Once again, the Democrats, especially Maggie Hassan, are twisting the meaning and usage of words to fit a political narrative. In this case, for the purely personal gain of keeping her butt in DC.
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Through the Eyes of a Refugee from California: Biden Is Firing Our Healthcare System
A young nurse sits quietly in her kitchen… in the dark… in the early morning hours of what used to be one of her many workdays. She worked very hard to become a nurse; she put herself through a very good college, earning her four-year degree in record time.
Creepy Uncle Joe on Social Security and Medicare
Where is creepy uncle Joe on social security and Medicare? Many Americans count on Social Security to help them make ends meet. They worked their whole lives, getting taxed for SS. Don’t they have an expectation of having a ability to be able to receive benefits in retirement? The leftists intentions for entitlements What will … Read more
America must stabilize spending and reverse debt growth – That is the budget America needs
America must stabilize spending and reverse debt growth. That is the budget America needs. To accomplish the goal lawmakers must pursue bold reforms. An area where the president’s budget falls short is in addressing the growth of entitlement spending.
Medicare for All Should Die of Natural Causes
New research shows that under “Medicare for All,” three quarters of Americans would be worse off financially, according The Heritage Foundation. Most Americans would pay more in new taxes than they would save from no longer paying for private health care and that includes many of those not making much right now.
Where the 10 Dem Candidates Stand on 5 Key Issues?
Soon we will find out where the Dem presidential candidates stand. The Democratic National Committee released the list of candidates qualified for the third round primary debates. The qualified candidates include: Biden, Sanders, Warren, Harris, Booker, Klobuchar, Buttigieg, O’Rourke, Castro, and Yang. This will be the first time all the candidates will share one debate … Read more
Congress kicks the can again, but is about to run out of road
By Ross Connolly Congress was set to face a moment of reckoning in September. After years of reckless spending, the government would once again come up against the debt ceiling, meaning the country could no longer borrow to pay for out-of-control expenditures. This could have been a moment to begin getting serious about our mushrooming … Read more
It’s Tax Day… How Your Taxes Are Spent
Did you pay enough taxes this year? Thanks to the 2017 tax cut the typical American is now paying less in taxes than they were before this administration. Adding up the payroll and other taxes on earnings and income, the average American household pays more than $26,000 to the federal government each year. Ouch! Last … Read more
Congressman Dan Crenshaw – “Spending More Money Doesn’t Make You Morally Superior”
Texas Republican Dan Crenshaw is a congressional bright spot in a freshman class littered with anti-semites and attention-seeking bartenders turned socialist cults of personality. Crenshaw is thoughtful, measured, and more importantly selfless.
What Does the Brooklyn Bridge Have to do with Socialized Medicine?
The idea of Medicare for all, as proposed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Kamala Harris, and many others on the left, sounds amazing. They’re a little vague on details, but as I understand it, everyone on U.S. soil, whether they pay into the system or not, would be entitled to free quality healthcare from birth until death. … Read more
Progressives – counting the pennies, not the Benjamins
Of course they want Medicare for all – by eliminating ALL private insurance plans, you’ll never know how many of your Benjamins are going into that Democrat truck. So not only do they get your money but you WILL be totally dependent on the Federal government. Healthcare ISN’T their aim; it IS that you will … Read more
“Free” College and Health Care Starting Cost: $42 Trillion Dollars
“Nothing’s Free” is not a phrase in the budgetary lexicon of progressive liberal Democrats. We know this because they are constantly talking about Government-run programs to provide “social infrastructure” to the masses.
The latest “free” goodies to hit the narrative mill are Free College and Medicare for all. Medicare for all is single-payer healthcare. College professors are not giving up their paychecks. And a guaranteed government jobs program can’t pay someone with ‘free.’
The Urban Institute, a left-wing outfit (under) estimates that it will cost (meaning it is not free) someone (meaning you) forty-two trillion dollars to fund “free” for just the first ten years.
Economic Malpractice
We continue the discussion with Greg Moore from Americans for Prosperity on Government meddling with medical care and coverage and the economic malpractice that results–fewer startups, employment stagnation, wage deflation, and other symptoms of this regulatory disease, including those specific to New Hampshire.
Spending as A Percetage of GDP 1950 – 2010
A new study from the St. Louis Fed has provided us with this nifty graph. The Graph below shows spending by major categories as a percentage of GDP. Some may find this surprising.
There are more charts at the link, also here at Hot Air. Take particular note of the graphs on revenue and spending relative to GDP and Government Spending by category. (Follow the link for those.)
You will also find that since the new progressive era began (Bush I, Clinton, Bush II, Obama) that mandatory government spending (as opposed to discretionary) appears to be our biggest driver of debt. (Big Gubmint doin’ too much.)
Spenders, Please Wake Up!
I just read the Merrimack Patch’s Letter to the Editor, and I must say that it’s disconcerting at best. You can pretend all you want that we live in a land where we can spend, spend, spend and somebody else will pay without heartache. But to me, that’s delusional and irresponsible. That’s walking up to a child, knocking her off her bicycle, taking her ice cream, and then riding away pretending not to notice the upset cries as you careen down the street. Well there are cries, and they’ll get louder. $16,000,000,000,000 of debt will begin to level some serious cries and pretending that the Orwellian named “Affordable Care Act” is A. Affordable, and B. will actually provide care when you need it is, indeed, an act of delusional, irresponsible lunacy.
Obama Cut 700 Billion From Medicare…
…yes he did. And he owned that 700 Billion Dollar cut. Watch him.
Medicare Fraud – [Updated and Bumped – Again…]
When I say “Medicare Fraud,” I’m not referring to the corrupt practices of people and professionals who are milking taxpayers by running fast circles around the bureaucratic behemoth that is Medicare. I am referring to the left-wing Democrat lie-factory that has nothing in its barren campaign quiver but fear tactics. That is the fraud I am referring to. That and the fraud they will perpetrate on every aspect of the Ryan Budget.
I just hope Harry Reid has nothing to say about the Ryan budget…you know…that might get awkward.
Here’s a short clip from CBS news c/o Hot Air on Romney/Ryan and Medicare…
[Update(s) on the jump]
GrokTV Special Interview – Rick Parent (Candidate, Congress (NHCD-1) – Question 8 – How fix Social Security / Medicare entitlements due to demographics?
The biggest expenses in the Federal budget that are driving the national debt (and will continue as the “rabbit in the snake” of Baby Boomers retire) are Social Security and Medicare. With crashing demographics and the money “alternatively used” by Federal Agencies, how would you fix this problem that could bankrupt the nation? Question 8: … Read more
The Misleading Claim about Medicare Administrative Costs
A recent caller to Niel Young’s radio show, “The Advocates”, claimed that Medicare’s administration cost is much lower than for private insurance companies. But, Medicare’s formula for computing administration costs doesn’t include all the costs which government requires in the calculations for private companies. So the comparison is not valid, and the claim is misleading.
Medicare’s formula for administrative cost excludes more than half of its real costs: some management costs, policy setting costs, tax and fee collection services, costs of capital, and many services provided by other government agencies.
GrokTV Event: Ovide Lamontagne House Event Q&A-Q2: how fix the low Medicare / Medicaid payments that increase private sector costs?
Next question that was asked at the Jeanne Forrester home event for Ovide Lamontagne (and to Ovide) continued on the healthcare topic: Q2: Where / how to fix the low Medicare / Medicaid payments that will increase private sector costs?