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Was it a rough for night for Obama & FactCheck?
It turns out FactCheck has their thinking caps on! This is the summary of their factCheck analyis of tonight’s infomercial…that delayed the World Series Final game.
-Increased taxes already down the $200,000 (Obama’s words). Biden already slipped it down to $150k.
-No defintive exit strategy for Iraq. His exact words “we’ve got to look at bringing that war to a close”.
-No universal healthcare for adults. Children only…which exists in virtually every state already.
-His health care “decrease in cost of $2500 per family” is a hope thta computerized records will allow health insurers to pass the (estimated) savings on to premium payors…yeah right.
-Spending plan heading for a 1 TRILLION dollar deficit in the FIRST year in office, even after taking into account any spending cuts he proposes.
-Recently acknowledged that the next President will have SCALE BACK his agenda and some of his proposals.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_on_el_pr/fact_check_obama_ad;_ylt=AuzFBjkJDdgtqvQqG_DfMb1snwcF
Before you speak…read the link! There’s got to be something in your brain that says, “Why do I believe in him?”
Lorean Eberst
Republicans are you ready for the public option?
It seems now that its fixing to be voted on even the insurance companies are scared heres a little of them trying to disimformation the people because the republicans cant to much more they have dugg a hole……………………………..Until recently, the health insurance industry has been working behind the scenes to shape legislation, while publicly endorsing President Barack Obama’s goal of affordable coverage for all Americans. The fragile alliance is growing strained as legislation advances toward floor votes in the House and Senate.
Late Sunday, the industry trade group America’s Health Insurance Plans sent its member companies a new accounting firm study that projects the legislation would add $1,700 a year to the cost of family coverage in 2013, when most of the major provisions in the bill would be in effect.
Premiums for a single person would go up by $600 more than would be the case without the legislation, the PriceWaterhouseCoopers analysis concluded. The study was commissioned by the insurance group.
“Several major provisions in the current legislative proposal will cause health care costs to increase far faster and higher than they would under the current system,” Karen Ignagni, the top industry lobbyist in Washington, wrote in a memo to insurance company CEOs.
The study projected that in 2019, family premiums could be $4,000 higher and individual premiums could be $1,500 higher.
Baucus spokesman Mulhauser said the study is “seriously flawed” because it doesn’t take into account provisions in the legislation that would lower the cost of coverage, such as tax credits to help people buy private insurance, protections for current policies and administrative savings from a revamped marketplace.
White House health care spokeswoman Linda Douglass concurred. “This is an insurance industry analysis that is designed to reach a conclusion which benefits the industry, and does not represent what the bill does,” she said.
Jordon Pultz
Is OBAMACARE JUST a SICK JOKE?
As The New York Post has aptly pointed out, ObamaCare is a sick joke. Here are some facts that refuse to be ignored…
* By 52 percent to 40 percent, voters are opposed to the healthcare bill introduced on July 14 to the House of Representatives.
* Independents now oppose ObamaCare by a ratio of almost 2:1.
* The World Health Organization ranked the United States No. 1 out of 191 countries for being responsive to patients’ needs, including providing timely treatments and a choice of doctors. Among those currently insured, 84% are satisfied with their healthcare. But if you’re happy, don’t get too comfortable: ObamaCare will force people to change their insurance.
* The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says that the bill proposed by House Democrats would increase the federal deficit by $239 billion.
* Team Obama says the CBO has failed to account for plans to reduce waste and cut services. Unfortunately, reducing waste would account for only about 1% of ObamaCare “savings.” Any other potential savings would have to come from reductions in patient care services.
Milo Bolander
Why does Obama want patients to pay ore for their medicines?
people can no longer use tax-free Health Savings Accounts on basic over-the-counter drugs. Instead, they must pay for a doctor’s appointment — and then get a prescription for a pricier pharmacist-dispensed drug.
Consider the case of Claritin, an allergy medication that recently was approved for OTC use. A report from the National Center for Policy Analysis found that longtime users of the drug saw their daily costs fall 80 percent, from about $2.50 to just 50 cents. ObamaCare reverses this trend by encouraging people to opt for higher-priced prescription drugs when a cheaper OTC medication would work just as well.
And some measures are cut-off-your-nose-to-spite-your-face punitive — like the new $2.5 billion excise tax on pharmaceutical companies. Drug manufacturers won’t simply swallow this new bill; they’ll pass it onto consumers in the form of higher prices.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/the_damage_has_already_begun_pzcq1MmzRb3O626H6Q7PqI#ixzz1BVwcrRGx
Forrest Pesante
How will those earning more than $250,000 adjust their investments and compensation packages to shelter income?
Will they invest in ways that are more or less productive in stimulating the economy? How might such a tax affect their consumer spending? Do you think most of them will end up paying the full tax increase?
I work in the tax-exempt bond business and high net worth investors have been tranferring funds into muni bonds at unprecedented rates since August.
My business has been approached by four different law firms offering to set up C corporations to shelter income in post-employment health benefits, private school tuition benefits for children and specialized management corporations to bipass full employee participation in 401(k) plans to increase the retirement contribution to the maximum of $46,000.
I would also expect to see Section 529 college saving plans to grow in popularity since you can deposit $250,000 per child into an account and have all earnings be tax free if they are spent on education or other qualified costs.
Has anyone else noticed the uptick in tax shelter marketing since October?
Rush, I actually thought my last question was a little worse.
Stephen, it cannot be otherwise. Capital seeks the highest after tax return adjusted for risk tolerance. When the tax rate is zero, it seeks the highest return which creates the maximum growth to GDP. As the tax rates grow, alternative tax preferred investments that would otherwise not produce the highest return become more attractive on an after tax basis. It is almost a universal truth that aas tax rates grow, capital diminishes it abilitity to contribute to GDP growth.
Moiko, I assume you do not make enough money to bother with the lawbreaking and moral and ethical lapses that the wealthy routinely engage in as part of their tax planning?
Casimira Amboree
If it is life at conception, then what about the babies and children that die? How about it McCain and Palin?
fictional account based on facts:
We live in Africa. Our baby was born 10 months ago. We have no resources to feed the child. Now my wife is pregnant and there is no food anywhere. In fact 10 million of my neighbors died last year from lack of food and medical resources. Thank God there are laws against abortion and birth control because they are murder. I am so glad there are people like John McCain and Sarah Palin to stop the killing of these fetuses.
It seems we are having more babies than we can feed. I know this is God smiling on us with the gift of life. But how do we feed the fetuses and what do we do with the 10 million dead babies?
The group estimates that in 2005, 9.7 million children under five died, mostly from preventable causes such as pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria and neonatal causes of death.
http://www.who.int/child_adolescent_health/data/child/en/index.html
You cannot save a fetus without killing a child. http://www.prolifeismurder.com
Edit:
From the answers, it seems that the only thing we can do is elect John and Sarah and let the kids die. I guess they think it is smarter to let them be born, then die before the age of five. I guess that makes sense to someone. And suffering, who cares? At least John and Sarah can go down in history as the pair that made the evil abortions go away. Abortion bad, torture babies good, ugh.
preg christian:
You know the point I am making and as usual you attempt to hoodwink other readers. I am opposed to forced birth and am not opposed to a person that wants a child keeping a child. You know already that my intent is to stop people like you that want to force your views into law from having the ability to do so. And I do that by making it clear that when a person such as yourself forces the birth of a fetus it causes the death of a child. But you don’t want people to know that because you are pro lifer that wants all fetuses to be born and you let them die thereafter.
And you also know that I have 4 kids that I raised and fed and educated with college degrees when wanted. And I donate my time trying to save the kids you kill.
Please keep following me around on answers, I would block you, but you are my best source of a stalker with kooky ideas.
celeste;
You ruined your own answer. Yes abortions cost money, but not as much as feeding a human through out their life. You won’t pay unless you outlaw aboriton. Then not only will you pay, humans will die.
Shantel Hierro
Have you read Pelosi’s Healthcare Bill ?
It is over 1900 pages long; it has 400,000 words in it; it weighs in at just over NINETEEN POUNDS, and it is FIVE TIMES LONGER THAN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
Congress had 3 days to review it and even if they DID get thru the entire bill, PELOSI IS MAKING CHANGES TO IT WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT.
Congress is being strong-armed by White House gangster Rahm Emmanuel – you know, the guy who sends politicians a dead fish if they oppose him…….yeah, thats just one of the crooks Obama moved from Corrupt Chicago machine-politics, over to the White House.
WHAT IS ACTUALLY BACK IN THE PELOSI BILL AFTER THE PUBLIC RALLIED ALL SUMMER LONG AGAINST HER BILL?
These are back:
1. The largest expansion of abortion funding ever in our history. You get to pay for every idiot woman who chooses not to “dance all night”.
Not only abortions, but this expansion allows LATE TERM AND PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTIONS AS WELL. It also does not allow for the conscience clause for those medical people who refuse to do abortions on religious or moral grounds. They will get fired.
2. “evidence-based intervention” teams – these “teams” will arrive at your personal residence with a warrant in one hand, and a syringe in the other to innoculate you and/or your children. No opt out, no appeal, no discussion unless you want to spend a few months in jail.
3. Ronald Reagan felt that it was unfair to raise a person’s taxes if they get a raise, IF inflation eats up that raise. Pelosi is repealing that “tax indexing” so that if you get a raise at work, but your rent, electric, phone, car insurance, food, etc ….all went up in cost and eats up that raise….PELOSI STILL WANTS YOU TO PAY THE HIGHER TAXES, regardless of what inflation is doing. This is full of nerve, since Obama plans to skyrocket our electric bills to raise them over $1700.00 per year, per household, AND…his economic policies are causing everything to go up in price. IF THIS HEALTHCARE BILL IS PASSED, EVERY PERSON’S QUALITY OF LIFE WILL GO DOWN DRAMATICALLY, REGARDLESS OF YOUR INCOME BRACKET.
3. Government will be able to access AND WITHDRAWL money from your personal bank accounts in real-time; they will electronically transfer money out of your bank account to help pay for whatever medical treatment they approve for you. The money will go missing, and then you will get a letter saying where it went and why, WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. Thought you had the rent in the bank all ready to be paid, huh? NOT ANYMORE, BECAUSE PELOSI CAN TAKE YOUR MONEY AS EASILY AS YOU CAN.
The healthcare reform bill is the biggest intrusion into American Citizens private business that we have ever seen by Government. Most of the Bill doesn’t even deal with your health: it is full of Affirmative action laws, regulations keeping small businesses from growing, regulations making hospitals and doctor offices under the direct management of government, AND QUESS WHAT: REMEMBER THOSE DEATH PANELS EVERYONE JOKED ABOUT? They have already been put into place BACK WHEN THE STIMULUS BILL WAS PASSED: thats why Obama wanted it signed calling it “urgent”; he didn’t want anybody to read it, remember?? Death panels are back now in the Pelosi bill. This Council of politicians, not doctors, will decide what you get, if you get it, and when you get it. That goes for life-saving medications as well.
OH, BUT THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOC IS BACKING THIS:
The AMA only consists of barely 20,000 doctors AND PELOSI HAS PAID THEM OFF WITH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO AGREE WITH THIS BILL. Same thing with AARP; they are promised that they will be allowed to survive while ALL OTHER INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL DIE A SLOW DEATH.
NO, YOU WILL NOT KEEP YOUR PRIVATE INSURANCE: The provision in the Pelosi bill is clear: if there is any tiny change to your policy: you add/delete a child or spouse, you move, you change jobs, or your premium goes up or down – IT VOIDS OUT YOUR POLICY,
AND: you legally cannot purchase another private insurance plan, AND, you legally cannot go without insurance; it will be mandatory by law that you enroll in the public option. Welcome to govt takeover of healthcare.
FOLKS, READ THIS HORRIBLE BILL AND DO SOMETHING BECAUSE IT IS A GOVT POWER GRAB LIKE NO OTHER WE HAVE EVER SEEN IN AMERICA.
Sebelius, the Health and human services director, MIS-COUNTED AND SHORTED AMERICA BY 77% ON THE NUMBER OF FLU SHOTS NEEDED. NOW WE HAVE A DANGEROUS SHORTAGE.
BUT WE ARE GOING TO TRUST HER TO RUN 1/6 OF OUR ECONOMY AND DECIDE OUR CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CARE?
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Pelosi knows that 87% of Americans do not want any changes to their medical care OR their insurance. She ignores us or else she insults us.
SO I ASK ESSPECIALLY OF YOU WHO WANT THIS REFORM:
MY GOD, HAVE YOU READ THE BILL?
Ping Balding
John McCain says he’s going to cut spending to save the economy.but what is he going to cut?
John McCain insists on staying in Iraq which costs $80 Billion PER MONTH……($960 Billion/yr)…….the Federal Deficit is ($490 Billion)…..the economy is expected to slow to 2.2%……He opposes the Economic Stimulus, no Housing Relief….believes the market should just be regulated, no concrete ideas on the Social Security mess, opposes a universal health care system…..in fact supports private accounts that is subjected to market return (just imagine your social security private account in todays market!)……
With all these positions and tax cuts, what does the Republican Nominee expect to cut to reduce the Federal Budget?…..Also do American realize that the Bush (now McCain) tax cuts has not worked and will just allow wealthy Americans to just invest their money in ETFs and other investments in Brazil, India, and China?
Little cuts can’t fix the economy……
Total Pork Barrel spending is only $23 Billion
Kelvin Brewer
McCain Even Wants To Raise Taxes?
why do repubs, say mccain does want to raise taxes?? :
McCain Said Payroll Tax Increase Was “On The Table” To Pay For Social Security Privatization
SCHIEFFER: Would you support a rise in the payroll taxes to finance the president’s plan on Social Security?
Sen. McCAIN: I think you would have to look at the whole package, but I think, as in 1983, we should have everything on the table. But…
SCHIEFFER: Including an increase in payroll taxes?
Sen. McCAIN: Everything has got to be on the table. But the interesting thing about 1983, Tip O’Neill and Ronald Reagan put their arm around each other and sold it to the country. That’s the way it’s going to have to be sold. [7]
McCain To Raise Employer Taxes To Pay For Health Care Plan.
Rolling out his Health Care plan in Iowa, McCain said, “‘We don’t know the cost,’ … ‘We expect there to be dramatic reductions in costs.’ … Aides said to help pay for the overhaul McCain would end a provision in the tax code that lets employers deduct the cost of health care from their taxable earnings.” [8]
McCain Misrepresented Middle-Income Americans’ Stake In Stock Market
NEWS FLASH TO MCCAIN: Capital Gains and Dividends Taxes Do Not Affect Employer-Sponsored Retirement Accounts, Which is Where Most Middle-Income Americans Own Stock. In 2005, the Investment Company Institute found that “35.6 million households, 31.5% of all U.S. households, owned mutual funds inside employer-sponsored retirement plans, versus 38.9 million, or 34.4%, owning them outside such plans.” Americans owning stock inside employer-sponsored retirement accounts do not pay capital gains taxes on those stocks, debunking McCain’s repeated suggestions that “100 million Americans” pay capital gains and dividends taxes. [9] [10] [11]
* Only About 13% Middle-Income Americans Received Dividends Income in 2005. The Tax Policy Center, an independent joint venture between the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, reported that in 2005 only 12.5% of the households earning less than $100,000 received dividends income. [12]
* Less Than 7% of Middle-Income Households Received Capital Gains Income in 2005. The Tax Policy Center also reported that merely 6.6% of U.S. households earning less than $100,000 received capital gains income in 2005. [13]
Most Middle-Income Americans Who Own Stock Have Their Money in Non-Taxable Accounts. “Most middle-income Americans own much or all of their stock through 401(k)s, IRAs, or other tax-preferred saving accounts. They do not pay taxes when their stocks within those accounts go up, so a change in the tax rate doesn’t affect them.” [14]
Len Burman of the Tax Policy Center: McCain’s “100 Million” Contention is “Certainly Not True” and “At Least Misleading.” “I think it’s certainly at least misleading, the implication is that everyone who owns a 401(k) would be affected by a reduction capital gains and dividends tax rates, the direct effect- it doesn’t have any direct effect on people who hold stock through those vehicles. If you own stock through a 401(k), when you take the money out it’s taxed as ordinary income when you retire, but not if it’s a Roth IRA. …. But it’s certainly not true that 100 million people pay capital gains taxes, if you look at the actually data capital gains taxes is very very concentrated among very high-income people. Even though most of the people who pay the tax have relatively modest incomes, the amount of tax they pay is tiny, and something like 70 or 80 percent of the tax is paid for by the top 10 percent of households.” [15]
no obama slander, or comparison in this column
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/26/us/politics/26mccain.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print&oref=login
# ^ New York Times, 1/26/2008
# ^ CBS News Face the Nation, 2/3/2008
# ^ Post, 4/16/2008
# ^ US Census Bureau Press Release, 8/28/2007
# ^ ABC News, 4/14/08
# ^ Editorial, The New York Times, 12/13/2007
# ^ Face The Nation, 1/23/2005
# ^ Today, 10/11/2007
# ^ Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 1/30/2006
# ^ Investmentnews.com, 11/7/2005
# ^ [Stocksandmutualfunds.com , accessed on 10/16/2007]
# ^ Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 1/30/2006
# ^ Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 1/30/2006
# ^ Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 4/18/08
# ^ New America Foundation Conference, “Presidential Candidates’ Domestic Policy Plans,” (Washington, D.C.), 4/29/08
If u dont know the facts and wont accept the facts leave the talking to the people who know what they are talking about
Gussie Bodor
Obamacare is not about HEALTH it’s about control! Why can’t we just insure the uninsured Americans& save 80%?
of the waste that Obama wants?
For $28 billion EVERY AMERICAN CAN BE INSURED and certainly get far far far better care than Obamacare will ever deliver.
No, instead he wants to GUT AND **** THE ENTIRE SYSTEM AND CONTROL IT AND WASTE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
THIS WILL RUIN THE WORLD’S BEST HEALTH CARE ALL SO HE CAN HAVE HIS SOCIALIST CONTROL OVER OUR LIVES.
He does not care about uninsured AMERICANS he wants to give free health care to illegals then amnesty and their vote so he can get his dictatorship for life!! He does not care about quality of care for US (just himself since he wouldn’t use this) and he wants to control our medical care, lifespan, lives, information, bank accounts EVERYTHING!
WE DO NOT NEED TO REFORM HEALTH CARE
WE NEED TO REFORM INSURANCE OR JUST HELP THOSE WHO ARE UNINSURED (IT’S ONLY 17 MILLION ACCORDING TO CENSUS)
OBAMA WANTS TO TAKE CONTROL OF HEALTH CARE AND HE WILL RUIN IT FOR EVERYONE
Hater Police; I JUST SAID GIVE FREE INSURANCE TO THE UNINSURED LOW INCOME PEOPLE! CAN’T YOU READ?
Daisey Tebow