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Emergency Action Alert--Stop biggest expansion
of govt. (Medicare drug plan) since LBJ
Wall Street Journal/Stephen Moore
| November 20, 2003
| Wall Street Journal/Stephen Moore
Posted on 11/22/2003 9:39:01 PM PST by sruleoflaw
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To: sruleoflaw
It looks as if the bill will be passed. It is time for conservatives to explore alternatives to the Republican Party.
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posted on
11/24/2003 10:29:06 AM PST
by
nonliberal
(Graduate: Curtis E. LeMay School of International Relations)
To: nonliberal
42
posted on
11/24/2003 10:33:27 AM PST
by
jgrubbs
To: sruleoflaw
Let us try to get the logic of this one straight: Representatives are supposed to feel better about voting for this bill because it acknowledges they're passing the buck to a future Congress?Since when has that idea ever stopped a congresscritter? Kill the bill. It's SOCIALISM - if backed by Dims, X42, Hitlery, W, or anyone else - it's socialism either way.
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posted on
11/24/2003 11:02:04 AM PST
by
4CJ
('Scots vie 4 tavern juices' - anagram by paulklenk, 22 Nov 2003)
To: bonesmccoy
Have you read the legislation?
It seems rotten from everything I've seen and read.
--The largest expansion of the federal government in 40 years.
--Adding an estimated $2 trillion in unfunded liabilities to the $21 trillion of Social Security and Medicare.
--An estimated 33 percent of the (75 percent of seniors who now have privately-funded drug coverage) are expected, according to the Congressional Budget Office, to lose their superior coverage.
AGAIN, I ask, Have you read the legislation? I could go on and on. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING LEGISLATION.
To: sruleoflaw; All
Are you reading the legislation?
Apparently not... you've managed to leave out the most juicy nugget that is causing Ted Kennedy heartburn... the massive reform of the lack of competition in Medi-Care healthcare delivery processes.
It is totally illogical to have this board having a kah-nip-shun over this legislation... it is CLEARLY and WITHOUT A DOUBT... the MOST important change to bring competition back to the healthcare arena.
HILLARY CLINTON MUST BE HAVING A COW TONIGHT!
JOIN THE ANTI-CLINTON CROWD and PASS H.R. 1 TONIGHT!
45
posted on
11/24/2003 10:13:48 PM PST
by
bonesmccoy
(Defeat the terrorists... Vaccinate!)
To: sruleoflaw
To: Huck
but the fact is that America wants to keep medicare.
What America "wants" and what's good for it are often, particularly today, two entirely different things. Ostensibly, politicians should be taking this into consideration when "leading" us. If strict constitutionality were followed, it wouldn't be much of a problem, but now it's Katie bar the door for bread and circus'...
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posted on
11/24/2003 10:25:32 PM PST
by
Axenolith
(There's nothing you can do that someone won't try to charge you for.)
To: bonesmccoy
The bill is well-crafted and encourages physicians and hospitals to compete for your healthcare dollars
Oh. WHEW! I thought they were going to spend a lot of taxpayer money on it, glad you cleared that point up... <\Sarcasm>...
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posted on
11/24/2003 10:39:37 PM PST
by
Axenolith
(There's nothing you can do that someone won't try to charge you for.)
To: 4ConservativeJustices
IT IS NOT SOCIALISM... you guys don't even know what the heck you're talking about...
Hillary Clinton already created a socialized healthcare system in our nation.
This bill REVERSES her manipulations created from 1994 to 1996.
BACK THE BILL!
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posted on
11/24/2003 10:40:39 PM PST
by
bonesmccoy
(Defeat the terrorists... Vaccinate!)
To: RightRules
Sir, please post your wife's opinion on the Fee-For-Service reimbursement networking MANDATED by this bill.
Why is she opposed to paying providers and hospitals when a service is provided (versus payment when NO service is provided today)?
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posted on
11/24/2003 10:41:45 PM PST
by
bonesmccoy
(Defeat the terrorists... Vaccinate!)
To: Axenolith
Sir,
Right now YOUR MONEY is being pooled and sent to HMO's and Hospitals ... nearly 99.5% of the funds NEVER reach the primary site of care in this county.
Why do you think it is appropriate for gov't tax dollars to be sent to Bermuda?
The only idiots arguing against this bill are the lame-o's who PERMITTED the funds to be sent to Bermuda to begin with (TED KENNEDY, BARB BOXER, and HILLARY CLINTON).
51
posted on
11/24/2003 10:44:37 PM PST
by
bonesmccoy
(Defeat the terrorists... Vaccinate!)
To: sruleoflaw
A billion dollars is in the budget for illegal aliens to get medicare funds.
To: B4Ranch
ping......
To: bonesmccoy
This bill REVERSES her manipulations created from 1994 to 1996.The only way that socialist programs can be reversed is to legislate them out of existance. The entire program.
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posted on
11/25/2003 5:15:38 AM PST
by
4CJ
('Scots vie 4 tavern juices' - anagram by paulklenk, 22 Nov 2003)
To: jgrubbs
Bumperooni.
55
posted on
11/25/2003 5:20:54 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them.)
To: Jackie222
Reagen took the Soviet Union economy down with just a few smart moves, Bush is doing the same to us. $15 billion for Africa, $400 billion for this Medicare prescription drug bill all the while moaning that his budget cannot properly fund the VA.
I don't know if we are going to see a revival of common sense, an armed revolution or an admittion of defeat as America drops off the financial cliff but I do know we will be in serious trouble shortly.
As soon as our kids realize what their parents and the Republican Party has done to them, be prepared for a butt whipping like none of us has ever seen before.
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posted on
11/25/2003 6:30:19 AM PST
by
B4Ranch
(Wave your flag, dont waive your rights!)
To: 4ConservativeJustices
won't happen!
Medicare, like Social security, need to go away... but it won't happen.
So, the best thing to do is to limit the scope and build barriers to growth...so that when the democrats get elected, they can't create more communist constructs.
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posted on
11/25/2003 7:39:48 AM PST
by
bonesmccoy
(Defeat the terrorists... Vaccinate!)
To: bonesmccoy
So, the best thing to do is to limit the scope and build barriers to growthI would agree on that point, but how does this bill, all underestimated 400Billion limit the scope of Medicare?
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posted on
11/25/2003 8:10:27 AM PST
by
4CJ
('Scots vie 4 tavern juices' - anagram by paulklenk, 22 Nov 2003)
To: sruleoflaw
Its over for The Republican Party
To: bonesmccoy
(snip)"Republicans are offering the certainty of trillions in new entitlements in return for the mere promise of future reform, and
that's too expensive a gamble for principled conservatives to support." Bush is the first Republican President since Dwight Eisenhower to enjoy outright majorities in the House and Senate. If he can't get a Bill written the way he wants it with both majorities the future is dim. He hasn't done squat about reversing any of the Executive Orders issued by Clinton. His administration reeks of Clinton personel. He can't seem to get his selected judges to the courtroom bench.
(snip) This plan could lead to billions of dollars in liabilities to be erased from the balance sheets of Fortune 500 companies and then shifted onto the books of Uncle Sam.
(snip)
For some people, personal integrity and ethics go together like bread and butter or children and toys. When we think of one the other always comes into the picture.
I wish I had studied him more before I voted because now I regret it. Voting for him was a mistake that I'll not make again.
His respect for veteran soldiers certainly isn't reflected in his budget. We had to scream and holler to get wounded soldiers to not be billed for their hospital meals. The VA needs the $15 billion he gave to Africa!
Mr. Bush had promised the American people to rein in government growth, federal discretionary spending. He said he would support the 2nd Amendment. I sure haven't seen any sign of these yet.
He had promised not to raid the $175 billion surplus in the nations pension trust fund except in times of war, recession or a national emergency. Now he has all three going and our trade deficit with China continues to reach peaks that Republican Senators and Congressmen promised us would never happen.
He pledged that he would provide no bailouts for Latin American nations.
Isn't leaving our Southern border open 24/7 a bailout for Mexico? You're damn right it is!
Then he okayed a $30 billion 'rescue loan' for Brazil, presumably because the collapse of Brazil's economy would have caused serious problems for Wall Street and his personal friends . I'll bet this turns into a loan that will be written off by Washington leaving it for us to pay with interest.
Oh Yeah, He's a great guy but a lousy President.
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posted on
11/25/2003 3:04:18 PM PST
by
B4Ranch
(Wave your flag, don't waive your rights!)
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