We have become a nation who is pressured and forced to do what ever the government wants. We are like a herd of cattle. The media and the politicians are doing whatever they want to us and we are going along with it. WAKE UP AMERICA, we are in big trouble and it's only the beginning.
They tell us what to eat, what to buy, take our money and homes anytime they want. WE ARE IN BIG TROUBLE. We will not be able to get medical care because most of us will not be able to pay for it, and they will kick us out of the hospitals.
CBS reports in this article that, "In South Carolina, a yearly income of $16,900 is too much for Medicaid for a family of three." I haven't the slightest doubt based on Governor Nikki Haley's record thus far that she will not be satisfied until that number drops by at least half. I'd like to see all these governors' try and support their families at the poverty level, including paying for their health care. The Gov. Haley's 14-year-old daughter has been working part-time this summer in a state run gift shop. That job should have gone to a needy family.
THEY DON'T CARE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ON SOCIAL SECURITY OR MEDICARE! THEY HAVE THEIR PENSIONS FOR LIFE AFTER ONE TERM AND THEY HAVE THE BEST MEDICAL CARE YOU CAN GET! THEY WON'T CHANGE IT BECAUSE THEY MAKE THE LAWS!!!! IT'S SICKENING TO BE AT THEIR MERCY. ONLY COURSE OF ACTION IS TO VOTE ALL OF THEM OUT OF OFFICE. NOTHING COULD BE WORSE THAN IT IS NOW.
Most of your assumptions are faulty, the only ones who get a pension for life are the Pres and Vice Pres. No one else the same is applicable for medical ins. All gov employees, senators Congressmen etc etc have to pay for their medical coverage and pensions which have to be vested before they can collect a dime.
Having said that, if you vote for any Republican you are guaranteeing more of the same negative legislation that has been aparrent for the past 3-1/2 years. Your choice.
Why do the people keep voting these politicians into office? There are many more poor people in the states where these cheap skate governors are in charge and if they had ANY sense they'd vote them out of office and elect people who were concerned for their well being. I'd LOVE to see Scott and Perry give up THEIR insurance and live below the Federal poverty level like these people do.
"We don't need the federal government telling us what to do when it comes to meeting the needs of the citizens of our states...."
Florida's republican governor
If you were doing that governor ( which you're not ), maybe then you'd have an argument.
WARNING: GOP HYPOCRITE ALERT The governor of Florida doesn't want the federal government telling him what to do when it comes to meeting the needs of his citizens, yet fully supports the "Ryan Budget".
One of the problems that I can visualize if petty governors (mostly in red states) continue down that path is great migrations to states where administrations are realistic. Punative actions towards your own state citizens because a governor is peeved at Obama is a little bit like the Syrian dicatorship attacking his own people. AND...you have to admit (no matter how pro-repug you are) that such actions reflect badly on your state residents.
The state's opt-out options should have been tossed.
I think every politician should be made to live for 6 months just below whatever their state says is the poverty level for income. See how quick they'll change their tune - and if not they are sociopaths that need to be removed from office for the public good.
NO! Every politician should be made to take the same insurance and social security/pension that we do. When SS was enacted Congress purposely left itself out of the plan.
DidHeSayThat - High blood pressure can affect anyone at any time. I've had to take blood pressure meds since I was 22. I have always had a full time job since I was 16, never overweight and have always been active playing sports even to today. I'm 46 now. Maybe perform some research about what causes HBP before you cast stones.
The PROBLEM is NOT the GOVERNMENT! The SOLUTION is NOT forcing the government to pay the HEALTH bills for ANYONE- poor or otherwise!
The PROBLEM is GREEDY hospitals and doctors and INSURANCE companies!!
The solution is simple! Take out the PROBLEM.
1. Regulate the amount all of them can charge!! There is absolutely NO EXCUSE for any of them to charge the amounts they charge! 2. Instead of forcing people to pay insurance companies, force everyone to contribute 1.5% of their income- regardless of its source- to one giant pool of money, INDEPENDENT from the hands of the federal government, to be used to REIMBURSE patients for their medical expenses based on a percentage with each payment. The more you have to go to the doctor the less you have to pay to do so.
And don't tell me it doesn't work because other countries with national health care do it and it works just fine. Australia is a PRIME EXAMPLE of how very well it works!
National Health Care does not mean forcing an entire nation to do business with one PRIVATE industry. Get rid of the GREED in the industry and our "health care crisis" will be over, once and for all!
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They tell us what to eat, what to buy, take our money and homes anytime they want. WE ARE IN BIG TROUBLE. We will not be able to get medical care because most of us will not be able to pay for it, and they will kick us out of the hospitals.
CBS reports in this article that, "In South Carolina, a yearly income of $16,900 is too much for Medicaid for a family of three." I haven't the slightest doubt based on Governor Nikki Haley's record thus far that she will not be satisfied until that number drops by at least half. I'd like to see all these governors' try and support their families at the poverty level, including paying for their health care. The Gov. Haley's 14-year-old daughter has been working part-time this summer in a state run gift shop. That job should have gone to a needy family.
Most of your assumptions are faulty, the only ones who get a pension for life are the Pres and Vice Pres. No one else the same is applicable for medical ins. All gov employees, senators Congressmen etc etc have to pay for their medical coverage and pensions which have to be vested before they can collect a dime.
Having said that, if you vote for any Republican you are guaranteeing more of the same negative legislation that has been aparrent for the past 3-1/2 years. Your choice.
Florida's republican governor
If you were doing that governor ( which you're not ), maybe then you'd have an argument.
WARNING: GOP HYPOCRITE ALERT
The governor of Florida doesn't want the federal government telling him what to do when it comes to meeting the needs of his citizens, yet fully supports the "Ryan Budget".
Map #1; political map, #2; education map.
1, http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/ecalculator#?batt...
2, http://www.edgetech-us.com/map/EduLvls.htm
Why are the poorest states Republican states?
Why do Republicans want to take away education funding?
Why do the uneducated states vote Republican?
The only way you people in Republican controlled states are
ever going to get out of poverty and get educated is to stop voting Republican.
The maps don't lie people, it's really that simple.
The state's opt-out options should have been tossed.
The PROBLEM is GREEDY hospitals and doctors and INSURANCE companies!!
The solution is simple! Take out the PROBLEM.
1. Regulate the amount all of them can charge!! There is absolutely NO EXCUSE for any of them to charge the amounts they charge!
2. Instead of forcing people to pay insurance companies, force everyone to contribute 1.5% of their income- regardless of its source- to one giant pool of money, INDEPENDENT from the hands of the federal government, to be used to REIMBURSE patients for their medical expenses based on a percentage with each payment. The more you have to go to the doctor the less you have to pay to do so.
And don't tell me it doesn't work because other countries with national health care do it and it works just fine. Australia is a PRIME EXAMPLE of how very well it works!
National Health Care does not mean forcing an entire nation to do business with one PRIVATE industry. Get rid of the GREED in the industry and our "health care crisis" will be over, once and for all!