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Originally Posted by Sangetsu
Once again we are shown more "voodoo" accounting by the the Congressional Budget Office which has an incredibly bad record of accuracy. The deficit will not be "reduced", the amount of increase will be reduced, which still accounts for a net increase in the deficit. And, in order for this "reduction" to occur, the economy must be on track, unemployment at a low level, and costs to not exceed what the Budget Office expects.
The cost of the program will be shouldered by individuals and companies which are already heavily taxed. Why do do you think so many US jobs have been outsourced overseas? Caterpillar yesterday stated that the current health care bill would cost them $100,000,000 in the first year, and that is in addition to what they already pay for health care coverage.
But, they can simply move their manufacturing to China or India, pay 75 cents an hour to their overseas workers and tell the US government to "shove it", as many other companies have been doing in recent years.
It is not the governments job to make our lives better. It is the government's job to make an environment where we can make our own lives better.
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$100,000,000 sounds like a lot of money (and it is) but it is an increase of how much for Caterpillar? 1000%, 500%? No, more like 20%. They are already paying $500,000,000 in health care as it is.
After being rejected for several medical procedures in the last year, guess how much my insurance company increased my monthly rate? Yup, just about 20%.
If we were dumping a system that worked for one that didn't, I would be totally against it. But we have a broken system now. 45,000 Americas die every year because they do not have insurance, or their insurance doesn't cover their problems. 2/3 of personal bankruptcies in America are because of health care bills.
How many people in Japan went bankrupt last year because they couldn't pay for their health coverage?
How about in Canada, Germany, France or England?
Now this health care bill will not solve that problem because the fear-mongers have gotten people to believe they would rather have profit-seeking corporations decide if they get health care rather than the government.
But ask those who are on government health care (V.A. MediCare, etc.) if they would rather have a corporation take care of them rather than the government. "Don't you dare touch my VA benefits!" "Don't you dare touch my MediCare!"
So you can call "nonsense" if you want, and you aren't the only one that is rejecting an independent organization's claims about the financial impact of the health insurance reform bill, but you also took the FOX/AP poll above and misinterpreted that, either accidentally or on purpose. The conservative action lately has been "If it doesn't support your view, reject it." This is par for the course.
It is also to be the "party of no" and then call Obama a do-nothing president. There is a reason Obama's approval rating is at 53%, but Congress is at less than half that (22%).