$600 Billion in New Taxes for Socialized Medicine

President Obama's trip to Chicago today to give a speech on health care cost $236,000, not including Secret Service, motorcades, and helicopter transports.  Guess who's paying for it?

To pay for the Obama administration's socialized medicine plan, the House is planning on adding $600 billion in new taxes, while the administration is proposing $313 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, which hospitals oppose.  Even Republicans are supporting the idea of using government force to require every American to have health insurance.  Hopefully the whole plan will fall apart on the debate over the idea of a government plan.

 

The largest ideological group in America is conservatives.  Forty percent of Americans identify themselves as conservatives, while only 21% identify as liberals.  This is very illustrative of what "conservative" and "liberal" mean.

 

Almost four months after the problems at VA hospitals that potentially exposed over 10,000 veterans to HIV, Congress will hold hearings with the VA tomorrow about the problems.  Just remember this when you think about government-run health care.

 

It is very telling that sports are hiring lobbyists in Washington.  It shows how government's power has grown and centralized in Washington.  Also telling is the fact that people having trouble with their mortgages have started running to their member of Congress for help.

 

At least two Republican members of Congress are trying to end the TARP program, and one is trying to prevent the federal government from ever owning a piece of an American company in the future.

 

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin sold his stocks and mutual funds last September after a meeting with the Treasury Secretary and Federal Reserve Chairman.  Just so you know, this is what Martha Stewart went to prison for.

 

There are reports around the world about cooling temperatures damaging crops, even here in Georgia.

 

The backlash to the Obama plans to tax Americans' money overseas has started, as British banking group Lloyds dumped its American clients last week.

 

The Obama administration is considering bulldozing whole neighborhoods and returning them to nature in order to help cities survive.  I actually don't think this is such a bad idea, as long as they start with the government housing projects to chase the parasites out.

 

Clown Prince Vice President and "stimulus" meter maid Joe Biden is trying to explain away the failure of the "stimulus" package to boost the economy and his response is simply that "everyone guessed wrong" on how many jobs would be created.  In reality, plenty of people questioned the numbers from the Obama administration, especially when they found out some of the wasteful projects that the money would be spent on, like buying fish food.  Just so you know, Joe Biden is considering a run for President in 2016 if Obama gets a second term.

 

Just as I feared, privacy may be negatively affected by the Obama cybersecurity plan.

 

The Norks are threatening to weaponize their plutonium, and the United States responds by telling them to end their "provocative" actions.

 

In Iran, crowds are protesting what they believe was a "rigged" election that led to the reelection of "Crazy" Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

 

Political hack CIA chief Leon Panetta says that he believes that Dick Cheney wants the United States to be attacked again.

 

Over half of Americans can't find the heart on a diagram of a human body.  This is primarily a problem with the government education system in America.

 

Dick Morris says that Obama's issues are crumbling, and he may be running out of steam politically.  Democrats are starting to worry that Obama's spending may hurt them in next year's elections.

 

About 1.4 million parasites are receiving a cell phone thanks to you and me, a number that has doubled since November.

 

There was a rare victory for property rights last week, as the federal government decided that it would not forcibly seize the land of property owners in Pennsylvania for the Flight 93 memorial.

 

What is the mindset of somebody who wants to "celebrate" their team winning a championship by rioting?

 

Peanut "for brains" President Jimmy Carter was honored by the Palestinian government Saturday, and he pledged to support the Palestinians' campaign for independence for the rest of his life.  Why, again, are we so proud that Georgia produced him?

 

House Minority Leader and Democrat candidate for Governor Dubose Porter criticized Governor Perdue for his across-the-board spending cuts.  He would have preferred more limited cuts, with tax increases.