed legislation in July that would force the companies to reverse their closure plans, though the Senate has not taken it up. The Obama administration opposes the measure."

Oh well. Looks like Obama wants those jobs gone so that's that. There's your hope and change Detroit.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34261055/ns/business-autos

David E

Obama may think he looks good now. But the American people understand what is going on, they need only look around them. Economists know, and everyone inside the beltway whether they admit it or not, the economy will not grow without private sector jobs being created. In fact, the private sector will have to create at least 125,000 jobs a month just to keep the unemployment figures flat-lined. Nobody is expecting that to happen through next year because of the extraordinarily high government binging with our tax dollars. There is even talk of using left-over TARP money for more government spending, rather than returning it back to the taxpayers as a refund.

The unemployment figures well certainly bump up and down but today there is no real relief in sight. Remarkably, Obama, after claiming his economic policies would keep unemployment below 8 percent, just conducted a "jobs summit" that included mostly pointy-headed liberal intellectuals, and from that he expects us to believe he now knows what to do!

David E

Or Governor Sanford...
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,665182,00.html

David E