Posted on 05/14/2007 3:28:09 AM PDT by rellimpank
"Universal" government health care has once again returned as a political cause, with many Democrats believing it's the key to White House victory in 2008. They might want to study last week's news from Illinois, where Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich's tax increase to finance health care became the political rout of the year.
The Democratic House in Springfield killed the proposal, 107-0, after Mr. Blagojevich came out against his own idea when it became clear he was going to be humiliated. Only a month earlier he had said he was prepared to wage "the fight of the century" in defense of his plan to impose a $7.6 billion "gross receipts tax" on Illinois businesses.
Easily re-elected in November, the Governor used every trick in the "progressive" political playbook to sell his proposal. Instead of a general tax increase, he claimed it would be "targeted" for universal health care and education. Instead of raising individual taxes, he aimed at business and even built in an exemption for smaller firms. "These corporate guys, they can't avoid this tax," declared the Governor, sounding one of the "populist" themes that liberal columnists are now recommending for national Democrats.
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And education??? Huh?
Education gets so much money that it looks like overfed duck getting ready to harvest its liver for Foie gras.
Yes, indeed. I heard those very words out of Jesse Jackson's own son who sits in the US House of Rep. on a Chicago-area radio show. I couldn't believe my ears - that he would say it right out loud.
Don’t tell Michael Moore- he’s gunning for that free Cuban lard-sucking procedure.
Democrats aren’t that sophisticated, their evil ambitions outweigh reasoning and compassion. In Illinois even most Republicans are left wing so it is doubly bad. I do believe that this portends a tough time to make rationed health care stick in the public’s mind nationally.
That’s funny. “Education gets so much money that it looks like overfed duck getting ready to harvest its liver for Foie gras.” But what about the ugly duckling?
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