Even though the government and its friends in the United Auto Workers now own General Motors, the class warrior in Obama just can’t stop thinking of “Cadillac people” as The Enemy. In a PBS interview last week, President Obama talked of "penalizing insurance companies who are offering super, gold-plated, Cadillac plans." Ditto the Democrats in Congress. Kent Conrad (D-ND) is among those on the Senate Budget Committee who "would tax companies that offer Cadillac plans." On Face the Nation Sunday, Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) said that a surtax on so-called "Cadillac" insurance plans might be something that the Blue Dogs could support.
OK, so what’s the message here? The first is that there is something that, as the Texans say, “needs penalizing” about buying or selling Cadillacs. The second is that people who buy or sell Cadillacs will be penalized. And the third is that Democrats from the White House on down really don’t want anyone actually having a Cadillac, or being in the business of selling them. One wonders whether any of this rhetoric has been cleared with the Car Czar.
So far the Democrats are not threatening to tax the Lexus plans. And a good thing, too. If our politicians are going to refer to super, gold-plated stuff — even to demonize it and penalize people for having any of it — they should at least promote our own.
Yesterday, Senator John Kerry said his plan to tax "Cadillac" health benefits is gaining support. Makes you want to run right out and buy a Cadillac, doesn’t it?
Neil Stevens
Steve Maley
Daniel Horowitz
Jake Walker
Waybe we should call their efforts the Escalade Escapade
bk (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 3:40PM EST (link)Yeah, but some taxes are needed
cartmancar Wednesday, July 29th at 3:55PM EST (link)Every country in this recession time is looking for new taxes.
If you have cash for Cadillac then pay the tax.
There's a typical liberal attitude for you.
Vegas_Rick (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 4:08PM EST (link)If you got money, you can afford taxes. It’s MY money meat head!
“God is great, beer is good and people are crazy.”- Billy Currington
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge.
And notice
eliminatedebt Wednesday, July 29th at 4:20PM EST (link)That no one is coming out of the recession either?
Independent, fiscal conservative.
I notice in your bio that
blooch Wednesday, July 29th at 4:33PM EST (link)you’re a “male from Europe”. Is “looking for new taxes” just an ingrained reflexive response for you when seeking a fix for an ailing economy?
“Lieutenant Dike wasn’t a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made no decisions.”
Why is it that only productive individuals are asked to cut back?
JSobieski (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 4:36PM EST (link)While government and unproductive individuals have automatic license to ask for more no matter what based on “need”?
Modern liberablism is just a spoiled teenager—a description that fits much of Europe (or at least Old Europe).
My Polish uncle asked my mom the other day if she was planning on returning to Poland. . .
My rules of the road for primary season.
Rule #1: Vote for YOUR first choice in the primaries
Rule #2: Vote for the R in the general.
Rule #3: Don’t let anyone convince you to violate Rule #1 or Rule #2
Rule #4: When in a center-right argument, reaffirm Rules #1-#3–it will help us all to get along better.
Rule #5: If you are using the language of the left, you probably aren’t furthering conservativism
Rule #6: The priority is issues first, candidates second, and supporters third. Nobody is bigger than the issues. Conversely, if you spend your time focusing on supporters, you are wasting everyone’s time.
STOP THE MADNESS!
A reduction in the rate of spending increases is NOT a cut!
In-state tuition for illegals is NOT amnesty!
Requiring someone to pay their medical bills is NOT an individual mandate!
Reducing tax rates is NOT a tax increase!
Please label your snark...or are you serious, cartmancer? nt
Xasteius (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 6:28PM EST (link)Don’t leave the party, hijack it back!
The only poll that counts is the one at the ballot box.
I don’t want to be Reagan. I want to be a Chance/Soros hybrid.
From the grammar, I think he's serious -nt-
civil truth (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 6:35PM EST (link)The greatest evil…is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed, and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voice. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the offices of a thoroughly nasty business concern. -C.S. Lewis
http://www.gmsplace.com/
May I suggest that they are planning to spend Escalade like amounts…
General_Confusion (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 4:00PM EST (link)..but deliver Cimarron results.
For those who don’t remember this nightmare:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Cimarron
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/1981_cimarron_1.jpg/180px-1981_cimarron_1.jpg
Cadillac, Hell...
Crowe (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 3:55PM EST (link)…What about the Bentley plan the Lords and Ladies of Congress treat themselves to? Will that be hit with a surtax?
“We sleep soundly in our beds only because
rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harmDear Leader Obama gives us leave to do so.”It would have to be reported as income
Lammo (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 4:14PM EST (link)in order to be taxed. What do you think the odds are of that?
Don’t be so open minded that your brains fall out. (John Corapi, The Black Sheep Dog)
In other words, some people have too much health care?
rocketeer (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 4:24PM EST (link)I’m having trouble wrapping my head around the comments. If the complaint is against ‘Cadillac’ health care, does this mean that those Lucky Unstiffs (Lucky Stiffs == dead?) are stealing health care from somebody?
Naah, this is just envy. You have too much health care, we have to draw you back to the pack! Remember, that in places like GB, as I recall, you aren’t allowed to buy additional health care.
I remember a book a few years back by Ron Sider, “Rich Christians in an age of hunger”. Such a dope that an effective rebuttal was soon published by Dave Chilton, “Productive Christians in an age of guilt manipulators”. This fits right in there.
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Never buy a dog and bark for yourself: ‘Slippery’ Jim DiGriz
Liberalism is a mental illness---at its core is a compulsion to constantly shift water between various leaky buckets in an attempt to make all the buckets equally "full"
JSobieski (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 4:34PM EST (link)Reality is a messy business
My rules of the road for primary season.
Rule #1: Vote for YOUR first choice in the primaries
Rule #2: Vote for the R in the general.
Rule #3: Don’t let anyone convince you to violate Rule #1 or Rule #2
Rule #4: When in a center-right argument, reaffirm Rules #1-#3–it will help us all to get along better.
Rule #5: If you are using the language of the left, you probably aren’t furthering conservativism
Rule #6: The priority is issues first, candidates second, and supporters third. Nobody is bigger than the issues. Conversely, if you spend your time focusing on supporters, you are wasting everyone’s time.
STOP THE MADNESS!
A reduction in the rate of spending increases is NOT a cut!
In-state tuition for illegals is NOT amnesty!
Requiring someone to pay their medical bills is NOT an individual mandate!
Reducing tax rates is NOT a tax increase!
obama and you democrats have destroyed the auto industry
bobojake (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 4:38PM EST (link)Where are the jobs and the taxes coming from to pay for your inconsiderate actions obama. kerry, schummmmer, reid, pelosi, kennedy, dodd, frank,.
Lets kill obama care THE SUICIDE PACT FOR AMERICA before it kills AMERICA.
I conclude these congresscritters
persiflage Wednesday, July 29th at 5:32PM EST (link)are barking mad and completely out of touch with reality. What’s worse, when they are together, their madness multiplies exponentially. For our own safety we would do well to post guards all around Washington D.C. during the August break, and prevent every one of them from ever returning.
“A republic, if you can keep it…” – B. Franklin
Not a Cadillac
ss396 Wednesday, July 29th at 5:35PM EST (link)Those “Cadillac” plans are not what Obama or the Dems think that they are. These are insurance plans whose premiums are well above what is more usual and customary, and who owns them?
The owners of these “Cadillac” plans turn out to generally be the elderly who have medical problems, and are paying for their own insurance. They have pre-existing conditions, they are not eligible generally under the usual run-of-the-mill group plans, so they have to purchase them on their own. Such things are costly, but these folks prefer paying those premiums vs. having to impoverish themselves in order to qualify for Medicare or Medicade.
Tax these plans?? Lovely. Hey, Obama, let’s drive these people out of their chosen insurances. Let’s add to the ranks of the uninsured. Let’s make another lie about how Obama-care lets folks keep their current insurance.
Let’s talk about “acting stupid.”
It would be nice if Obama and his enablers actually learned what they are talking about before shooting off about something. What a fool.
If you pay someone to sit on his butt, you can’t be surprised when he does.
They won't dare say the word "swine" flu
SoFiMil (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 7:47PM EST (link)for fear it will hurt the pig farmers, but have not problem dropping the Cadillac-bomb and decimating the auto industry. It’ s a new era when a Cadillac is considered a “clunker”, while a Prius is a prized possession.
www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com
Quote of the Day
cookcountyconservative (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 9:22PM EST (link)“If Obamacare passes Geraldo will be covering the retirement homes like a category 5 hurricane.”
Rush Limbaugh 7/29/2009