Tag: Federal Budget

Listen to Obama and He Tells You What He is Doing

http://news.yahoo.com/emerging-senate-proposal-focus-budget-battle-140124033–politics.html

When Obama complains about the House of Representatives he is telling you what HE is doing and not necessarily what the House is doing.

He starts his radio talk by saying that the lack of communication does not need to be this way.  Translation in reality:  Please ignore that I have repeatedly refused and still refuse to negotiate with the people’s elected representative. Instead, blame them because they have insistently asked me to have a conversation with them which I have insistently refused to do.

Then Obama goes on to say that the demands of the people’s elected representatives is extortion and he will not bow to their demands.  Translation in reality:  I will not allow them to do what is their constitutional duty unless they agree in advance to give me what I want.  Please ignore my repeated threat of veto and ignore my Senate spokesman Harry Reid’s refusal to allow the House to pass legislation.  Instead blame the Republicans in the House who are hostages some bogeyman called the Tea Party Movement.

Lastly, Obama prefers to deal with his democrat party majority in the Senate for a budget resolution.  That is because he is confident that Harry Reid will continue to force every bill sent over by the House is Dead on Arrival.  That is if Harry even allows the House bills to be entered into the Senate agenda and not thrown into the garbage as soon as the papers arrive.

Not it does not have to be this way.  As Obama says, the branches of Government should not be antagonists and shout each other.  Translation:  Please ignore that I constantly used negative names for the House leaders and elected representatives.  Ignore that I always blame them and former President Bush for all the problems I have created.  Ignore that I have run up a seven trillion dollars deficit in four years.  Forget that I bribed Senators Nelson and Landrieu with federal funds in order to get Obama Care to pass.  And forget that on every vote in the Senate all, that is 100 percent, of the Democrat Senators always vote for Obama, against the House in order to stop all legislation from being enacted.

So the lesson learned is that we should listen to Obama.  But not to look at those he accuses.  Rather, to take his accusations and look directly at him because his accusations tell us what HE is doing.

childlessness Could Doom the Childless and the Nation

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/02/18/why-the-choice-to-be-childless-is-bad-for-america.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=cheatsheet_afternoon&cid=newsletter%3Bemail%3Bcheatsheet_afternoon&utm_term=Cheat%20Sheet

 

This is a very extensive, interesting and insightful article on the “Childless Culture” of modern urban America.  Will there be enough children to replace those who are growing older and those who are dying?  If there are not enough children who will pay for the elderly?  If the childless generation succeeds, then they too will suffer.  For this writer, one area that the author of this article neglected, and probably could not gauge, was the effect of aging on those who are electing to be childless.

Now, these folk have living parents and often grandparents.  But grand parents and parents will die leaving the childless children without family.  Friends, yes.  But are today’s friends the same as today’s children who remain your children when you are old!  This idea of family as companions along the journey of life may be quaint, but I suggest a visit to a contemporary elderly life home, or a nursing home.  The people in these places often have families and yet, they cannot stay at home because of illness, frailty, behavioral problems, or simply because their children do not want to take care of them.

So, we posit the idea of millions of men and women who today could have children we imagine that they successfully carry out their childlessness.  So, imagine that they are now fifty or sixty.  They are weaker than they are now.  Some are sick.  Some are frail.  All are without grandparents, parents or children.  They are also either out of a job because of technological advances eliminating their employment, or they are forced to continue working until they are dead because of the increasing costs of urban singleton living.

Hey, they may indeed be happy.  But this is also true, there comes a point in biological life when it is no longer possible to have children.  So, the decision to be childless becomes, at that point, not reversible.  Hey, they may be used to being a “family” of one.  However, the socially hip scene changes with age.  The friends move away or die away.  The body degenerates.  So, what!  They may think that is not their problem.  And it isn’t.

As the article inferred, Obama will take care of them.  Oh, I forgot, he will be old too.  And surprise! Obama is married and has two children.  His retirement will be generous.  His wife is a successful business person.  And although his parents and grandparents are dead, I am sure he will have plenty of friends to keep him company as he grows older.  Maybe, using him as the  image for ourselves is not the best idea.  Well, to each his/her own.

It is the President and the Administration that is Stopping a Solution to the Fiscal Cliff

As reference see previous post concerning the Revenge Politics advocated by the Daily Beast.

“I can tell you the most recent promise the president has broken. He campaigned on a balanced approach to deficit reduction with more spending cuts than increased taxes. He even talked about it in the 2nd or 3rd debate. Instead he is proposing to raise taxes $1.6 trillion (the first year he has already outlined how it is to be spent on “stimulus” so no deficit reduction there at all). The spending cut is a POSSIBLE $400 billion over 10 years but nothing definite outlined.
For those of you who are math deficient, that is $4 in tax increases for every $1 of possible (but not likely) spending cuts. ”

It is very distressing to see the willingness of our people to accept the lie that the President only wants to tax the top two percent while everybody else gets a tax cut.  The facts of the President’s proposal are exactly opposite to what he tells the people.

Secondly, Pres. Obama wants the Congress to give away its right to review the debt ceiling and approve or deny raising it.  Why should they?  The Constitution gives the power of the purse to the Congress, specifically the House of Representatives.  When they are asked to give up this right, then we the people who voted for them are asked to give up this right.  We should not do it.

The Daily Beast newsletter may believe that it is right, just and proper for Obama to take revenge on the Republicans of the Congress for opposing him.  I do not agree.  The Congress is supposed to prevent tyranny by a systematic review of the Executive and the Judicial just as these branches of government are, in turn, to review the Congress.  This is not a system of revenge politics as proposed by Pelosi and Reid.  It is the Constitution.

Lastly, I believe that the rules of our social contract intend that the President is the President of the whole nation and not only of those who voted for him.  He is not supposed to be the President of the Democrats and the enemy of the Republicans.  If the Daily Beast believes such foolishness, then Obama is supposed to be the enemy of 48 percent of the citizens and the friend of the remainder.  If that is the case, can anyone blame the 48 % of the citizens to do all in their power during the next four years to opposed Obama who, in this case, is said to be their enemy?

Yes, the Democrat party won the Presidency but that is no excuse for attempts to destroy the Republican party.  Likewise, the Republicans won the majority in the House of Representatives and that is no excuse for always opposing the Democrat President.  The same applies to the Senate.

This writer is distressed by all of what Secretary Geithner calls “political theater.”  I agree that it is a necessary part of the political process, however, he then turns around and says that the House of Representatives, symbolized by the Speaker, is required to prove to the Executive how much they are willing to raise taxes.  That is absurd.  The Constitution gives the power of taxation to the Congress and not the President. Secondly, the House need prove nothing to the President.  He is required to submit his proposals to the House and they are required to debate, argue and either accept, reject or modify them.  What Geithner here proposes is to accomplish the legislation in a conference with the White House before it is even submitted to the Congress.  I disagree.

Let the President put his proposal to the House.  Let the administration, by using their Congressional Democrat proxies, argue their case before the full 495 Representatives.  And let the House vote and send it onto the Senate.  Only in this way will progress be made.

And Senator Harry Reid should stop bragging that any House of Representatives budget proposal that is not pre approved by Obama is Dead On Arrival in the Senate.  Who is the obstructionist in this process? There are many and they are:  The President, Nancy Pelosi, Reid, Geithner.  What the Republicans are trying very hard to do is to play according to the rule book which is called the Constitution.  There may be some who adhere to the Revenge politics advocated by the Daily Beast.  I do not.

American Currency Downgrade

I get a lot of Email concerning the issue of American currency downgrade.  Porter Stansberry has predicted it for a long time.  I have read his warnings and watched the news for a year now and it seems that his predictions are coming true, incrementally.  This is natural because you would not consider that the world’s powerful would allow you and me to get out before they can fortress themselves against what they are about to do.  Now Leeb agrees.  I am seeing a consensus tendency in Gue.  So I thought to send this copy of Leeb’s presentation out for your information.  My previous sending of information from my Thrivent for Lutherans representative was very highly received and doubled my readership.  Beware!!, I am not a financial advisor and do not recommend anything (caveat required) but I do want to share with you the stuff I get in my Email that I think is of significance for your consideration.  And Yes, I do support Romney and Ryan becuase I think these are two of the brightest and best financial people we have today who are willing to go out and be heckled and smeared in order to lead us out of the morass of our 15 trillion dollar debt before it is too late.  And when all of this happens, classs warfare will be meaningless because the super wealthy will also have fortresses and the middle class will already hav e be duped into its’ own self destruction by the politics of jealousy, hate and division.   No matter your politics, however, I think the information regarding the possible financial destruction of US dominance in world trade is very inportant for all of us to read.  Please click and consider.

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Obama in His Own Words

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tCAffMSWSzY#t=28  As I view this video I am concerned at why this information has been suppressed.  Oh, Yes, I am able to get it on the Tube (at least for now) but it is not broadcast and this part of President Obama’s story has successfully be covered up.  There is so much about the President that we do not know and this very troubling video indicates that his real agenda is much more influenced by “…my Islamic faith…” than it is by his love for America.  At times, as I listened, I wondered if he had anything good to say about anybody other than Moslems and Islam.  It would seem that Mr. Obama sees it as his duty to promote, extend and defend the religion of Islam as being, “…from the beginning of our nation…”  a vital part of the development of Democracy and the Constitution.  Is this some kind of academic dribble from Harvard?  It may be it is that because the Harvard of today, founded and funded for two hundred years by Christian Congregationalists is already divided between the secular anti Christian University and the modernist revisionist liberal protestant Theological School.  I would not be surprised if a student of the secular Harvard was taught that Islam and Moslems were as important, or even more important for the founding of Western European civilization and the same for the founding of the USA than our Judaeo Christian founders.  At any rate, this is must watching for anyone who wants to know about President Obama in his own words.  Yes,  this is an edited video but the portions shown cannot be ignored or excused by a claim against the editors.  After all, the words are Obama’s words and no one else’s.  Judge for yourself, dare to watch the video.  Is Obama lying to us about everything?  For ther Bush haters, just remember how you regarded President Bush and ask if your judgements are not duplicitous?

Paul Ryan in his Own Words

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=8Bib7kKBhqs

This is a really great video and I do mean great.  Why?  Because it gives us Paul Ryan in his own words.  A lot of people are saying what they think Paul Ryan is saying.  Many others are giving us their opinions of what they think he is saying.  Today, even some of the panelists on Bret Braier (Fox) seemed not to actually know the facts about what Congressman Ryan believes regarding the fiscal crisis in USA.  Well, there is no excuse for not knowing exactly what Representative Ryan is saying because of You Tube.  There are hundreds of video’s of Mr. Ryan speaking at a host of venues and clearly articulating exactly what he says and definitively what he means.  Besides, Mr. Ryan is nice to look at, he has a pleasant voice and a dynamic style as he makes his case for fiscal responsibility.  Be informed and do not let others do your thinking for you.

Obama’s Blame Game is Plain Stupid

http://news.yahoo.com/obamas-weekly-address-gop-blame-stalemate-100021216–abc-news-politics.html  The writer of this blog is at wit’s end as to what to say about President Obama’s continued dissembling about the economy.  He is the king of blame and the blame is always on the other guy.  Obama never owns up to his part in the stalemate and always, again I say aways, blames the other guy.  We should have realized this was his standard mode of operation when he accused the white policeman who tried to help save the property of the black professor in Cambridge Mass.  He blamed the white cop of being over zealous.  Now, what is a President of the United States and so-called leader of the entire free world doing by interfering in the small town of Cambridge scuffle between a cop and a college professor?  Really, it was very petty and revealed Obama’s mindset.  He is a man who sees everything in black and white.  He sees everything as a battle as us versus them.  He interprets everything in terms of I win and you lose.  It is not an attitude that makes for progress in politics.  It is hyper partisan and increases the natural friction between the politics parties to super heated levels.  It divides because everything is black and white.  And the interpretation of the black and white is me versus you.

Paying Medical Bills In Cash

4. Paying Medical Bills in Cash Slashes Costs

Most Americans are unaware that many hospitals and doctors offer deep discounts for patients who pay in cash — as long as they don’t use their health insurance.

One hospital in California lists the price of a CT scan of the abdomen on its website at $4,423. Blue Shield of California says it negotiated a rate at the hospital of about $2,400 for patients with coverage.

But when the Los Angeles Times asked for the cash price, the hospital said it was $250.

The newspaper cited the case of a woman who was charged $6,707 for a CT scan of her abdomen. Blue Shield said she needed to pay just $2,336. She later discovered that if she had not gone through her insurance plan and paid cash, the cost would have been $1,054.

David Belk, an internist in Alameda, Calif., who launched a website about medical costs, pointed to the vast differences in costs for routine blood work. He said a local hospital charged a patient $782, and her insurer said she owed $414.

“She could have gotten it for $95 in cash,” Belk said. “How does that make sense? The last thing the insurance companies want you to know is how inexpensive this stuff really is.”

Hospitals have been trying to increase revenue by encouraging patients to pay upfront so the hospital can avoid an uncertain collections process, the Times reported.

“Cash prices — typically available for hundreds of common outpatient services and tests — have a real appeal to millions of consumers who are on the hook for a growing share of their medical costs as employers and insurers cut back on coverage and push more high-deductible plans,” the paper observed.

The California Hospital Association asserted that discounted cash prices are intended for patients without insurance, not those with coverage, but added that most hospitals offer a different discount to insured patients who are willing to pay their bill upfront.

I copied this from Newsmax, Is it True?