Posted by
RoddRepub on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:00:00 AM
To all who have missed me, I apologize. I have a little one now and I have no idea of where the time goes. I have noticed a lot of lies that are being told by the left on subjects ranging from health care to taxes. I want to expose a few:
LIE - there are 47 million uninsured in the US.
Truth - This number that is thrown around like a hot potato breaks down like this
- 12 million are illegal aliens (estimate)
- 18 million have incomes over $50K a year and choose not to purchase. They most likely feel that they won't get sick.
- 8 million are under the age of 18. Their parents could sign them up for some other plans that already exist.
- 9 million are poor and can already be covered by Medicaid and for whatever reason have not signed up.
LIE - Barry says he wants to work with Republicans
Truth - Barry has not met with Republicans leaders on health care since April
LIE - Republicans don't have any ideas or any health care plan options of their own
Truth - If Barry didn't notice (I did and I was watching in standard definition) the Republicans were waving bills at him during his "speech" or lie fest. I saw them Barry, didn't you? One example (my favorite) for starters would be to allow insurers to sell across state lines. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas could sell in California and BCBS of IL could sell in NY, etc..
LIE - This bill would be deficit neutral
Truth - Surely you jest. The CBO states we are looking at adding about one trillion dollars to the deficit.
LIE - You will not lose your current health care
Truth - The Lewin Group estimates that about every 2 out of 3 workers will lose their coverage. Why should employers pay for your insurance when they can just pay a fine and let you go the route of the public option.
LIE - The government would do a better job of managing health care.
Truth - (
Really?) Is it easier to manage 1/6th of our economy than the Post Office, Medicaid/Medicare, or Cash for Clunkers? That is equivalent to saying that you were a horrible cashier, but you would make a great CFO of a major corporation. The truth is if the government struggles with those mentioned above, how in the world can we trust them to get this right?
LIE - This is an oldie but goody. Joe Biden stated that wealthier Americans should pay more taxes, because it is their patriotic duty.
Truth - Does Plugs not know that the top 5% already pay more than 50% of all federal income taxes? Democrats don't believe what they preach. Tim Geither is no fan of taxes and he oversees the IRS. You will remember that he had to amend his taxes from 2001-2006. Charlie Rangel (Chairman of the Weighs and Means Committe) writes tax laws, but does not pay them. He forgot he had an account with $250K in it (I would never forget such a thing), did not report the income on his villa in the Caribbean, and last but not least he forgot to report income on the sale of a property that netted him as much as $1.3 million dollars.
These are just a few of the many lies from the left.
RR