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Comment by Caroline 6 hours ago

I just sent this to Martha's e-mail addy to irritate her. Ha!

I thought it was amazing how that little boy with the black coat, with special needs, whom she picks up, pats her with his left hand, while he's in her arms giving her hug, and then is smiling when he turns back around. Children sometimes get afraid in a strangers arms, but that kid looked so comfortable with her! Something like that speaks volumes.

Comment by Caroline 6 hours ago

According to Martha Stewart she's so dangerous. Unbelievable. While all the time, the president tears away at the very fabric of this country which is based on individual freedom, by taking away private companies and businesses and banks, while shutting down hundreds of family owned car dealerships, while imposing back breaking taxes on many that will destroy the economic engine in this country, by putting our children in excruciating debt, by appointing more czars than any other president and who are self professed socialists and communists, by spending more in his first year than the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined, by spending more than all the presidents from George Washington to George Bush combined, and finally--the coup de gras of all decisons-- Giving Terrorists American Rights.

And Sarah Palin is dangerous.

Am I living in the twilight zone?

And besides, isn't there something so "charming' about someone who went to jail, lecturing us on whose dangerous? lol.

Comment by Caroline 1 day ago

Are ya puttin up your Christmas Tree? Mines almost done!

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Comment by Caroline 1 day ago

This Jet is the USAF C-32, Boeing 757, that MADAME PELOSI uses.

And the Democrats want to talk about Sarah's dress??? Conservatives! Are you out there?


Madame Pelosi wasn't happy with the small jet USAF C-20B, Gulfstream III, that comes with the Speaker's job...no, Madame Pelosi was aggravated that this little jet had to stop to refuel, so she ordered a Big Fat 200-seat USAF C-32, Boeing 757 jet that could get her back to California without stopping!

Many, many legislators walked by and grinned with glee as Joe informed everyone that Nancy 's Big Fat Jet costs us, the hard working American tax payers, thousands of gallons of fuel every week. Since she only works 3 days a week, this gas guzzling jet gets fueled and she flies home to California , cost to the taxpayers of about $60,000, one way! As Joe put it, 'Unfortunately we have to pay to bring her back on Monday night.' Cost to us another $60,000.

Folks, that is $480,000 per month and that is an annual cost to the taxpayers of $5,760,000. No wonder she complains about the cost of this war...it might cramp her style and she is styling, on my back and yours. I think of the military families in this country doing without and this woman, who heads up the most do-nothing Congress in the history of this country keeps fueling that jet while doing nothing.


Madame Pelosi wants you and me to conserve our carbon footprint. She wants us to buy smaller cars and Obama wants us to get a bicycle pump and air up our tires. These people are nuts. If you think this is outrageous, forward it to all those on your email list! Keep in mind the figures above do NOT include cost of plane or crew, just fuel!

One wonders what her total package cost us? And she wants to tax our IRA's & 401

Comment by Caroline 1 day ago

After you read the last 3 posts, how anyone in their right mind can be for this-- This BILL is SCARY and will bankrupt us for sure. It's aweful that these communists have rammed this down the American People's throats. They are history soon! They WILL be voted out!

Comment by Caroline 1 day ago

A Half Trillion Dollars In Higher Taxes? That’s Not Reform
Higher Taxes On Individuals, Businesses, Various Health Care Industries, Hospices And More



$36 BILLION IN NEW TAXES & FINES LEVIED ON INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES



“Penalty Payments By Employers And Uninsured Individuals… 2010-2019… 36 [Billion Dollars].” (CBO Director Doug Elmendorf, Letter To Sen. Harry Reid, 11/18/09, P. 6)





INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT INSURANCE FINED UP TO $750, FAMILES UP TO $2,250



“A Person Without Insurance Could Be Required To Pay A Financial Penalty, Starting At $95 In 2014 And Rising To $750 In 2016, With A Maximum Of $2,250 For A Family.” (“Senate Health Plan Seeks To Add Coverage To 31 Million,” The New York Times, 11/19/09)





COMPANIES THAT DON’T PROVIDE INSURANCE FINED $750 PER WORKER



“Firms With More Than 50 Workers That Did Not Offer Coverage Would Have To Pay A Penalty Of $750 For Each Full-Time Worker If Any Of Their Workers Obtained Subsidized Coverage Through The Insurance Exchanges; That Dollar Amount Would Be Indexed.” (CBO Director Doug Elmendorf, Letter To Sen. Harry Reid, 11/18/09, P. 7)





$149 BILLION TAX INCREASE ON PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS



“Excise Tax On High-Premium Plans… 2010-2019… 149 [Billion Dollars].” (CBO Director Doug Elmendorf, Letter To Sen. Harry Reid, 11/18/09, P. 6)





“Reid’s Version Of The Cadillac Tax Is Scaled Back From The Version In The Senate Finance Committee, Which Drew The Ire Of Labor Unions, A Key Democratic Constituency, which said it would affect middle-income workers.” (“Reid Unveils Broad Senate Healthcare Plan,” Reuters, 11/19/09)





$54 BILLION MEDICARE PAYROLL TAX INCREASE



“Senate Democratic Aides Said The Payroll Tax Increase Would Raise $54 Billion Over 10 Years.” (“Senate Health Plan Seeks To Add Coverage To 31 Million,” The New York Times, 11/19/09)





“Under Current Law, Employers And Employees Each Pay A Tax Equal To 1.45 Percent Of Wages. Mr. Reid Would Increase The Rate To 1.95 Percent For Individuals With Annual Incomes Over $200,000 And Couples Over $250,000.” (“Senate Health Plan Seeks To Add Coverage To 31 Million,” The New York Times, 11/19/09)





MORE THAN $100 BILLION IN TAXES & FEES ON THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY



“Fees On Certain Manufacturers And Insurers… 2010-2019… 102 [Billion Dollars].” (CBO Director Doug Elmendorf, Letter To Sen. Harry Reid, 11/18/09, P. 6)





· “The Medical Device Tax Has Been Cut In Half To $2 Billion Annually To Appease Minnesota, Indiana And Massachusetts Senators.” (“Reid Releases $849b Bill, Initial Vote Expected Saturday,” Congress Daily, 11/19/09)





· “A Fee On Insurers Remained At $6 Billion A Year As Well As A Fee On Drugmakers At $2 Billion Annually.” (“Reid Releases $849b Bill, Initial Vote Expected Saturday,” Congress Daily, 11/19/09)





$54 BILLION “HOSPITAL INSURANCE TAX”



“Additional Hospital Insurance Tax… 2010-2019… 54 [Billion Dollars].” (CBO Director Doug Elmendorf, Letter To Sen. Harry Reid, 11/18/09, P. 6)





$5 BILLION FROM A 5% TAX ON ELECTIVE MEDICAL COSMETIC PROCEDURES



“Desperately Seeking Money To Pay For The Legislation, Mr. Reid Came Up With A New Source Of Financing: A 5 Percent Tax On Elective Cosmetic Medical Procedures. The tax would be paid by patients, but collected by doctors and clinics and forwarded to the government. The tax would be calculated as 5 percent of the amount paid for an elective cosmetic procedure, whether by the patient, insurance or other sources.” (“Senate Health Plan Seeks To Add Coverage To 31 Million,” The New York Times, 11/19/09)

Comment by Caroline 1 day ago

***IMPORTANT TO READ.

Top-Line Facts and CBO Highlights of Reid

Top-Line Facts:

■Spending: The cost of the bill is $2.5 trillion over 10 years of full implementation (2014-2023).

■Taxes Increases: Taxes will go up $493.6 billion—nearly half a trillion dollars.

■Medicare Cuts: Medicare will be cut $464.6 billion—another half a trillion dollars.

■Total Number of Pages: 2074

■Abortion: The bill permits the use of accounting gimmicks that will, for the first time, allow federal dollars to go to plans covering abortion. The bill does not include the Stupak language, and as a result, National Right to Life describes the Reid bill language as “completely unacceptable” and said it would “result in coverage of abortion on demand in two big new federal government programs.·

Government Plan: The bill includes a government run plan and provides states with the possibility of opting out of participating in that plan. According to CBO, the government run plan “would typically have premiums that were somewhat higher than the average premiums for the private plans in the exchanges.”

Employer Mandate: The bill will impose $28 billion in new taxes on employers that do not provide government approved health plans. These new taxes will ultimately be paid by American workers in the form of reduced wages and lost jobs.


Additional CBO Background:

■The bill would bend the federal cost-curve up. CBO says, “Under the legislation, federal outlays for health care would increase during the 2010–2019 period, as would the federal budgetary commitment to health care.” The coverage expansion would drive a net increase in government spending on health by $160 billion over 10 years.

CBO scored the bill as reducing the deficit by $130 billion over FYs 2010-2019. However, CBO notes that the bill includes two budget gimmicks that hide the true cost of the bill. Doctors are assumed to get a 23 percent cut in 2011 which would carry into subsequent years. Fixing the SGR would cost $247 billion. Additionally, the CLASS Act generates $72 billion over the budget window, but later turns to deficits. Eliminating these two gimmicks means the bill would be $189 billion in the red. It would also put the real cost of the bill over a trillion dollars.

The start dates for the individual mandate, exchanges, and employer penalties were all moved from July 1, 2013, to January 1, 2014.
This is another budget gimmick to hide the true cost of the bill.
· 24 million people would be left without insurance.
· Unfunded mandates on the states: The bill mandates that states spend an additional $25 billion in Medicaid expenditures
· Taxes on uninsured individuals would total$8 billion.
· Taxes on employers from the “free-rider” penalty would total $28 billion.
· 5 million Americans would lose their employer coverage.
· Cuts to Medicare include: Permanent reductions in the annual updates to Medicare’s payment rates for most services in the fee-for-service sector of $192 billion; $118 billion in cuts to Medicare Advantage; $43 billion in DSH cuts; $23 billion in unspecified cuts by the Medicare Advisory Board.
· Only 19 million people will get a subsidy to help them buy health insurance.

o None of the 162 million people with employer-based care will even be eligible for a subsidy.
· The government plan would have higher premiums than private plans. CBO said the government plan would “typically have premiums that were somewhat higher than the average premiums for the private plans in the exchanges.”
o With the opt-out provision, two-thirds of Americans are expected to have a government plan available in their state.
o Co-ops are included but would have “very little effect.”

The CLASS Act would reduce deficits by $72 billion in the 10 year budget window, but “would begin to increase budget deficits” in the decade following 2029.
· The IRS would need $5-$10 billion to expand and implement the provisions in the bill.
· The costs of the subsidies in the exchange would grow at 8 percent a year.
· The tax on high value plans will quickly be applied to almost all plans. CBO expects the revenues from the Cadillac plan tax to grow at 10-15 percent per year outside the budget window.
· Includes a $15 billion “Prevention and Public Health Fund” slush fund.

CBO says it would be “difficult” to maintain the predicted savings over a long period of time—meaning that the plan will likely run deficits when savings do not materialize.

Comment by Caroline 1 day ago

10 Things You Should Know About the Health Care Bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks (as prepared) on the Senate floor Friday regarding the importance of getting it right on health care reform:



“Democrats have spent six weeks behind closed doors putting together a trillion-dollar experiment in government-run health care that raises premiums, raises taxes, and cuts Medicare. We’ve now had less than 48 hours to look through this 2,074-page bureaucratic nightmare. But here are 10 things that every American should know about this bill.



· The Democrat bill includes nearly half a trillion dollars in new taxes that hit virtually every American, including middle class families making less than $250,000 a year.



· The Democrat bill would increase insurance premiums for individuals and families.



· The Democrat bill cuts Medicare for seniors by nearly half a trillion dollars ($465 billion) and limits the choices that millions of seniors now enjoy.



· The Democrat bill won’t lower health care costs according to the Congressional Budget Office.



· The true cost of this bill over 10 years, when fully implemented, is about $2.5 trillion.



· Under the Democrat bill, if you like the health insurance you have, you may not be able to keep it.



· The Democrat bill would let government bureaucrats dictate what kind of health plans Americans must purchase and what benefits they can receive.



· The Democrat bill creates a government plan that CBO has said would have higher premiums.



· The Democrat bill would, for the first time in history, allow federal programs to pay for elective abortions.

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· Finally, Americans should know that this bill doesn’t have the common-sense reforms that they have been asking for all along, like getting rid of junk lawsuits and leveling the playing field when it comes to health care taxes.



“Americans want reform. But higher premiums, higher taxes, and cuts to Medicare to create more government isn’t reform. Yet that’s precisely what they’d get with this Democrat bill.”

Comment by Caroline 1 day ago

IT'S UNBELIEAVBLE AND THIS IS WHY PEOPLE GET ANGRY.. HAVE CHRISTIANS GONE INTO OTHER RELIGIONS AND FAITHS AND TOLD THEM WHAT TO CALL THEIR SYMBOLS OF THEIR FAITH? NO...

We don't tell the Jewish faith what to call their symbols. We don't tell the anyone what to call their items of faith... So what gives anyone the right to say . "We can't say Christmas Tree?" Stand up Christians and keep calling it was it is... A Christmas Tree.

If someone is not of the Christian faith and THEY want to call it a holioday tree, fine. Don't care..however I guess that means I can change the names of other symbols of faith too from other religions....But do NOT tell us what to call it. We call it a Christmas Tree. FINAL. And we will say that whenever we want to. I'm so sick of this PC bull.

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