With President Obama now calling for a press conference to try and sell his case for the health care package to the American public, he might want to take a look at the below videos where his Democratic allies are having a tough time before hostile town hall meetings.
Here's Missouri Congressman Russ Carnahan (D-MO) trying to sell health care reform at a town hall meeting in Missouri.
And here is Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) at a town hall meeting in Largo, Maryland Monday:
"We're at the first stages of the discussion of health care reform," Cardin said.
(Really? But Obama wants this passed yesterday.)
Perhaps the most confrontational question came from Robert Broadus of Clinton, Maryland:
"I decided not to get the health insurance. That's working out for me because I'm able to save that extra money and give it to my family members and use it on myself. Senator Cardin, I want to know are you going to tell me an individual...that I have to buy health care or else you're going to fine me $2,500 every year I don't get it? Our founding fathers assured us we have a Bill of Rights and I want to see you uphold that,"
Cardin's response?
"You don't pay. You are part of the population that shifts its costs over to a person who does pay, and they're paying for you," Cardin said.
"I just think the overriding public interest is to require you and everyone in this country to have health insurance," Cardin said.
Actually, Cardin's response is not 100% accurate. Uninsured patients do get hospital bills and hospitals and doctors do take measures to get payment. Bills can also be negotiated with payment plans. It seems to me the real problem lies with many illegal aliens in places like California who flood emergency rooms for minor ailments because they don't have family doctors. That is something of another problem.
And here in New Orleans is Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sibelius, whose most notable feat as governor of Kansas was shutting down the state attorney general's investigation of late-term abortion doctor George Tiller:
It appears that the public's attention is now riveted on health care reform, and they don't like what they see. Over 50% now, according to the polls, don't want the plan. That number can only rise as time passes and more details come out on this monstrosity. That's why Obama wants this deal done ASAP.
That in itself is sufficient argument against the plan. Something this detailed and all-encompassing, a bill that consists of over 1,000 pages, which no one in Congress has fully read, at the very least, should be carefully scrutinized. To rush this thing through passage reeks of a con game.
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From the beginning its been previous administrations ultimate fault that illegal immigration has never been retired. Years of neglect and intentional overlooking of the laws that were in place? It's grandiose excuse to allow the 20 million plus illegal immigrants to stay on American soil. Congress when enacted the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 has been flagrantly ignored. The IRCA toughened criminal sanctions for employers who hired illegal aliens, denied illegal aliens federally funded welfare benefits, and legitimized some aliens through an amnesty program–EXCEPT THESE LAWS NEVER WERE ENFORCED?
There has always been complicity since the earliest days, between the lawmakers, big business, the open border zealots and radical pro-immigration and anti-American sovereignty organizations. Just like the Globalist they have an attitude that American taxpayers should accommodate every illegal family, with free medical care, schooling and a comfortable prison cell, for criminals and for the thousands of illegal alien drunken drivers every year. That globalist agenda has always been a free movement of cheap labor, between all of South America, Canada and Mexico, just as secretly arranged with the 3 countries leaders in Waco, Texas, at the end of March 2005. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS CORPORATE WELFARE?
Americans only forceful action is to build on E-verify, but not to replace it? Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York and chairman of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on immigration wants consider up-grading the application, with modifications to authenticate the employee’s identity by using a specific and unique biometric identifiers? Schumer, stated "improving employment verification is critical to boosting public confidence about curbing illegal immigration, which will build support for comprehensive immigration reform." These politicians just don't get it? Outside of the American Civil War, there will be a battle over giving illegal immigrants a path to citizenship free-ride? What about the millions of people with integrity and believe in the Rule of Law, who sit and wait in far off foreign countries for an entry visa?
Whatever the outcome it will not be easy to pass any Immigration reform or AMNESTY? Say--NO-- because it going to cost trillions of dollars (with a T) in enactment. Health care, Pensions, retirement and a rush on government benefits, for those who haven't already cheated the system. Then they will want their immediate families here? And waiting millions will swarm the open areas of the sovereign border fence? IT WILL NEVER END? Call your Politician today at 202-224-3121 GOOGLE---NUMBERSUSA, AMERICANPATROL for facts, that will not be found in most press releases.
As a Independent voter, I do believe in a alternative government medical system, but I adamantly disagree on donating my taxes from public treasuries free health care to anybody who steals across our border or anything that smells of AMNESTY?
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