Instead Of Taking Over The Country, How About Running It?

Hey folks,

I have already told you that “Child Health Care” bill is nothing more than a Trojan Horse by the LWL to enact Universal Health Care. It’s a bad bill. The President Vetoed it as well he should have. It was being abused by many states covering adults. The President said,

“Unfortunately, more than 500,000 poor children who are eligible for SCHIP coverage are not enrolled in the program. At the same time, many States are spending SCHIP funds on adults. In fact, based on their own projections for this fiscal year, Minnesota, Illinois, New Jersey, Michigan, Rhode Island, and New Mexico will spend more SCHIP money on adults than they do on children. And that is not the purpose of the program.”

Then bill Congress passed would put many already insured kids on this GOVERNMENT RUN healthcare and cover people up to the age of 25, making $85, 000 a year. The President even told you that this is their goal.

“Congress's SCHIP plan is an incremental step toward their goal of government-run health care for every American. Government-run health care would deprive Americans of the choice and competition that comes from the private market. It would cause huge increases in government spending. It would result in rationing, inefficiency, and long waiting lines. It would replace the doctor-patient relationship with dependency on bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. And it is the wrong direction for our country.”

So having vetoed this bad bill, there was much hope that it was done and over with. But they are not giving up on this. Traitor and LWL Leader Nancy Pelosi said this.

“This week, those Republicans in the House who have not already joined this bipartisan compromise will have an opportunity to change their vote and to stand with 10 million children and their families who need and deserve health coverage through SCHIP. Throughout the country, governors, mayors and independent organizations are appealing to Members of Congress to support our compromise bipartisan legislation.

The question is whether some Members will continue to choose partisan obstruction or will they embrace a bipartisan compromise that will provide health insurance to 10 million children. I am hopeful that House Republicans will listen to the American people, join our bipartisan SCHIP coalition, and override the President's veto. Our bipartisan coalition will not rest until those 10 million children have health care.”

This bill has nothing to do with 10 million poor kids. They were even BUSTED using a “Not so poor” 12 year old, who ALREADY CAN be covered as the bill is now, to lie about it. This is a joke folks. She is LYING to you. Flat out lying.

Then you have Screaming Dean coming out and saying this.

“What happened to compassionate conservatism? President Bush and his Republican friends are willing to spend billions of dollars on their failed Iraq strategy, but they have no problem denying our children the health care they need and deserve. That's just plain wrong.

Just as bad, the Republican presidential candidates all support Bush's foolish veto. It is time for Republicans to do the right thing and join Democrats to override the President's veto. But if they choose instead to turn their backs on America's children, electing a Democratic president next year will be the only way to ensure that America's families are represented in the White House.”

More outright lies. More outright push to shame those that are standing on TRUTH to change their vote. I do not think they will, but that doesn’t change the fact they are going to continue to waste time.

Then you have HR 106. A move by the LWL to anger a pivotal US ally in the War in an attempt to cause the loss of the war. They are invested in defeat, as I keep telling you.

Meanwhile, the country is coming close to shutting down. OUR country. Why? Because they are too busy trying to take it over, they are not RUNNING it. According to the AP-Bush raps Democrats on spending bills By BEN FELLER, Associated Press WriterTue Oct 16, 1:26 AM ET

President Bush admonished Congress on Monday for failing to send him a single spending bill yet, and warned lawmakers to trim their plans or face rejection.

"You're fixin' to see what they call a fiscal showdown in Washington," Bush told a friendly audience in this northwest Arkansas community.

"The Congress gets to propose, and if it doesn't meet needs as far as I'm concerned, I get to veto," Bush said. "That's precisely what I intend to do."

The budget year began Oct. 1, and federal agencies are operating on a stopgap bill for now. Congress has not yet agreed on the 12 spending bills that keep the government running.

That’s because they are too busy playing political games in a never ending attempt to “get Bush.”

"Congress needs to be responsible with your money and they need to pass these appropriations bills — one at a time," Bush said, roaming the stage. "And then we can work together to see whether or not they make fiscal sense for the United States."

Bush never vetoed a spending bill when his party ran Congress, but he's dug in for a challenge now. He said the Democrats' plans would raise taxes and prevent the nation from balancing the budget.

Conservative House Republicans appear to have the votes to sustain his promised vetoes.

For a president short on domestic victories, the White House sees fiscal discipline as a winning argument for Bush: a chance to label the opposition in tax-and-spend terms.

Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the Democratic majority leader in the House, said Bush was in no position to offer a lecture on fiscal responsibility. He accused Bush of engaging in a vain attempt to play to his party's conservative base by promising vetoes.

THAT IS ALL the Democrat Leadership is doing. They are playing to the LWL base. They are doing what they are TOLD to do by THEM. {Sigh}

"This is not a fight about spending," Hoyer said. "It's a fight about our priorities as a nation — whether we adequately fund education, medical research, Head Start, clean water programs and health care for our veterans and men and women in uniform."

No this is a fight on Government control on peoples lives. This is about you and the LWL wanting to spend more, tax more, and control everything.

In the budget stalemate, Democrats are pressing to spend about $22 billion more on domestic programs than Bush wants.

And he will veto. More waste of time. Then you have House Republican Whip Roy Blunt’s rebuttal.

“We are now fifteen days into the new fiscal year, and Democrats have failed to send even one spending bill to the president's desk for signature. Passing the core set of bills that fund our nation's government is a primary responsibility of Congress -- but the majority can't even get that right.

More than the ongoing delay on all bills, though, is the Democrats' continued use of the veterans' appropriations bill as a bargaining chip in service of some unintelligible political end. Last spring, Democrats said they would not hold hostage important funding for our troops or for our veterans. But on that, it appears as though they've changed their minds.

So today, I'm again urging the majority to stop playing politics with our veterans. Speaker Pelosi should follow Republican Leader Boehner's lead by appointing conferees to the veterans spending bill as soon as possible. It's time to finish the five appropriations bills that have already passed both chambers -- and squaring away the veterans' bill is where we need to start."

Nope. They would rather tick off Turkey, try to FORCE Universal Healthcare on Americans, and take over the country. If people vote for these idiots again in 08, it will be a sad day in America. It will show just how ignorant we have become as a country.
Peter

Sources:
OPNTalk-SCHIP AKA Universal Healthcare Trojan Horse Dead
OPNTalk-The Real Reason Behind H Res 106
AP- Bush raps Democrats on spending bills
Office of The Speaker of The House
Office of Howard Dean
Office of House Republican Whip Roy Blunt

SCHIP AKA Universal Healthcare Trojan Horse Dead

Hey folks,

It just keeps getting worse and worse for some of those on the far Left Lunatic fringe out there. As you all know, the President vetoed the Democrat version of SCHIP. Which was nothing more than a Trojan Horse to expand health care, covering middle class and adults. It was a way of beginning to take steps toward Universal Health Care. The President told you the facts about this. He said this.

“Unfortunately, more than 500,000 poor children who are eligible for SCHIP coverage are not enrolled in the program. At the same time, many States are spending SCHIP funds on adults. In fact, based on their own projections for this fiscal year, Minnesota, Illinois, New Jersey, Michigan, Rhode Island, and New Mexico will spend more SCHIP money on adults than they do on children. And that is not the purpose of the program.”

Adults have nothing to do with “10 million poor kids.”

“This week, congressional leaders sent me a deeply flawed bill that would move SCHIP even further from its original purpose. Here are some of the problems with Congress's plan: Under their plan, one out of every three children who moves onto government coverage would drop private insurance. In other words, millions of children would move out of private health insurance and onto a government program. Congress's plan would also transform a program for poor children into one that covers children in some households with incomes up to $83,000. Congress's plan would raise taxes on working people. And Congress's plan does not even fully fund all the new spending. If their plan becomes law, five years from now Congress would have to choose between throwing people off SCHIP -- or raising taxes a second time.”

Right after this, the DNC ran an ad showing a “poor kid” that was in an auto accident and was not covered, uh, by the government. What they failed to tell you, was that this kid's family is NOT poor. In fact, this kids family has more money than many people I know that have their kids covered privately. The parents apparently CHOSE not to have their children covered. But now it’s the governments responsibility? The President then told you the truth.

“Congress's SCHIP plan is an incremental step toward their goal of government-run health care for every American. Government-run health care would deprive Americans of the choice and competition that comes from the private market. It would cause huge increases in government spending. It would result in rationing, inefficiency, and long waiting lines. It would replace the doctor-patient relationship with dependency on bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. And it is the wrong direction for our country.”

It was and is. I’m glad that the President vetoed it. Who do you think was going to PAY for this free health care for these families? YOU. That’s right. YOU.

Many are not too happy about the veto though. Traitors Reid and Pelosi promised to override the veto. Reid said that there is no need for further debate on this. He said that there be not be "another ounce of compromise." He then called the veto "an insult." Many Lib groups came out and called for an override. Get this. One of these groups, I just love the name, WIPP, came out and said this.

"It is in our country's economic best interest to have healthy children," said WIPP President Barbara Kasoff. "If the kids are sick, then their parents do not show up for work. Because we know that 60 percent of the uninsured work for small businesses, or are dependents of the employees, this issue is top priority for us. In addition to the uninsured, many working Americans cannot afford the dependent healthcare premiums for family coverage. The argument that those currently covered by private insurance would drop their insurance for SCHIP is unfounded. We support the version of SCHIP passed by Congress. It helps ensure our employees' children receive the coverage they need. SCHIP is not permanent. The bill calls for it to be reauthorized again in five years at which time we can review budgetary and other concerns."

WIPP has been working with both Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders on strengthening the SCHIP program. WIPP signed a letter in June 2007 to U.S. Sens. Max Baucus (D-MT) and Charles Grassley (R-IA) with several recommendations that would allow the public program to serve as a secondary payer to guarantee a child's access to all SCHIP benefits.

Also, WIPP has worked with Congressional leaders to include employer tax credits in the SCHIP reauthorizing legislation, the Lincoln-Snowe Amendment to SCHIP that addresses access and affordable health insurance coverage for small businesses, and the Kerry-Snowe Amendment that establishes a task force to conduct an educational outreach campaign to small businesses on healthcare coverage for children through private insurance.

"This program expired on Sept. 30. We urge our nation's representatives to do the right thing and override the Presidential veto," said Kasoff. About Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP)

Who is WIPP? Women Impacting Public Policy. I’m not making this up folks. Check out their website.

Only one problem though. On CNN Monday, House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said he thinks "it will be tough" to override the president's veto, suggesting the 265 votes Democrats attracted last time represented the "high-water mark." He is not alone. Many doubt if they have the votes. Talking about whips,

House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) issued the following statement in response to this.

"Yesterday, the House majority whip acknowledged that Democrats will be hard-pressed to override the president's veto of a bill that puts our nation on a clear path toward government-run health care. Given this reality, it seems reasonable that the majority would sit down with Republicans to craft an appropriate compromise -- a plan that covers poor kids without imposing a bureaucrat-driven system on those who have their own insurance.

What we've seen instead, however, is the continuation of a coordinated campaign to muddy the waters on SCHIP -- attempting to extract political advantage from a legitimate disagreement over who should, and who should not, be eligible for taxpayer-funded care.

Republicans believe the SCHIP program ought to cover the kids for whom it was originally designed -- before expanding it to families who make as much as $83,000 year. I hope Democrats will reconsider their intractable position on this issue, and at some point consider working with Republicans to make sure poor kids aren't forced out of line by families with the means to manage their own health care."

Yes folks, they do not have the votes. All this talk, and lies by the way, is nothing more than yet another political show for the Looney base. In reality, the LWL SCHIP Trojan Horse is dead. Again, in part, thanks to Talk Radio telling you the truth, and YOU calling your Representatives. Once again YOUR voice was heard. Is there ANY doubt WHY they want to silence it?

Peter
Sources”
OPNTalk- Presidential Radio Address for Saturday 100607
WIPP
Office of the House Minority Whip Roy Blunt