Have you noticed how he uses his kids as props to distract people from the fact that he isn’t saying anything? And notice the hand gestures and the dropping of the “g”‘s on words in a folksy kind of chit chat conversational style. It’s a show put on by a show man, or better yet a straw man, who is a front guy for Wall Street, the unions, ACORN, and cronies of the Democratic Party, who really couldn’t give a crap about anybody who doesn’t go along with their agenda. And what pray tell is their agenda? Please don’t try to explain global warming and health care because those are just crap sandwiches being doled out to people in order to raise taxes, which of course Charlie Rangel, the crooked shyster in charge of writing the tax laws, will see fit to dole out as earmarks and downright theft to their supporters. And oh, by the way, if you disagree then you are a racist. And so, don’t open your mouth and complain about the mayor of Oakland, Ron Dellums, who is a tax cheat. And don’t bitch and moan about John Conyers, who couldn’t care less about reading bills, otherwise you’re a racist.
And oh, speaking of bills, while the POTUS is busy pretending that his policies are really part of some kind of popular outreach to ordinary people, the details of the health care bill (which by the way looks like it is doomed because of the election on Tuesday) are still at best fuzzy. Here is what the CBO says about it (from Americans for Tax Reform):
When the bill is fully phased-in, it will increase spending by approximately $150-$200 billion annually. Put another way, it will add about a percentage point to federal spending as a portion of the economy. Put yet another way, it will increase the historical size of the federal government by about 5 percent
The bill won’t even come close to universal coverage. The bill reduces the number of the uninsured from 53 million to 18 million. It’s true that 96 percent of legal residents will be covered, but those 18 million uninsured will still be a huge drain on our health system. One would expect that $150 billion to $200 billion per year would get you universal coverage, at the very least
By far, the largest tax hike will be the 5.4% surtax on millionaires and half-millionaires. Let’s also not forget that this should include about half of all small businesses in America. It raises taxes by $461 billion in the first ten years
When the bill is fully phased-in, it will increase net taxes by approximately $200 billion per year. Put another way, it will add about a percentage point to federal taxes as a portion of the economy. Put yet another way, it will increase the historical federal tax burden by about 5.5 percent.
More truth…
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