Posted by
Christopher Van on Friday, October 30, 2009 8:10:36 AM
I suppose it is only apropos that the nightmare on K Street begin on the eve of Halloween. The Democrats, fulfilling a promise to destroy healthcare and bankrupt our nation, have come up with the most insidious legislation in the history of the Republic.
Containing over 400,000 words in 1,990 pages, their healthcare bill doesn’t even use the word doctor. It is page upon page of legal mumbo jumbo that Nancy Pelosi and her ilk have graciously agreed to post on the internet for all to read. But you better read quick because they are planning a vote for next week! Considering that the Torah contains only 80,000 words and takes a typical synagogue congregation a year to read how do you suppose the Democrats will justify a vote in five days? Simple; they have no intention of reading the bill.
The CBO is putting the cost of this bill, which by the way doesn’t even provide coverage for every American, at $1.05 TRILLION dollars! Not a million, not a billion…but a trillion dollars. To put this in perspective, the U.S. government in 2006 took in $1.04 trillion in TOTAL tax revenue. Since then, taxes have gone up, so revenue has gone down which is a concept still foreign to liberals.
This bill contains a tax increase and puts taxes on the path to reaching new highs not seen since the failed days of Jimmy Carter. This will result in a tax upon every American who works because there is no other way to pay for this insidious piece of legislation that runs counter to everything that American stands for. Simply put, those who vote for this legislation should be brought up on charges of treason, because this type of generational theft is not only un-American but it is criminal.
If I walked up to you, pointed a gun at your head and stole your wallet I would go to jail. That is exactly what the government is doing, creating massive penalties for those who don’t play by the rules in this ponzi scheme that makes the crimes of Bernie Madoff seem like misdemeanors.
Making matters worse, this bill was crafted in a closed door session involving one political party. So much for the bipartisanship promised during teleprompter laden campaign speeches. What is occurring in Washington will be seen through the prism of history as tantamount to the rise of Marxism in the Soviet Union and Nazism in Germany. It is a government that has overstepped its bounds and usurped the will of the people for its own political gain and power.
We have a chance to do something and we have one year to get prepared to do it. Every person who votes for this bill needs to be removed from office. Every person who does not openly voice dissent also needs to be removed from office. Every two years we have the power to engage in a revolution at the ballot box and it is high time that we did just that.
We need to kick those in Congress who have so little regard for the American people and Constitution to the curb and start over. We need to take back the reins of government from those who seek to undo two hundred plus years of greatness. It’s time for accountability to find its way inside the beltway and for this who have failed the American people, such as Nancy Pelosi and her ilk, to be called out for their insidious actions.
Christopher Van
www.christophervan.com