Daily Archives: July 23, 2009

Prescription for Disaster: Why the Congressional Dems won't take it?

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If it is good enough for us, then why don’t the Democrats in Congress want the same health care coverage? Perhaps, it is due to the fact that they do not want to wait in long lines for preventative, life-saving health care. Or, maybe, they do not want to lose the good quality health care that they are given as government employees.

Whatever the reasons are, it is only fair that our leaders in Congress are subject to the same universal health care mandates as their constituents who elected them to office.

Duke over America has a great piece detailing H. RES. 615, which was introduced by Rep. John Fleming (R-La.). Fleming’s proposal states that our public officials should be required to take the same medical coverage that we would be forced to take through the government. Duke over America highlighted that none of the Democrats have signed on to this bill. Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, and Henry Waxman, who hail the universal health care have not signed, which leads me to believe that they have “zero” faith that this will be the solve all, end all solution to our health care coverage.

Call your Congressman at 202-224-3121 and urge them to sign onto Rep. John Fleming’s bill. If it is good enough for them to propose universal health care for Americans, then they should sign on.

Flawed Logic from Jody in Wonderland

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If this doesn’t take the cake, I don’t know what will. Jody Wagner criticized Bob McDonnell and Bill Bolling’s transportation plan without providing an alternative. Wagner also criticized Bolling for not supporting Governor Tim Kaine’s plan, which would have raised taxes over the course of six years.

Obviously, Wagner loves a plan with more taxes, especially since this might be the primary basis of her plan. When Wagner was Secretary of Finance, she supported EVERY one of Kaine’s tax hike, including the following:

2006: Titling Tax – 2% increase in Motor Vehicle Sales and Use Tax, increase by 2.25% auto insurance premium fee, weight based registration fee (failed)

2007: Increase in Vehicle Registration fee by $20 ($15 now, and an additional $5 in 2010) and increase in the car sales tax by 2% (failed)

2008: 1% increase on titling tax, $10 increase on car registration, 1% increase in Sales Tax (NOVA and Hampton Roads), 25 cent increase in Grantor Tax (failed)

So, why would we want someone who would raise our taxes (especially since Washington will be doing plenty of that for us over the next four years)?