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Health Steele's Marching Orders
Posted by Eli Sanders on Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 9:33 AM
The Republican National Committee chairman—seated in front of a blue backdrop, an image of Lincoln over his left shoulder, and a polka-dot tie matched with his beige suit—explains why Obama's health care reform push needs to be defeated, and how to do it:
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It could have been great:
Why McCain has the best health-care plan
http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/10/news/eco…
McCain suggests that we junk all that. Say you're earning $100,000 a year and your company provides about $9,000 toward your $12,000 family premium, which is about average. Today you're taxed only on the $100,000. Under McCain's plan, you'd also pay on the $9,000. That could mean an extra $3,000 or so in federal taxes alone. To compensate for the extra levy, McCain would provide a $2,500 federal tax rebate for individuals and $5,000 per family, meaning a family would simply subtract $5,000 from its tax bill, the equivalent of a big cash payment.
Why McCain has the best health-care plan
http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/10/news/eco…
McCain suggests that we junk all that. Say you're earning $100,000 a year and your company provides about $9,000 toward your $12,000 family premium, which is about average. Today you're taxed only on the $100,000. Under McCain's plan, you'd also pay on the $9,000. That could mean an extra $3,000 or so in federal taxes alone. To compensate for the extra levy, McCain would provide a $2,500 federal tax rebate for individuals and $5,000 per family, meaning a family would simply subtract $5,000 from its tax bill, the equivalent of a big cash payment.
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Why didn't Steele and his masters try to fix health care when they controlled both chambers of Congress and the White House? Seriously the GOP is more fucked up than the Democrats on this issue and we all know the Democrats are royally fucked up right now on health care.
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Like that scene in Frankenstein, the townspeople should march to the headquarters of the RNC and burn it to the ground. Greedy, self-absorbed fuckwads in the pockets of the AMA, big pharma, and the insurance industry and standing in the way of this one chance, this one attempt towards a just society. Shame on all of them.
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I wouldn't exactly say that tie is "matched" to that suit. I'm not normally a critic of the things people wear on TV, but this combo is terrible.
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The solution to the Healthcare "crisis" is not government mandates and programs.
The solution lies within the grasp of every American.
The solution to the Healthcare "crisis" is not government mandates and programs.
The solution lies within the grasp of every American.
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The solution being....just don't get sick? And don't lose your job?
I don't understand why this is even a debate. I have yet to see any country with universal healthcare wish they didn't.
The solution being....just don't get sick? And don't lose your job?
I don't understand why this is even a debate. I have yet to see any country with universal healthcare wish they didn't.
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Three-quarters of American citizens want single payer national health care.
Everything else is sound and fury, paid for by the RNC and their comrades in Big Pharma and Big Insurance.
Everything else is sound and fury, paid for by the RNC and their comrades in Big Pharma and Big Insurance.
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7 The solution being make responsible lifestyle choices and buy your own fucking insurance. Do you want Obama to buy your groceries and pay your rent and wipe your ass while he's at it?
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