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Why I voted for this health care bill
denver post ^ | 3/26/10 | By U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey

Posted on 03/26/2010 11:30:57 AM PDT by Nachum

Before I was a public servant I was a small-business owner, keeping the books in the Web-development firm my husband and I started. I crunched numbers, evaluated costs and always looked for solutions that combined good budgeting with good management. Every time we made a major business decision, we evaluated that decision on its own merit.

That was the approach I brought to Congress a year and a half ago: weigh costs with results, and make decisions based on the facts, not politics. I know this has angered people on the left as well as the right. Frankly, I take that as a sign that I am doing my job.

Last fall, I voted against the House version of health care reform. I had many issues with the legislation, but I simply felt it did not do enough to contain costs, a concern I repeatedly voiced to House leadership and the Obama administration.

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KEYWORDS: 111th; bhohealthcare; bill; care; health; markey; voted
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To: Nachum

So, we couldn’t have come up with a better plan? If she seriously thinks this is the best thing that they could have come up with, then I’m surprised she ever ran a business for any length of time.


21 posted on 03/26/2010 11:58:02 AM PDT by woweeitsme
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To: Nachum

Well Senator, you say you used ‘good budgeting with good management’ while running your small business. Did you ever pay a vendor for 4 years before they rendered any meaningful service?


22 posted on 03/26/2010 11:59:54 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: mlocher
That was the approach I brought to Congress a year and a half ago: weigh costs with results, and make decisions based on the facts, not politics.

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the compromise measure the House passed on Sunday costs $940 billion, more than $100 billion less than the House-passed bill.

It reduces the deficit by more than $1.3 trillion in the next two decades. It will be the single largest deficit-reduction bill in 27 years.



Sure. It might do that...but only if one were stupid enough to believe the CBO estimates.


Of course, nobody who is actually capable of running a successful business enterprise would be that dumb, though.


So, I guess we know why Betsy Markey went from being an independent business person to being a member of Congress. She longed for the freedom from fiscal reality characteristic of members of Congress.
23 posted on 03/26/2010 12:00:35 PM PDT by Milton Miteybad (I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
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To: Nachum
It reduces the deficit by more than $1.3 trillion in the next two decades. It will be the single largest deficit-reduction bill in 27 years.

And she used to 'crunch numbers'? She's in for rude awakening when the numbers start crunching her instead.

24 posted on 03/26/2010 12:01:00 PM PDT by tflabo (Restore the Republic)
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To: Milton Miteybad
She longed for the freedom from fiscal reality characteristic of members of Congress.

Yeah, OPM does that to people. Good observation.

25 posted on 03/26/2010 12:02:29 PM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: Nachum
I know this has angered people on the left as well as the right. Frankly, I take that as a sign that I am doing my job.

That old saw gets really old, and is used by people of all persuasions: people on both sides of the issue are unhappy, so it must mean I'm doing the right thing. Or, maybe it means you're a complete dumbass. The fact that people on both sides are unhappy proves nothing. This is any empty-headed argument that gets thrown around far too much.

26 posted on 03/26/2010 12:17:25 PM PDT by Will88
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To: Nachum

Can this lying sack of filth be voted out of office?


27 posted on 03/26/2010 12:23:11 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Nachum

THIS IS A REPUBLICAN DISTRICT. THIS LYING SACK OF CRAP JUST SCREWED THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO. VOTE THIS FILTHY OUT OF OFFICE!!!!!


28 posted on 03/26/2010 12:26:48 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: proud_yank
Weighed as a business decision??? I imagine Betsy’s business quickly went under.

lets see, it won't effect her taxes, her health care plan, or her pay; it will get her more votes from the misguided masses that typically vote dem; she got political bribes; seiu support... heck, from her personal point of view, its actually a good business decision. she personally benefits very well... but nevermind how it will effect the people!
29 posted on 03/26/2010 12:28:20 PM PDT by absolootezer0 (2x divorced, tattooed, pierced, harley hatin, meghan mccain luvin', smoker and pit bull owner..what?)
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To: Nachum

TOAST


30 posted on 03/26/2010 12:39:31 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead (Clean the RAT/RINO Sewer in 2010 and 2012)
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To: Nachum

I’m in her district. She’s toast.


31 posted on 03/26/2010 12:44:34 PM PDT by OLDCU
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To: Nachum
What BS. Did she read it? Does she know what she is voting for? Does she disapprove of the methods that brought this madness into being? I'll take a wild ass guess and say no. Obama doesn't care about ‘the process’ why should she? The Constitution and the will of the people be damned. “We're doing this for your own good.”
32 posted on 03/26/2010 1:12:24 PM PDT by revo evom
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To: Nachum

Because you’re a sycophant suckup Hussein cultist.


33 posted on 03/26/2010 1:52:48 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Nachum

Man, is she dumb.


34 posted on 03/26/2010 2:27:20 PM PDT by fightinJAG (Are you a Twitter activist? Freepmail me & let's talk.)
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To: Nachum
I know this has angered people on the left as well as the right. Frankly, I take that as a sign that I am doing my job.

Because if you weren't doing your job, both groups would be happy. Right?

I'd rather be a good representative and leave the politics to the politicians.

Dumb and smug. What a combination.

35 posted on 03/26/2010 4:57:15 PM PDT by TChad
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To: absolootezer0

Sounds kind of like a mafia boss, no?


36 posted on 03/26/2010 6:13:38 PM PDT by proud_yank (Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
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