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Let's not be apathetic, we all need to hit the phones hard today and urge reps to "vote" NO. I put "vote" in quotes because who knows what they're really voting on whether it's deeming something passed, or on some other bill. It's hard to tell at this point.
The bill itself is bad and the method in which its trying to be "passed" is unconscionable in an open and free democracy.
The Bill:
- Required people to have health insurance - unconstitutional
- Will cost a fortune, don't believe the CBO. You can't add 30 million people to insurance and "save money"
- New payroll taxes will continue to hurt already beaten business
- Will hurt medical innovation, cost jobs
Need proof? Looks at Social Security (runs a deficit annually, on the way to insolvency), medicare (same thing), look at MA's RomneyCare (already in the red), look at the UK/Canada for access issues
The procedure:
- Slaughter rule is a disgrace. We're Americans, we don't deem things passed we pass them. This is supposed to be an open Government
- Reconciling this bill will be illegal under the Byrd rules that limit was reconciliation can be used for.
- It will set an extremely dangerous precedent.
- No one really knows what the bill is because they don't know what the bill is
Links:
The bill: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/st_healthcareproposals_20090912.html
FIND YOUR REP:
http://www.house.gov/zip/ZIP2Rep.html
Sending letters won't help (too slow) so flood the phone lines.
The bill itself is bad and the method in which its trying to be "passed" is unconscionable in an open and free democracy.
The Bill:
- Required people to have health insurance - unconstitutional
- Will cost a fortune, don't believe the CBO. You can't add 30 million people to insurance and "save money"
- New payroll taxes will continue to hurt already beaten business
- Will hurt medical innovation, cost jobs
Need proof? Looks at Social Security (runs a deficit annually, on the way to insolvency), medicare (same thing), look at MA's RomneyCare (already in the red), look at the UK/Canada for access issues
The procedure:
- Slaughter rule is a disgrace. We're Americans, we don't deem things passed we pass them. This is supposed to be an open Government
- Reconciling this bill will be illegal under the Byrd rules that limit was reconciliation can be used for.
- It will set an extremely dangerous precedent.
- No one really knows what the bill is because they don't know what the bill is
Links:
The bill: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/st_healthcareproposals_20090912.html
FIND YOUR REP:
http://www.house.gov/zip/ZIP2Rep.html
Sending letters won't help (too slow) so flood the phone lines.
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