Don’t “Bum-Rush” Us On Health Care
Written by Congressman Tom Petri
The President and his allies have been astounded by the level of anger at town hall meetings all around the country. They calm themselves with the preposterous notion that the concerned citizens in attendance have all been sent by the “special interests” to prevent the friendly discussions the President enjoys in his tightly-controlled forums.
But you can’t manufacture that kind of anger, and you can’t get that many people to go to meetings unless they feel a real need to go.
What has happened is that President Obama and his allies tried to hustle through massive changes in the way our country works. It was rush, rush, rush in order to get their way before the country at large could raise questions and demand changes. Fortunately, some of the President’s own partisans were too uncomfortable with the legislation to simply flag it through.
Why are people so angry? The President is promoting truly controversial and alarming changes in American health care, and the public feels that it is being bum-rushed to accept it all. Outrage is the appropriate response - expressed within a non-violent exchange of views, of course.
Overturn Stepping Stones to a Federal Takeover
Written by Reince Priebus
With the days of the so-called “August-recess” already rapidly waning, it’s important for conservatives to pause and take a look at how much we’ve accomplished in the past three weeks…then take a moment to evaluate the work still ahead of us. I couldn’t be prouder of the many folks who have taken the time to really make a difference in this health care debate.
Since members of Congress started returning home to sit down with their constituents to discuss imminent health care legislation (except, of course for Wisconsin’s Dave Obey, who decided not to host a listening session with his constituents this August), it seems as if the Democrats still can’t agree on a public option to be included in health care legislation. (Here’s a hint, Democrats: listen to your constituents, not Nancy Pelosi)
First, the Administration assumed that the 70% of the public who wanted health care reform would be satisfied with a public option. They couldn’t have been more wrong. Far-left liberals are adamant about achieving a single-payer health care system in America (apparently they like Canada-Care), while moderates and conservatives prefer free market solutions to bring down the cost of care.
Beware the Return of the So-Called “Healthy Wisconsin” Plan in Madison
Written by Brett Healy
A win in Washington would be the beginning, not the end.
In the event that efforts to pass a wholesale federal government takeover of the health care and/or health care finance industries fail, Wisconsinites should only take a brief pause to take a breath of relief.
That’s because universal, single-payer health care advocates in Wisconsin plan on resurrecting the massively-flawed and poorly-named Healthy Wisconsin plan. Consider Healthy Wisconsin II a plan B for single payer advocates.
Just to remind readers of how awful the Healthy Wisconsin plan was/is, here are some of the lowlights:
Read more: Beware the Return of the So-Called “Healthy Wisconsin” Plan in Madison
The Honeymoon is Over
Written by Dave Keene
The honeymoon is over, the gloves are coming off and Americans are finally getting a good look at the man in the White House. They’ve been thrilled by his speeches, love his kids and almost desperately want to believe he was who they hoped he was when they elected him.
Oh, they’ve had niggling doubts as he entered office with extravagant plans, but voters gave their new President the benefit of the doubt even as they began to question his energy, health care and economic restructuring schemes and have come to see his almost arrogant willingness to spend their grandkids’ money.
Still, Obama promised to re-unite the country, listen to everyone, and end the ideological and partisan bickering that seems to have consumed Washington in recent years. During last year’s campaign, he criticized Republicans for a failure to reach out, to compromise and to listen. He promised that as President he would be different; he’d keep his word and respect even those with whom he disagrees.
Beware of More Health Care
Written by State Rep. Robin Vos
Consider for a moment that your share of the federal debt is $184,000. That’s according to the Peter G Peterson Foundation, which estimates that the real national debt is $56.4 trillion when the unfunded liabilities in Medicare, Social Security, public pensions, and publicly held debt are taken into account. Now imagine how much that burden will increase if President Obama gets his way with a new expensive government run health care plan.
Over the past few months, we have seen the debate over how we should reform health care. But what’s not debatable is that Americans can’t afford another entitlement program when the ones we have are so broken. The debate on the national stage could have been a positive one that worked toward bold, common-sense reforms that challenged us to think about health care differently.
Unfortunately, common sense and bold ideas have gone by the wayside in favor of the Democrats’ overwhelming need to scrap the whole system for government control by bullying the American public and blaming the Republican minority just so they can throw gobs of money at a problem and declare victory. The whole process has largely become a terrible joke that isn’t remotely funny given the fact that this plan will raise taxes and completely bankrupt the next generation of Americans.
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