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Treasurer says Massachusetts-type health care will wipe out economy
myfoxboston ^ | March 17. 2010 | Joe Battenfeld

Posted on 03/18/2010 12:26:19 PM PDT by BigFinn

The Massachusetts treasurer said Tuesday that Congress will "threaten to wipe out the American economy within four years" if it adopts a health care overhaul modeled after the Bay State's.

Treasurer Timothy Cahill - a former Democrat running as an independent for governor - said the 2006 law has succeeded only because of huge subsidies and favorable regulatory changes from the federal government.

(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxboston.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 111th; absentromney; cahill; chickenromney; communistromney; cowardromney; coweringromney; democrats; fascistromney; healthcare; leftistromney; missingromney; noromneyatpoint; obamacare; pussyromney; romney; romneyafraid; romneyattacksgop; romneycare; romneyhiding; romneynothere; romneysellsbooks; socialisthealthcare; socialistromney; timothycahill; whereisromney; wussyromney
Damn the torpedoes... full steam ahead... over the cliff.
1 posted on 03/18/2010 12:26:20 PM PDT by BigFinn
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To: BigFinn

Cloward-Pivin!


2 posted on 03/18/2010 12:29:33 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: BigFinn
will "threaten to wipe out the American economy within four years"

Once the scrounges see the word "free", it's going to fall on us like a ton of bricks.

3 posted on 03/18/2010 12:34:28 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: BigFinn

Look at page 116. Looks to me like the Public Option is there.


4 posted on 03/18/2010 12:35:14 PM PDT by RC2
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To: BigFinn
The Massachusetts treasurer said Tuesday that Congress will "threaten to wipe out the American economy within four years" if it adopts a health care overhaul modeled after the Bay State's.

The problem begins after the current set of weenies has been thrown out of office. Someone else will be left holding the bag. If it passes, HC reform needs to be overturned immediately.

5 posted on 03/18/2010 12:35:26 PM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: RC2
Look at page 116. Looks to me like the Public Option is there.

The democrats WILL run out of other peoples money. It happened with Stalin, Mao, Mussolini.......and we know how those stories ended. Today, this deadly movement is called "progressiveism."

6 posted on 03/18/2010 12:38:12 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: BigFinn

“Bin Laden says U.S. economy was target”
December 28, 2001 Posted: 7:39 AM EST (1239 GMT)

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/12/27/ret.bin.laden.tape/index.html


7 posted on 03/18/2010 12:41:34 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
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To: BigFinn

8 posted on 03/18/2010 12:43:40 PM PDT by ezfindit (ConservativeDatingSite.com - The Right Place for Conservative Singles)
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To: Don Corleone

Cloward-Piven. Dead on. The PURPOSE of this bill is to destory our economy, then reboot as Marxist Dictatorship. Sounds like a crazy idea? We’re already witnessing subversion of our Constitution and it’s clear this HC bill puts the GOVERNMENT in charge of our lives. Scary stuff, folks.


9 posted on 03/18/2010 12:43:44 PM PDT by historyrepeatz
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To: Don Corleone
Cloward-Pivin!

Wait until all the union members lose their jobs because no one is spending. Wait until they find out what they voted for. Wait until THEY have to see a doctor or pay the rent.

10 posted on 03/18/2010 12:43:54 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: BigFinn

Can we call these people who do not want it known that they voted for this monster: “Cloward’s Cowards”?


11 posted on 03/18/2010 12:49:46 PM PDT by Anima Mundi (You can take a donkey travellin', but it won't come back a horse.)
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To: BigFinn

Well, hey then, it won’t be like Masachusetts.

And it won’t be a government takeover.
And it won’t be a single payer system.
And it won’t be a public option.
And it won’t ration health care.
And it won’t drive insurance companies out of business.
And it won’t force doctors to retire.
And it won’t provide coverage for illegals.
And it won’t pay for abortions.
And it will cover existing conditions at no additional cost.
And it will relieve pressure on hospital emergency rooms.
And it will lower health care costs.
And it will lower the deficit.
And it will eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse.
And it won’t discourage drug companies from innovating.

[insert next 382 lies here]

No, it won’t be like anything you’ve ever experienced before. That’s why we Democrats know so much about it and why we can state the above facts so confidently. Because dammit, we’re so much smarter than you or anyone who has ever lived.


12 posted on 03/18/2010 12:51:48 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Voters who thought their ship came in with 0bama are on their own Titanic.)
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To: BigFinn; Jim Robinson; ConjunctionJunction; Al B.; SolidWood; Leisler; greyfoxx39; ...
Remember this forever FReepers.

When Obamacare raised its final head:

Where is RINO Romney
as the Dems push through ObamaCARE?

Answer: The RINO coward is hiding, sending out his saboteurs
against Gov. Palin and all conservative GOP stars again,
selling his ghostwritten book, and attacking the “tea party”.
13 posted on 03/18/2010 12:58:37 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." --Thomas Jefferson)
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To: concerned about politics

They take a gamble that it would reboot in the form of Communism. Since the programs being put in place are already socialistic, chances are the momentum shifts back the other way when the people start blaming communists for the mess were in now!


14 posted on 03/18/2010 1:49:24 PM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: BigFinn

The Massachusetts treasurer said Tuesday that Congress will “threaten to wipe out the American economy within four years.

Wiping out America as anyone now knows it, is the “ Ones “ plan. I can only pray that Freedom loving Americans and God intervene.


15 posted on 03/18/2010 1:58:49 PM PDT by dbrew2u
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To: Don Corleone

“Cloward-Pivin!”

Agreed 100%

People are too stupid to see it though. It’s the culmination of 40+ years of communist planning. The absolute tip of the spear that will be used to kill our Republic.


16 posted on 03/18/2010 2:26:21 PM PDT by chichipow
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To: Diogenesis

We need to run ads against Romney care if the GOP puts the idiot up.


17 posted on 03/18/2010 4:33:25 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: BigFinn

He also gave reporters a copy of a state ledger sheet showing the state’s Medicaid program ballooning from $7.5 billion to a projected $9.2 billion since the health care law was adopted. Of the 407,000 newly insured, only 32 percent paid for insurance wholly on their own.

There is the problem. More people getting free care, no one left to pay for it.


18 posted on 03/18/2010 6:52:15 PM PDT by brianr10
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To: BigFinn

TENNCARE is about to bankrupt TN.

Rally your local talk radio host into doing street protest in front of your reps local offices. Try and get the local media to cover it.

This is from a 2007 contact list of congressional aides. Some might not be there any longer, but worth a try. The ones on the one post are senate aides, a few have bounced back, it’s worth the effort to clog up their email system along with the phones, and 1/3rd of these senators are up for re-election.

Mail must be inspected for anthrax.

Contact congressional aides.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857768/posts
U.S. Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121
U.S. House switchboard: (202) 225-3121
White House comments: (202) 456-1111
Find your House Rep.: http://www.house.gov/writerep
Find your US Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Toll free to the US Senate:
1-800-882-2005. (Spanish number)
1-800-417-7666. (English number)
Courtesy of a pro-amnesty group, no less!!

Defeat Obamacare call list: List now contains the new MAYBES culled from FR posts. Be sure to call KNOWN RINOS too.THEY ARE ANSWERING THEIR LOCAL NUMBERS

Here is one of the ones Rush gave out on the radio that I’m calling. So far it’s been busy but I’m going to burn it up till I get to tell my congress critter to vote NO!
Join me?..... 1-877-762-8762

Good idea from the bloggers at Hillbuzz:

http://hillbuzz.org/2010/03/17/action-items-march-17th-2010/
They offer specifics and links on how to put pressure on Dem DONORS, who have private numbers for legislators who may have taken their phones off the hook.

Congress may not want to hear from us, but they’ll listen to the money men.

KEEP THE CALLS UP! DC OFFICE LOCAL OFFICE

CODE RED Contact list http://www.nrcc.org/CodeRed/targets/
Remember they are all being offered BRIBES for their votes. Ask them how much their bribe price is.
The National Republican Congressional Committee has published a target list on health care. In addition to continuing to contact the five Tennessee Democrat Congressmen, you can go http://www.votervoice.net/link/clickthrough/ext/94697.aspx to contact some of these targets. Much of the talk following Obama’s announcement has focused on how to defeat this second bill through reconciliation, but that is misleading because the first step to defeating Obamacare is not by concentrating on defeating the “fixer” bill but by defeating the Senate bill in the House when it goes to the floor for an up-or-down vote on Thursday, March 18th.

RUSH says to pressure these 2

Charles Wilson, Ohio Toll Free Number 888-706-1833 DC (202) 225-5705 fx: (202) 225-5907, Bridgeport, (740) 633-5705 fx: (740) 633-5727, Canfield, (330) 533-7250 fx: (330) 533-7136 Marietta, : (740) 376-0868 fx: (740) 376-0886 Ironton, (740) 533-9423 fx: (740) 533-9359 Wellsville, 330) 532-3740
Joe Cao DC (202) 225-6636 Fax: (202) 225-1988, NO (504) 483-2325 Fax: (504) 483-7944

New FLIPPERS

Rep. Bart Gordon TN 202-225-4231 Murfreesboro office: 615-896-1986, 931-528-5907, 615-451-5174
Mark Schauer D.C. (202) 225-6276 Fax: (202) 225-6281 Jackson, MI (517) 780-9075
Fax: (517) 780-9081 Toll-Free: (877) 737-6407
Dennis Kucinish, Lakewood 216)228-8850, Fax (216)228-6465,
Parma. 440)845-2707, Fax (440)845-2743, DC (202)225-5871
Dennis Cardoza DC (202) 225-6131, Fax: 225-0819, 800-356-6424, Merced, (209) 383-4455 Fax: 726-1065 Modesto 209) 527-1914 Fax: 527-5748 Modesto, (209) 527-1914
Fax: 527-5748
Jim Costa Fresno 559-495-1620, Fax:559-495-1027, Bakersfeld, 661-869-1620 Fax: 661-869-1027 DC Phone:202-225-3341 Fax: 202-225-9308
Fax (202)225-5745
James Oberstar (202) 225-6211, Duluth (218) 727-7474, Chisholm (218) 254-5761, Brainerd (218) 828-4400, North Branch, (651) 277-1234
Gabrielle Giffords (202) 225-2542 (520) 881-3588 AZ 8th District
John Boccieri (D), Ohio Voted Yes on Stupak, NO on Health Care.Contact info - DC office (202) 225-3876 - Fax - (202) 225-3059 (330) 489-4414, Local Fax - (330) 489-4448
Betsy Markey DC 202.225.4676, fx. 202.225.5870, Ft. Collins, 970.221.7110fx 970.221.7240, Greeley, 970.351.6007 fx 970.351.6068, Lamar, 719.931.4003
fx 719.931.4005, Sterling, 970.522.0203 fx 970.522.1783
rec’d from NCTeaParty.com — Despite earlier assurances that he was a NO on health care reform and would not change his mind, Rep. Heath Shuler, NC 11, is now undecided.

Rep. Heath Shuler, North Carolina 11th
http://shuler.house.gov/ DC Office Number: (202) 225-6401, DC Fax Number: (202) 226-6422 Local Office Number: (828) 252-1651, Local Fax Number: (828) 252-8734 Chief of Staff: Hayden Rogers email: hayden.rogers@mail.house.gov

Rep. Lincoln Davis 202-225-6831 Columbia office: 931-490-8699
Rep. Jim Cooper 202-225-4311 Nashville office: 615-736-5295
John Tanner (202) 225-4714, Union City, (731) 885-7070, Jackson Phone: (731) 423-4848, Millington (901) 873-5690 TN (MAYBE)
Rep. Steve Cohen 202-225-3265 Memphis office: 901-544-4131
Harry Mitchell (202) 225-2190 (480) 946-2411 AZ 5th District
Ann Kirkpatrick (202) 225-2315 (928) 226-6914 AZ 1st District
Jerry McNerney (202) 225-1947 925-833-0643 CA 11th District
John Salazar 202-225-4761 970-245-7107 CO 3rd District
Jim Himes (202) 225-5541 (866) 453-0028 CT 4th District
Alan Grayson (202) 225-2176 (407) 841-1757 FL 8th District
Bill Foster (202) 225-2976 630-406-1114 IL 14th District
Baron Hill 202 225 5315 812 288 3999 IN 9th District
Gary Peters (202) 225-5802 (248) 273-4227 MI 9th District
Dina Titus (202) 225-3252 702-256-DINA (3462) NV 3rd District
Carol Shea-Porter (202) 225-5456 (603) 743-4813 NH 1st District
Tim Bishop (202) 225-3826 (631) 696-6500 NY 1st District
John Hall (202) 225-5441 (845) 225-3641 x49371 NY 19th District
Bill Owens (202) 225-4611 (315) 782-3150 NY 23rd District
James Matheson Toll-Free Number 1 (877) 677-9743 (202) 225-3011Mike Arcuri (202)225-3665 (315)793-8146 NY 24th District
Dan Maffei (202) 225-3701 (315) 423-5657 NY 25th District
Earl Pomeroy (202) 225-2611 (701) 224-0355 ND At-Large District
Steven Driehaus (202) 225-2216 (513) 684-2723 OH 1st District
Mary Jo Kilroy (202) 225-2015 (614) 294-2196 OH 15th District
Zach Space (202) 225-6265 (330) 364-4300 OH 18th District
Kathy Dahlkemper (202) 225-5406 (814) 456-2038 PA 3rd District
Patrick Murphy (202) 225-4276 (215) 826-1963 PA 8th District
Christopher Carney (202) 225-3731 (570) 585-9988 PA 10th District
Paul Kanjorski (202) 225-6511 (570) 825-2200 PA 11th District
John Spratt (202) 225-5501 (803)327-1114 SC 5th District
Tom Perriello (202) 225-4711 (276) 656-2291 VA 5th District
Alan Mollohan (202) 225-4172 (304) 623-4422 WVA 1st District
Nick Rahall (202) 225-3452 (304) 252-5000 WVA 3rd District
Steve Kagen (202) 225-5665 (920) 437-1954 WI 8th District
Bart Stupak (202) 225 4735 MI (MAYBE)
Brian Baird (202) 225-3536, Vancouver, (360) 695-6292. Olympia, (360) 352-9768, (MAYBE)
senator mark begich (202) 224-3004 toll free. (877) 501 - 6275 just became a MAYBE
Jason Altmire 202-225-2565, Aliquippa, 724-378-0928,
Natrona Heights, 724-226-1304 (MAYBE)

On the Bubble (Major developments from the “yes” and “no” columns in the House)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2467046/posts

Congressional Dems on Twitter
http://www.arrghpaine.com/congressional-dems-on-twitter

And here are toll-free numbers we can use to call any Senators or Reps.

At the first number below you must wait through a tape recording urging you to tell your Rep or Senator to vote “yes” for the health care bill. Just hang on and when the recording is over, you will get the Capitol operator. Just ask for your Rep or Senator’s office. Then you will either talk to an aid or have the chance to leave a message for him/her to vote NO on the health care bill.

When you use the second number and the Capitol operator comes on, just ask for your Rep or Senator’s office. Every time I use this number I get the Rep or Senator’s answer machine, so it may be set up that way all the time...to go to their answer machine. Either way you can leave a message to vote NO on the health care bill!

We need to use these toll free numbers that have been set up for the health care/ BO supporters and illegals to use! After all they are FREE!

1-866-220-0044, 1-866-338-1015, 877-851-6437, 877-210-5351


19 posted on 03/18/2010 7:20:57 PM PDT by GailA (obamacare paid for by cuts & taxes on most vulnerable Veterans, disabled,seniors & retired Military)
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To: GailA

Costa and Cardoza sold out. They traded their vote so that the San Joaquin Valley could get 25% instead of their 100% allotment. Now that’s a real tradeoff. Costa denied he traded his vote but his name is on the back of those AARP cards they send you in the mail... and it said he backs the HealthCare Plan... they lie so much they can’t keep their stories straight.


20 posted on 03/18/2010 8:55:19 PM PDT by BigFinn
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