President Obama knows lies, d*mn lies and statistics well.
As reports are coming out that Pennsylvania is receiving $160 million from the Department of Health and Human Services to set up a new high-risk insurance pool program that will fund abortions, we are seeing, yet again, that the Obama Administration will say and do anything to pass their liberal agenda – ignoring public opinion along the way…
LIES: “You’ve heard that this is all going to mean government funding of abortion – not true. These are all fabrications.” - President Obama on August 19, 2009
D*MN LIES: “The executive order provides additional safeguards to ensure that the status quo is upheld and enforced, and that the health care legislation’s restrictions against the public funding of abortions cannot be circumvented.” — White House Statement on March 21, 2010
STATISTICS: 67 percent of Americans oppose funding abortions with public funds under the health care bill. — Quinnipiac University Poll, January 14, 2010
As pundits have commented in recent weeks, and many of us have realized, you need to watch what the President really does, not listen to what he says, as the two are often in vast contrast of one another. As you can read above, nowhere is this truer than on the issue of abortion.
Back in March, when the offer to sign an Executive Order was made, many pro-lifers questioned why the order was needed after President Obama, Speaker Pelosi and Secretary Sebelius had been saying for months that no federal dollars would be used to fund abortions. On the day of the vote, I personally spoke on the House floor about how an Executive Order has no effect of law and cannot override the clear intent of a statute, as well as on how an Executive Order is only a piece of paper. Now that we know how little the President values his word and that he is comfortable violating an Executive Order, we are only left to wonder what other secrets are lurking for us in the dark.
Obamacare is a horrible law. The fact that hardworking taxpayers are now funding abortions – when many would rather use that money to provide for their families in an economy President Obama has only worsened – is an absolute outrage. The abortion funding being given to the state of Pennsylvania should be added to the already long list of why Obamacare must be repealed by Congress or overturned by the Supreme Court, whichever is quickest – and that’s no lie!
Steve Maley
KnightsofMalta
Dan Spencer
Moe Lane
Dan McLaughlin
Repeal & defund
merryj1 Friday, July 16th at 2:10PM EST (link)About the only way back to sanity and solvency: Repeal Obamacare and just about everything passed in this Congress, and defund all “czars,” earmarks and miscellaneous pork. Pass Congressional Ethics legislation mandating sworn oaths by legislators that (he or she) has personally read each bill before voting on it, and calling for mandatory censure and penalty for any legislator voting to pass a bill he or she has not read.
Pass across-the-board budget cuts for all federal agencies, bureaus and departments, plus across-the-board salary cuts to lower federal employee compensation to the level of private-sector salaries. Then, for good measure, abolish and defund the Internal Revenue Service and pass the Fair Tax Act.
Then, in February and March, 2011…
Now that would be something wonderful to behold!
mikerazar (Diary) Friday, July 16th at 4:16PM EST (link)except i’m not so sure about the fair tax…
We have a nation to save, people.
fair tax
tinwhisker Friday, July 16th at 5:25PM EST (link)jury still out — unintended consequences may be severe.
Actually...
vortigernpendragon (Diary) Friday, July 16th at 2:21PM EST (link)The only way back to solvency is for the American people to co-opt government spending oursleves. Even if the Republicans can take control of Congress in November, the best they can hope for is to stop the Obama agenda. They cannot reverse it until 2012 at the very earliest. The damage has been done. Please watch the video, visit the website and pass it along. America’s future depends on it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a-mGHsqsmI
http://spendenforcer.com/
Very sobering
tinwhisker Friday, July 16th at 5:42PM EST (link). . . and very well done video (the accompanying music choice is excellent, too).
As for the tax idea, my sister says the entire nation should stay home on a week/day (day without pay) and thus deny the feds tax revenue on income for that day. A general strike. Not illegal — and if the feds don’t like it, they can’t prosecute and imprison the entire nation — though I wouldn’t put it past them to retaliate in some wicked measure. And if they do, we’ll just stay home for two days next time, then three . . .
One way or another, the thieves in DC must be dealt with.
If you win the House, you can "shut down that gushing well"
E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Friday, July 16th at 3:03PM EST (link)I’m not sure any current allocations can be stopped, but any future budgets can basically cause BambiCare to never be implemented.
Play as hard as you need to. Pass a budget in the House. If the Senate won’t pass it, you can torpedo “continuing resolutions”. If the reason is “to defund BambiCare”, then let’s see how it plays out to the American people.
While we’re at it, we could fund the EPA at zero dollars.
Kill the Terrorists
Protect the Borders
Punch the Hippies h/t IMAO
obama LIES and JOBS DIE.NT
bobojake (Diary) Friday, July 16th at 3:34PM EST (link)The tax penalty is Unconstitutional
Steven Willis (Diary) Friday, July 16th at 5:59PM EST (link)As I explained in a recent Diary, the tax penalty is an Unconstitutional Direct Tax. See my article in Tax Notes (July 12, 2010).
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1589190
We need to defeat this Act before it becomes fully effective.
“Let it be said, I fought the good fight, I finished the race, I kept the faith.”
Paul, Second Timothy 4:7, The New Covenant.
Steve Willis
Professor of Law
University of Florida College of Law
Fight the Act in the Courts, too.
Steven Willis (Diary) Friday, July 16th at 6:02PM EST (link)As I’ve explained before, the tax penalty fails under the Constitutuion.
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1589190
“Let it be said, I fought the good fight, I finished the race, I kept the faith.”
Paul, Second Timothy 4:7, The New Covenant.
Steve Willis
Professor of Law
University of Florida College of Law
The tax penalty is Unconstitutional
Steven Willis (Diary) Friday, July 16th at 6:04PM EST (link)As I’ve posted before, the Health Care Act violates the Taxing Powers of the Constitution.
“Let it be said, I fought the good fight, I finished the race, I kept the faith.”
Paul, Second Timothy 4:7, The New Covenant.
Steve Willis
Professor of Law
University of Florida College of Law
Sorry about that
Steven Willis (Diary) Friday, July 16th at 6:07PM EST (link)I was using a different computer and it would not appear to let me post, so I kept trying. Oops.
“Let it be said, I fought the good fight, I finished the race, I kept the faith.”
Paul, Second Timothy 4:7, The New Covenant.
Steve Willis
Professor of Law
University of Florida College of Law
Agreed, but you need to be more emphatic
rushbabe Sunday, July 18th at 12:23AM EST (link)Rep. S, I wish you were my Congressman! Out here in the BLUE state of Washington, everyone supports Obamacare. If allowed to go through, it will destroy our American way of life, by giving the Government (see how much power the Health & Human Services Dept. is given!) near-total control of your life. I, for one, am fighting back. My doctor and I have already agreed to an underground medical economy, if necessary. I refuse to let the Other Washington tell my medical team how to treat me.
CarolK
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