Congress has lied and obscured the facts of their depravity so completely, that I don not think anyone really understands how bleak the the situation really is.
But never fear, Steny Hoyer, the proud Tax and Spend Democratic House Majority Leader wrote today in the WSJ that shared sacrifices are necessary to solve the debt crisis.
Yes we have a debt crisis, but the bigger issue, the one that he and the other progressive nitwits in Congress need to take full responsibility for is their unprincipled, pork laden, unbridled, socialistic SPENDING!
For instance, did you know the following:
$12.9 Trillion in debt – US National Debt Clock
40% of all 2009 income taxes will be applied to pay the interest on our national debt – US National Debt Clock
$700 Billion is the estimated interest payment in 2019 - The Washington Examiner
$108.4 Trillion in unfunded liabilities - US National Debt Clock
$2.7 Trillion state pension liability - The Pew Charitable Trusts
$400 Billion blank check to Fannie and Freddie - Wall Street Journal
300% the increase in the number of dollars in circulation since July 2008, from $800 Billion to $2.4 Trillion - Federal Reserve
17% to 22% true unemployment rate - NY Post
In order to survive, we need across the board cuts of at least 20%, including the total disembowelment of some programs (I would recommend Obama Care and Farm subsidies right off the bat) and we need to do it now!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
The 12 Percent Problem
We are a nation of consumers. Almost 70 percent of our economy is based upon consumerism. From coupon shoppers, to Internet searchers, to barterers, to newspaper sales ad readers, to hagglers, we are a nation of consumers who almost daily exercise our right to find the best deal for our money. So why do we ignore our consumer roots when it comes to purchasing healthcare? According to Real Clear Markets Americans only control 12 percent of their healthcare dollar. The other 88 percent is spent on our behalf.
The current healthcare model is driven by the fact that most of us are only responsible for a relatively small co-pay of twenty or twenty-five dollars. Most of us are so pampered that the doctor's staff is responsible for sending in the paperwork to claim the remainder of their fee for services rendered. Most if not all of us rarely ever notice or care about what the doctor actually charges. We do notice and review our healthcare plan whenever it comes up for renewal. We may even opt to increase or decrease our co-pays or change providers so that we are not even responsible for making co-pay charges. So for most, as long as our co-pays remain manageable, we really don't care about what the doctor actually charges! And therein lies the problem. We act like responsible consumers for our co-pays and basically ignore the larger 88 percent of actual costs, which is the real cost driver. No wonder that healthcare costs are rising!
If we are to control healthcare spending, then we need to become consumers for the entire about we spend and not just 12 percent.
The current healthcare model is driven by the fact that most of us are only responsible for a relatively small co-pay of twenty or twenty-five dollars. Most of us are so pampered that the doctor's staff is responsible for sending in the paperwork to claim the remainder of their fee for services rendered. Most if not all of us rarely ever notice or care about what the doctor actually charges. We do notice and review our healthcare plan whenever it comes up for renewal. We may even opt to increase or decrease our co-pays or change providers so that we are not even responsible for making co-pay charges. So for most, as long as our co-pays remain manageable, we really don't care about what the doctor actually charges! And therein lies the problem. We act like responsible consumers for our co-pays and basically ignore the larger 88 percent of actual costs, which is the real cost driver. No wonder that healthcare costs are rising!
If we are to control healthcare spending, then we need to become consumers for the entire about we spend and not just 12 percent.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
The Road to Perdition is Paved with Compassion
Obama Care is a mistake. Look at the test systems in Massachusetts and Maine. Both are costing much more than predicted, have increased healthcare fees and are bankrupting their respective states. I do not think anyone can point to one example of a program that cost less than the amount government said. Big government is expensive in terms of the money it sucks from our pockets and maniacal abuses it foments from power hungry progressives. Our founding fathers understood the problems with big government and emphasized small government and self reliance instead.
Progressives say healthcare is the compassionate thing to do. They laugh and ridicule anyone who suggests otherwise. But is it? Obama Care basically takes from the rich and gives to the poor. In reality isn't that the same as giving a man a fish as in the old saying: "Give a man to fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime." The better and more lasting solution is to teach everyone how to fish, so they can become self reliant and pursue their own course to happiness.
Progressives use compassion as a fashionable, powerful, motivating and pretentious aphrodisiac to ruin this country. The party of NO should take pride in standing up for individual freedoms and fiscal probity.
Progressives say healthcare is the compassionate thing to do. They laugh and ridicule anyone who suggests otherwise. But is it? Obama Care basically takes from the rich and gives to the poor. In reality isn't that the same as giving a man a fish as in the old saying: "Give a man to fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime." The better and more lasting solution is to teach everyone how to fish, so they can become self reliant and pursue their own course to happiness.
Progressives use compassion as a fashionable, powerful, motivating and pretentious aphrodisiac to ruin this country. The party of NO should take pride in standing up for individual freedoms and fiscal probity.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
$1.1 Trillion Bill Set to Advance
I am dumbfounded to read that Congress is seriously considering upping our debt limit and spending more money that we simply don't have. I keep thinking that at some point an inkling of fiscal responsibility will occur to someone up there in Washington and they will stop this unbridled and seemingly limitless spending!! But when???
Ilegal Immigration
America needs to do something about illegal aliens, NOW. It is unconscionable to ignore and accept the presence of anyone who has illegally immigrated to this or any country. Illegal aliens are unproductive residents, who for the most part, do not pay for or contribute to the governmental services they use and their illegal status exposes them to abuse by opportunistic predators, including some employers.
This is not the first time illegal immigration has become a national issue in this country. President Eisenhower set into motion Operation Wetback to address the burgeoning population of illegal aliens in favor of making sure troops returning home after WWII did not have to compete with illegals for jobs! Our current illegal alien population is many times greater than we were experiencing in the 50's and we need to address their continued residency here in America in a sane, rational and, yes, compassionate, way.
First we need to complete the installation of an impenetrable, or nearly so, border fence. Then for all existing illegals who are in all other respects law abiding citizens and who are able to meet all other immigration criteria, we need to resolve their status in a compassionate manner. I suggest that in exchange for registering with INS that each illegal agree to sign a statement acknowledging that they entered the country illegally and that conviction of a serious crime would result in their immediate deportation.
I am not suggesting that we round up all illegal aliens and deport them as is clearly allowed under the law as it exists today. This is, in my opinion, a harsh, unproductive result that overlooks the fact that as a nation we failed to take action to close our borders despite overwhelming evidence that the borders were and continue to be extremely porous. Nor am I suggesting that we do nothing. Immediate action is necessary and reasonable for our security, for our fiscal stability and to restore our national pride.
This is not the first time illegal immigration has become a national issue in this country. President Eisenhower set into motion Operation Wetback to address the burgeoning population of illegal aliens in favor of making sure troops returning home after WWII did not have to compete with illegals for jobs! Our current illegal alien population is many times greater than we were experiencing in the 50's and we need to address their continued residency here in America in a sane, rational and, yes, compassionate, way.
First we need to complete the installation of an impenetrable, or nearly so, border fence. Then for all existing illegals who are in all other respects law abiding citizens and who are able to meet all other immigration criteria, we need to resolve their status in a compassionate manner. I suggest that in exchange for registering with INS that each illegal agree to sign a statement acknowledging that they entered the country illegally and that conviction of a serious crime would result in their immediate deportation.
I am not suggesting that we round up all illegal aliens and deport them as is clearly allowed under the law as it exists today. This is, in my opinion, a harsh, unproductive result that overlooks the fact that as a nation we failed to take action to close our borders despite overwhelming evidence that the borders were and continue to be extremely porous. Nor am I suggesting that we do nothing. Immediate action is necessary and reasonable for our security, for our fiscal stability and to restore our national pride.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Rep. Wilson got it RIGHT, President Obama Lied
The Prevaricator-in-Chief put on a stunning performance the other night when he addressed Congress, once again obfuscating every bit of truth. Sure Obama Care will be everything to everyone ... so why wait 4 years to put it in place? Because, despite claims to the contrary President Obama wants to be re-elected before the light of the truth shines on him.
The Obamanation started out lying and kept right on lying all the way through. In my opinion Representative Joe Wilson showed remarkable constraint waiting as long as he did!
To illustrate, I'll stroke the Obamanation like he disingenuously stoked Republicans by first saying that I agree, no where in any of the Obama Care bills does it say there will be death panels. No where. But it doesn't say there won't be either.
Instead the bill advocates death counseling because, well, we could possibly cut costs if old people come to grips with the fact that they will or are dying and eschew expensive end of life treatments.
Question. Unless you are God (in which case this question is totally pointless) how will you know when you are actually going to die? This is not a rhetorical question without consequence. The obvious answer is that YOU DON'T! DOH!
But some people, bless their souls, will opt for the morphine drip and pass on because they will think they are dying and, you know, its the right thing to do for their family, friends and society. They will believe after they have received their "counseling" that they don't want to waste away or spend a bunch of money needlessly. Needlessly? To resort to the same moral rhetoric as the Obamanation if we save or extend just one life for a year, isn't the cost worth it?
So, yeah the "truth" is Obama Care doesn't include death panels, but that is clearly the net effect. Some people will die earlier because they will forgo every medical procedure available to them. Ergo sometimes death counseling will lead to premature deaths. The semantic advantage goes NOT to the Obamanation, but to critics like Rep Wilson and myself who, after examining the facts, undoubtedly believe that the Obamanation lied!
Another thing, I totally agree that Obama Care needs to be paid for before it’s enacted! But what if the costs soar over the Obamanation’s incredibly optimistic cost estimates just like the Congressional Budget Office say they will? Does the bill also contain protections and prohibitions that would render it void and discarded? NAY NAY. Another semantic advantage tending to prove that the Obamanation lied.
For every omission or half truth the Obamanation uttered there was an equal and most likely outcome that he denounced as a scare tactic! It's okay for the Dimwitocrats to assert falsehoods to scare people, but not critics. That's un-American and it sure doesn’t alleviate the inconsistencies and potential for misery that exudes from this liberal, progressive fantasy like stink on poo.
BS you say?? Fine. You don't have to take my word for it, the following WSJ article Medicare for Dummies details many of the Obamanation's manipulations of the truth!
Still not satisfied? OK, what if I said that I could embrace Obama Care IF it included ironclad prohibitions or expirations for every evil that any thinking person knows will happen. Sadly I am on solid ground here because Pelosi, Reid and the rest of the intellectually challenged Dimwitocrats won't include ironclad guarantees because they know the truth. To wit, that the criticisms against the bill are true or have a very high probability of coming about because the bill just doesn’t include exact, unambiguous language of the type that everyone reads and agrees says what it says!
The only explanation that makes any sense to me is that the Obamanation is so enamored of what he perceives will be and surely, rightfully is his place in history, he just can’t let this go. Yes he did make one hell of a fine pitch for Obama Care; but I just don’t believe what this liar is selling. I didn't believe him as candidate Obama and every single one of his actions since he has taken office concretely support that Rep. Wilson and I made the right assessment then as now. Obama lied!
For everyone out there who will think I am merely providing additional noise to the cacophony that is the health care debate I offer the following. I know it would be pointless for me to attempt to educate the Obamanation, but still, if I had a moment to speak with him I would suggest that he embrace the free market reforms advocated by the Cato Institute. I would stress that free market reforms would not be as alluring as his fantasy, but they sure make sense and cost nothing to implement! And from that standpoint alone they deserve a chance, unlike Obama Care which should be absolutely and totally abandoned and soon forgotten!
The Obamanation started out lying and kept right on lying all the way through. In my opinion Representative Joe Wilson showed remarkable constraint waiting as long as he did!
To illustrate, I'll stroke the Obamanation like he disingenuously stoked Republicans by first saying that I agree, no where in any of the Obama Care bills does it say there will be death panels. No where. But it doesn't say there won't be either.
Instead the bill advocates death counseling because, well, we could possibly cut costs if old people come to grips with the fact that they will or are dying and eschew expensive end of life treatments.
Question. Unless you are God (in which case this question is totally pointless) how will you know when you are actually going to die? This is not a rhetorical question without consequence. The obvious answer is that YOU DON'T! DOH!
But some people, bless their souls, will opt for the morphine drip and pass on because they will think they are dying and, you know, its the right thing to do for their family, friends and society. They will believe after they have received their "counseling" that they don't want to waste away or spend a bunch of money needlessly. Needlessly? To resort to the same moral rhetoric as the Obamanation if we save or extend just one life for a year, isn't the cost worth it?
So, yeah the "truth" is Obama Care doesn't include death panels, but that is clearly the net effect. Some people will die earlier because they will forgo every medical procedure available to them. Ergo sometimes death counseling will lead to premature deaths. The semantic advantage goes NOT to the Obamanation, but to critics like Rep Wilson and myself who, after examining the facts, undoubtedly believe that the Obamanation lied!
Another thing, I totally agree that Obama Care needs to be paid for before it’s enacted! But what if the costs soar over the Obamanation’s incredibly optimistic cost estimates just like the Congressional Budget Office say they will? Does the bill also contain protections and prohibitions that would render it void and discarded? NAY NAY. Another semantic advantage tending to prove that the Obamanation lied.
For every omission or half truth the Obamanation uttered there was an equal and most likely outcome that he denounced as a scare tactic! It's okay for the Dimwitocrats to assert falsehoods to scare people, but not critics. That's un-American and it sure doesn’t alleviate the inconsistencies and potential for misery that exudes from this liberal, progressive fantasy like stink on poo.
BS you say?? Fine. You don't have to take my word for it, the following WSJ article Medicare for Dummies details many of the Obamanation's manipulations of the truth!
Still not satisfied? OK, what if I said that I could embrace Obama Care IF it included ironclad prohibitions or expirations for every evil that any thinking person knows will happen. Sadly I am on solid ground here because Pelosi, Reid and the rest of the intellectually challenged Dimwitocrats won't include ironclad guarantees because they know the truth. To wit, that the criticisms against the bill are true or have a very high probability of coming about because the bill just doesn’t include exact, unambiguous language of the type that everyone reads and agrees says what it says!
The only explanation that makes any sense to me is that the Obamanation is so enamored of what he perceives will be and surely, rightfully is his place in history, he just can’t let this go. Yes he did make one hell of a fine pitch for Obama Care; but I just don’t believe what this liar is selling. I didn't believe him as candidate Obama and every single one of his actions since he has taken office concretely support that Rep. Wilson and I made the right assessment then as now. Obama lied!
For everyone out there who will think I am merely providing additional noise to the cacophony that is the health care debate I offer the following. I know it would be pointless for me to attempt to educate the Obamanation, but still, if I had a moment to speak with him I would suggest that he embrace the free market reforms advocated by the Cato Institute. I would stress that free market reforms would not be as alluring as his fantasy, but they sure make sense and cost nothing to implement! And from that standpoint alone they deserve a chance, unlike Obama Care which should be absolutely and totally abandoned and soon forgotten!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
The Chickens are Starting to Come Home to Roost!!
Over and over candidate Obama assured us that he was unaware of Rev. Wright's rants. Well, karma must be in play here as the Obamanation's chickens are coming home to roost in the form of Van Jones's exposure and resignation. When will America and the main stream media wake up and recognized that they have been duped?
The silver lining to this story is that the Obamanation's ineptitude has, so far, stymied his own efforts to enact legislation that could really harm America!
The silver lining to this story is that the Obamanation's ineptitude has, so far, stymied his own efforts to enact legislation that could really harm America!
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