Democrats in Congress are about to pull a fast one on the American people to the tune of over $1 Trillion…that’s right $1 Trillion. And the largest insurance companies are helping them do it, so they can get a piece of the action. Don’t believe it? Read for yourself: Democrats Hoodwink the Health Lobby by WSJ writer Kimberley Strassel.
An excerpt from the article shows the tactics that Democrats are using to completely drown out any other ideas or voices except their own:
Democrats have complemented their smiling encouragements with behind-the-scenes threats. After retaking the House in 2006, the party made clear that companies that did not hire Democratic lobbyists would not get a hearing in Washington. The ruling party is now seeing the fruits of its bullying. These days, a meeting of health-care lobbyists is better described as a reunion of Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus’s former aides. Health-care lobbying has been turned on its head: The new cabal of Democratic lobbyists does not exist to protect the industry from Congress. It exists to present Democratic ultimatums to business.
When Senate Republicans last month hosted a meeting to discuss reform ideas, Mr. Baucus’s office called in a block of these Democratic lobbyists to deliver a message. “They said, ‘Republicans are having this meeting and you need to let all of your clients know if they have someone there, that will be viewed as a hostile act,’” reported one attendee to the Baucus caucus. Message to companies that don’t agree with their Beltway lobbyist: Pull a Rick Scott (the former hospital executive running ads critical of ObamaCare), and you’ll be sorry.
All these actions — the White House meetings, the strung-out negotiations, the muzzling — have been taken with one aim: To buy silence. President Barack Obama is committed to a public option. Liberal Democrats intend to make the private sector fund their plans. They figure by the time they drop a bill that contains odious elements, it’ll be too late for any industry player — big or small — to cut a Harry & Louise ad.
Sure there are quite a few things about the healthcare industry that need to change, but does anyone with a bit of common sense (you or I ) think that this is the way to do it. Here is the latest bright idea coming from the wholly one sided House of Representatives today. Read: Small Business Faces Big Bite. Here’s what passes for a bright idea these days: tax the rich and small business so that we can pay for a massive increase in spending by the federal government. Let’s see what that will do to support jobs in this country and your opportunity to start your own business and be successful.
Let’s not let these goofballs in Washington destroy our freedom, economy, and health. They have completely lost touch with reality and the fact that they represent the people.
Take Back America!
