Bethann Ryker sent us a profound thought that was written by Dr. Adrian Rogers in 1931, and is still so true today:
“You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.”
In this Issue:
- August Republican Calendar
- Repeal the Democrat Tax Hikes!
- Obama’s Big Excuse for Raising Taxes! Watch for Dems to Propose a Value Added Tax!
- Inspector General says TARP bailout could reach $24 TRILLION
- READER’S COMMENTS
August Republican Calendar
Friday, August 7 - U.S. Rep. Kurt Shrader (U.S. Congressional District 5 from Oregon) will hold a Town Hall meeting in Newport from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Red Door Café, 34 So. Coast Hwy. Rep. Shrader will speak 1 on 1 for 2 minutes to constituents. Please attend and tell him your opinion of Obama’s health care bill.
Sunday, August 9 Fox News presents a documentary about Barack Obama at 6 p.m. PDT on the Sean Hannity show. Learn more about Pres. Obama than has ever been presented before, including his ties to radical professors, friends, spiritual advisers including Rev. Wright for 20+ years. No one in the media has previously been willing to present Obama’s background. Don’t miss it!
Tues., August 18 More opportunities to speak up on Obamacare! U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (U.S. Congressional District 4 from Oregon) will hold Town Hall Meeting from:
- 9 to 10 a.m. in Junction City at the J.C. City Hall City Council chambers, 680 Greenwood.
- 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. in the Eugene City Hall City Council chambers, 777 Pearl Street, Eugene.
- 7 to 8 p.m. in Springfield at the Springfield City Hall in the City Council chambers at 225 Fifth Street
Thurs. Aug 20 - BENTON COUNTY REPUBLICAN ANNUAL BARBECUE in the beer garden at the Philomath Frolic Rodeo Grounds, 502 South 13th Street, Philomath. At 5 p.m. social hour begins; at 6 p.m. dinner.
Menu: Expert barbecue Chef Sandy McHenry will be serving his fabulous Barbecued Tri-tip Steak or Chicken (fully marinated for 24 hours); Lynda McHenry will prepare her cowboy beans, garlic bread and tossed green salad. You’re invited to bring a dessert (no cream desserts, please) to put on the table to share. Cookies or brownies or fresh fruit are good choices.
Meet Republican candidates and elected officials, and hear Bob Tiernan, Oregon Republican Party’s dynamic chairman, as well as Rep. Andy Olson (Dist. 15), who will tell us the best reasons to elect Republicans in 2010. Cost: $15.00; children 12 and under $7.50. Children three years and under: FREE. For tickets, call message line at (541) 754-9155
Repeal the Democrat Tax Hikes!
Please sign a referendum petition to let the voters decide on the two tax increase measures signed into law by the governor two weeks ago! You may sign the petition on Monday at Republican Headquarters on Monday, August 10 between the hours of 10 a.m. and 12:30 noon and 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Call Linda Weimer at 754 0203 for more information about getting your signature on the petition.
Obama’s Big Excuse for Raising Taxes! Watch for Dems to Propose a Value Added Tax!
Buried near the bottom of page A10 in Tuesday’s (Aug 4) G-T was a story that reveals that the recession has caused federal tax revenues to take a nosedive!
Here’s the story:
Just as Congress and Pres. Obama are piling a major expansion of health care and other programs on the nation’s budget, the recession is starving the government of tax revenue.
The numbers could hardly be more stark: Tax receipts are on a pace to drop 18 percent this year, the biggest single-year decline since the Great Depression, while the federal deficit balloons to a record $1.8 trillion.
Other figures in an Associated Press analysis underscore the recession’s impact:
- Individual income tax receipts are down 22 percent from a year ago
- Corporate income taxes are down 57 percent.
- Social security tax receipts could drop for only the second time since 1940, and Medicare taxes are on pace to drop for the third time ever.
So what does this mean to the tax payer? Congress is sure to propose new revenue sources, the most likely of which is a VAT (Value Added Tax) where the consumer pays a tax on every service he purchases. Get a haircut, pay a VAT. Receive a package in the mail, pay a VAT.
The VAT is a chief contributor to destruction of economic growth in European countries. Why should we want to follow Europe’s socialism and stagnation?
Inspector General says TARP bailout could reach $24 TRILLION
Did you think that $700 billion was a huge amount to pay to rescue the nation’s sick financial system?
That’s chump change compared to what the overall price tag could be!
The inspector general in charge of overseeing the Treasury Department’s bank bailout program says the effort could end up costing taxpayers almost $24 TRILLION in a worst-case scenario.
Most of the attention has been focused on the Treasury’s $700 Billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, which Congress hurriedly passed last fall. But about 50 other federal programs that began as early as 2007 could push the government’s total financial support of the private financial sector to at least $23.7 trillion, says the inspector general.
Rep. Darrell Issa (CA), the committee’s top Republican, said the size and scope of the government’s involvement in rescuing the struggling financial sector is mind-boggling. “if you spent a million dollars a day going back to the birth of Christ, that wouldn’t even come close to just $1 Trillion. $23.7 Trillion is a staggering figure.
The Treasury called the inspector general’s figures “inflated.” The estimate also doesn’t take into account the repayment of TARP loans, which has reached about $70 billion.
The inspector general says that the Treasury has repeatedly failed to adopt many recommendations that its office feels are essential to providing “the highest degree of accountability and transparency possible.”
READER’S COMMENTS:
Paul Rentz says,
That was a stunning story on page one of the GT Wednesday. We’re paying $1,553.95 PER HOUR for the stimulus jobs in Oregon! That’s right, the article states that 3,236 were created and lasted an average of 35 hours- 113,260 hours total with $176,000,000 spent! Counting it as a job if they AVERAGED 35 hours total- for the entire job? Here it is again- and I quote,
“In Oregon, where lawmakers are spending $176 million to supplement the federal stimulus, Democrats are taking credit for a remarkable feat: creating 3,236 new jobs in the program's first three months.But those jobs lasted on average only 35 hours, or about one work week. After that, those workers were effectively back unemployed, according to an Associated Press analysis of state spending and hiring data. By the state's accounting, a job is a job, whether it lasts three hours, three days, three months, or a lifetime.”
And you wonder what Tea Parties are about? And why so many are turning against government run health care? If it wasn’t printed on the front page of our own paper it would be impossible to believe. Now what do we do to end this craziness?
Patricia Anderson invites us to answer the MSNBC poll:
They want to know if 'angry mobs' shouting down politicians in town halls is bad for the democratic process! Give 'em you reaction, pass the word and run the NO vote up higher than it already is...
Do You Think the Disruptions of Town Halls Hurt the Democratic Process?
Several people sent in the following direct quote from the White House site and commented that the White House is collecting a list of people who are against Obamacare. This is making a lot of people very uncomfortable. “There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.”
Lars Larson made the following observation: In the best Soviet and East German tradition, the Obama white house is inviting Americans to turn in their friends and neighbors who speak out in opposition to Obamacare. Share this with your friends. I figure some day it will be a point of pride that I got put on the Obama White House enemies list.
Teri Morse and Art Carlson forwarded to us lists of concerns about Pres. Obama’s healthcare bill. This list originated with former U.S. Senator from Arizona J.D. Hayworth. His concerns are similar to those expressed in Fred Thompson’s July 16 interview with Betsy McCaughey . We forward them on to you for your consideration:
Overview of the Health Care Bill in the House
Pg 22 of the HC Bill - MANDATES the govt. will audit books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self-insure.
Pg 30 Sec 123 of HC bill - THERE WILL BE A GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments / benefits you get.
Pg 29 lines 4-16 - in the HC bill - YOUR HEALTHCARE IS RATIONED.
Pg 42 of HC Bill - The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your Healthcare Benefits for you. YOU have no choice.
PG 50 Section 152 in HC bill - Healthcare will be provided to ALL non US citizens, illegal or otherwise.
Pg 58 HC Bill - Government will have real-time access to individual's finances and a National ID Health Card will be issued.
Pg 59 HC Bill lines 21-24 - Govt will have direct access to your bank accounts for elective funds transfers.
PG 65 Sec 164 - A payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in labor unions and com munity organizations [such as ACORN].
Pg 72 Lines 8-14 - Government is creating a Healthcare Exchange to bring private Healthcare plans under Government control.
PG 84 Sec 203 HC bill - Government mandates ALL benefit packages for private Healthcare plans be eliminated.
PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specifies Benefit Levels for all Plans [The Government will ration your Healthcare].
PG 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill - Government mandates linguistic services. Example - Translation for illegal aliens.
Pg 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18 - The Government will use groups i.e., ACORN & Americorps to sign up individuals for Government Healthcare plan
PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specifics of Benefit Levels for Plans. [AARP members - your health care WILL be rationed]
PG 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill - Medicaid Eligible Individuals (redefined elsewhere as all those under 133% of poverty level) will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. [No choice]
Pg 124 lines 24-25 HC - No company can sue Government for price fixing. No "judicial review" against Government Monopoly.
Pg 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill - Doctors/AMA - The Government will tell doctors what they can earn.
Pg 145 Line 15-17 - An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into public option plan. [NO CHOICE]
Pg 126 Lines 22-25 - Employers MUST pay for health care for part time employees AND their families.
Pg 149 Lines 16-24 - ANY Employer with payroll of 400k and above who does not provide public option pays 8% additional tax on all payroll.
Pg 150 Lines 9-13 - Business with payroll between 251k & 400k who doesn't provide public option pays 2-6% additional tax on all payroll
Pg 167 Lines 18-23 - ANY individual who doesn't have acceptable (who decides what is acceptable?) health care according to Government will be taxed additional 2.5% of income.
Pg 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill - Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual Taxes. [however, Americans will pay]
Pg 195 HC Bill - Officers and employees of Healthcare Administration [GOVERNMENT] will have access to ALL Americans'=C 2finance/personal records.
PG 203 Line 14-15 HC - "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax" [Yes, it says that]
Pg 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill - Government will reduce physician services for Medicaid, Seniors, low income people [Pay attention seniors]
Pg 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill - Doctors, doesn't matter what specialty you have, you'll all be paid the same salary.
PG 253 Line 10-18 - Govt sets value of doctor's time, professional judgment, etc. [Literally, the value of humans].
PG 265 Sec 1131 - Government mandates and controls productivity for private healthcare industries
PG 268 Sec 1141 - Government regulates rental and purchase of power driven wheelchairs
PG 272 SEC. 1145 - TREATMENT BY CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS - [Cancer patients - welcome to rationing!]
Page 280 Sec 1151 - Government will penalize hospitals for what Government deems preventable readmissions.
Pg 298 Lines 9-11 - Doctors, if you treat a patient during initial admission that results in a readmission - Government will penalize you.
Pg 317 L 13-20 - Prohibition on ownership/investment. Government tells doctors what/how much they can own.
Pg 317-318 lines 21-25,1-3 - Prohibition on expansion - Government is mandating hospitals cannot expand.
Pg 321 2-13 - Hospitals have opportunity to apply for exception, BUT community input required. [government permission]
Pg 335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339 - Government mandates establishment of outcome based measures. [Healthcare the way they want. Rationing]
Pg 341 Lines 3-9 - Government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans, HMOs, etc. Forces people into Government plan.
Pg 354 Sec 1177 - Government will RESTRICT enrollment of special needs people [such as Downs Syndrome]
Pg 379 Sec 1191 - Government creates more bureaucracy - Telehealth Advisory Committee.
PG 425 Lines 4-12 - Government mandates Advance Care Planning Consult. [Think Senior Citizens: end of life]
Pg 425 Lines 17-19 - Government will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of atty. Mandatory!
PG 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3 - Government provides approved list of end of life resources, guiding you in death. [think mandatory Kervorkian]
PG 427 Lines 15-24 - Government=2 0mandates program for orders for end of life. The Government has a say in how your life ends
Pg 429 Lines 1-9 - An "advocate care planning consult" will be used frequently as patients health deteriorates.
PG 429 Lines 10-12 - "Advocate care consultation" may include an ORDER for end of life plans. [An ORDER from the Government]
Pg 429 Lines 13-25 - The government will specify which doctors can write an end of life order.
PG 430 Lines 11-15 - The Government will decide what level of treatment you will have at end of life.
Pg 469 - Community Based Home Medical Services = Non profit organizations. [ACORN
Lee McLaughlin sends us the link to find HR 3200, the bill that the House of Representatives is considering. Lee says, “You can read an updated and revised overview of HR 3200 Healthcare Overview (pdf) compiled by Liberty Counsel.
Or, go to the full text of HR 3200 at THOMAS and read directly from the government website what this bill does!
Your Senators and Representative will soon be home for the August recess of Congress. Get a car load of friends and go meet with your Senators and Representative. Find out where he or she is holding Townhall meetings. Go to those meetings and ask for some answers! Some of them may try to avoid discussing ObamaCare. Don't let them!
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