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March 16, 2010
Must-watch videos: Rep. Paul Ryan slams reconciliation, Slaughter solution, backroom sleazy deals behind HCR - Fox News' Jim Engle esposes Obama's lies about Medicare
Topics: Political News and commentariesThis video is actually more than a slam, it's a smack down, and it truthfully addresses the real mis-truths, costs, and dangers behind Obamacare (H/t - Sister Toldjah, with more commentary and links):
Ryan also wrote an Op-Ed piece in the Washington Post today and he pointed out, among other highly troubling issues, that the HCR demonstrates that the debate is not about healthcare:
[...] Despite claims of transparency and calls for a "simple up-or-down vote," there is nothing simple about this process. This convoluted legislative charade demonstrates how far the Democratic majority has wandered from real health-care reform and cost control, employing any means to achieve political victory.In this absolutely must-watch related video, Jim Engle of Fox News corrects the Democrats "Fuzzy Math on Health Care" while exposing Barack Obama's bold faced, straight-out lie in which he states: "The most insidious argument they're making (Obamacare opponents) is that this would somehow hurt Medicare; this proposal makes Medicare stronger, it makes the coverage better, and it makes the finances more secure, and anybody who says otherwise is either misinformed or they're trying to misinform you."[..] This legislation includes a range of job-killing tax hikes and controls on all Americans -- to fund this new entitlement and to penalize employers and individuals who don't play by Washington's new rules. The CBO said last July that "requiring employers to offer health insurance, or pay a fee if they do not, is likely to reduce employment." The mix of mandates and higher costs will drive Americans into government exchanges, with an ever-enlarging number reliant upon taxpayer subsidies for their care. The architecture is designed to give the government greater control over what kind of insurance is available, how much health care is enough and which treatments are worth paying for.
[...] If this debate had actually been about health care, we could have worked together to get a grip on costs, make quality care more accessible, address exclusions for preexisting conditions and realign the incentives of insurance companies with those of patients and doctors. Yet this process -- including its embarrassing conclusion -- demonstrates that the debate has never been about health-care policy but, instead, paternalistic ideology.
Should the Democrats' health-care train wreck make it to the president's desk, it will be a pyrrhic victory, and its devastating consequences will take their toll on our health-care system, our budget and our economy. (emphasis added)
Watching the video it becomes perfectly clear that Mr. Obama is the one that is either terribly misinformed, trying to misinform America, or is purposefully lying in order to sell his disastrous health care bill. Take the time to watch the entire video (begins with brief ad).
Posted by Richard at March 16, 2010 12:12 AM
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