JR Dieckmann
Obama: serving ambitions, not citizens
By JR Dieckmann
This recession isn't going to end as long as Obama is in office. The recession is an essential part of the "Progressive" plan to transform the foundation of the country from capitalism to socialism.
The unemployment rate of 9.7 percent represents only about half of the workforce that would be working if jobs were available. Jobs in the private (productive) sector continue to decrease, while government and SEIU (Service Employees International Union) taxpayer paid jobs continue to increase.
With less and less revenue from private sector production and more and more government dependence, you can see where this is headed. You can also see why our government keeps borrowing more money to pay for liabilities that aren't being covered by tax revenue.
Eventually, the loan interest rate becomes unaffordable, or credit is denied altogether, and the nation's economy collapses through default. That's when the socialists take over and begin confiscating 50% or more of your income in taxes as a necessary step toward economic recovery.
They'll tell you it's for "the common good" of the country, but if they cared about the common good of the country, they never would have caused this to happen in the first place. But they will gladly hold you and your income liable for their reckless policies and spending. We must hold them accountable first before this happens. We must elect a Congress in November that will put a stop to this abuse of the American citizens.
In his weekly radio address, Obama said he had a meeting with insurance executives who were unable to tell him (to his understanding) why insurance rates keep going up. Why does Obama have to ask them this question? Answer: because Obama doesn't understand how business works, and health insurance is a business. It is a product provided to those who can afford it, no different from buying a car. It is not a right anymore than owning a car is a right.
Insurance company rates are directly proportional to insurance company costs. Rates go up because the costs go up and because the value of the dollar continues to decline as government policy keeps borrowing and printing more currency. In spite of a rise in insurance company rates, their profit margin still remains under 3.5% which goes to the stock investors who are the American people.
That's not much profit and certainly doesn't show corporate greed. Obama's healthcare plan does nothing to reduce the costs, but instead attempts to subsidize them with taxpayers' money which will only make the problem worse.
Obama needs to demonize insurance companies and anyone else in the private sector that he wants to destroy in order to promote his socialist agenda. Sure, there are some problems with insurance companies for the chronically ill and those with pre-existing conditions, but then the insurance companies have a responsibility to their stockholders to show a profit, not a loss. If they have to pay for costs that exceed income, then the rates have to go up.
Obama accuses them of greed for trying to meet their costs and would have them operate at a loss and drive them out of business to force more people to look to government for their healthcare. That is not the American way.
A large portion of those costs come from lawyers constantly filing frivolous medical lawsuits. Even if the cases never go to court, it still costs a lot of money to defend them and settle out of court. If we really want to lower the costs of healthcare then we need to get James Sokolove, and others like him, off of our TVs, and put a stop to this television advertising for medical lawsuits. By doing so, we remove the cause of expensive defensive medicine being practiced by doctors, which adds even more to the costs.
This synthetic president said in his State of the Union address that "we were sent here to serve our citizens, not our ambitions." Maybe Obama needs to start listening to his own speeches. He has done nothing but serve his own ambitions and special interests since taking office. He must be aware that nationalized healthcare is not popular with the American people, yet he continues to push it. How is that "serving our citizens?" Is he really listening to anyone other than Andy Stern, president of the SEIU?
"If the power of persuasion doesn't work, then we'll use the persuasion of power." — Andy Stern, another Marxist advising Obama and influencing national policy. As the communist USSR president, Nikita Khrushchev, once said: "We will take you over from the inside!" At the time, in the late 1960s, few took him seriously. They should have. The communists now have their man in the White House.
With Obama in office and a Progressive controlled Congress, the goals of a communist takeover are now within sight. But this opportunity won't last for long, and that is why we are seeing this urgent and forceful push toward socialism now.
We must fight with every resource we have to restore the constitutional limits placed on an out-of-control federal government — one that is no longer a constitutional government bound by the founding documents.
We can't afford to have our government unionized by the SEIU or any other union. This is supposed to be a government of the people, not of unions which prevent the firing of worthless employees and demand that they be paid twice what the private sector is paid for the same work. Remember when Civil Service jobs were low paying, last resort jobs, and taxes were affordable? Obama needs to clean up his own house before demonizing others.
It's almost a sure bet that Republicans will take over Congress next year. If this healthcare gets passed into law in any form, Republican candidates should campaign on a platform of repealing it as soon as they are in power. No matter in what form it may pass, Obama will sign and applaud it as a huge success and accomplishment of his administration. The citizens will see it for what it is — a loss of freedom and liberty.
The danger of this healthcare bill is that it is so massive that repealing it would be nearly impossible after the bureaucracy has been installed, the money allocated, private insurers going out of business, and the system transformed. The next Congress must begin the repeal process immediately before more irreversible damage is done.
Obama has been talking about "my healthcare plan," but it turns out that Obama's healthcare plan doesn't even exist. It was nothing more than an outline which couldn't be scored by the CBO for lack of any details. I suspect that it was the plan written and submitted to Obama by Andy Stern and the SEIU which laid down the guidelines for the Senate and House bills.
The process now being used by Obama and Congress is unconstitutional. The Constitution requires that all bills that raise revenue for the government must originate in the House:
On top of that, they intend to use reconciliation in the Senate to get the bill passed with only 51 votes. Reconciliation was created to resolve budget issues because the Constitution requires Congress to pass a budget every year. It was never intended, nor has it ever been used, to get policy issues passed.
Pelosi doesn't have enough votes to pass the Senate version of the bill, so to get enough Democrat votes in the House, they were told that the bill will be "fixed" after it has been passed into law. This would result in the law created by this bill being something different from what was passed by Congress. Senate Republicans are telling the House members "don't count on that "fix" happening."
Now, the latest subversion of constitutional law comes from Rep. Louise Slaughter who is suggesting a new rule that would consider the bill passed if the House passes a "corrections bill" that would make changes to the Senate bill. This means that the House wouldn't actually vote on the healthcare bill at all.
The Constitution is very clear on this point:
He knows what lawmakers are going to face in their local communities from their constituents who do not want this legislation passed, and he knows it will effect their willingness to vote for this unpopular bill. He knows it won't stand a chance of passing after lawmakers hear from their constituents face to face.
If this bill fails, Obama will be seen as the failure that he is. If it passes, he will be seen as the enemy of American freedom, liberty, and prosperity. He has already crossed the line, so now he has only one way to go. Force his socialism upon America and make it permanent and irrevocable while he still has the power of the presidency.
He is determined to get this done at any cost or violation of the law. To Obama, the "status quo" is constitutional government. He has always hated our Constitution and intends to change or abolish it to suit his Marxist ideology.
This will be done by making small changes here and there along with big ones like this healthcare bill, the Cap & Trade bill, to be followed by the Immigration Reform bill. All of these issues have been rejected by the American people but Obama doesn't care what the American people want.
Obama's transformation of the country means serving his own ambitions of a socialist dictatorship. The citizens of America must continue to show their disapproval of Obama, his communist ideology, and his socialist healthcare agenda. Never before has America faced an enemy more dangerous to our freedom and liberty than we face now.
As for our prosperity, that is pretty much already gone, as is the prosperity of our future generations who will be strapped with the Obama debt. This political pervert in the White House must be stopped now and forever. We must elect officials who are willing to serve the citizens, not their own ambitions and those of their campaign contributors both foreign and domestic.
Speaking of foreign — where's the birth certificate?
© JR Dieckmann
March 12, 2010
This recession isn't going to end as long as Obama is in office. The recession is an essential part of the "Progressive" plan to transform the foundation of the country from capitalism to socialism.
The unemployment rate of 9.7 percent represents only about half of the workforce that would be working if jobs were available. Jobs in the private (productive) sector continue to decrease, while government and SEIU (Service Employees International Union) taxpayer paid jobs continue to increase.
With less and less revenue from private sector production and more and more government dependence, you can see where this is headed. You can also see why our government keeps borrowing more money to pay for liabilities that aren't being covered by tax revenue.
Eventually, the loan interest rate becomes unaffordable, or credit is denied altogether, and the nation's economy collapses through default. That's when the socialists take over and begin confiscating 50% or more of your income in taxes as a necessary step toward economic recovery.
They'll tell you it's for "the common good" of the country, but if they cared about the common good of the country, they never would have caused this to happen in the first place. But they will gladly hold you and your income liable for their reckless policies and spending. We must hold them accountable first before this happens. We must elect a Congress in November that will put a stop to this abuse of the American citizens.
In his weekly radio address, Obama said he had a meeting with insurance executives who were unable to tell him (to his understanding) why insurance rates keep going up. Why does Obama have to ask them this question? Answer: because Obama doesn't understand how business works, and health insurance is a business. It is a product provided to those who can afford it, no different from buying a car. It is not a right anymore than owning a car is a right.
Insurance company rates are directly proportional to insurance company costs. Rates go up because the costs go up and because the value of the dollar continues to decline as government policy keeps borrowing and printing more currency. In spite of a rise in insurance company rates, their profit margin still remains under 3.5% which goes to the stock investors who are the American people.
That's not much profit and certainly doesn't show corporate greed. Obama's healthcare plan does nothing to reduce the costs, but instead attempts to subsidize them with taxpayers' money which will only make the problem worse.
Obama needs to demonize insurance companies and anyone else in the private sector that he wants to destroy in order to promote his socialist agenda. Sure, there are some problems with insurance companies for the chronically ill and those with pre-existing conditions, but then the insurance companies have a responsibility to their stockholders to show a profit, not a loss. If they have to pay for costs that exceed income, then the rates have to go up.
Obama accuses them of greed for trying to meet their costs and would have them operate at a loss and drive them out of business to force more people to look to government for their healthcare. That is not the American way.
A large portion of those costs come from lawyers constantly filing frivolous medical lawsuits. Even if the cases never go to court, it still costs a lot of money to defend them and settle out of court. If we really want to lower the costs of healthcare then we need to get James Sokolove, and others like him, off of our TVs, and put a stop to this television advertising for medical lawsuits. By doing so, we remove the cause of expensive defensive medicine being practiced by doctors, which adds even more to the costs.
This synthetic president said in his State of the Union address that "we were sent here to serve our citizens, not our ambitions." Maybe Obama needs to start listening to his own speeches. He has done nothing but serve his own ambitions and special interests since taking office. He must be aware that nationalized healthcare is not popular with the American people, yet he continues to push it. How is that "serving our citizens?" Is he really listening to anyone other than Andy Stern, president of the SEIU?
"If the power of persuasion doesn't work, then we'll use the persuasion of power." — Andy Stern, another Marxist advising Obama and influencing national policy. As the communist USSR president, Nikita Khrushchev, once said: "We will take you over from the inside!" At the time, in the late 1960s, few took him seriously. They should have. The communists now have their man in the White House.
With Obama in office and a Progressive controlled Congress, the goals of a communist takeover are now within sight. But this opportunity won't last for long, and that is why we are seeing this urgent and forceful push toward socialism now.
We must fight with every resource we have to restore the constitutional limits placed on an out-of-control federal government — one that is no longer a constitutional government bound by the founding documents.
We can't afford to have our government unionized by the SEIU or any other union. This is supposed to be a government of the people, not of unions which prevent the firing of worthless employees and demand that they be paid twice what the private sector is paid for the same work. Remember when Civil Service jobs were low paying, last resort jobs, and taxes were affordable? Obama needs to clean up his own house before demonizing others.
It's almost a sure bet that Republicans will take over Congress next year. If this healthcare gets passed into law in any form, Republican candidates should campaign on a platform of repealing it as soon as they are in power. No matter in what form it may pass, Obama will sign and applaud it as a huge success and accomplishment of his administration. The citizens will see it for what it is — a loss of freedom and liberty.
The danger of this healthcare bill is that it is so massive that repealing it would be nearly impossible after the bureaucracy has been installed, the money allocated, private insurers going out of business, and the system transformed. The next Congress must begin the repeal process immediately before more irreversible damage is done.
Obama has been talking about "my healthcare plan," but it turns out that Obama's healthcare plan doesn't even exist. It was nothing more than an outline which couldn't be scored by the CBO for lack of any details. I suspect that it was the plan written and submitted to Obama by Andy Stern and the SEIU which laid down the guidelines for the Senate and House bills.
The process now being used by Obama and Congress is unconstitutional. The Constitution requires that all bills that raise revenue for the government must originate in the House:
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Article I, Section 7: "All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other Bills."
On top of that, they intend to use reconciliation in the Senate to get the bill passed with only 51 votes. Reconciliation was created to resolve budget issues because the Constitution requires Congress to pass a budget every year. It was never intended, nor has it ever been used, to get policy issues passed.
Pelosi doesn't have enough votes to pass the Senate version of the bill, so to get enough Democrat votes in the House, they were told that the bill will be "fixed" after it has been passed into law. This would result in the law created by this bill being something different from what was passed by Congress. Senate Republicans are telling the House members "don't count on that "fix" happening."
Now, the latest subversion of constitutional law comes from Rep. Louise Slaughter who is suggesting a new rule that would consider the bill passed if the House passes a "corrections bill" that would make changes to the Senate bill. This means that the House wouldn't actually vote on the healthcare bill at all.
The Constitution is very clear on this point:
-
"...But in all such cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively."
He knows what lawmakers are going to face in their local communities from their constituents who do not want this legislation passed, and he knows it will effect their willingness to vote for this unpopular bill. He knows it won't stand a chance of passing after lawmakers hear from their constituents face to face.
If this bill fails, Obama will be seen as the failure that he is. If it passes, he will be seen as the enemy of American freedom, liberty, and prosperity. He has already crossed the line, so now he has only one way to go. Force his socialism upon America and make it permanent and irrevocable while he still has the power of the presidency.
He is determined to get this done at any cost or violation of the law. To Obama, the "status quo" is constitutional government. He has always hated our Constitution and intends to change or abolish it to suit his Marxist ideology.
This will be done by making small changes here and there along with big ones like this healthcare bill, the Cap & Trade bill, to be followed by the Immigration Reform bill. All of these issues have been rejected by the American people but Obama doesn't care what the American people want.
Obama's transformation of the country means serving his own ambitions of a socialist dictatorship. The citizens of America must continue to show their disapproval of Obama, his communist ideology, and his socialist healthcare agenda. Never before has America faced an enemy more dangerous to our freedom and liberty than we face now.
As for our prosperity, that is pretty much already gone, as is the prosperity of our future generations who will be strapped with the Obama debt. This political pervert in the White House must be stopped now and forever. We must elect officials who are willing to serve the citizens, not their own ambitions and those of their campaign contributors both foreign and domestic.
Speaking of foreign — where's the birth certificate?
© JR Dieckmann
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