The health care debate continues to heat up and shows no sign of letting up. today we had a pro health care supporter chew off the finger of an opponent. Sick.
Both sides remain entrenched and passionate but it occurs to me that both sides live in a comfort zone of extremes.
For example, the left wants to make this an imperative of moral conscience, that we must provide health care to all, and the only other option is to do nothing.
The right mandates its refusal to bow to government run health care, sometimes ignoring that there are already government run health care systems in place now.
And somewhere in the middle, perhaps, the truth may live.
Maybe there is a way to modify what exists now to extend coverage to those who need it without giving the government carte blanche to seize control over another industry.
After proposing the biggest budget in history leading to the worst deficit in history and decades of crushing debt, Obama final demanded some cuts: 17 Billion worth.
The only problem is the budget is 3.5 Trillion, making his cuts less a half of one percent.
U.S. President Barack Obama’s budget suggests $17 billion in spending cuts for fiscal year 2010, but Congress already has rejected some of those proposals and the savings do little to dent a projected $1.17 trillion deficit.
Obama on Thursday released details of the spending cuts, most of which were announced during or after the initial roll-out of his $3.5 trillion budget in February. Fiscal year 2010 begins on October 1.
Here is a look at what some of the cuts mean for deficit reduction and the chances they have of getting approval from lawmakers:
* Obama’s budget calls for controversial healthcare reforms and legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming, but a huge fight is already underway in Congress over both initiatives.
Meaning we will lose 6 billion by years end. pay no attention to the fact that our population is only 300 million, and the world’s population is 7 billion, if Nancy says it, it must be true.
Oh wait, what about Obama’s paltry 3-4 million jobs created? Chump change.
This is an attempt to fear monger the Generational Theft Act into being. Unfortunately they left the job to a woman who cannot even exaggerate realistically.
Most blogs label her as dumb as soap. I disagree. She is not dumb, she is desperate, as the trillion dollar debacle is getting more and more push back.
Congress is showing its true colors: Spend and spend, and when called on it, lie. This was her attempt to scare us into compliance as people are actually paying attention.
The GOP leadership in the House put out the following list of 20 facts about the Democrats’ $1 trillion spending plan.
Rather than working with Republicans on a proposal that lets families, small businesses, entrepreneurs, and the self-employed keep more of what they earn to create jobs and help fix our economy, it seems congressional Democrats are prepared to barrel ahead with the same-old, same-old – more and more aimless spending – at a time when the American people expect so much more out of their elected officials in Washington. For a taste of just how badly Capitol Hill Democrats have strayed from the vision of a bipartisan plan to get our economy moving again, take a look at these 20 fast facts about their bloated plan:
As you may know, I am a fairly strong minded cynic when it comes to politics. I generally expect the worst of politicians and I am generally not disappointed.
But sometimes even I read or hear something so outrageous I get surprised. Sometimes a politician says something that stuns me.
This is NOT one of those cases. This was just too typical.
REICH: …”I am concerned, as I’m sure many of you are, that these jobs not simply go to high-skilled people who are already professionals or to white male construction workers…I have nothing against white male construction workers, I’m just saying there are other people who have needs as well.”
I always say that context matters, so to keep this in perspective, this is the context:
The stimulus plan will create jobs repairing and upgrading the nation’s roads, bridges, ports, levees, water and sewage system, public-transit systems, electricity grid, and schools. And it will kick-start alternative, non-fossil based sources of energy (wind, solar, geothermal, and so on); new health-care information systems; and universal broadband Internet access.
Caroline Kennedy has told Gov. David Paterson that she is withdrawing her name from consideration to replace outgoing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the U.S. Senate, The Post has learned.
Kennedy cited “personal reasons,” according to sources.
Her stunning move comes as sources revealed that Paterson had intended to appoint her to the now-vacant seat today.
The 51-year-old Camelot daughter’s decision removes the highest-profile name in the ring to step into Clinton’s seat, as she departs after getting confirmed as President Obama’s Secretary of State today.
The surprise decision leaves a crowded field of about 15 people, mostly elected officials, vying to replace Clinton - including Long Island Rep. Steve Israel, Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi, upstate Rep. Kirstin Gillibrand and Rep. Carolyn Maloney.
For the first time on Tuesday, shortly after Obama was inaugurated, Paterson acknowledged publicly that he is considering state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo for the slot.
7 years after 9/11 gave us a reality check of our vulnerability against attack, the greatest security threat, an essentially wide open border, has yet to be fixed.
The efforts to address it as a serious question continue to get bogged down in foolish details.
The matter is simple, we are all for immigration, we just want to see that immigrations structured in such a way that we can screen out undesirable people. Conversely, many immigrants feel the need of desire to bypass that structure, perhaps feeling they are the ones we might not desire. Others not willing to wait the time required to do it legally do so illegally.
Regardless of the details, the simple fact is that our borders offer little security.
So building a fence seemed the minimum effort to take to at least show the appearance of security.
Harry Reid disagrees. He wants us to reconsider the effort to secure the border, and his reasons for doing so are interesting. Per Michelle Malkin:
More proof that our politicians are living in a dream world of do as we say, now as we do.
Admittedly, the pay raise was an automatic one, and relatively small, but as a gesture of contrition to the Americans who really are suffering, they should have voluntarily voted to freeze their pay.
It is the least they can do since the present crisis is as much their fault as it is any CEO anywhere….
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