Posted on 09/22/2005 9:19:24 AM PDT by Gipper08
“Don’t leave the American people out of the equation.”
It hasn't stopped them yet.
Call your Congressman and demand they support OPERATION OFFSET.Pence is right,it is up to us!
FYI.
Did this last week and again this week. Phone and email. Keep doing it!
No, I do NOT support it. He wants to cut health benefits for the military. This is a hekkuva way to "support our troops."
The best way to support the troops is to get the Federal Government TOTALLY out of Health care.Socialism always leads to POVERTY!
So how much for PBS again?
Reduced health care benefits could save $2.4 billion over 10 years.
Please, do not support this!
That could be one of the dumbest statements I've EVER seen posted on FR.
I already sent a very nice message to my congressman, Scott Garrett (5th district, NJ), this morning. I saw him on CSPAN with the others and was very, very pleased. Who'd have thought they'd have to fight their own to get spending cuts? Washington corrupts.
If you won't take care of your soldiers and their families, who can fault them if they decide to take a job in the private sector so they can take care of these things themselves. Go fight your own war next time.
That's total BS. First, it's a proposal. You oppose ANY effort to cut if anyone even SUGGESTS a cut you don't like? Second, there is no proposed cut in health benefits. The proposal is to OFFER incentives if military families will CHOOSE a less costly option. That's not a cut in benefits, liar.
Some of these people "support the troops" about as much as Cindy Sheehan does. At least she doesn't pretend to be a conservative.
That federal matching dollars for presidential candidates should be immediately stopped. This is one of the reasons we get whackjobs running for the presidency.
I quoted directly from the article. Who's the liar?
The Viagra for Grandpa program is going to do more to bankrupt this country than SS will.
Oh, that's rich...the Homer Simpson philosophy: "You'll only fail, so don't even try". Seems appearance is once again trumping results.
Makes sense, I guess; we're all too stupid to recognize a good-faith effort or even a compromise as counting for anything worthwhile these days. It's far more important to satisfy all of the peeps, all of the time with a bunch of fake empty rhetoric.
You're the liar. Notice how you left out all the details:
• Service members would be offered cash if they are willing to accept reduced health care benefits for their families. “The less comprehensive plan would encourage individuals to be more cost-conscious when purchasing health care products by including deductibles, co-payments and a maximum annual out-of-pocket expenditure limit,” according to a written explanation provided by the study group. Reduced health care benefits could save $2.4 billion over 10 years.
The proposal calls for a completely voluntary offer that incentives efficiency. It's not a cut at all. See? You're a liar, or else you just can't read. Why'd you leave out all the details and just print an inflammatory sentence out of context? Gunning for a job at Reuters or AP?
If they're saving money, it's a cut. Spin it all you want, but this is so Clintonian--and Carter-like--that it makes me want to hurl that a Republican came up with it. YOU talk as though everyone in the military spends the day in the clinic just because they can? How contemptable of you! I don't know anyone (although some no doubt exist) who would want to head for the clinic when they didn't need to!
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