Posted on 08/31/2009 6:22:56 PM PDT by Shellybenoit
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Back in 2004, Barack Obama was an Illinois State Senator, and an announced candidate for the US Senate. The future POTUS introduced a health care bill to revolutionize the health insurance industry in his state, kind of a proto-Obamacare bill.
The Republican opposition realized the way the bill was written it was just a Trojan horse leading to a state-run insurance company that would put private insurers in Illinois out of business and eventually a single-payer system (sound familiar?) Just before the vote, Obama debated the bill with State Senator Peter Roskam (now in Congress) on the floor of the State Senate (listen to the debate below)
What is truly incredible is that the Illinois health care debate was almost a dry run for the national debate we are having today.
(Excerpt) Read more at yidwithlid.blogspot.com ...
This is a great find, good work...please send this to
me@glennbeck.com
elrushbo@eib.net
I know they would love to have this info...
Wait! Obama actually did something in the Illinois State Senate besides vote “Present”! Wow I am shocked!
It’s actually elrushbo@eibnet.com (i.e., EIB Network)
Okay thanks...so I wonder who has the other address, since nothing ever comes back undelivarable..lol
I had a link - which became broken during the election - in which IIRC Obama, as State Senator, was trying to sell this. It’s for basic health care, and when he was explaining it he said - IIRC - that if you had arthritis you wouldn’t get a joint replacement, but you’d get crutches and meds. IIRC he admitted it could lessen the quality of life but the important thing was everyone would get crutches and meds. If any FResearchers out there could find this interview, I’d love to have it again. It’s in a Q&A format.
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Obama:"You don't always get everything you want. But if you can't pass fundamental health care reform on the first day, you build the infrastructure you need to support it on the 100th day."
To that I say - in the words of General Anthony McAuliffe - "Nuts!"
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