“Unfortunately, the United States House of Representatives last night chose politics over the will of the American people. The enormous upheaval of our healthcare system was pushed through the House against the wishes of the majority of American families and businesses.
Here in Georgia, this vote will force an additional billion dollars or more of Medicaid spending per year, requiring either a tax hike or offsetting cuts to public safety, education and other core services of state government. While this colossal unfunded mandate cripples our budget, I am even more concerned about the debilitating impact it will have on Georgia’s small businesses. The extension of the Medicare tax on all non-wage income means that small business owners will see their top rate increased by 20 percent and investment income taxes increasing 60 percent.
What is most unfortunate is that the American people had no voice at the table in Washington during the course of this debate. The only glimpse citizens saw of the process were closed-door meetings that resulted in backroom deals and the buying of votes to ensure passage. I am today renewing my December request to the Attorney General that he join other states in reviewing the constitutionality of this travesty. My office has already begun to review any and all legal options to challenge this legislation.
I also urge the Georgia General Assembly to continue moving forward on my proposal to allow Georgians to purchase insurance plans across state lines. Now that Congress is mandating that every American purchase health insurance, we should open the individual market to as much competition as possible.
Since this bill has such a significant impact on future state budgets, it is imperative that current candidates for elected office publicly state their plans to either support the Obama-Pelosi legislation or fight for the people of Georgia.”
To the letter, talking points from his owners and the Party of NO.
Sadly, your mailboxers represent one in seven individuals in Gordon County. Many still voting Red.
Energy filled, locally educated workers, who watched as fat-cats export jobs.
That number excludes 1,000 local, homeless children.
As heard Sunday, but for the Grace of God, go I.
When President Clinton left a $290 billion surplus, those mailboxers had work.
Since then, Republicans ruled.
Little dispute, President Obama inherited
1) "up to his hips in alligators", and
2) the Party of NO.
a)
$1,115 -- that's the average monthly premium for employer-sponsored family coverage in 2009. Annually, that amounts to $13,375, or roughly the yearly income of someone working a minimum wage job.
b)
Our mutual cause must be to bring down the cost of healthcare.
NOT...
The same, outdated Republicans who have no new ideas, bring nothing new to the game, and oppose everything.
Sorry Monkey. I jumped ahead of your same response.
If hair restoration was the promise, Gas couldn't recite one line of the reform bill.
WSJ article
2010 Coverage
* Subsidies begin for small businesses to provide coverage to employees.
* Insurance companies barred from denying coverage to children with pre-existing illness.
* Children permitted to stay on their parents' insurance policies until their 26th birthday.