Posted on 12/20/2009 11:06:02 AM PST by AmericaTalks
The liberals have delivered a lump of coal to all Americans this Christmas by buying the vote of Senator Ben Nelson, in order to have the 60 votes necessary to force through the Health Care reform bill. The Nebraska Democrat was given a huge payoff for his state by the leadership in the Senate, which will prevent a filibuster, barring any last minute defections from this package.
Some are questioning Nelson's motives, as his earlier objections to the bill had to do with restrictions on abortion coverage. But those restrictions failed to satisfy major anti-abortion groups and lawmakers. Even though Nelson did win some concessions on abortion restrictions, it was the commitment by the government to fully fund his state's expanded Medicaid population that garnered his vote. After the first three years of the bill in which all states get federal assistance, Nebraska would be the only state that continues to get full assistance, to the tune of $45 million over ten years.
Republicans were furious at this obvious kickback.
John McCain, R-Ariz, appearing on Fox News Sunday, said the other 49 states are picking up the tab for Nelson's payoff. "That puts an added burden on all the other states, including mine, " he said.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., said "It's pretty obvious votes have been bought."
So now the Senate will take up the vote, with a virtual guarantee of passage before Christmas. Then it is on to the more liberal House, where there will be some contentious wrangling over some of the provisions, but a compromise will be reached, and in the end, the American people will have this massive new entitlement shoved down their throats. This, despite the latest polls showing that most Americans overwhelmingly oppose this legislation.
Rasmussen's latest poll shows 63 percent of senior citizens oppose it, and 54 percent of all respondents say health care quality will get worse under the legislation. According to Quinnipiac, by 63 percent to 30 percent, voters think that covering the uninsured will raise their health care costs.
Those in favor of this boondoggle claim that the public will eventually get used to this so-called reform, even though they are currently against it, and they point to opposition to Medicare when it was first proposed, to bolster their argument.
One can only hope that the anger and frustration that was evident at the tea parties and town hall meetings of last summer will continue unabated into the new year, and will be expressed in the form of a major political housecleaning at the polls in November of 2010.
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What they fail to remember is that when Medicare was passed there wasn't the information available to the general public that we have in this day and age. Hopefully the mass information availability will make a difference.
When a doctor kill a baby, that is murder. The politician who makes it legal for that doctor to kill babies also commits murder. Finally, the citizen who votes for the politician who makes it legal for the doctor to kill babies is also guilty of murder.
Judas' 30 Pieces of Silver
Then one of the 60 called Judas Iscariot, went unto the Senate Leader and said unto him, 'What will ye give me, and I will deliver the bill unto you?' And they covenanted with him for 30 pieces of silver. Matthew 26:14-15.
Judas Sold out Jesus for 30 Pieces of Silver The Senate Sold out 61% of the American Public with this Health Care Bill
We need to send 30 pennies or a scanned image of them to all the elected that have voted for a bill that most of the American Public is against, they surely do not deserve any more silver.
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Come on, anyone counting on Ben Nelson to be the savior of American free enterprise is a fool.
Like all the dems he is a whore plain and simple.
I hope they all spend the rest of their lives worrying.
Worrying if they were the ones that finally destroyed us.
Worrying about the crazies.
Hey obamma ya ass clown marxist p.o.s. f.u.
How is it they can BRIBE him with “Special benefits” for the people of Nebraska?
How the hell does that ever add up to “equal protection under the law”?
$4.5 million a year for increasing Medicaid in Nebraska is a ridiculous underestimate.
Medicaid in Nebraska costs on average $5915 . Assume that Nebraska would pay 40%, but Nelson's bribe has the Feds picking that up. $4.5 million pays for 1900 additional Medicaid enrollees. But Nebraska already has 241,700 Medicaid enrollees, so 1900 is an increase of a mere 0.8%.
How is it that Obamacare expands Medicaid coverage to 15-20 million in the U.S., but only 1900 in Nebraska?
BTW, if that is the way Congress operates, former Sen. Jefferson deserves a pardon and an apology.
Very good Parmy, you’ve illustrated a path of responsibility that is real. I remember outstanding sermons by faithful pastors after Roe vs. Wade was passed saying basically the same thing.
All of their predictions about opening doors for evil to enter have come to pass, euthanasia of the elderly, infirm, killing of the unborn for convenience, including “partial-birth abortion”, the list is long and growing. And we’re still going down that same path. What lies ahead? I think we know...
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