Skip to comments.
Ad Blames GOP Budget Cuts For Ebola Outbreak
Real Clear Politics Video ^
| October 13, 2014
| Tim Hains
Posted on 10/13/2014 6:33:43 AM PDT by Biggirl
The Agenda Project is a progressive non-profit political organization founded in 2010 by author Erica Payne. This ad, featuring clips of Mitch McConnell, Pat Roberts, and many other Republicans implies that austerity cuts to the CDC and NIH are responsible for the 2014 Ebola outbreak. This ad with run in Kentucky and other states leading up to the election.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; ebola; gop
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-28 next last
1
posted on
10/13/2014 6:33:43 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
To: Biggirl
2
posted on
10/13/2014 6:36:19 AM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
To: Biggirl
Pathetic.
Yes, let’s just throw more money at bloated, inefficient, corrupt government agencies. That will stop Ebola. /s
If you want to stop Ebola from coming into this country, you stop it at the source. No persons from any of the affected regions should be allowed entry.
Of course, it’s a bit too late for that, now, so they’re gonna ask for money to fix what they broke. And they’ll do a lousy job at that, too.
3
posted on
10/13/2014 6:38:08 AM PDT
by
Westbrook
(Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
To: Biggirl
When it comes to blaming Republicans for anything bad, its a matter of ‘when’, not ‘if’.
I’m shocked global warming hasn’t been named as the culprit.
4
posted on
10/13/2014 6:38:40 AM PDT
by
lacrew
To: Biggirl
5
posted on
10/13/2014 6:40:24 AM PDT
by
4Liberty
(Prejudice and generalizations. That's how Collectivists roll......)
To: Biggirl
Many people will believe this, despite the fact that “since 2010” Democrats had (1) a supermajority in Congress + the presidency, and since 2011 (2) a Senate majority + the presidency, and the GOP could not cut sh*t without the approval of Harry Reid and Barack Obama.
6
posted on
10/13/2014 6:41:56 AM PDT
by
montag813
To: Chickensoup
Many of us have said for many years that
Obama is doing this INTENTIONALLY. He using the old Soviet Plan from 1934 or earlier.
Only idiots and the evil voted for Obama, or ANY of the Democrats.
AND NOW, WE CAN ADD
"Establishment Republicans" TO THAT LIST, ALSO!
They've lied to us, constantly, and really are
"Collapsing the System". And now, these "Useful IDIOTS" who voted for them, are buying the lies that "Obamacare was designed to work." ?
It was designed to fail from the start.
THEN ... THEY GO TO THE
"SINGLE-PAYER SYSTEM".
They've been sucking our wallets dry for over four years now on the "Obamacare" LIE.
AND NOW THEY WANT MORE TAXES ?
Our Founding Fathers would have hung them already!
Lets review:
Who was it that cut future funding for Medicare by $575 billion?
...the president and the Democratic Party successfully bamboozle voters... The 2012 election could turn on this falsehood.
The truth is that the Obama health law reduces future funding for Medicare by $575 billion over the next 10 years ...
Mr. Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius frequently make that false claim.
Indeed, even Medicare's mailings to seniors repeat the claim
that reducing spending on Medicare will make it more financially secure for future years.
The fact is that Mr. Obama's law raids Medicare.
Who was it that moved Medicare Trust Funds out of the "trust box" and into the General Revenue, replacing them with Government I.O.U.s?
Who was it that expanded Medicare and Medicaid to cover many, many more people than it was originally designed to cover?
The History of Medicare
In 1965, the Social Security Act established both Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare was a responsibility of the Social Security Administration (SSA), while Federal assistance to the State Medicaid programs was administered by the Social and Rehabilitation Service (SRS). SSA and SRS were agencies in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). In 1977, the Health Care Financing Administration was created under HEW to effectively coordinate Medicare and Medicaid. In 1980 HEW was divided into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The first U.S. President to propose a prepaid health insurance plan was Harry S. Truman [DEMOCRAT]. On November 19, 1945, in a special message to Congress, President Truman outlined a comprehensive, prepaid medical insurance plan for all people through the Social Security system. The plan included doctors and hospitals, and nursing, laboratory, and dental services; it was dubbed "National Health Insurance." Furthermore, medical insurance benefits for needy people were to be financed from Federal revenues.
Over the years, lawmakers narrowed the field of health insurance recipients largely to social security beneficiaries. A national survey found that only 56 percent of those 65 years of age or older had health insurance. President John F. Kennedy [DEMOCRAT] pressed legislators for health insurance for the aged. However, it wasn't until 1965 that President Lyndon B. Johnson signed H.R. 6675 (The Social Security Act of 1965; PL 89-97) to provide health insurance for the elderly and the poor.
On July 30, 1965, President Johnson signed the Medicare and Medicaid Bill (Title XVIII and Title XIX of the Social Security Act) in Independence, Missouri in the presence of former President Truman, who received the first Medicare card at the ceremony; Lady Bird Johnson, Vice-President Hubert Humphrey, and Mrs. Truman also were present. President Johnson remarked: "We marvel not simply at the passage of this Bill but that it took so many years to pass it."
Medicare extended health coverage to almost all Americans aged 65 or older. About 19 million beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare in the first year of the program. Medicaid provided access to health care services for certain low-income persons and expanded the existing Federal-State welfare structure that assisted the poor.
The 1972 Social Security Amendments expanded Medicare to provide coverage to two additional high risk groups disabled persons receiving cash benefits for 24 months under the social security program and persons suffering from end-stage renal disease.
...(continued at link)
So Democrats,
Sen Mark Kirk's
statement Thursday, Dec 1, 2011 ...
"There are 55 million Social Security beneficiaries that will see little or no extra cash from this 2012 tax holiday;
instead, the dedicated payroll contributions meant to pay for future benefits are being diverted from the Trust Fund
and replaced with Treasury debt that does not even have a AAA credit rating.
Social Security was designed to be independent and free from the danger of Congressional manipulation,
and maintaining the firewall between the Social Security Trust Fund and general government funding is the best way to maintain the solvency of this important program.
Neither bill protects the Social Security Trust Fund
so I voted no. "
It's not our fault that
DEMOCRATS raided the Social Security Trust Fund. Let's remember ...
Not ALL are to blame for the empty lock box.
It's the Democrats Communists.
Let's take a deeper look.
Okay, then the DEMOCRATS need to shut up!!!
OBAMA-NOMICS,
Bringing unemployment to the masses!
OBAMA-CARE,
Bringing denial of service to the masses.
OBAMA BORDER SECURITY,
Bringing disease and DEATH to the masses.
OBAMA'S RULES OF ENGAGEMENT,
Destroying our military on all fronts.
IF you voted for this ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF, this MUSLIM TERRORIST IN CHIEF,
7
posted on
10/13/2014 6:43:10 AM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Yosemitest
8
posted on
10/13/2014 6:44:00 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: Biggirl
Pathetic is right. Everyone in their right mind knows that the Ebola President and his open borders fools at the CDC are responsible.
To: Biggirl
The commie ‘RATS acting like the little, spoiled rotten kids they are. “He did it! He did it!”
10
posted on
10/13/2014 6:46:11 AM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Got Ebola? Come to America! Die and have the family sue whitey.)
To: Biggirl
I just wonder if the Republican candidates can look down deep within themselves and summon the courage to run ads reminding voters that is is Obama who is president and made the decision to refuse to quarantine the West African nations. That quarantine is a simple concept that has been successfully used from the beginning of time. But will they tremble at the thought that that may be considered racist? And if they conclude it is racist, they will remain mute because, as everyone knows, it is better for everyone to die than they, the candidate, be accused of racism.
11
posted on
10/13/2014 6:46:23 AM PDT
by
odawg
To: 4Liberty
AMEN!!! Our idiot prez decided not to protect our borders so now we have things entering that we have never even heard of....
The blame goes to the RATS all of it....
12
posted on
10/13/2014 6:47:19 AM PDT
by
HarleyLady27
(Get the USA out of the UN then get the UN out of the USA; send bamaboy back to Kenya ASAP!!!!)
To: GeronL
Exactly!
The cowardly "ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS" have given the DemocRATs the funds, under several "Continuing Resolution",
and in them was almost every penny they've ask for.
13
posted on
10/13/2014 6:48:11 AM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Biggirl
I don’t believe for a second that this ploy by the Democrats will fly with the public. I feel that the public is becoming aware of the Ebola issues, especially since the Duncan case in Dallas. People generally understand that our federal government is willfully exposing our country to this disease by continuing to allow people from West Africa to travel here unimpeded. This is the “common sense” solution to protecting the country, but is not being implemented, and has NOTHING TO DO with the funding of the CDC or Republicans. I think there is a growing anger about this, and this anger will continue to grow as more and more cases crop up.
14
posted on
10/13/2014 6:48:49 AM PDT
by
MNGal
To: MNGal
“This is the common sense solution to protecting the country,...”
I’m sorry—I meant to say that closing all of our borders, but especially those to West African travelers is the common sense solution to protecting the country.
15
posted on
10/13/2014 6:52:46 AM PDT
by
MNGal
To: Biggirl
16
posted on
10/13/2014 6:59:33 AM PDT
by
DeaconRed
(The Lunatic is still in the White House. Past time for him to make like a tree and LEAVE. . .)
To: MNGal
The democrats have already destroyed their creditability with non aligned voters with their constant crude politicization of everything, and Obama is the walking epitome.
Sane people easily recognize opportunistic liars and are turned off by those who are unable to admit mistakes.
17
posted on
10/13/2014 7:01:08 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Biggirl
Obama utterly failed in his most basic responsibility, to keep America safe. He is the Chief Executive in charge. Ebola was a known threat. His policies allowed it to come to the US. Obama cannot hid behind congress, or behind some bureaucrat. Obama owns this miserable failure. May his soul burn in hell.
18
posted on
10/13/2014 7:10:13 AM PDT
by
LOC1
(Let's pick the best, not settle for a compromise.)
To: MNGal; SE Mom
Found by Freeper 'SE Mom'
The Facts About Ebola Funding By GOV. BOBBY JINDAL ,
October 12, 2014
http://linkis.com/www.politico.com/mag/8lXDI "..Our Constitution states that the federal government shall protect each of [the States] against Invasion
-a statement that should apply as much to infectious disease as to foreign powers.
So when that same government prioritizes funding for jungle gyms and bike paths
over steps to protect our nation from possible pandemics,
citizens have every right to question the decisions that got us to this point. "
"In her speech, Secretary Clinton said, too often our health care debates are clouded by ideology, rather than illuminated by data.
I couldnt agree more. But in this case, the data show not that the CDC faced a lack of funding, but misplaced priorities
for that funding based on choices made by the Obama administration."
To: Westbrook
Well, we know that money is the cure for AIDs:
20
posted on
10/13/2014 7:12:28 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-28 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson