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Why Obama won't stop pushing health care reform
American Thinker ^ | March 5, 2010 | Greg Halvorson

Posted on 03/05/2010 7:56:38 AM PST by opentalk

It has been said often, and with more eloquence than I, that Barack Obama's priorities are misplaced. Where are the jobs pundits are asking? But even as he lip-serves employment, he needles America.

Vladimir Lenin once said, "Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism," and it's clear that Obama and Lenin share philosophy. Clearer still is that Obama doesn't care. Not about November. Not about your family. Not about your job. What he prioritizes -- as evidenced by his push for "reform" -- is the "fundamental restructuring" of the American economy.

Andy Stern, the most frequent White House visitor, gave a speech, recently, in which he said:

---We now have a new metric. The president says he wants to measure the economy by increases in the middle-class. Whether we have shared prosperity, not just whether we have growth-a fundamentally different philosophy than we've seen in the country to date. ---

And Stern knows Obama. The long-held assumption that empowerment of the lower-class will "grow the middle" is gone. Stern went on to say:

---Clearly government has a major opportunity to distribute wealth.... We stand at a cross-roads, we are at the historical cross-road, I think, economically, in terms of what a new president is trying to do, and a different way in which we're going to evaluate the economy. All of a sudden, we are witnessing the first new American economy-led by the government and not the private sector.---

Chilling. President Obama fails to see America as a land of opportunity, rejects wealth creation, and intends to "grow the middle," not by lifting the poor, but by shrinking the top. This explains his obsession with health care-the "keystone" is in reach.

And should he grab it, we will all be less free.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: andystern; healthbill; obamacare; seiu

1 posted on 03/05/2010 7:56:38 AM PST by opentalk
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To: opentalk

No surprise here. This HC crap has got to be stopped!


2 posted on 03/05/2010 8:00:23 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: opentalk

It’s a control thing. ObamaCare would give the commie piggies total control over the lives of every American.


3 posted on 03/05/2010 8:00:32 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (If you liked 2009, you're going to LOVE 2010!!!!!)
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To: opentalk
Stern, head of an international Union has also stated he is in favor of global government. “workers of the world Unit”—growing the union internationally. There has also been speculation that his goal is to unionize doctors.
4 posted on 03/05/2010 8:00:52 AM PST by opentalk
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To: opentalk

What would our forefathers do in this situation?
Bet they wouldn’t be sitting on their azzes like we
are doing.


5 posted on 03/05/2010 8:04:12 AM PST by manonCANAL
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To: manonCANAL

Are we sitting on our azzes? What should we be doing that we are not doing?


6 posted on 03/05/2010 8:07:28 AM PST by HerrBlucher (Jail Al Gore and the Climate Frauds!)
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To: opentalk
Stalin: At his May-Day parades Stalin used the slogan “Peace, Jobs and Democracy”, of course he didn't mean a word of it, it was for the consumption of what he called "the useful idiots". It was code for tyranny and the deaths of tens of millions.

I wonder why none of the "USEFUL IDOTS" ever figured it out.

Does Stalin's slogan sound a lot like Obama? Think long, see the similarity...

Government run death-care is for Obama's "USEFUL IDIOTS".

7 posted on 03/05/2010 8:10:29 AM PST by Tarpon ( ...Rude crude socialist Obama depends on ignorance to force his will on people)
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To: opentalk

I thought Jimmy “killer bunny” Carter would be the worst president in my lifetime. I couldn’t imagine a worse one. I was wrong. Too bad the buyer’s remorse of those who voted hadn’t set in before the election. Of course, that would mean the press would’ve had to do their job. Hopefully when all is said and done, people will have just as much suspicion of the MSM as we do.

Cindie


8 posted on 03/05/2010 8:12:06 AM PST by gardencatz (Proud mom US Marine! It can't always be someone else's son.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

It’s a control thing. ObamaCare would give the commie piggies total control over the lives of every American.

I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU. It has NOTHING to do with improved or more affordable health care, etc. This is why he will not give up or consider anyone else’s ideas.


9 posted on 03/05/2010 8:27:01 AM PST by NEMDF
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To: ilovesarah2012
President Obama fails to see America as a land of opportunity

That is the problem.

In a mathematical sense, the Obama's see economics as nothing more complex than addition and subtraction.

The wealth of the world, as Michelle has said, is nothing more than a "pie." For the poor to have anything, it must be "subtracted" from that pie owned by the wealthy.

If Obama (and Michelle) had studied mathematics (at least up to calculus), they would understand that the human activity is not linear. The pie grows as we work.

The more people are encouraged to engage in business (particularly their own), the bigger and bigger the pie becomes.

It has become increasingly clear that Obama and Michelle must have avoided the study of mathematical dynamics. Such is completely understandable because, in math, there is little room for "affirmative action"...you either get it or you don't.

The Obamas don't!

10 posted on 03/05/2010 8:33:36 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies (I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself... - D.H. Lawrence)
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To: opentalk

This Bill has never been about lowering “Health Care Cost” or lower “Insurance Rates”.
It was written by SEIU for the benefit of the SEIU. It’s a SEIU bail out.
Here’s the deal. SEIU pension fund is in the tank. It is just months away of being taken over by the government and Andy and the Boys will no longer have control of it. Their cash cow will be gone. They can’t allow that to happen. In the bill the SEIU wants anyone who turn retires (30 and out) at the age of 52 eligible for Medicare. Why? The pipefitters union is a good example. If you retire after 30 years, you still have to pay union dues if you want Health Insurance through the union plus you still have to contribute to the cost of health insurance. Part of the union dues go toward paying for pension. Example. Union dues, $100.00 per month. Retiree’s health contribution, $100.00. Total $200.00 per month. If the Health care bill passes, Union Dues will go up but the total will be less than $200.00 per month. The difference will put the pension fund out of the government hands so Andy and his boys can raid it some more.
That’s the game plan. That’s the pay back.
The rest of the bill is window dressing.
Next on their agenda is a national pension above Social Security.
Andy and boys should be investigated for mismanagement of the SEIU pension fund.


11 posted on 03/05/2010 8:40:33 AM PST by steveab (When was the last time someone tried to sell you a CO2 induced climate control system for your home?)
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To: opentalk
Obama has OCD

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, OCD, is an anxiety disorder and is characterized by recurrent, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and/or repetitive behaviors (compulsions).

12 posted on 03/05/2010 8:45:26 AM PST by libertarian27 (Land of the FEE, home of the SHAMED)
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To: opentalk
In 1961 Reagan said: "One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine."

Obama is attempting to overwhelm the system just as FDR did in the 1930`s. Undermining traditional American values and beliefs in an all out effort to replace our current free market capitalist system with one based on more government intrusion and control through more social engineering and federal regulation. God help us all if he succeeds.

13 posted on 03/05/2010 9:04:57 AM PST by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

Nobama looks at everything through a socialism prism. He really doesn’t understand America, nor does he want to. We are screwed.


14 posted on 03/05/2010 9:11:12 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: Reagan Man
if he succeeds

Not an option!

HF

15 posted on 03/05/2010 9:23:48 AM PST by holden
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To: ilovesarah2012
I think it is becoming increasingly apparent that Obama is screwed!

Of course, considering how devious he is, he will certainly try an end run around the American people to push his outdated agenda on them against their wishes.

16 posted on 03/05/2010 9:25:27 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies (I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself... - D.H. Lawrence)
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To: opentalk

Vladimir Lenin once said, “Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.
The progressives need a chump for a tool to get their agenda enacted into law and they found the biggest chump of all in Obama.


17 posted on 03/05/2010 9:45:27 AM PST by Vaduz
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