Democrats Defending Health Care Badly

Creating Orwellian Worldview ^ | 4/6/10 | alaphiah

[Alaphiah123]

It’s Easter Break and do you know where your Democrat Congressman or Senator is? Because of the historic health care law which Democrats are singularly responsible for, back in their districts, Democrats are as scarce as Easter eggs on Sunday’s Easter egg hunt. (see article)

It’s not because of lack of preparation. Democrats have been coached by Democrat leadership that they must make a defense of their historic law.

So far the only Democrat making a defense of health care is the Democrat who signed it into law and he’s doing it badly.

The president was having really trouble last weekend in Charlotte, N.C. attempting to defend health care but at least he was trying. In spite of the president's efforts the rank and file Democrats were running away from what they did to the America people.

[Man50D]

Keep talking BO/BS!

[screaming eagle2]

oops

[Dilbert San Diego]

It’s amazing that the law is signed, and he’s still out there campaigning for it, still trying to persuade people that it’s a good law.

Well, the more time they spend on healthcare, I hope that means less time spent on other liberal claptrap such as cap and tax and immigration amnesty bills.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Is Congress allowed to have an “Easter recess”? In a diverse country, where liberals claim non-Christians are offended at the mention of Christian religious events, shouldn’t they call it “Spring Break” instead????????

[mlocher]

So far the only Democrat making a defense of health care is the Democrat who signed it into law and he’s doing it badly.

Part true. First, Obama is doing it badly, very badly! On the other hand, there have been a few dems who have been explaining the health care law, and they have been in some cases contradicting what the president has said. The number of other dems speaking out is diminishing. Perhaps because they get booed when they open their mouths is one explanation for their loss of voice.

[timestax]

[BitWielder1]

It’s hard to defend the indefensible.

[EagleUSA]

It’s amazing that the law is signed, and he’s still out there campaigning for it, still trying to persuade people that it’s a good law.
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That is because there are two critical elections coming up for the radical lefts’ survival. He never stops campaigning for this reason. He knows it is a pile of excrement, he knows he is shoving this Marxist takeover down our throats, and now he is trying to spoon feed it to us.

[xeno]

[N. Theknow]

Reid acknowledged that there were flaws in the bill, but suggested lawmakers could fix those later.

"If we have to go back and patch things up and fix a few things we can do that. This is not a perfect piece of legislation," Reid said.

Translation: It's a piece of crap but we can spray it with pine mist to make it smell nicer."

But we all know that it will just smell like someone crapped in a Christmas tree.

[subterfuge]

CongresssoccerMom Kosmas was on WDBO in orlando this morning saying she "didn't change her vote" after she voted against it the first time because "this is a different bill," as if she had any clue what was in it. The old bag never answered the hosts questions directly. He would ask a yes or no question and she'd launch into, "what we have to keep in mind" or some similar blather.

Oh, and she didn't get any committment from Obamie on jobs at the kennedy space center, but she has been "encouraging the administration" to give her an idea of what was going on. Meaning, Obamie doesn't have time for her, will not do as she has asked and the folks at KSC are just out of luck. But she is really popular at MSNBCCNNABC now.

[subterfuge]

FROM AN E-MAIL I RECIEVED—

What next?
A License will be required for your house—H.R. 2454 Cap and Trade bill -URL’s to check out

Don’t want to be bothered with “Political stuff?” You’d better read this one. It will come as a huge shock to you if you aren’t informed as to what Obama is up to, and it has already passed one hurdle. It will take very little now to put it into actual law!! YOU’D BETTER WAKE UP AMERICA !!!!
So you think you live in a free country.
Boy have you got a surprise coming.

A License Required for your HOUSE?

If you own your home you really need to check this out. At the end of this email is the Google link to verify. If the country thinks the housing market is depressed now, wait until everyone sees this. No one will be buying homes in the future.

We encourage you to read the provisions of the Cap and Trade Bill that has passed the House of Representatives and are being considered by the Senate. We are ready to join the next march on Washington ! This Congress and their “experts” are truly out to destroy the middle class of the U.S.A.

A License will be required for your house...no longer just for cars and mobile homes....Thinking about selling your house? Take a look at H.R. 2454 (Cap and Trade bill). This is unbelievable! Home owners take note and tell your friends and relatives who are home owners!

Beginning one year after enactment of the Cap and Trade Act, you won’t be able to sell your home unless you retrofit it to comply with the energy and water efficiency standards of this “Cap & Trade” bill, passed by the House of Representatives. If it is also passed by the Senate, it will be the largest tax increase any of us has ever experienced.
The Congressional Budget Office (supposedly non-partisan) estimates that in just a few years the average cost to every family of four will be $6,800 per year. No one is excluded. However, once the lower classes feel the pinch in their wallets, you can be sure that these voters will get a tax refund (even if they pay no taxes at all) to offset this new cost. Thus, you Mr. And Mrs. Middle Class have to pay even more since additional tax dollars will be needed to bail out everyone else..

But wait. This awful bill (that no one in Congress has actually read) has many more surprises in it. Probably the worst one is this: A year from now you won’t be able to sell your house without some bureaucrat’s OK. Yes, you read that right.
The caveat (there always is a caveat) is that if you have enough money to make required major upgrades to your home, then you can sell it. But, if not, then forget it. Even pre-fabricated homes (”mobile homes”) are included. In effect, this bill prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator.
To get this permission, you will have to have the energy efficiency of your home measured. Then the government will tell you what your new energy efficiency requirement is and you will be required to make modifications to your home under the retrofit provisions of this Act, to comply with the new energy and water efficiency requirements.
Then you will have to get your home measured again and get a license (called a “label” in the Act) that must be posted on your property to show what your efficiency rating is; sort of like the Energy Star efficiency rating label on your refrigerator or air conditioner. If you don’t get a high enough rating, you can’t sell.
And, the EPA administrator is authorized to raise the standards every year, even above the automatic energy efficiency increases built into the Act. The EPA administrator, appointed by the President, will run the Cap & Trade program (AKA the “American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009”) and is authorized to make any future changes to the regulations and standards he/she alone determines to be in the government’s best interest. Requirements are set low initially so the bill will pass Congress. Then the Administrator can set new standards every year.

The Act itself contains annual required increases in energy efficiency for private and commercial residences and buildings. However, the EPA administrator can set higher standards at any time. Sect. 202 - Building Retrofit Program mandates a national retrofit program to increase the energy efficiency of all existing homes across America .
Beginning one year after enactment of the Act, you won’t be able to sell your home unless you retrofit it to comply with its energy and water efficiency standards. You had better sell soon, because the standards will be raised each year and will be really hard (expen$ive) to meet in a few years. Oh, goody!
The Act allows the government to give you a grant of several thousand dollars to comply with the retrofit program requirements IF you meet certain energy efficiency levels. But, wait, the State can set additional requirements on who qualifies to receive the grants. You should expect requirements such as “can’t have an income of more than $50K per year”, “home selling price can’t be more than $125K”, or anything else to target the upper middle class (that includes YOU?) and prevent you from qualifying for the grants.
Most of us won’t get a dime and will have to pay the entire cost of the retrofit out of our own pockets. More transfer of wealth, more “change you can believe in.” Sect. 204 - Building Energy Performance Labeling Program establishes a labeling program that for each individual residence will identify the achieved energy efficiency performance for “at least 90 percent of the residential market within 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.”

This means that within 5 years 90% of all residential homes in the U.S. must be measured and labeled. The EPA administrator will get $50M each year to enforce the labeling program. The Secretary of the Department of Energy will get an additional $20M each year to help the EPA. Some of this money will, of course, be spent on coming up with tougher standards each year...

Oh, the label will be like a license for your car. You will be required to post the label in a conspicuous location in your home and will not be allowed to sell your home without having this label. And, just like your car license, you will probably be required to get a new label every so often - maybe every year.
But, the government estimates the cost of measuring the energy efficiency of your home should only cost about $200 each time. Remember what they said about the auto smog inspections when they first started: that in California ? It would only cost $15. That was when the program started. Now the cost is about $50 for the inspection and certificate.
Expect the same from the home labeling program. Sect. 304 - Greater Energy Efficiency in Building Codes establishes new energy efficiency guidelines for the National Building Code and mandates at 304(d) that one year after enactment of this Act, all state and local jurisdictions must adopt the National Building Code energy efficiency provisions or must obtain a certification from the federal government that their state and/or local codes have been brought into full compliance with the National Building Code energy efficiency standards.

CHECK OUT a few of the sites;
Cap and Trade: A License Required for your Home http://www.nachi. org/forum/ f14/cap-and- trade-license- required- your-home- 44750/
HR2454 American Clean Energy & Security Act: http://www.govtrack .us/congress/ bill.xpd? bill=h111- 2454
Cap & Trade A license required for your home:http://www.prisonplanet.com/cap-and-trade-a-license-required-for-your-home.html
Cap and trade is a license to cheat and steal:
http://www.sfexamin er.com/opinion/ columns/oped_ contributors/ Cap-and-trade- is-a-license- to-cheat- and-steal- 45371937. html
Cap and Trade: A License Required for your Home:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2393940/posts
Thinking about selling you House? Look at HR 2454:
http://www.federalobserver.com/2009/10/01/thinking-about-selling-your-house-a-look-at-h-r-2454-cap-and-trade-bill/
www.google.com/ search?hl= en&source=hp&ie=ISO-8859- 1&q=A+License+ required+ for+your+ home-+Cap+ and+Trade&btnG=Google+ Search

[MtnClimber]

We should start calling it Zer0Care because that is what many will actually receive when demand vastly exceeds supply.

[DrC]

“in just a few years the average cost to every family of four will be $6,800 per year.”

Well, thank God they had the foresight to save us $2500 a year on our health insurance! And really, when you think about it, I was always just wasting the remaining $4300 by selfishly squandering it on things that make my family happy instead of thinking about what might make Al Gore or Barack Obama happy. The belt-tightening might be tough, but I’m sure it will make us all better people...

[DrC]

“In spite of the president’s efforts the rank and file Democrats were running away from what they did to the America people.”

That’s because they actually have to face the voters next fall. Obama doesn’t, so he doesn’t particularly care that he’s making a hash of arguments defending the indefensible. Indeed, to all appearances, he’s simply making matters worse by reminding voters that he doesn’t care what they think about the bill: he knows best, so shut up, take the blue pill, and quit complaining! If voters are too selfish or racist to support this plan, that’s not his problem.

[Republic]

There must be a way to get this out to the pubic at large. I am still spinning from the horrors of the healthdoombill and now this?

Are we living in America?

FORCED HOME CHANGES, at our expense? WHY?