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specimenfred1984 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-27-06 06:28 PM
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Got Health Insurance Through Work? Not For Long
The fascists are going to try to steal that now, they think healthcare is an "entitlement". Watch for the thieving to begin after the SOTU address.


---- WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- President Bush failed last year in his effort to build support for transforming Social Security into a pillar of his plan for an "ownership society."

Undaunted, Bush has made clear he'll use next Tuesday's State of the Union address and his upcoming budget plan to argue that individual Americans should be given more control over their health-care dollars.

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But the president insists the public is ready for a debate on big policy questions beyond the war on terrorism, and he vows to engage the Democrats on health care and other domestic issues.

"The question going into the '06 year is how do we take health-care or entitlement reform, or all these issues, into something that the country really wants -- which is a bipartisan look at issues, as opposed to what many interpret to be needless politics," Bush told The Wall Street Journal earlier this past week. "So whether it be in health care or in a variety of issues we'll be discussing. And that's the challenge of the '06 year." ---

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/yhoo/story.asp?guid={745AA9AF-FB3A-42B2-B22A-24C705BDA164}&siteid=myyahoo&dist=myyahoo
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Dr.Phool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-27-06 06:41 PM
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1. He said last year
That he was going to propose eliminating the tax deduction for employers for providing health insurance!

:wtf:

It kind of fell by the wayside during the fight over Social Security. Now it looks like he's going to go after it again. No good dirty rotten piece of shit! How many more people are going to die over this asshole policies?

How many more people will suffer and not seek care because their companies can no longer afford to buy insurance, and people can't afford trips to the doctor?
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-27-06 06:42 PM
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2. I have a suspicion this won't help his sinking poll numbers
one iota. Get ready for the uproar if this happens!
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-27-06 06:45 PM
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3. Won't matter..he's not running for anything again
and he's not a particularly empathetic person..
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cdsilv Donating Member (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-27-06 07:07 PM
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4. The GOP will be tarred with this come Nov.
...whether that matters with BBV or not is up in the air. If we can link bush/GOP to loss of health insurance provided by employers, I'd suspect the GOP to freak out.
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TheCentepedeShoes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-27-06 07:38 PM
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5. I wouldn't think that
poking a stick in the eyes of Joe and Jane Lunchbucket (and I put myself in that category) would be very smart. Unless to provoke a reaction, and then do what...?
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