House Republican Leader, John Boehner (R-OH), issued the following statement after Senate Democrats, lead by Harry Reid (D-NV), passed a 2,733-page government takeover of health care on Christmas Eve:
“Not even Ebenezer Scrooge himself could devise a scheme as cruel and greedy as Democrats’ government takeover of health care.“Senator Reid’s health care bill increases premiums for families and small businesses, raises taxes during a recession, cuts seniors’ Medicare benefits, adds to our skyrocketing debt, and puts bureaucrats in charge of decisions that should be made by patients and doctors. The bill also authorizes taxpayer-funded abortions, violating long-standing federal policy. It’s no coincidence that the more the American people learn about this monstrosity, the more they oppose it.“This legislation is so toxic that Senator Reid needed to pull off a series of outrageous payoffs, kickbacks and sweetheart deals just to get the votes of members of his own party. The way in which Senate Democrats turned their backs on American families and put their votes on the auction block is a disgrace to our country.“President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, and Senator Reid will now hammer out a final bill in secret, despite campaign promises and pledges of the most ‘open and honest’ Congress in history. The American people don’t want the future of their health care being decided behind closed doors by three liberal Washington Democrats. That's why they need to fight harder than ever, speaking loudly and with one voice, saying ‘stop.’“While struggling families have been asking ‘where are the jobs?’ Democrats have spent the better part of the past seven months focused on this government takeover of health care. In that time, unemployment has risen to double-digits and the national debt has topped $12 trillion for the first time in U.S. history. Republicans are focused on offering better solutions to help put people back to work, reduce the deficit, and get government out of the bailout business once and for all. We have also proposed the only health care bill that would reduce premiums by up to 10 percent and consistently reduce federal spending on health care over the next two decades.”
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There are 59 others in the senate who are equally as devious as Reid and hold the peoples constitution in contempt.
"Mankind is at its best when it is most free. This will be clear if we grasp the principle of liberty. We must recall that the basic principle is freedom of choice, which saying many have on their lips but few in their minds."
Dante Alighieri
The largest percentage of the people in this country identify themselves as 'conservative.' That is the principled 'tent' under which we can take back our country -- not with the 'namby-pambyness' of those who pretend that compromise with those who wish to 'remake' our country is the way to 'get along.' John Boehner never exhibits the true conservative conviction of a propsective leader.
While these comments he has recently made are slightly better than his usual ones, John Boehner's comments are a totally insufficient reason for the American people to return to the Republican party. His comments never convey fire or passion -- which is needed at this, and every other, time when new leaders are required. He is a 'pansy!'
The hard hitting remarks of people like Palin and Bachman which are delivered with purpose, passion and conviction are much more compelling.
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