At what point should a free people give up? How many times should we continue to voice our opinions that something is bad for us, personally and as a country? For those of us who enjoy history, we’ve seen George Washington’s Army on the verge of collapse, only to fight a battle that turned the war in the American’s favor. Maybe we remember the continued Southern victories to be suddenly changed at the small Pennsylvania town called Gettysburg. The Union would be preserved, but only because those weary soldiers and their commanders continued fighting. Normandy Beach was yet another example of persevering against incredible odds to fight the evil that was winning the day.
We are also in a battle. While we are not wielding guns, sacrificing human life or rationing food, the battle is nonetheless significant. Will you continue the fight against government take-over of our health care? These continued assaults on our freedoms are not as seemingly terrifying as the previous battles mentioned, but they have every bit as much significance to the America we all know and love and hope to pass onto our posterity.
MARCH 18TH, or sooner, the Congress is going to again try to pass the Health Care Bill (H.R. 3590): Here are a few details: (for further review, go to RPC Health Care Facts)
LOSS OF DOCTOR CHOICE and INSURANCE CHOICE: This will be the case in these bills.
COSTS: The proposed bill would raise, not lower, health care costs by hundreds of billions in its first 10 years alone.
(It would raise individual health insurance premiums by an average $2,100 for every family and the President’s proposal would likely raise that number even higher.)
SECRET DEALS: If this is such a necessary and wanted bill, why are the politicians bribing States in order to get the votes? I.e., Cornhusker Kickback, Gator Aid and Louisiana Purchase, just to mention a few.
MANDATES: These bills mandate that Americans buy health care. This is unconstitutional.
MORE BUREAUCRACY: New Federal bureaucracy of an unelected board to impose government price controls and micro-manage health insurance premiums.
ABORTION: Is still covered by Federal funding.
JOB KILLER: The President’s proposal nearly triples the “fair share” penalty for employers from $750 to $2,000 creating an even higher tax on jobs for companies that cannot afford to offer health coverage.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST: ASK THEM WHY THEY AREN’T GOING TO BE UNDER THESE MANDATES
At our Tea Party Meeting the other night, a man lamented that he had not taken the abortion issue seriously enough when Roe v. Wade was decided and regrets to this day that he had not done more. Do we want to be voicing the same regrets to our children when we still have the ability to stop this travesty of our freedoms?
Call often and respectfully to Rep. Steve King: 202.225.4426
Senator Chuck Grassley: 202.224.3744
Senator Tom Harkin: 202.224.3254
The American public knows that if anyone needs a doctor, it is our own Congress…. to clean out their earwax so they can hear us for the last time…..KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OUR HEALTH CARE!
To quote one of the staunchest fighters for freedom: “NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP!” Winston Churchill.
Make the phone calls, write the letters, send the emails, drive to their offices! Do whatever it takes. Get your friends and family to do it. Courage, persistence, vigilance. Is it really that difficult? No and I promise you, you will not regret it.
TK
John Secord on 03.08.2010
Millions of baby-boomers are nearing retirement, and so the government is hungry for cash. Somehow they need to generate the revenue to make the social security payments to these millions of retirees.
I can’t help thinking that this healthcare bill is just another government scam to generate the cash to pay for it’s previous ill conceived and mismanaged obligations.
It is a given that healthcare will suffer because they will use the funds collected to make social security payments, and to spend on anything else they feel is important. I expect that only a fraction of what they take from us, ostensibly for healthcare, will actually be spent on healthcare.
After everything we have seen, especially in the past few years, can anyone doubt that this is exactly how things will play out?