Free PBS immigration DVD offer to NumbersUSA members

video source: http://youtu.be/mZJvZzw95cE (earlier trailer)

From: Immigration Info - NumbersUSA.com Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 Subject: PBS offers immigration DVDs to NumbersUSA members

     PBS's veteran broadcaster Bonnie Erbe ( "To The Contrary" ) knows from long experience that NumbersUSA members are among the nation's most interested citizens in the costs associated with mass immigration.
     She has produced an award-winning two-part TV series on immigrations impact on health care reform and the poverty rate. And she has asked us to make the DVD of this series available to you free of charge.
     Simply submit your request for a free DVD here.
     Many of you are already aware of some of staggering effects of mass immigration on health care and poverty. For instance:

• 71 percent of the increase in American uninsured since 1989 is the result of immigrants and their children.
  
• 57 percent of immigrant households (both legal and illegal) with children use at least one welfare program. 

     The PBS DVD provides an opportunity to educate friends, family and all kinds of civic and political groups about the ways in which immigration impacts these critical public policy issues. As a reminder, NumbersUSA took no position on the health care reform bill that passed last year.
       Both pieces feature NumbersUSA Executive Director Roy Beck. We encourage you to contact PBS and request one of the free DVDs.
       Here is PBS press release on the series and this offer:
       FREE PUBLIC EDUCATION DVDS ON IMMIGRATIONS IMPACT ON HEALTH CARE AND THE POVERTY RATE!
      Copies of PBS To The Contrary with Bonnie Erb Special Reports On the impact of immigration made possible by the generous support of The Colcom Foundation.
     (Washington, D.C.) -- The PBS program, To The Contrary's with Bonnie Erb (the only woman-owned news analysis program on national television) is pleased to offer, free of charge, DVD copies of its two-part series on immigrations impact on health care reform and the poverty rate.  This fact-based coverage examines how immigration reform and health care reform are inextricably linked, and how the record influx of new residents is affecting the poverty rate, particularly among children.  NumbersUSA President Roy Beck appeared in both segments.  This educational product is distributed free of charge to those looking to learn more about the true impact of immigration, as it is rarely covered elsewhere by US media.
       For example, coverage of immigrations impact on the health care system included the fact that while illegal immigrants are not eligible for Medicaid, the US-born children of illegal immigrants are covered.  It costs approximately $4.6 billion to insure them.
       To The Contrary's coverage of immigrations impact on the poverty rate explained that Census data show an uncanny tie between the rate of immigration and the rate of child poverty.  Of the 14.1 million children living below the official federal poverty line in 2008, 4.4 million were either immigrants or US-born with at least one immigrant parent.
       To The Contrary's special coverage aired nationally on PBS.  Please submit your requests here.  Please be sure to include the name of your organization, how many copies you would like to receive, and a brief explanation of who will see video.  We are happy to fulfill requests for multiple copies of the video for re-distribution to educational groups, students, conferences or interested individuals.

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o'tax'n spend - Paper Debt May Destroy America (Stansberry)

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"Love Those Lemmings" by Daryl Cagle, 20Sep09

From: Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonist Index

Daryl Cagle has a great collection of cartoons called "ObamaCare" LOOK! http://cagle.com/news/ObamaCare/

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o'humor - Prescription

From: lc Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009

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air pelosi, o'care, death panels - What Possibly Could Go Wrong?

From: baja Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009

 Let me get this straight.
We're going to pass a health care plan written by a committee whose head says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn't read it but exempts themselves from it, signed by a president that also hasn't read it, and who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't  pay his taxes, overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's nearly broke.

What possibly could go wrong?

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Would You or Your Company Like to Sponsor the Next Installment of "Liberal Lies About National Health Care"? See My Web Site for Details! Part 7

From: kd Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 From: Ann_Coulter@HumanEventsOnline.com

Would You or Your Company Like to Sponsor the Next Installment of 'Liberal Lies About National Health Care'?

See My Web Site for Details! Part 7
By Ann Coulter

source: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?print=yes&id=33877

(18) America's lower life expectancy compared to countries with socialist health care proves that their medical systems are superior.

President Obama has too much intellectual pride to make such a specious argument, so instead we have to keep hearing it from his half-wit supporters.

These Democrats are all over the map on where precisely Americans place in the life-expectancy rankings. We're 24th, according to Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Barbara Boxer; 42nd, according to Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell; 35th, according to Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson; and 47th, according to Rep. Dennis Kucinich. So the U.S. may have less of a "life expectancy" problem than a "Democratic math competency" problem.

But also, as described in last week's column, the citizenry's health is not the same thing as the citizenry's health care system.
Besides America's high rate of infant mortality -- based on biology and lifestyle choices, not medical care -- Americans are also more likely to overeat or smoke than people in other developed nations. And the two biggest killers in the Western world are obesity and smoking.

Liberals shouldn't have to be reminded how fat Americans are, inasmuch as they are always chortling about it. A 2004 New York Times article leeringly quoted a foreign doctor, saying: "We Europeans, whenever we came to America, we always noticed the enormous number of obese people on the streets." I note that these are the same people who openly worship Michael Moore.
Somewhat surprisingly to those of us who have long admired France for its humanitarian smoking laws, until the mid-1980s, Americans had had the highest rate of smoking in the developed world. This makes patriotic Americans like me wonder if there's a way to get Michael Moore to start smoking. (You know, just to keep his weight down or whatever.)

To be fair, the French are still being exposed to large amounts of smoke due to all the cars being set on fire by Muslims.

In 2003, America led the world in smoking-related deaths among women -- followed by Hungary. Simply excluding all smoking-related deaths from the World Health Organization's comparison of life expectancies at age 50 in 20 developed nations would raise U.S. women's life expectancy from 17th to 7th place and lift American men from 14th to 9th place.

Americans are also more likely to die in military combat than the whimpering, pant-wetting cowards our military has spent the past 70 years defending -- I mean, than "our loyal European allies." This is a health risk Europeans have managed to protect themselves against by living in a world that contains the United States military.

These are risk factors that have nothing to do with the health care system. To evaluate the quality of our health care, you have to compare apples to apples by looking at outcomes for specific medical conditions.

Although the United States has a higher incidence of heart disease, cancer and diabetes compared to Europe -- because of lifestyle choices and genetics -- it also has better survival rates across the board for all these medical problems.

The most revealing international comparisons look at cancer survival rates, because of the universally extensive record-keeping for this disease.

A European study found that, compared to 18 European countries, the U.S. had strikingly higher five-year survival rates in all 12 cancers studied, except for one: stomach cancer. Even there, the survival rates were close -- and the difference was attributed to the location of the cancer in the stomach.

For all types of cancers, European men have only a 47.3 percent five-year survival rate, compared to 66.3 percent survival rate for American men. The greatest disparity was in prostate cancer, which American men are 28 percent more likely to survive than European men.

European women are only 55.8 percent likely to live five years after contracting any kind of cancer, compared to 62.9 percent for American women.

In five cancers -- breast, prostate, thyroid, testicular and skin melanoma -- American survival rates are higher than 90 percent. Europeans hit a 90 percent survival rate for only one of those -- testicular cancer.

Most disturbingly, many cancers in Europe are discovered only upon the victim's death -- twice as many as in the U.S. Consequently, the European study simply excluded cancers that were first noted on the death certificate, so as not to give the U.S. too great an advantage.

There are no national registries for heart disease, as there are for cancer, making survival-rate comparisons more difficult. But treatments can be measured and, again, Americans are far more likely to be on medication for heart disease and high cholesterol -- medications that extend the lives of millions, developed by those evil, profit-grubbing American drug companies.

To get to the comparison they like (America is not as good as Sweden!), liberals have to slip in the orange of "life expectancy," and hope no one will mention monster truck races, Krispy Kremes and Virginia Slims. As the old saying goes: Life doesn't last longer in socialist countries; it just feels like it.

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Healthcare Maze - Is this what you want?

Click on the images to see it full size.
source: http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/tx08_brady/health_plan_org_chart_jec.jpg

Washington, D.C. 15July09 - Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX), the lead House Republican on the Joint Economic Committee, unveiled today a detailed flow chart of the complex health care reform proposal by Democratic congressional leaders.

The chart identifies at least 31 new federal programs, agencies, commissions and mandates that accompany the unprecedented government takeover of health care in America.

“Why should any patient be forced to give control of their health care over to this Faustian pit of Washington bureaucracy?” asked Brady.

“This government takeover has only one guaranteed result: to tell Americans what doctors you can see, what treatments you deserve and what medicines you can have.”

The attached chart depicts how the health care system would be organized at the national level if the Democrats’ plan became law.  These new levels of bureaucracy, agencies, organization and programs will all be put directly between the patient and their health care.

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Joe Wilson was right. (SCF)

From: burd Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 From: Sen. Jim DeMint Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009

SCF UPDATE   Joe Wilson was right Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) was right. The President was being dishonest when he said the House health care bill does not providing benefits to illegal immigrants. It does. According to the Congressional Research Service, HR 3200 "does not contain any restrictions on noncitzens participating." The system would essentially operate on an honor system by illegal immigrants. HR 3200 provides State Medicaid agencies with the ability to set eligibility standards for the low income subsidies. Since States are given a 100% federal match, there is nothing to discourage them from setting loose standards that allow illegal immigrants to be enrolled in the program. With the help of the National Council of La Raza, House Democrats defeated two amendments offered to HR 3200 that would have added explicit taxpayer protections to stop benefits from going to illegal immigrants. Senate Democrats promised Friday to include NEW citizenship verification requirements in their health care bill, proving that Joe Wilson was right about giant loophole in the House bill. Help us stop RINObamaCare SCF launched a national petition this week to encourage Republicans to hold firm against ObamaCare. Here is the banner ad SCF is using to collect the names of thousands of Americans who are saying "No!" to RINObamaCare. Your contribution will help SCF expand this campaign and get thousands and thousands of Americans to tell their Republican Senators to "hold firm" and oppose government-run health care. Support the campaign to stop RINObamaCare. New Web Ad for Marco Rubio VIDEO: Watch the new campaign ad released this week by the Rubio campaign in Florida. Contribute to Marco Rubio's Senate campaign. Mickey Mouse goes to Washington Senators returned to Washington after the August break to create a new government tourism advertising agency as their first act of business. Call it "Fannie Travel." Sadly, only 19 Republicans voted against this give-away to mega tourism corporations like Disney. Read more here. SCF Community Twitter Facebook YouTube RSS Feed                                                                  Senate Conservatives Fund is a political action committee dedicated to electing true conservatives to the United States Senate. SCF seeks to bring bold conservative leadership to Washington by supporting only the most rock-solid, conservative Senate candidates nationwide. Contributions to Senate Conservatives Fund are not deductible as charitable contributions. Not paid for at taxpayer expense. Contributions from corporations or foreign nationals lacking permanent resident status are not permitted. Federal law requires Senate Conservatives Fund to report the name, mailing address, occupation and employer for each individual whose contributions aggregate in excess of $200 in a calendar year. PAID FOR BY SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND PAC - NOT AUTHORIZED BY ANY CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATE'S COMMITTEE -SENATECONSERVATIVES.COM

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Carrollton, Texas Atty: Truth about o'care

From: gg Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009

Again I'm just a messenger, I encourage all to read this and all other information that comes their way with regard to this subject.  GG

Please take the time to read this, even if you have to read it in parts. jah

Michael Connelly is a Constitutional lawyer and has read the entire health care bill.  He has some comments, not just about the bill, but also about the effects to our Constitution it would have.  It's a much broader picture than just health care "reform."   All of you and those to whom you communicate had better sit up and pay attention; once this sort of thing happens, it will be irreversible. http://michaelconnelly.viviti.com/  Take a look, let me know what you think. This blog concentrates on my concerns as an attorney about the imminent and growing threats to our Constitution and our form of government.  We have reason to be very afraid of what is happening. THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HEALTH CARE BILL Well, I have done it!  I have read the entire text of proposed House Bill 3200: fhe Affordable Health Care Choices Act of  2009.  I studied it with particular emphasis from my area of expertise, constitutional law.  I was frankly concerned that parts of the proposed law that were being discussed might be unconstitutional.  What I found was far worse than what I had heard or expected. To begin with, much of what has been said about the bill and its implications is in fact true, despite what the Democrats and  the media are saying.  The bill does provide for rationing of health care, particularly where senior citizens and other classes of citizens are involved, free health care for illegal immigrants, free abortion services, and probably forced participation in abortions by members of the medical profession. The bill will also eventually force private insurance companies out of business and put everyone into a government-run system. All decisions about personal health care will ultimately be made  by federal bureaucrats, and most of them will not be health care  professionals.  Hospital admissions, payments to physicians, and  allocations of necessary medical devices will be strictly controlled. However, as scary as all of that is, it just scratches the surface. In fact, I have concluded that this legislation really has no intention of providing affordable health care choices.  Instead, it is a convenient cover for the most massive transfer of power to the Executive Branch of government that has ever occurred, or even been contemplated.  If this law or a similar one is adopted, major portions of the Constitution of the United States will effectively have been destroyed.  The first thing to go will be the masterfully crafted balance of power between the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of the U.S. Government.  The Congress will be transferring to the Obama Administration authority in a number of different areas over the lives of the American people and the businesses they own.  The irony is that the Congress doesn't have any authority to legislate in most of those areas to begin with.  I defy anyone to read the text of the U.S. Constitution and find any authority granted to the members of Congress to regulate health care. The paragraph below is really frightening. This legislation also provides for access by the appointees of the Obama administration of all of your personal health care  information, your personal financial information, and the information of your employer, physician, and hospital.  All of this is a direct violation of the specific provisions of the 4th Amendment to the Constitution protecting against unreasonable searches and seizures.  You can also forget about the right to privacy.  That will have been legislated into oblivion regardless of what the 3rd and 4th Amendments may provide. If you decide not to have health care insurance or if you have private insurance that is not deemed "acceptable" to the "Health Choices Administrator" appointed by Obama, there will be a tax  imposed on you.  It is called a "tax" instead of a fine because of the intent to avoid application of the due process clause of the 5th Amendment.  However, that doesn't work because since there is nothing in the law that allows you to contest or appeal the imposition of the tax, it is definitely depriving someone of property without due process of law. So, there are three of those pesky amendments that the far left hate so much out the original ten in the Bill of Rights that are effectively nullified by this law.  It doesn't stop there, though.  The 9th Amendment provides, "The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."  The 10th Amendment states,  "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are preserved to the States respectively, or to the people."  Under the provisions of this proposed bill, neither the people nor the states are going to have any rights or powers at all in many areas that once were theirs to control. I could write many more pages about this legislation, but I think you get the idea.  This is not about health care; it is about seizing power and limiting rights.  Article 6 of the Constitution requires the members of both houses of Congress to "be bound by oath or affirmation" to support the Constitution.  If I were a member of  Congress, I would not be able to vote for this legislation or anything like it without feeling I was violating that sacred oath or affirmation.  If I voted for it anyway, I would hope the American people would hold me accountable. For those who might doubt the nature of this threat, I suggest they consult the source.  Here is a link to the Constitution: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html And another to the Bill of Rights:  http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html ; There you can see exactly what we are about to have taken from us, if Obama and the left wing Democrats have their way. Michael Connelly, Retired attorney, Constitutional Law Instructor, Carrollton, Texas  mrobertc at hotmail .com Michael Connelly, Author: www.trafford.com/04-2710 I also teach law courses via the Internet through colleges and  universities worldwide. To find a college or university near you, go to  Education To Go's website at http://www.ed2go.com

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Poll: Americans Confused About Healthcare

source:  http://newsmax.com Su.6Sep09

Nearly 7 in 10 adults polled by CBS News say they are confused about how healthcare reforms would work.

Sixty percent of those surveyed said President Barack Obama has not explained his healthcare plans clearly, and 67 percent said they found the reform proposals confusing.

Only 36 percent of respondents believe that the government would do a better job of providing healthcare insurance than would private insurers.

Confusion over healthcare reform could explain why Americans are not eager to see it become law. When respondents in a Rasmussen Reports poll were asked if they would prefer passage of the healthcare bill now in the House or nothing at all this year, 54 percent chose nothing at all. Only 35 percent supported the bill, and 11 percent were unsure.

Rasmussen also found that among those Americans who already have healthcare insurance, only 43 percent believe the claim that they will be able to keep their current insurance plan after the proposed law is enacted.

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Cagle Newsletter: New Coalitions for a New Age

Michael Reagan's BlogFrom: Cagle Newsletter  Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009

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Cartoon by RJ Matson   Send this Cartoon to a Friend!  CHECK OUT OUR CARTOONIST BLOGGERS!   We have a great collection of cartoons called "Back To School" LOOK! New Coalitions for a New Age By Michael Reagan | September 3rd, 2009 | PERMALINK source: http://blog.cagle.com/2009/09/03/new-coalitions-for-a-new-age/ New Coalitions for a New Age by Michael Reagan - Comment on the column Summer is coming to an end as is evidenced by the return of children to school, the start of football season and the breezy hint of cooler temperatures to come. Looking at the political calendar, we are nearing the eight-month mark of the Obama administration and their allied, Democratically-led Congress. So, as Congress sits in recess and the nation braces for the upcoming national health care fight, I thought it an appropriate moment to talk about the future of Republican politics. Not just how we can defeat health care or win more congressional seats in 2010 - but how we develop the coalitions necessary to ensure we are a party capable of standing strongly 10, 20, 50 years into the future. In essence, we must ensure we are a lasting party equipped to defend the principles of limited government, lower taxes, free markets, a strong national defense, and individual rights and responsibilities. Today, with government spending increasing astronomically, with the prospect of one-fifth of our economy - in the form of the health care system - being turned over to government controls, these guidelines are all the more important. Thirty years ago, my father understood this, and that legacy has passed down to us. Even as conservatives, we will not always agree, but if we respect those with dissenting opinions, we can grow even stronger in our determination to follow our shared values. Americans are increasingly, and rightfully, growing skeptical of policies that emphasize budget-busting government solutions, as opposed to empowering individuals, families and small businesses. Conservatives have a great opportunity and platform to move beyond... READ MORE ( read the complete article at: http://blog.cagle.com/2009/09/03/new-coalitions-for-a-new-age/ ) Follow Daryl each day on Twitter at: twitter.com/dcagle  Cagle Cartoons, Inc. | 906 Chelham Way | Santa Barbara | CA | 93108

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Congressman's http://fleming.house.gov petition: Healthcare For congressmen & Senators

From: claudia Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009

 Healthcare For congressmen & Senators

Congressman John Fleming (a Louisiana physician) has proposed an amendment that would require congressmen and senators to take the same healthcare plan they provide us (under proposed legislation they [ those in Congress, our representatives? ] are specifically, curiously & conspicuously exempt.)  

Congressman Fleming is encouraging people to go on his Website and click "yes" to sign his petition (very simple - just first, last and email).

I just did that at: http://www.fleming.house.gov

 Please urge as many people as you can to do the same! If Congress legislates this, all Congressmen should have to accept the same level of health care for themselves and their families

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An Amendment to Exclude Abortion from Health Care

August 20th, 2009

When Representatives return to Congress in September, they may get a chance to vote on an amendment that would exclude abortion funding from health care reform.  Both Republicans and Democrats have indicated that they would support such an amendment.  However, there is another vote that comes first – a vote on whether Congress will even be allowed to vote on the amendment when the bill is considered.  And leading pro-abortion members have indicated that they are likely to pass a rule preventing a vote on the amendment.  The pattern we see again here, as so often in the past, is that abortion supporters don’t want to debate their position in a fair way; rather, they want to shut down legitimate debate to get their way.  It’s one of many signs that they are wrong. – Fr. Frank

http://www.priestsforlife.org/blog/?p=814

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AARP walks out on members, Tu.4Aug09, Dallas, TX

AARP Won’t Apologize for Organizer Walking Out of Dallas Health Care ‘Listening Tour’ "I'm not going to apologize for the way that somebody tried to handle a meeting and got shouted down."

source: http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=videolandingpage&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralObject=7930048&referralPlaylistId=07373bea2a547ca71dccc8cfc357419426028f5c

AARP isn't comfortable listening to its members, but pretends to represent their interests.
video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoMNDdQ1_h0

Senior citizens who went to a meeting sponsored by AARP were left to themselves after the AARP hostess walked out. The seniors were trying to get answers concerning ObamaCare and why AARP would support a government controlled health system that many believe would lead to euthanasia and rationing of health care. Watch the video.

AARP officials walk out of meeting, refuse questions concerning ObamaCare from angry seniors
Watch this must-see video! AARP supports government controlled health care!

Why would AARP, the nation's largest seniors group, supposedly working for the elderly, support an ObamaCare bill? Here is what Dick Morris, former advisor to President Clinton, said: "The interest groups that usually speak up for the elderly, particularly AARP, are in Obama's pocket, hoping to profit from his program by becoming one of its vendors. Just as they backed Bush's prescription drug plan because they anticipated profiting from it, so they are now helping Obama gut the medical care of their constituents."

Like the National Education Association, AARP has been taken over by liberals. With millions of members, AARP is using its clout to push ObamaCare on the elderly, even if it includes euthanasia. AARP supported homosexual marriage by opposing Prop 8 in California.

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o'tax'n spend o'bamacare (more debt & taxes for you)

"It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones."
-- Calvin Coolidge (1873-1933), 30th US President
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Calvin.Coolidge.Quote.A21F";

o'tax'n spend's health plan legislation, as of today, is reported to be 1018 pages long [before last minute amendments that'll be snuck in at the last minute in the middle of the night] and according to most estimates if federal health care is passed, it will cost a minimum of one trillion dollars ($1,000,000,000,000.00) which figures out to cost Americans one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000.00) per printed page!

Coupled with the other o'bamanomics spending sprees, the average tax bite will exceed 50% of your total income if you live in one of 37 states and as much as 57% or more in some other states!

The Congressional Budget Office reports that o'bamacare will actually far exceed Obama/Reid/Pelosi liberal Democrats' estimates in its total costs to America during it's 1st ten (10) years ...possibly as much as one trillion 600 billion dollars ($1,600,000,000,000.00) and, estimates beyond indicate that the U.S. economy can not sustain the debt!

Adding injury to an already insult, the o'bamacare plan has a provision that could outlaw private medical insurance coverage for all Americans. "Under the Orwellian header of "Protecting The Choice To Keep Current Coverage," the "Limitation On New Enrollment" section of the bill clearly states: "Except as provided in this paragraph, the individual health insurance issuer offering such coverage does not enroll any individual in such coverage if the first effective date of coverage is on or after the first day" of the year the legislation becomes law."
source:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2009/07/16/ibd-individual-private-health-insurance-illegal-under-house-bill

Tax rates around the world [2005], which can be seen at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_rates_around_the_world
clearly show that the United States will become the most tax burdened country in the world!
Notwithstanding the rosey, albeit flawed, 2005 OECD report http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Taxes/P148855.asp
which, prior to the Bush $700 billion dollar bailouts and o'tax'n spend's additional Trillion$, showed the U.S. to then carry less of tax load than most other developed countries.

During the next election cycle, in 2010, Americans have a chance, if the liberal Democrat / Obama government hasn't already ruined the U.S. economic future, to vote all of the tax'n spend fools out of Washington, State Legislatures and Government mansions around the country.

"I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution ... or have failed their purpose ... or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is 'needed' before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should be attacked for neglecting my constituents' 'interests,' I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty, and in that cause I am doing the very best I can."
-- Senator Barry Goldwater (1953-1965, 1969-1987) from quotes.liberty-tree.ca


Wikipedia.org biograph: Barry Morris Goldwater
(born in the Arizona Territory, January 1, 1909 died May 29, 1998 in the State of Arizona)
businessman, soldier (WWII/Korea), politician
United States Senator from Arizona (1953-1965, 1969-1987, R-AZ)
Republican Party nominee for President, 1964
MajorGeneral, U.S. Air Force Reserve
known as "Mr. Conservative"..the politician most credited for sparking the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s.

related: American Founding Fathers' & Traditional American Values quotations at http://harrold.org/quotes

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