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Senate Democrats, who think healthcare "reform" is so important that we shouldn't take time to read the legislation, are now scurrying to exempt their home states from its costly provisions. In a Wall Street Journal article last Thursday, Kimberly Stassel described the situation:
A central feature of the Baucus bill is the vast expansion of state Medicaid programs. This is necessary, we are told, to cover more of the nation's uninsured. The provision has angered governors, since the federal government will cover only part of the expansion and stick fiscally strapped states with an additional $37 billion in costs.
Majority Leader, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) has cut a deal to exempt Nevada from these costs for the next five years. Generous Mr. Reid saw to it that Oregon, Rhode Island and Michigan got the same exclusion, using a formula known only to the Nevada Senator, because "they are suffering more than most."
Sure.
It has nothing to do with Reid's tough battle to retain his seat in the upcoming election cycle. Can't imagine what he got from those other states. Prime real estate? Or maybe just cover.
Other senators have raised the minimum tax threshold for high dollar health insurance plans because the thresholds provided in the Baucus bill turned out not to be so "high dollar" after all, hitting middle income folks in many states. 17 mostly blue states have gotten some version of this change.
Still more Democrats have made additional changes that benefit their respective states or lifted provisions that would otherwise hurt their constituents. Stassel concludes:
So, health-care "reform" is good, smart and necessary, so long as it isn't fully applied to the states of the senators who are pushing it. The Democrats' growing problem is that somebody is ultimately going to have to pay, and Mr. Reid's bad example has given every one the same idea. "If Colorado has a fair claim on being treated the same way Nevada has been, of course we're going to ask to have that kind of treatment," promised Sen. Mark Udall, upon news of the Reid deal.
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The naked self-serving, gall of these utterly corrupt Democrats defies belief. It is ironic that perhaps their corruption might possibly work in our favor for a change. Since Democrats seem intent on saving their own rear ends by exempting some of their constituents from the more costly provisions of this bill. Perhaps in their panic they will carve out so many loopholes that the whole thing falls apart.
It is a sad testimonial to the depths this country has sunk that we should have to rely on the self-serving impulses of Democrat senators to save us from some aspects of the legislation they are trying to saddle us with. But since "principled" Democrats are virtually impossible to find these days, it may well be the most we can hope for.
Finally, it seems impossible to concieve that these Democrat senators are unaware of the demoralizing impact their wantonly corrupt behavior has on the people of this country. More likely they are aware of it and see it as an added benefit. A demoralized population is much easier to manage.
That is why it is critically important to remain engaged. These people must be removed from office or we will lose our country.
Photo 1. Senators Harry Reid and Max Baucus (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Photo 2. Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Comments
what a bunch of crooks these Democrats are. End of story. This makes me so mad I could puke!!! These people definitely need to go. We need a repeat of 1994.
OMG! Just when one thinks these people are at their absolute worst...
Thanks Jim
We need more than a repeat of 1994. We need criminal trials.
We don't need another 1994, we need another 1776. Thanks to the founders and the Constitution, all the necessary legal framework is in place for a totally nonviolent revolution.
State governments need to reclaim the sovereignty they've lost over the years by standing up to the federal government when it tries to saddle them with destructive, unfunded, and unconstitutional mandates.
Repeal the 16th and 17th Amendments to restore the proper balance of power between the federal government and the states.
I have forwarded this page to many people! Thank you Jim for all of your hard work, and articles!!!
By the way, if those of you who have not listened to his radio shows, it's a definite must! I think you can find the links half way up the page.
How can this be constitutional????? This is being done to save their sorry seats in the next election -- I hope they are ALL squirming when the actual day comes. The egotistical fools running this country ought to all be run out of town. I don't think we have EVER had such a corrupt government in my lifetime (and yes, you anti-Bush people, even worse than you thought Bush was, this beats them ALL)!!!! If anyone in this country, Democrat, Republican, or Independents, thinks this is sane, then they need their heads examined also!
It all started with Carter.
Why should we have exemptions as long as SOME states are paying and some states and some groups are exempt?
These politicians are all cowards and will do anything to save their seats! (or should I use Control?)
They themselves should not be exempt from the healthcare bill. Why don't they end all subsidies and tax breaks to oil? Why wo'nt they touch welfare and the elimination of it? Balance the budjget and pass no laws or taxes that do not pertain to all citizens?
All of them need to go, just like in Canada. These fools should not be running this country. Maybe we need tough businessmen in their who can run the show! How about ending all foreign aid?
Thanks.
Why do we export oil when we need it here and why do we pay someone else to drill?
All of our politicians should go. They are only trying to save their sorry seats.
They do not want to tell their rich friends (contributers) "No More".
throw all their sorry butts out!
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