OPINION: Democrats spin health care bill (A letter written by U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson to Republicans)

OPINION: Democrats spin health care bill
Rep. Joe Wilson
Published: October 4, 2009

Dear Fellow Republican,
There has been a lot of debate on what is true in the debate over government-run health care. But Democrats continue to spin and mislead the public in an attempt to stifle honest and open debate about what this bill will do, what it will cost and how it will change your healthcare.

To remedy this, my Republican colleagues have introduced legislation requiring Nancy Pelosi to post all major legislation online for a minimum of 72 hours before it can be brought to a vote. While this seems like common sense, Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats have continually rushed major legislation to a vote to ensure little to no public scrutiny. This means, you as a taxpaying citizen, cannot read the legislation before your representatives vote on it.

Posting major legislation online for all to read seems like a no-brainer, but with Nancy Pelosi in charge the odds of this bill reaching the House floor for debate and consideration are slim to none. But, my Republican colleagues are fighting back and we need your support. Will you follow this link immediately to support the NRCC as we work to retire Nancy Pelosi and return the people’s House to you?

Imagine what would happen if Nancy Pelosi is required to post the Democrats’ healthcare bill online for public scrutiny. If we succeed, Americans can finally separate fact from fiction. The level of discourse would most certainly rise due to such transparency — a concept promised by Democrats on the 2008 campaign trail. It’s up to us to hold the Democrats accountable and that’s why I’m turning to you for your immediate help.

We have an important fundraising deadline approaching at the end of the month where the money raised by the Republicans will be compared to the money raised by the Democrats to determine our strength going into next fall’s elections.

If we can raise more money than the Democrats, we’ll send a message to Pelosi, Obama, and their friends that the American people are firmly behind the Republicans in opposition to government-run healthcare. Please follow this link to make an immediate contribution of $25, $50, $100, $250 or more to our efforts.

Democrats don’t want you reading their healthcare bill — or any other bill for that matter. Their legislative agendas will do nothing more than grow the government, raise you taxes and squash individual freedom. That is why they have cloaked their legislation in mystery and rushed it to vote. Democrats cannot win the battle of ideas and they know this.

Please support the NRCC before our deadline next Wednesday, and together we can bring real transparency to the House.

P.S. The truth is a powerful thing. Democrats know their legislation cannot withstand public scrutiny. Together we can throw a monkey wrench into the Democrat spin machine. Congress should answer to you, but with Nancy Pelosi in charge that will not happen. Please support the NRCC with a generous donation of any amount in advance of our deadline and send a message to Democrats that secrecy and misinformation will no longer be tolerated. Thank you.

Respectfully, I recommend not following Mr. Wilson’s advice with respect to the NRCC. Work hard for any conservative candidate that is running. Search for the best candidate you can find in your own district. I am not convinced that any incumbent is the only person in their district that could represent the values of that district. Find someone else.

The NRCC is the Republican incumbency protection committee. It will keep the RINOs, and won’t develop the conservative leadership and conservative vision that is needed in this country today.

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From the desk of
cc2k:

Maybe so, but I thought Joe Wilson had been a RINO in the past and is now becoming a spokesperson for Conservatives.

And all because he accidentally blurted out “You Lie!” Wonders never cease.

BTW, I’m donating to candidates running against incumbents. I told Mikey Steele, no money to the RNC until I see their written agenda. No Conservative Agenda, no donations.

From my email from AFA.net:

“According to a healthcare expert, the health care plan currently being debated in the United States Senate (America’s Healthy Future Act) will fine Americans up to $1,900 if they do not purchase health insurance, and if they refuse to pay the fine, they can be thrown in jail for a year or fined $25,000. And the IRS would be the government agency coming after you to collect. Dennis Smith is a senior fellow in healthcare reform at The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Health Policy Studies. He says that penalty is just one of the many “hidden, unknown consequences” in the legislation. (Baucus’ proposal contains ‘hidden consequences’)

The plan will also force severe rationing of health care to seniors by penalizing the 10% of doctors who submit the most in reimbursements to Medicare. This inevitably will pressure doctors to prescribe fewer and cheaper treatments just to avoid being the one doctor in 10 whose pay will be docked.
Since there will be a top 10% every year, doctors are likely to severely restrict treatment anywhere and everywhere they can, because they will have no way of knowing where the threshold is.”

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