Voters speak on ObamaCare

This editorial in the Review Journal is about the "popularity" of ObamaCare. In discussing the Missouri vote on it's ObamaCare referendum, it states,

Poll after poll showed Americans wanted the law repealed. Sen. Reid insisted his "reforms" were not only wonderful, but wildly popular.

On Tuesday, Missouri held the country's first referendum on ObamaCare's most constitutionally dubious provision: a mandate, effective in 2014, that Americans obtain health insurance coverage or pay a tax penalty for not doing so.

When all the ballots were counted, 71 percent of Missouri voters rejected the mandate. The result wasn't surprising, but the margin of victory sure was.

It continued at the end of the editorial and stated,

The message to Washington -- and to Sen. Reid, in particular -- could not be more clear: Americans do not want Congress dictating the type of health coverage they have, they are angry that they will become lawbreakers if they decline to purchase it, and they want less federal control over their personal lives.

After the Missouri vote was in, however, Sen. Reid put on his happy face -- and entered complete denial.

"Once you explain what's in this bill, the American people, of course, like it," Sen. Reid said.

Sure, Sen. Reid. Americans like your health care takeover, all right. Just like they like the IRS, plumbing failures and traffic jams.

We must take control of our government by electing representatives who will honor their oath to uphold the Constitution.

Federal Budget email

I received this email.

The Washington Post babbled again recently about Obama inheriting a huge deficit from Bush. Amazingly enough..... a lot of people swallow this nonsense. So once more, a short civics lesson.



Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress, and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democrat Party. They controlled the budget process for FY (Fiscal Year) 2008 and FY 2009, as well as FY 2010 and FY 2011. In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases.



For FY 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office. At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the FY 2009 budgets.



And where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete FY 2009.

If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the FY 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets. If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself.



In a nutshell, what Obama is saying is 'I inherited a deficit that I voted for and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January 20th.'

So the blame game continues, maybe the last budget deficits were outrageous, but when the Republicans had control, we still had deficits.

Workers lament cuts

The lead story in the Review Journal is about how state workers lament cuts. Of course, they do. However, everyone in today's economy is struggling. State workers are not the only ones.

It quotes Lalo Macias, acting director of the America Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 4041, as saying, "State workers are very pissed off. We have to do something to help them."

Why are the state workers the only ones who need help? The entire state of Nevada needs help. That is why the cuts were made.

The article also states that

The state now pays $680 a month to provide health care for each worker. That is much higher than costs paid by private industry.

Maybe the state should ask why? Maybe the state is also paying too much for administration since they haven't done anything to reduce the health care costs.

A basis for compromise on immigration

This letter in the Sun demonstrates how Americans are giving away this country little by little.

It states,

I would support a compromise that allowed a pathway to citizenship in exchange for having the standard for U.S. citizenship at birth be set at having at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen (by birth or naturalization).

While I have nothing against reviewing the immigration laws to improve them, I don't understand why Americans have to compromise. Does Mexico compromise? Are there any countries that would feel that it was up to them to compromise?

Why should the United States feel that it has to compromise? It is our country and, if we want to change our laws, we can. We don't have to compromise to do it.

Democrats see job creators as villains

This letter in the Sun is about how spending doesn't create jobs. Investing creates jobs. The first paragraph says,

Despite spending hundreds of billions of borrowed dollars, Democrats have failed to stimulate job creation. Why?

In the next paragraph, it continues,

Investment, not spending, creates jobs. The source of the dollars Democrats have borrowed and spent is the private sector.

While I believe that it is true about government spending and private investing, I don't think it is entirely the Democrats fault.

The Republics are also responsible. After all, the Democrats and Republicans have had complete control of government for over 100 years.

It is time to elect candidates who will uphold the Constitution instead of destroying it and our country. It is time to elect third party candidates to show that we will not take it any longer.

Social Security and you

The headline in the Review Journal said,

Politics choke Social Security.

It goes on to say that many Democrats adamantly oppose any reductions in benefits to cut costs, and some won't accept a gradual increase in the retirement age. It continues saying that Republicans say an increase in Social Security taxes is out of the question , even for the wealthy.

Social Security is broke and the time to act is now. I propose that everyone over 40 can continue to pay into social security and collect it. Everyone 30 to 40 have the choice to stay in social security or not to stay in it. Everyone under 30 is out and can pay into a 401 type of account and receive the tax benefits.

I am sorry that I could not find a link to the article, but I did find a link to this article about how social security is broke.

People say how will we pay for your plan. My question is how are we going to pay for what we have. We had a 800 billion dollar bail out for the financial institution, but we don't do anything about the people who are losing their homes, their jobs, and now their social security.

Dropout remedy challenged

There are 2 articles in the Review Journal about drivers licenses and school. Two years ago, I proposed that the Driving Age be 21 year of age with 3 exceptions.
One is if you are in the military.
Two is if you have graduated from high school or a trade school.
Three is if you are 16 years old and in school with a C average or better.

One article is entitled "Stopping dropouts from getting licenses a bad idea". This article is added restrictions to the license question which are not necessary. Therefore, the arguments do not apply and the article doesn't apply either.

The second article is more to the point. However, the article doesn't provide any real evidence that such a law would not work. While a few states have tried similar laws, they do not have any statistics on the effect of the law. It does say that

North Carolina has had a law denying driver's licenses to dropouts since 1998. Last year, the state had a graduation rate of about 75 percent.

The problem with most of the proposals and laws is that they are added other restrictions to the law. Politicians have to add something to a law even if it is not pork. They cannot help it.LOL

All the arguments about hardships to the students are not justifiable. It is wrong to let children go into the work place without an education. When they cannot get a job, that is a hardship.