Common Folk Using Common Sense

From Mark Nestmann at Preserving Your Privacy & Wealth: Do you question authority? Fail to accept conventional wisdom? Lose your temper when you hear a politician make a promise that you know he or she can’t keep? If so, you may be mentally ill, according to the most recent revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical [...]

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Starting in 2011 (next year folks) your W-2 tax form sent by your employer will be increased to show the value of whatever health insurance you are given by your employer. You will be required to pay taxes on a large sum of money that you have never seen before. Take your 2009 tax form [...]

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This chart shows Obamacare‘s bewildering complexity. This is why I laugh when I see someone with an “Obama 2008” bumper sticker, because no sane person would wish this on themselves, their children, or their country. From the Joint Economic Committe: “For Americans, as well as Congressional Democrats who didn’t bother to read the bill, this [...]

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Says USA Today: The pediatrician and Harvard University professor President Obama appointed Wednesday to run Medicare and Medicaid will play a central role in implementing the nation’s new health care law, predecessors and outside experts said. Donald Berwick, who Obama named to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, drew praise from top medical [...]

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A watchdog group says giving away toys with Happy Meals contributes to childhood obesity and threatens to sue. Because getting a plastic Shrek toy forces you, and your parents, to stuff your face with 500 fat calories. Are Americans to dumb or wimpy to continue as a civilization? Spread The Word:

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Says Chuck Roger: If attempts to cut education spending can send thuggish teachers’ unions into the streets and a tough Arizona law on illegal immigration can send unions and race baiters screaming, what will happen if Washington politicians ever find the spine to do what has to be done to cut Welfare, Social Security, Medicare, [...]

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Says Real Clear Politics: Obama‘s Approval Rating: 46.1 Approve 47.3 Disapprove Says Rasmussen: Three weeks after Congress passed its new national health care plan, support for repeal of the measure has risen four points to 58%. That includes 50% of U.S. voters who strongly favor repeal. When the government refuses to follow the will of [...]

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Found at The American Spectator: Why is President Barack Obama in such a hurry to get his socialized medicine bill passed? Because he and his cunning circle realize some basic truths: The American people in their unimaginable kindness and trust voted for a pig in a poke in 2008. They wanted so much to believe [...]

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Via CNSNews : The Internal Revenue Service will function as the government’s chief enforcer for health care reform, should President Obama sign the bill into law as expected, monitoring both businesses and individuals to certify whether they have the insurance coverage the government requires. The tax collection agency will be responsible for monitoring and enforcing [...]

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This is simply an example of things to come once the government is in control of your health care. From KOMO News: The mother of a Ballard High School student is fuming after the health center on campus helped facilitate her daughter’s abortion during school hours. “She took a pregnancy test at school at the [...]

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Says Mark Steyn at The Washington Times: Investor’s Business Daily argues that the “health” debate is really a proxy fight on the size and role of government. According to its poll, 64 percent of people think the federal government has “too much power.” Correct. But a big chunk of that 64 percent voted less than [...]

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Obama has been saying for some time that he wants to make health care affordable. Obama has been saying for some time that he wants to create more jobs and stimulate the economy. After last night’s vote on ObamaCare just look at what new taxes the healthcare industry will have to start paying: $2.7 billion [...]

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Says The Associated Press: Idaho took the lead in a growing, nationwide fight against health care overhaul Wednesday when its governor became the first to sign a measure requiring the state attorney general to sue the federal government if residents are forced to buy health insurance. Similar legislation is pending in 37 other states. Constitutional [...]

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