Pelosi ... gag, heave....
Pelosi and henchmen have succeeded in getting their bill to the floor of the House of Representatives. Included in this obese bastard are some very interesting features, only one of which am I going to rag on about in this post -- for a more detailed synopsis of the horrors to come, see the WSJ's op-ed last week: the single worst piece of legislation since the Smoot Hawley Tarrif Act.
But I digress ... the piece that really torques me today is the little kicker that plays like this:
If you cannot or do not buy the $15,000 health care plan determined by Pelosi to be the minimum required , you can be subject to civil and criminal penalties of up to a $250,000 fine and up to 5 years incarceration. Where does the $15,000 come from? From the Congressional Budget Office's estimate of the minimum 2016 cost under the House plan.
That's right folks! Evil Nancy will toss you in the slammer for failure to buy HER little budgetary present.
Now, most of us will buy insurance anyway, and some competition allowing us to buy across state lines might be nice, but Pelosi does not see that as necessary. You see, there are always those who don't buy because they don't see the need to. And therein lies Pelosi's little treat for younger people who stupidly voted for these imbeciles: she needs those who don't use the system because they are young and healthy to fund it for those who are obese, disease-ridden and old. Ahhh, there, I've said it. But wait, yet another little prize for those morons: the income levels requiring different levels of participation are not inflation indexed. So as inflation creeps up, more and more people are hit for effective income-based taxation, a re-visit to Carter years, brought to you by liberals in Congress.
And all you old folks who thought Brother Obama was going to treat you right? You've got another thing coming too. You see, hundreds of billions ARE going to come from Medicare and you oldsters are going to get less, pay more and get triaged out of the system: you will be deemed to old to waste valuable resources such as knee replacements on.
The Vile Toad of the Week Award goes to the new Congressman from NY23 -- you know, Pelosi's win. You see, this cretin broke 4 major campaign promises in the first day of work. Let's list them so you can see Democrats in fine form: (1) Owens (that's this weasel's name), claimed that he did not support the "public option -- then two days before the election, he stated that it should not be a litmus test, and now he indicates that he is fine with it; (2) he was strongly against cuts in Medicare, but now will vote for the cuts in the House reform bill ... HR 3962 contains potentially hundreds of billions of dollars in planned cuts to Medicare: (3) Owens was against taxes on existing health care benefits and increased taxes on the middle class ... HR 3962 contains a smorgasbord of taxes on the middle class plus repeals of taxes already in place and Owens suddenly in on board with those; and (4) Owens was against health care coverage for illegal immigrants -- but HR 3962 contains language allowing for coverage.
Do you remember when Rep. Joe Wilson called Obama a liar when Obama stated that the bill would not contain support for illegal immigrants? WHO IS THE LIAR NOW? Oh ... it is still the President. How predictable.
lAccording to the Congressional Budget Office the lowest cost family non-group plan under the Speaker’s bill would cost $15,000 in 2016.
But I digress ... the piece that really torques me today is the little kicker that plays like this:
If you cannot or do not buy the $15,000 health care plan determined by Pelosi to be the minimum required , you can be subject to civil and criminal penalties of up to a $250,000 fine and up to 5 years incarceration. Where does the $15,000 come from? From the Congressional Budget Office's estimate of the minimum 2016 cost under the House plan.
That's right folks! Evil Nancy will toss you in the slammer for failure to buy HER little budgetary present.
Now, most of us will buy insurance anyway, and some competition allowing us to buy across state lines might be nice, but Pelosi does not see that as necessary. You see, there are always those who don't buy because they don't see the need to. And therein lies Pelosi's little treat for younger people who stupidly voted for these imbeciles: she needs those who don't use the system because they are young and healthy to fund it for those who are obese, disease-ridden and old. Ahhh, there, I've said it. But wait, yet another little prize for those morons: the income levels requiring different levels of participation are not inflation indexed. So as inflation creeps up, more and more people are hit for effective income-based taxation, a re-visit to Carter years, brought to you by liberals in Congress.
And all you old folks who thought Brother Obama was going to treat you right? You've got another thing coming too. You see, hundreds of billions ARE going to come from Medicare and you oldsters are going to get less, pay more and get triaged out of the system: you will be deemed to old to waste valuable resources such as knee replacements on.
The Vile Toad of the Week Award goes to the new Congressman from NY23 -- you know, Pelosi's win. You see, this cretin broke 4 major campaign promises in the first day of work. Let's list them so you can see Democrats in fine form: (1) Owens (that's this weasel's name), claimed that he did not support the "public option -- then two days before the election, he stated that it should not be a litmus test, and now he indicates that he is fine with it; (2) he was strongly against cuts in Medicare, but now will vote for the cuts in the House reform bill ... HR 3962 contains potentially hundreds of billions of dollars in planned cuts to Medicare: (3) Owens was against taxes on existing health care benefits and increased taxes on the middle class ... HR 3962 contains a smorgasbord of taxes on the middle class plus repeals of taxes already in place and Owens suddenly in on board with those; and (4) Owens was against health care coverage for illegal immigrants -- but HR 3962 contains language allowing for coverage.
Do you remember when Rep. Joe Wilson called Obama a liar when Obama stated that the bill would not contain support for illegal immigrants? WHO IS THE LIAR NOW? Oh ... it is still the President. How predictable.
lAccording to the Congressional Budget Office the lowest cost family non-group plan under the Speaker’s bill would cost $15,000 in 2016.
posted by Zaphod at Saturday, November 07, 2009
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