Last night, the House of Representatives passed health care reform and moved the bill to the President’s desk for a final signature.
The bill is littered with tax increases in order to fund the expansion of health coverage for Americans, and the Reconciliation Act, now in the Senate, has similar increases.
via New Taxes In The Healthcare Bill.
The paradox I still do not understand is: if healthcare is a right, why are we fined for not exercising it?
Will the Democrats at some point begin fining people who do not own guns, who do not practice religion, or who do not peaceably assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances?
Obama and crew are really bad at math; they still claim Cash For Clunkers was a really good idea.
Hoven’s Index for March 22, 2010
Cost to taxpayers for each extra car sold because of Cash for Clunkers: $20,000
Number of clunkers turned in (and taken out of the market): 677,081
Price increase for used cars since CfC: 13.7%
Change in car sales from July 2009 to February 2010: -0.6%
via American Thinker Blog: Graph of the Day for March 23, 2010.
See also the chart at the link above for a graphical representation of car sales for the year.
Any time the government proposes taking a whole lot of money from everyone and giving some of it to a few, Just Say No, no matter how much they claim it will help Industry X.
Because it will damage A through W and Y and Z to exactly the same extent that it helps Industry X… except that you lose a tremendous amount to government waste in the process.
The bill passed in a 219-212 vote after more than a year of bitter partisan debate. All 178 Republicans opposed it, along with 34 Democrats.
via House passes health care bill on 219-212 vote – CNN.com.
Sixty percent of the citizens also opposed the plan… but who cares about us?
What about the Constitution, which has no enumerated power authorizing Congress to force individual citizens to buy something against their will or face fines?
For the first time in the history of the nation, citizenship literally comes with a price.
