Those elected representatives who have had secret meetings with the powers-that-be regarding their vote on the proposed Trillion Dollar-plus healthcare reform legislation are NOT representing those who voted for them.
Polls show that Main Street USA does, indeed, desire reform in the health industry.
Polls also show, however, that those tax-paying citizens DO NOT want the reform currently presented.
So, who are those people in the House of Representatives representing?
Certainly not those persons who placed them on Captiol Hill.
At least, as reported by the Associated Press, there are 36 states working on legislation to block many of the extreme, liberty-eroding policies that would be enacted under this "reform."
The worst may be that ALL Americans would be required to purchase health insurance.
At present, it is estimated that some ten million people, who can afford insurance, have elected not to purchase it at this point in their lives. If this law passes, these same individuals must get insurance, or be penalized through fines and/or special fees.
Hopefully, better sense will prevail in the House than what Nancy Pelosi envisions.
Whatever the outcome, those members of Congress who are voting for such sweeping legislation that does far more than is stated, and is chock full of earmarks and pork in an attempt to sway votes, should be voted out in November or impeached.
Their crime is treason.
They are blatantly going against what tax-paying citizens of this country want.
That is betrayal after trust.
That is treason, by definition.
Over For Now.
Main Street One
Showing posts with label House Bill 3200. Show all posts
Showing posts with label House Bill 3200. Show all posts
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
House Speaker Speaks Up, Defies Polls
Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, on ABC television's "This Week," stated, without any doubt, that if President Obama decides to use the reconciliation method of political maneuvering she will deliver the votes without the support of any Republicans.
Make no mistake, polls also show reform is needed and wanted.
However, poll after poll bring into the open that the majority of Americans do not approve of either of the bills that passed the House of Representatives and the Senate.
The strong-arm tactic that will apparently be used on these earmarked pieces of legislation that will affect 17% of the U.S. economy is not representative of what Americans need or want.
Why won't our elected representatives listen?
It has been voiced by some Democrats that objections regarding the healthcare reform bills are due to mis-information delivered by Republicans.
There probably does exist some of that.
However, Democrats are guilty of the same activity.
Consider that the bills are supposedly going to provide coverage for some 30 million Americans who do not currently have any form of healthcare insurance.
Yet, one third of that total, ten million people, have elected not to carry insurance, despite the fact that they can afford it. These people are exercising their own free will and making their own decisions about what they need and want.
Not if this legislation passes.
They will be forced into obtaining and paying for insurance, or be fined.
This type of political activity, economic ramifications aside, erodes our Bill of Rights.
This type of political activity drastically increases the role of government in the lives of all Americans.
It used to be that when the People speak those who have been elected to follow the will of the People respond to that will.
Evidently, no longer.
As Pelosi stated on ABC TV, "We're here to do the job for the American people -- to get them results that gives them not only health security, but economic security, because the health issue is an economic issue for America's families."
If she truly believed those words, then the Speaker would respond to, and support, the People, Main Street USA. She would champion their cause and scrap the thousands of pages of pork-filled legislation that currently exist and start anew with something meaningful and truly helpful.
Instead of ducking their responsibility on Tort Reform by passing it off to the individual states (which, as previously discussed, would become a national matter in the U.S. Supreme Court), the House and Senate should pass legislation immediately in this area.
Taxpayers do not need to pay for frivolous lawsuits that clog the Court system and, in the end, raise insurance rates each and every time they succeed. That is a double-whammy to the pocketbook of Main Street USA.
One last note.
Most of the articles that appear regarding passage of healthcare reform state that "Obama has the votes to pass reform" the way it is currently written.
Since when did the White House become more important than the collective voice, opinion and will of Main Street USA?
Yes, President Obama, we do need healthcare reform.
But not in the current state as presented.
Eliminate Medicare and Medicaid fraud-NOW.
Stop frivolous lawsuits with Tort Reform-AT ONCE.
Then, and only then, should we move forward with legislation that is significant and does not trample on the Rights of Americans to choose what they need and want.
Over For Now.
Main Street One
Make no mistake, polls also show reform is needed and wanted.
However, poll after poll bring into the open that the majority of Americans do not approve of either of the bills that passed the House of Representatives and the Senate.
The strong-arm tactic that will apparently be used on these earmarked pieces of legislation that will affect 17% of the U.S. economy is not representative of what Americans need or want.
Why won't our elected representatives listen?
It has been voiced by some Democrats that objections regarding the healthcare reform bills are due to mis-information delivered by Republicans.
There probably does exist some of that.
However, Democrats are guilty of the same activity.
Consider that the bills are supposedly going to provide coverage for some 30 million Americans who do not currently have any form of healthcare insurance.
Yet, one third of that total, ten million people, have elected not to carry insurance, despite the fact that they can afford it. These people are exercising their own free will and making their own decisions about what they need and want.
Not if this legislation passes.
They will be forced into obtaining and paying for insurance, or be fined.
This type of political activity, economic ramifications aside, erodes our Bill of Rights.
This type of political activity drastically increases the role of government in the lives of all Americans.
It used to be that when the People speak those who have been elected to follow the will of the People respond to that will.
Evidently, no longer.
As Pelosi stated on ABC TV, "We're here to do the job for the American people -- to get them results that gives them not only health security, but economic security, because the health issue is an economic issue for America's families."
If she truly believed those words, then the Speaker would respond to, and support, the People, Main Street USA. She would champion their cause and scrap the thousands of pages of pork-filled legislation that currently exist and start anew with something meaningful and truly helpful.
Instead of ducking their responsibility on Tort Reform by passing it off to the individual states (which, as previously discussed, would become a national matter in the U.S. Supreme Court), the House and Senate should pass legislation immediately in this area.
Taxpayers do not need to pay for frivolous lawsuits that clog the Court system and, in the end, raise insurance rates each and every time they succeed. That is a double-whammy to the pocketbook of Main Street USA.
One last note.
Most of the articles that appear regarding passage of healthcare reform state that "Obama has the votes to pass reform" the way it is currently written.
Since when did the White House become more important than the collective voice, opinion and will of Main Street USA?
Yes, President Obama, we do need healthcare reform.
But not in the current state as presented.
Eliminate Medicare and Medicaid fraud-NOW.
Stop frivolous lawsuits with Tort Reform-AT ONCE.
Then, and only then, should we move forward with legislation that is significant and does not trample on the Rights of Americans to choose what they need and want.
Over For Now.
Main Street One
Saturday, January 16, 2010
House Healthcare & The Bill of Rights
In the two previous posts, there were quotes from retired Constitutional Attorney Michael Connelly, a man who has read the entirety of House Bill 3200, regarding what the proposed legislation contained in the Bill passed by the House contains and how three of our original 10 Rights could potentially be destroyed.
Here are two more of those Rigths potentially devastated:
"The 9th Amendment provides: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people;
"The 10th Amendment states: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are preserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
"Under the provisions of this piece of Congressional handiwork neither the people nor the states are going to have any rights or powers at all in many areas that once were theirs to control.
"This is not about health care; it is about seizing power and limiting rights.
"Article 6 of the Constitution requires the members of both houses of Congress to 'be bound by oath or affirmation to support the Constitution.' If I was a member of Congress I would not be able to vote for this legislation or anything like it, without feeling I was violating that sacred oath or affirmation. If I voted for it anyway, I would hope the American people would hold me accountable.
"For those who might doubt the nature of this threat, I suggest they consult the source, the US Constitution, and Bill of Rights. There you can see exactly what we are about to have taken from us."
Taken from us...
Main Street USA, please wake up!
If the healthcare bill as proposed by either the House or Senate passes (with ample pork that President Obama promised each and every American would never be in legislation that he signs) our Rights are lost.
Our Privacy is lost.
This is the ultimate in political corruption...far worse than just accepting bribes. Those voting in favor of this legislation on Capitol Hill are committing Treason at the highest level.
If it passes, America as you know it (or have known it) will simply cease to exist.
Is it any wonder why there are Democratic Senators who have decided to retire.
Why should they worry about another election and the possibility of losing when America finds out that the country has been sold down the river.
They have a VERY cushy retirement (AND benefits!).
Unlike most of us.
Thomas Jefferson said this, "Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases."
Over For Now.
Main Street One
Here are two more of those Rigths potentially devastated:
"The 9th Amendment provides: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people;
"The 10th Amendment states: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are preserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
"Under the provisions of this piece of Congressional handiwork neither the people nor the states are going to have any rights or powers at all in many areas that once were theirs to control.
"This is not about health care; it is about seizing power and limiting rights.
"Article 6 of the Constitution requires the members of both houses of Congress to 'be bound by oath or affirmation to support the Constitution.' If I was a member of Congress I would not be able to vote for this legislation or anything like it, without feeling I was violating that sacred oath or affirmation. If I voted for it anyway, I would hope the American people would hold me accountable.
"For those who might doubt the nature of this threat, I suggest they consult the source, the US Constitution, and Bill of Rights. There you can see exactly what we are about to have taken from us."
Taken from us...
Main Street USA, please wake up!
If the healthcare bill as proposed by either the House or Senate passes (with ample pork that President Obama promised each and every American would never be in legislation that he signs) our Rights are lost.
Our Privacy is lost.
This is the ultimate in political corruption...far worse than just accepting bribes. Those voting in favor of this legislation on Capitol Hill are committing Treason at the highest level.
If it passes, America as you know it (or have known it) will simply cease to exist.
Is it any wonder why there are Democratic Senators who have decided to retire.
Why should they worry about another election and the possibility of losing when America finds out that the country has been sold down the river.
They have a VERY cushy retirement (AND benefits!).
Unlike most of us.
Thomas Jefferson said this, "Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases."
Over For Now.
Main Street One
House Healthcare Bill & Your Rights
More from Retired Constitutional Attorney Michael Connelly (who has read, in its entirety, proposed House Bill 3200), regarding the Rights and Privacy of all of Main Street USA:
"I have concluded that this legislation really has no intention of providing affordable health care choices. Instead it is a convenient cover for the most massive transfer of power to the Executive Branch of government that has ever occurred, or even been contemplated. If this law, or a similar one is adopted, major portions of the Constitution of the United States will effectively have been destroyed.
"The first thing to go will be the masterfully crafted balance of power between the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of the U.S. Government. The Congress will be transferring to the Obama Administration authority in a number of different areas over the lives of the American people, and the businesses they own.
"The irony is that the Congress doesn't have any authority to legislate in most of those areas to begin with! I defy anyone to read the text of the U.S. Constitution and find any authority granted to the members of Congress to regulate health care.
"This legislation also provides for access, by the appointees of the Obama administration, of all of your personal healthcare information, your personal financial information, and the information of your employer, physician, and hospital, a direct violation of the specific provisions of the 4th Amendment to the Constitution. All of this is a protecting against unreasonable searches and seizures. You can also forget about the right to privacy. That will have been legislated into oblivion regardless of what the 3rd and 4th Amendments may provide.
"If you decide not to have healthcare insurance, or if you have private insurance that is not deemed acceptable to the Health Choices Administrator appointed by Obama, there will be a tax imposed on you. It is called a tax instead of a fine because of the intent to avoid application of the due process clause of the 5th Amendment. However, that doesn't work because since there is nothing in the law that allows you to contest or appeal the imposition of the tax, it is definitely depriving someone of property without the due process of law."
Time to raise your collective voice, Main Street USA!
Your Rights, as guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, are in serious jeopardy under House Bill 3200.
Yes, we do need health reform.
But we do not need this Bill or anything resembling this Bill.
Why cannot our elected officials start with Tort Reform? (Probably because attorneys and law firms are huge contributors to campaigns and spend massive amounts of money lobbying Capitol Hill.)
Remember what Patrick Henry says, "The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."
Over For Now.
Main Street One
"I have concluded that this legislation really has no intention of providing affordable health care choices. Instead it is a convenient cover for the most massive transfer of power to the Executive Branch of government that has ever occurred, or even been contemplated. If this law, or a similar one is adopted, major portions of the Constitution of the United States will effectively have been destroyed.
"The first thing to go will be the masterfully crafted balance of power between the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of the U.S. Government. The Congress will be transferring to the Obama Administration authority in a number of different areas over the lives of the American people, and the businesses they own.
"The irony is that the Congress doesn't have any authority to legislate in most of those areas to begin with! I defy anyone to read the text of the U.S. Constitution and find any authority granted to the members of Congress to regulate health care.
"This legislation also provides for access, by the appointees of the Obama administration, of all of your personal healthcare information, your personal financial information, and the information of your employer, physician, and hospital, a direct violation of the specific provisions of the 4th Amendment to the Constitution. All of this is a protecting against unreasonable searches and seizures. You can also forget about the right to privacy. That will have been legislated into oblivion regardless of what the 3rd and 4th Amendments may provide.
"If you decide not to have healthcare insurance, or if you have private insurance that is not deemed acceptable to the Health Choices Administrator appointed by Obama, there will be a tax imposed on you. It is called a tax instead of a fine because of the intent to avoid application of the due process clause of the 5th Amendment. However, that doesn't work because since there is nothing in the law that allows you to contest or appeal the imposition of the tax, it is definitely depriving someone of property without the due process of law."
Time to raise your collective voice, Main Street USA!
Your Rights, as guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, are in serious jeopardy under House Bill 3200.
Yes, we do need health reform.
But we do not need this Bill or anything resembling this Bill.
Why cannot our elected officials start with Tort Reform? (Probably because attorneys and law firms are huge contributors to campaigns and spend massive amounts of money lobbying Capitol Hill.)
Remember what Patrick Henry says, "The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."
Over For Now.
Main Street One
House Healthcare Bill and Truth
Retired Constitutional Attorney Michael Connelly has read, in its entirety, proposed House Bill 3200.
I doubt any of our elected officials can boast of doing the same.
Here is one interesting point that Mr. Connelly discovered when comparing the Bill with what is being said and the Truth:
"To begin with, much of what has been said about the law and its implications is in fact true, despite what the Democrats and the media are saying. The law does provide for rationing of health care, particularly where senior citizens and other classes of citizens are involved, free health care for illegal immigrants, free abortion services, and probably forced participation in abortions by members of the medical profession.
"The Bill will also eventually force private insurance companies out of business, and put everyone into a government run system. All decisions about personal health care will ultimately be made by federal bureaucrats, and most of them will not be health care professionals. Hospital admissions, payments to physicians, and allocations of necessary medical devices will be strictly controlled by the government."
Mr. Connelly says more, however, let Main Street USA dwell on the above.
House Bill 3200 is nothing as presented by those trying to push this healthcare reform through.
Again, why cannot our elected officials, who are supposed to be doing everything in our best interest, do something about Tort Reform?
That alone would lower health and insurance costs.
Think about it.
Over For Now.
Main Street One
I doubt any of our elected officials can boast of doing the same.
Here is one interesting point that Mr. Connelly discovered when comparing the Bill with what is being said and the Truth:
"To begin with, much of what has been said about the law and its implications is in fact true, despite what the Democrats and the media are saying. The law does provide for rationing of health care, particularly where senior citizens and other classes of citizens are involved, free health care for illegal immigrants, free abortion services, and probably forced participation in abortions by members of the medical profession.
"The Bill will also eventually force private insurance companies out of business, and put everyone into a government run system. All decisions about personal health care will ultimately be made by federal bureaucrats, and most of them will not be health care professionals. Hospital admissions, payments to physicians, and allocations of necessary medical devices will be strictly controlled by the government."
Mr. Connelly says more, however, let Main Street USA dwell on the above.
House Bill 3200 is nothing as presented by those trying to push this healthcare reform through.
Again, why cannot our elected officials, who are supposed to be doing everything in our best interest, do something about Tort Reform?
That alone would lower health and insurance costs.
Think about it.
Over For Now.
Main Street One
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