Jam the Capital's Switchboard this Saturday! Just say NO!
The Democrats are pushing for a vote on Sunday to get those Democrats who are sitting on the fence to make a decision. If the Democrats do not have the vote they are going to try to ram it through without a vote. 55% of Americans are against this bill...if you are one of them......MAKE THAT CALL!!! They need 216 votes in the House to pass this bill... they don't have the votes as of today.
Sign the petition below to go to all House Representatives:
http://www.petition2congress.com/2/2886/no-healthcare-reform-bills/
Seriously, the Liberals and Obama are out of control. He has postponed his trip overseas for the 2nd time. The man is grasping... for what? For notoriety? To become famous? Oh I get it… it’s that narcissist in him. He wants to be the end all, the be all. Oh yes it is so!
Just take a look at some of the CRAP he has laid out:
The poor pitiful me syndrome:
President Barack Obama had exhausted most of his health care reform arguments with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus during a White House meeting last Thursday when he made a more personal pitch that resonated with many skeptics in the room.
One caucus member told POLITICO that Obama won him over by “essentially [saying] that the fate of his presidency” hinged on this week’s health reform vote in the House. The member, who requested anonymity, likened Obama’s remarks to an earlier meeting with progressives when the president said a victory was necessary to keep him “strong” for the next three years of his term.
Another caucus member, Rep. Jose Serrano (D-N.Y.), said, “We went in there already knowing his presidency would be weakened if this thing went down, but the president clearly reinforced the impression the presidency would be damaged by a loss.”
Call your Senators & House Reps this weekend: The capitol switchboard number is (202) 224-3121.
The “I’ll Buy the Votes syndrome:
Two retiring Tennessee Democrats who suddenly will vote for ObamaCARE are getting cushy government jobs after they retire from the House. According to Human Events, Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.) has been promised the job of NASA administrator in exchange for his vote, and Rep. John Tanner (D-Tenn.), another retiring Democrat, has been promised an appointment as U.S. Ambassador to NATO in exchange for his vote.
Call your Senators & House Reps this weekend: The capitol switchboard number is (202) 224-3121.
The “Pitiful Me” stories around the country:
Marcelas Owens has come to the forefront as his mother recently passed away when she lost her job and her health insurance. Now I for one have all the sympathy in the world for a child who loses a parent. However I have no sympathy for Obama who would put this child in the media, brought him to DC, to benefit his own agenda, while this poor child is grieving. Obama should be ashamed!!!!!! Maybe Obama should of put his attention on the economy and the job loss situation so this woman didn’t lose her job. The end of the story is…..there were many programs in Washington State that would have assisted Owen’s mother with her healthcare needs. Once again this just shows how low Liberals will go. I for one am appalled!
The Liberal “We’ll do whatever it takes to pass this bill…screw what Americans want":
Reconciliation, (passes the senate with 51 vs 60 votes for the bill), “deem and pass” or “self-executing rule” procedure (passes the house without a vote), or the Slaughter strategy
Call your Senators & House Reps this weekend: The capitol switchboard number is (202) 224-3121.
The Backroom deals to buy votes:
Cornhusker Kickback: Perhaps the most well known in the Senate bill, the provision, included at the behest of Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), ensures that Nebraska would be the only state to have the full amount of its increased Medicaid costs paid for by the federal government.
The Louisiana Purchase: The Senate bill provides extra Medicaid funding for any state in which every county has been declared a disaster area. Because of Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana is the only state that would qualify for the money. The $300 million provision for Louisiana was slipped in late in the process to persuade Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) to support the health care takeover.
Gator Aid: At the request of Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fl), the Senate bill includes a formula for protecting certain Medicare Advantage enrollees from billions in cuts. The formula would only apply to five states, most notably to Florida in which 800,000 of the state’s one million Medicare Advantage users would be exempt from cuts.
New England Handouts: In addition to the $100 million included in federal Medicaid payments for Nebraska, the bill provides two New England states with even more money Medicaid funding. According to CBO, the Senate bill now contains about $600 million in extra Medicaid cash to Vermont, and about $500 million in additional money for Medicaid to Massachusetts, making these three states the only to receive such funding. Despite claims that these cushy extras for a few states would be scaled back, reports indicate that the White House is still making deals so these states can keep the handouts.
The Dodd Clinic: Section 10502(a) of the bill provides $100 million for construction at an unnamed “health care facility” affiliated with an academic health center at a public research university in a state with only one public academic medical and dental school. Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) later sent a press release saying that he was securing the money for the University of Connecticut, and then Dodd bragged that, “These provisions will bring millions of dollars to the state so that Connecticut’s residents can receive quality, affordable health care.”
Medicare Expansion: A provision slipped into the Senate bill by Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-MT), Section 1881A(b)(2), specifically expands Medicare coverage for individuals who reside “in or around the geographic area subject to an emergency declaration made as of June 17, 2009.” The area the bill refers to is an asbestos contaminated area near Libby, Montana, for which Sen. Max Baucus has been trying to secure funding for years.
Tax Exemptions for “Profiteering” Insurers: The Senate bill exempts Michigan Blue Cross and Blue Shield from the new taxes levied on health insurers. In the past weeks, the president attacked Michigan Blue Cross and Blue Shield because they “raised rates by 22 percent after asking to raise them by up to 56 percent.” It doesn’t seem very transparent to lambast a company publicly while quietly exempting them from a new tax in an effort to garner support.
Billions in Payouts to Insurance Companies: According to CBO, section 1412(c) provides $436 billion in federal subsidies to insurance companies to provide health care in the exchange. While Democrats talk about the greed of insurance companies, the Senate bill gives those companies nearly half a trillion dollars of taxpayer money.
Call your Senators & House Reps this weekend: The capitol switchboard number is (202) 224-3121.
Last Minute “Sweeten the Deal”:
Historic health care change in the balance, Democrats plowed fresh billions into insurance subsidies for consumers on Thursday and added a $250 rebate for seniors facing high prescription drugs, last-minute sweeteners to sweeping $940 billion legislation headed for a climactic weekend vote.
Call your Senators & House Reps this weekend: The capitol switchboard number is (202) 224-3121.
What you should know about the healthcare reform bill:
NUMBERS TO KNOW:
$569.2 billion in tax increases
$523.5 billion in Medicare cuts
$48 billion more for Medicaid
1. A Job-Killing Government Takeover of Health Care. No amount of changes or legislative tricks can hide the true destructive nature of this bill: $17 billion in new taxes on Americans who do not comply with the individual mandate, $52 billion in new taxes on employers that do not provide health coverage deemed “acceptable” or “affordable” by government bureaucrats, and new taxes on capital gains, dividends and interest that will further stifle economic growth and job creation.
2. New Tax on Capital Formation and Job Creation. The Medicare tax on capital gains, dividends, and other investment income gets bigger, magnifying the destructive power of this new tax. The bill increases the tax from 2.9 percent to 3.8 percent, pushing the top capital gains rate to 23.8 percent and the top rate for dividends to 43.4 percent in conjunction with tax relief expiring at the end of this year. As The Wall Street Journal editorialized this week, this tax will “permanently skew the incentives to work, save and create jobs.”
3. Democrats Continue to Say ‘I Do’ To Marriage Penalty. The bill leaves in place a massive marriage penalty, which will mean higher premiums for those that tie the knot. As highlighted in January by The Wall Street Journal, “the disparity comes about in part because subsidies for purchasing health insurance … are pegged to federal poverty guidelines.” The final bill leaves this unfair penalty on married couples in place.
4. Lower Wages and More Unemployment. The final bill imposes $52 billion in new taxes on employers, including small businesses, that cannot afford to provide health coverage or that don’t offer coverage. The effect of this type of tax, similar to a payroll tax increase, would ultimately fall squarely on workers in the form of lower wages or reduced employment. In fact, the Tax Policy Center concluded that “economists generally believe that the burden of payroll taxes is borne by workers in the form of lower wages, regardless of whether the tax is levied on the employer or the employee.” The tax proposed in this bill will likely have the same effect.
5. Employers Targeted By Even Higher Taxes to Enforce Employer Mandate. The final bill incorporated President Obama’s suggestion to rake in a little more cash to pay for a massive government-takeover of health care by nearly tripling the job-killing mandate tax on employers who do not offer health coverage to $2,000 per employee. Sure enough, the President’s suggestion raises an additional $25 billion on the backs of American employers, according to CBO.
6. Individual Mandate Tax Reduced? No, Not Really. Democrats are highlighting their generosity by lowering the amount of the tax for not complying with the mandate. But just how generous are they? Not very. Democrats propose to reduce the individual mandate tax flat payment amount by a scant 14¢ a day. And, while Democrats “reduce” the individual mandate tax flat payment amount, they actually raise $2 billion more by making other alterations to the individual mandate, according to CBO.
7. The Power to Tax Our Health Care. The Democrats’ final bill doesn’t just tax individuals and employers if they don’t comply with the complex mandates in the bill. The bill sends the IRS out to tax the very products Americans use to maintain and restore their own health. New taxes on medical devices, on prescription drugs, and on health insurance itself are all targets of the bill. And, with $10 billion in new enforcement resources, you can bet the IRS will be taking its full share out of the pockets of every American who uses any of these products or services.
8. Even More Subsidies, Even Greater Threat to the Economy. The bill increases the subsidies provided under the bill from those provided in the Senate bill by $65 billion, a significant and unsustainable increase. In fact, the Associated Press reported a warning from Massachusetts’ state treasurer, who stated that Congress will "threaten to wipe out the American economy within four years" if it adopts a health care overhaul modeled after the Bay State's.
9. Taxpayer-Funded Abortion Coverage. The final bill does not include the Stupak amendment language that would prohibit federal funds from being used to fund elective abortions. Instead, states are given the option to opt-out of providing insurance coverage of abortions. Still, taxpayers in a state that opts-out would still see their federal tax dollars fund elective abortions in other states. Additionally, each state through the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) can provide access to two multi-state plans, and only one of them will exclude abortions. OPM’s current health care program – the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) – does not include any plans that cover elective abortion. For the first time, a federally funded and managed health care plan will cover elective abortions.
10. Medicaid Rolls And Waiting Lines to Swell Even More. CBO estimates that as a result of the Democrats’ bill, one million more Americans will get their coverage from Medcaid, which is plagued with financial woes and wreaks all kinds of budgetary havoc on cash-strapped states. The Democrats’ bill, as the New York Times highlighted, will push even more Americans into a program where they will have trouble finding doctors and have to wait for potentially months to receive care. That’s not meaningful reform by any measure.
BONUS: Republicans have proposed a health care bill based on common-sense reforms that, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, would reduce premiums for families and small businesses by up to 10 percent. It is not too late to start over.
Call your Senators & House Reps this weekend: The capitol switchboard number is (202) 224-3121.
Call the below listed democratic representatives who are leaning NO on the healthcare bill
Arizona:
Harry Mitchell: (202) 225-2190
Gabrielle Giffords: (202) 225-2542
Ann Kirkpatrick: (202) 225-2315
California:
Jerry McNerney: (202) 225-1947
Colorado:
John Salazar: 202-225-4761
Connecticut:
Jim Hines: (202) 225-5541
Florida:
Alan Grayson : (202) 225-2176
Illinois:
Bill Foster: (202) 225-2976
Indiana:
Baron Hill: (202) 225-5315
Michigan:
Mark Schauer: (202) 225-6276
Gary Peters: (202) 225-5802
Nevada:
Dina Titus: (202) 225-3252
New Hampshire:
Carol Shea-Porter: (202) 225-5456
New York:
Tim Bishop: (202) 225-3826
John Hall: (202) 225-5441
Bill Owens: (202) 225-4611
Mike Arcuri: (202)225-3665
Dan Maffei: (202) 225-3701
North Dakota:
Earl Pomneroy: (202) 225-2611
Ohio:
Steven Driehaus: (202) 225-2216
Mary Jo Kilroy: (202) 225-2015
Zach Space : (202) 225-6265
Pennsylvania:
Kathy Dahlkemper: 202-225-5406
Patrick Murphy: (202) 225-4276
Christopher Carney: (202) 225-3731
Paul Kanjorski: 202-225-6511
South Carolina:
John Spratt: (202) 225-5501
Virginia:
Tom Perriello: (202) 225-4711
West Virginia:
Alan Mollohan: (202) 225-4172
Nick Rahall: (202) 225-3452
Wisconsin:
Steve Kagen: (202) 225-5665
