Drop Nancy Pelosi » reform

What About “3-Day Rule”?

drop pelosi — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:19:01 +0000

The 2005 video of Nancy Pelosi defending the 3-day rule in order to combat lengthy legislation has been watched by many.

Recently she passed a 1,990 paged health care reform bill that had been amended and changed frequently, then passed without sufficient time for review. The hypocrisy is too blatant to ignore.

The Washington Examiner sums up the following in their “opinion” section:

The most obvious and immediate take on the video is disgust with the unsurpassed hypocriscy of Pelosi in forcing the Obamacare bill through to passage despite its massive size, its gigantic implications for changing the daily lives of every American, and its enormous impact on the financial integrity of the government.

But let’s not forget the context in which Pelosi’s 2005 speech was delivered. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and other leaders of the Republican majority that held power prior to 2006 were routinely doing exactly what Pelosi just did wth Obamacare – jamming continuing resolutions consisting of thousands of pages and costing trillions of dollars through Congress with barely enough time to read the titles, much less the entire text.

Bottomline: A binding, 72-hour public posting of all legislation should be an inviolate rule no matter which party is in power in either chamber of Congress. And it cannot happen too soon. The people at Readthebill.org need your help.

Pelosi Defends Fines

drop pelosi — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:08:19 +0000

Did I just hear that right? Are we to believe this health care reform bill is preventing socialism? Besides, I thought the need for reform rested on a basic assumption that we were helping the unfortunate, not burdening them with further fines. Especially the kind that come directly out of your check, Americans haven’t been too fond of that method.

Reform includes a shared responsibility requirement, for those who dont already have insurance to either purchase affordable health insurance or pay a fee of 2.5 percent of their income so they are not driving up everyone elses health costs.

Warren Buffett: Cap-N-Trade

drop pelosi — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:29:30 +0000

This is a “huge tax,” he says… it will directly affect the people…

Dr: Reform is “Congressional Malpractice”

drop pelosi — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:29:11 +0000

This a great video showing real people protesting at our nation’s capitol Nov 5, just a couple of days before Pelosi’s 1,990 paged healthcare reform bill was passed by the House…

The Horror of It All

drop pelosi — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:10:34 +0000

The U.S. House of Representatives has just posted on the Internet its health care overhaul bill, HR 3962, “To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, etc.” All 1990 impenetrable pages of it.

How huge is this collection of mandates, subsidies, tax hikes, spending and perverse incentives? As the picture shows, it’s a monster.

This bill isn’t just longer than a Stephen King novel, it’s also scarier, because aside from the title, this tome is all nonfiction. Congress could benefit from a good editor, though, because in 800 fewer pages, Stephen King wiped out 99 percent of Earth’s population, rebuilt society, created a dramatic good vs. evil confrontation and nuked Las Vegas. HR 3962 only manages to give the government control of 17 percent of the U.S. economy and the health care choices of every American.

Oh, and what about the other book in the image, the little one? Pay no attention to that old thing — Congress isn’t.

By Mr. Paul Kersey and Mr. Jarrett Skorup | 10/29/2009 2:35 PM

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