Politics and Insights from History

“A government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth.” Ronald Reagan said these words in his 1964 speech at the Republican National Convention.

Never before have these words been more true. Can anyone name a government program that was repealed? Probably not. But I am certain that you can name government programs that are still in effect and are bankrupting this nation. And yet, Congress continues to fund them and pass more.

For those of you who hate conservatives, have we ever been wrong concerning the growth of government? In a 1961 address, Ronald Reagan warned that medicine was a way for the government to inch its way into our lives. Ask yourself this: after the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, did the government ever stop meddling in medicine? Since 1965 Congress routinely passed amendments to Medicare and Medicaid, or established new programs altogether. Funding for both programs increases each year because as always happens, the government underestimated the cost. In 1965, when Medicare was signed into law, the public was promised that funding for Medicare would not reach $9 billion until 1990. In 1990, the U.S. government spent more than $66 billion on Medicare alone.

In 1997 SCHIP—health insurance for children—(also known as CHIP) was passed. In 2009 President Obama expanded the program. Those who stood against it were labeled as insensitive and uncaring. Isn’t it uncaring for a government to force people into dependency? No decent human being desires to harm children; that is why progressives use them as a means to expand their big government agenda. But why is the government needed to provide health insurance to children? What happened to the economy to make it where parents can no longer afford medical care for their kids? The answer is simple. The government overtaxes, overspends, and over regulates thus weakening the economy by destroying the value of the dollar, lessening consumer buying power, and destroying our liberty.

In March of 2010 Congress passed the Health Care reform Bill. President Obama giddily signed it into law.  Even now Congress is discussing amendments to this bill.  This bill was supposed to solve all of our woes concerning health care.  If that is the case, then why is Congress drafting amendments for it before it has even gone into effect?

Do not let the name of the bill fool you. This health care bill will do nothing to reform the health care industry, but it will destroy it by complicating it. This bill expanded government well beyond the confines of the constitution. For the first time Congress has mandated the purchase of a commodity. This bill introduces new taxes and regulations that will further limit the freedom of patients to choose their doctors and the care they receive. It also limits the freedom of doctors to choose their patients.

The bill sets the stage for a single payer system by mandating the purchase and provision of health insurance. The exchanges that the bill establishes will kill competition and force insurance companies out of business. The government sets the rules for these exchanges. Insurance companies are to provide the same benefits at roughly the same cost. People will end up with the same benefits packages regardless of their needs: whether sick or healthy, single or married, young or old, man or woman. Insurance companies will be banned from denying coverage and dropping coverage. Being forced to provide a set standard of benefits for everyone will result in higher costs. Insurance companies will be hard pressed to meet these costs forcing them to close their business. This will make it difficult for people to comply with the insurance mandate, thus leaving the door open for the government to step in as our “savior”. The federal government will do one of three things:

1. Bailing out insurance companies, thereby indirectly taking them over and giving us the illusion that they are still independent.

2. Step in with a Public Option and slowly choke out insurance companies.

3. Declaring a National Emergency where the government proclaims that they must take over health insurance companies for the public good.

Whatever course of action the federal government chooses will ultimately close insurance companies permanently leaving us with what Washington offers. After all, what business can compete with an entity that has the power to support itself with taxes?

Reagan warned of government’s slow encroachment upon our lives. The health care sector is just one area that the government has seized control. With the passage of the Recovery and Reinvestment Act the feds took over the auto industry and the banks. They even tried taking over the individual states with the bailouts that were listed in the bill. The Financial Reform Bill of 2010 allows the government to control the financial industry. This is all done for our protection, or so they claim. But who protects the people from a government that insists on owning everything within the economy? When will we the people stop listening to the politicians in Washington and starting listening to common sense?

It is time for us, the American people, to stop looking to the government for solutions to our problems. Government is never a solution. But it is always a problem. The Founders understood this. That is why they wrote the Constitution in a way that limits the federal government’s power. These “negative rights”, as President Obama put it, are to prevent the government from becoming tyrannical. But one thing is certain: the day we stopped abiding by the U.S. Constitution was the day we signed the death warrant for the Republic. When the American people allowed progressives to step in with government programs so as to “save” them, they were inviting government to run their lives.

This is a 45 minute presentation that explains briefly what Trickle Up, Trickle Down, and Supply Side economics are.  Hope you all find it helpful.   (Note: In the the first video when you here “9 million”, it’s supposed to be “9 trillion”.)

After a few weeks I finally got the Health Care Bill (HR4872) read. Not the “Fix It” bill. This is my breakdown of what is in the bill. The bill is over 2300 pages and very repetitive. In the instances where it repeated itself, almost word for word, I skimmed. The stuff in italics are my thoughts.

The last 300 pages of the bill deal with education. These pages concerning Pell Grants, Federal Stafford Loans, and Unsubsidized Stafford Loans lead me to conclude that the federal government will control the student loan industry.

Feel free to let me know if I missed anything in the bill. Just make sure to point out where (i.e. page number and line) in the bill it is.

· pp. 28-29: Annual Limitations

· pp. 29-30: Health Benefits Advisory Committee established. The members are to be appointed by the President of the United States.

· pp.37: “Uniform Marketing Standards” (Sounds like price fixing.)

· pp. 41: Independent agency created within the executive branch of the federal government called the Health choices Administration, which will be headed by the Health Choices Commissioner who is to be appointed by the President.

· pp. 102: Automatic enrollment of individuals into Medicaid.

· pp. 107: Special Inspector General appointed by the President

· pp. 109: Set up of a trust fund—There are several of these throughout the bill

· pp. 110: Tax on individuals who do not have adequate health insurance—The Secretary of Health & Human Services determines what adequate insurance is.

o Tax on businesses that do not provide adequate coverage

o Excise tax on those who fail to meet certain health coverage requirements

· pp. 111: States wishing to have their own insurance exchanges need approval from the Commissioner, who can also rescind his approval at any time.

· pp. 116: First mention of the Public Health Option.—Basically this is the government run insurance option.

· pp. 141: reporting significant changes in income

· pp.143: Employer responsibility—Must provide or contribute to health coverage

· pp. 162: Enforcement of Health Coverage participation requirements—Civil penalties on those who do not comply

· pp. 164 line 23: Coordination with excise tax

· pp. 167: tax on Individuals without acceptable healthcare coverage

· pp.197: Surcharge on high income individuals.

· pp. 289 line 11: Reducing Medicare payments to hospitals with readmissions.

· pp. 338: Secretary (of Health & Human Services) allowed to use audits to ensire compliance from hospitals

· pp.339 line 16-24: “INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE STUDY OF GEOGRAPHIC ADJUSTMENT FACTORS UNDER MEDICARE. IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science to conduct a comprehensive empirical study, and provide recommendations as appropriate, on the accuracy of the geographic adjustment factors established under sections”

· pp. 343 line 15: study on geographic variation in per capita health care spending among medicare & privately insured populations

· pp. 415 line 9: Grants to Medicare providers and communities with racial & ethnic minorities

o pp. 417 line 13: Community organizers seem to get priority

· pp. 434-440: Advanced Care Planning for all individuals is mandatory. And, yes, the Death Panels are still there. It is called “end of life counseling”, but the fact that this counseling is required concerns me.

· pp. 509 line 19: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices established. This is a bureaucracy where the members will be chosen by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (always referred to as “the secretary” in the bill).

· pp. 512 line 20: Establishment of Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research—to research how illnesses can be prevented. (read pp.513 lines 8-14)

· pp. 514 line 3: Establishment of Electronic Monitoring of health records & surveillance.

· pp. 519: Civil money penalties imposed on nursing facilities who do not comply with the new federal regulations. (To know all of the new regulations read the part about nursing facilities in the bill.)

· pp. 618: The secretary, Inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services given authority to set of a “pilot program” to implement an independent monitoring system to oversee interstate & large interstate chains of nursing facilities.

· pp. 631: another bureaucracy set up. The National Priorities Concerning Nursing facilities.

· pp. 646-647: Physicians who receive payment from “applicable manufacturer or distributer” has to submit to the Secretary a form with “respect to the covered recipient,the recipient’s name, business address, physician specialty, and national provider identifier…” and the list goes on.

· pp. 650 line 21: “REPORTING OF OWNERSHIP INTEREST BY PHYSICIANS IN HOSPITALS AND OTHER ENTITIES THAT BILL MEDICARE.”

· pp. 654: Special rules concerning things that are not made public.

· pp. 665: reporting of health care associated infections in hospitals & ambulatory services. (Why does the federal government need to be in charge of this?)

· pp. 671: Distribution of unused residency positions regarding Medicare Graduate Medical Education. The Secretary of Health and Human Services seems to be granted the authority to decide how many residents train at hospitals even for primary care.

· pp. 740: Billing Agents, Clearing House, or other “alternate players” required to register under Medicare

· pp. 840: Fees imposed on insured and self-insured health plans.

· pp. 846: taxes imposed on certain insurance policies.

· pp. 849: Voluntary home visitation for families with young children or expecting children. (Why is the government even talking about home visitations and what is to keep it from becoming mandatory later on?)

· pp. 868: Public Health and Workforce Development (Not sure what this is supposed to be other than another Bureacracy.)

· pp. 894: Awarding of grants to medical students. Preferences is to be given to those in primary care who are minorities, or those serving in areas experiencing “health disparities”, supporting teaching programs that address health care needs of “vulnerable populations”.

· pp. 911: Establishment of a Public Health Workforce Corps. that is supposed to ensure the adequate supply of public health professionals throughout the nation.

· pp. 926: Adapting Workforce to Addressing Health System Needs

o Part 1 is about health professions training for diversity

· pp. 932: Another bureaucracy is set up. The Advisory Committee on Health Workforce Evaluation & Assessment

· pp. 949: Task force on Clinical Prevention Services established

· pp. 956: task Force on Community Prevention Services

· pp. 977: Quality & Surveillance—supposed to ensure quality of medical care

· pp. 985: the Assistant Secretary for Health Information is required to collect data and report on the nation’s health and health care.

· pp. 993: Drug discount for rural and other hospitals. (How we are to pay for that doesn’t seem to be mentioned.)

· pp. 1005: School Based Health Clinics set up.

· pp. 1034 line 19: Public option created to compete with private plans in the Health Insurance Exchange.

o pp. 1036 line 3-6: “shared responsibility among workers, employers, and the government; so that all Americans have coverage of essential health benefits.”

· pp. 1047: Get to keep current plan as long as no changes are made in it & that it was in effect before the bill is in full effect.

· pg 1092: The Secretary will conduct a study to encourage the use of electronic health records.

· pp. 1106: reinsurance program for retirees

· pp.1136: A commissioner specifies benefits to be made available under the insurance exchange.

· pp. 1156: Appointment of a special inspector general for the health insurance exchange.

o this inspector is to be made by the President of the United States without the consent of the Senate.

· pp. 1162: Individual states can apply to the Commissioner to have their own insurance exchange that is separate from the federal one, but they have to have approval from the federal government.

· pp. 1167: Another mention of the Public Health Insurance Option to compete with private plans in these insurance exchanges.

· pp. 1174: Prescription drug rates are to be negotiated with the Secretary of Health and Human Services that are not paid for under Medicare. (This sounds a bit like price controls to keep drug prices artificially low.)

· pp. 1176 line 16-24: The authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to set payment rates for physicians not under Medicare cannot be challenged by Judicial or Administrative review.

· pp. 1193 line 1-25: Individuals and families who receive credits for insurance must report to the government any changes in income

· pp. 1199: This is where the section of “Shared responsibility” starts. It appears that under this section employers and individuals are to share the responsibility of making certain that the individual has adequate and affordable health insurance.

· pp. 1212: Civil penalties for employers who fail to meet requirements in providing health care to employees. (This basically makes it mandatory that all employers, whether from big or small businesses, must provide some sort of health insurance to their employees, even if they cannot afford to.)

· pp.1215 line 20-21: Employee tax imposed on employers who do not comply with health coverage requirements. This pertains to the National Health requirements.

· pp.1216 line 4-7: Excise tax on employers who do not comply. This also pertains to the National Health Requirements that are in the bill.

· pp.1224: Tax of 2.5% imposed on individuals without acceptable coverage.

· pp. 1232: Reporting your insurance on tax returns.

· pp. 1237 line 4-13: Penalty of $100 a day for each day an employers fails to meet Health Coverage Requirements.

· pp. 1240 lines 1-8: An excise tax is to imposed on employers who choose not to participate in the Health Coverage Requirements.

· pp. 1253: Surcharge on high income individuals

o 1% on those making between $350,000-$500,000

o 1.5% on those making between $500,000-$1,000,000

o 5.4% on those making $1,000,000 or more

o Taxpayers not filing a joint return will pay:

§ 50% of each dollar amount if married and filing separately

§ 80% of dollar amount in any other case.

· pp. 1369 line 17: Physician Identification Numbers

· pp. 1447: Begins Medicare & language studies & provisions for non-English speakers.

· pp. 1476: Extended months of coverage of drugs for kidney patients. (It is interesting that there is a provision in the bill to extend coverage of drugs for kidney patients. If everything in this bill is supposed to be affordable, then why must there be a provision in here to ensure drug coverage. And not just ensure it, but extend it. Could this be the beginning of rationing.)

· pp. 1480: Another mention of Advanced Care Planning and it’s mandatory participation including the “end of life” counseling.

· pp. 1484: The frequency of individual participation in Advanced Care Planning increases as health changes.

· pp.1488: Secretary of Health and Human Services determines the quality measures for end of life care and Advanced Care Planning (referred to as ACP).

· pp.1491: Provision for the Secretary of Defense to devise a method of identifying individuals who are eligible for enrollment for Tricare, but have not enrolled and informing them of their eligibility. (If they are doing this for Tricare, what is to stop them from doing the same for other health insurance programs?)

· pp. 1499-1510: Authority given to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to promote primary care, mental health services,& coordinated care without judicial review or any challenge. (This is the second instance where the Secretary is allowed complete control over something and cannot be challenged. Sounds more like a power grab than anything else.)

· pp. 1545: Provision for Coverage for Marriage and Family Therapist Services. (Apparently the government want to make sure that beside physical health, we are also provided with mental health. However, All of the provisions for counseling can easily be used to control people.)

· pp. 1885: Fee imposed on specified insurance policies.

· pp. 1886: Fee imposed on self-insured health plans

· pp. 1893 lines 13-22: States can apply to the Secretary of Health & Human Services for a grant to provide home visitations for children and families expecting children.

· pp. 1902 line 20-24: States that receive such grants must submit reports to the Secretary of Health & Human Services concerning home visitations.

· pp. 1920: This talks about obligated service in the Primary Care Workforce. (I’m not certain who all is required to be part of this obligated service.)

· pp.1925 lines 8-14: The Secretary if Health & Human Services can set up Frontline Health Providers Loan Repayment Program

· pp. 1958 line 17-24: Establishment of Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program

· pp. 1990 lines 5-12: The Secretary (of Health &Human Services) has to provide to Congress and National Strategy of improving the Nation’s Health.

· pp. 1992: Establishment of a Task Force on Clinical Prevention Services

· pp. 2056 line 21-24: National Medical Device registry

· pp. 2098: Section of House Committee on Education And Labor begins

o This section seems to deal with Grants and financial aid to college students

· pp. 2152: Section on Student Loans—This seems to be mostly amendments to an earlier section of the bill.

· pp. 2205 line 14: Grants for Public School Facilities

o pp.2214: Alabama, Mississippi, & Louisiana get supplemental grants to improve the structure of their schools

· pp.2221 line 3: Begins a section of funding for “Green Schools”

· pp. 2227 line 7: Establishment of Advisory Council on Green, High Performing Public School Facilities.

· pp. 2241 line 19: Begins section on Early Learning Challenge Fund

pp. 2301 line 12-23: “OPEN ONLINE EDUCATION.—From the amount appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary is authorized to make competitive grants to, or enter into contracts with, institutions of higher education, philanthropic organizations, and other appropriate entities to develop,evaluate, and disseminate freely-available high-quality on

line training, high school courses, and postsecondary education courses. Entities receiving funds under this subsection shall ensure that electronic and information technology activities meet the access standards established under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d).”

Listen to this speech given by Ronald Reagan at the 1964 Republican National Convention.  Does anything in here sound familiar or remind you of today’s current events?  What Reagan said then has a lot of bearing of what is going on now.  He was right then, and is correct even now.

When are we going to quit allowing ourselves to be fooled by Liberals, or Progressive as they like to call themselves now, and their lies and so called compassion and start standing on our own feet?  When are we going to stop allowing government to take our liberties away for an imaginary safety net?  Are we so afraid of freedom that we would rather give up our God given America rights as specified within the Declaration of Independence?  Which will you choose: the safety and confines or government, or the risks and benefits of capitalism?  Slavery or freedom?

Here is the video of Congressman Xavier Becerra (D-CA) laughing when someone from Ari David for Congress suggests opening the Immigration rally with the pledge of Allegiance.  Becerra is the man in the dark suit that is seated on the right.

This reaction is disgusting coming from anyone.   It is especially horrendous coming from a Congressman who should not only have more class than this, but should also have more respect for the flag and his country.  This whole affair reminds me of a bunch of high school students who laugh anytime someone suggests they have respect for someone or something other than themselves.

Folks, this is not a good sign.  It definitely explains our country’s current state of affairs when we have people in Congress who think it is funny to show any sign of patriotism.

I do not know what is worse.  This, Nancy Pelosi asking if a reporter was serious when asked about the constitutionality of health care, or Obama constantly putting America down instead of defending his own country.  Why would anyone want these people in our government?

February 5, 2010

Dear Mr. President,

I may be a little late in commenting on your State of the Union address, but it is filled to the brim with sewage that it would take days for any sane person to shovel their way through it. This speech differed little from the many you have given the past year. I often wonder when you will shut your mouth and actually start defending this country.

Instead of reporting on the State of the Union, people are more aware of it than you, and the 18 pages you spent selling your socialist agenda. It was the typical push for universal health care, cap and trade and a government takeover of energy production, another stimulus (the Jobs Bill), blame Bush, and more of your ego inflation. But there are a few points I want to address specifically.

You talk about the suffering of the people. You even throw in a few sob stories and supposed letter written to you just to prove that you understand our pain. You understand nothing. You insist that the economy downfall and our suffering is the result of the change you promised not coming quickly enough. And you blame Republicans for that. 1) The Republicans do not have a majority. Democrats do. Republicans couldn’t stop a bill from passing even if they all voted against it. It is people in your own party that has slowed down your ghoulish legisltaion. Blame them not the GOP. 2) You are either delusional or lying. I believe it is both. You truly believe that destroying America and turning it into a socialist country will make the country and the world a better place. You are also lying because you want the public to believe that our refusal to accept your regulations has furthered this economic slump. The reality is that the change you brought to Washington, your economic policies have prolonged the recession turning it into a depression. Your big government solutions took a problem and expanded it.

A second point I wish to make is that you are now attempting to rewrite history. You throw out a bunch of numbers and figures to prove that your stimulus bill actually saved the economy from total collapse. The numbers do not add up. There is no evidence that your spending spree saved the economy. There is evidence that it made the economy worse. Unemployment skyrocketed, businesses loss money, employers stopped hiring and began laying more people off, consumer spending dropped, banks stopped lending, and the stock market has yet to show any sign of recovery.

You mentioned tax cuts that you passed. Where are they? Tax rates are still the same and are due to increase when the Bush tax cuts expire later this year. That is considered a tax increase for those who do not understand basic economics. You have passed tax credits, but those are not tax cuts. A tax cut means that tax rates have decreased and will remain that way. A tax credit is a temporary refund that a person is forced to pay back when he is taxed on it at later date.

In 2009 you passed a tax credit on people’s paychecks that amounted to an additional $10 a paycheck. When filing taxes in 2010, those who received that credit will be charged income tax on that extra money along with the rest of their income. Explain how this is a tax cut. Simple, it’s not.

You have blatantly shown contempt for the Constitution and the rule of law. The Senate blacked a bill of yours that would have established another bureaucracy known as the Fiscal Commission. Instead of respecting the political process you are going to issue an executive order to create this Fiscal Commission and get what you want. How childish! You cannot override the House and Senate every time you do not get your way. This is an abuse of your executive power. This very act is something a dictator does. But then, you said once that you would rule this country.

Lastly, you have already demonstrated you desire to take over health care, businesses, and banks, but now you want education. The education in America is already largely controlled by the federal government, but you want more. You want a bill that will allow the government more control of education all in the name of protecting the children. The Department of Education already regulates schools including universities. Yet, many college graduates still cannot read anything longer than a magazine or even discuss current world events. And you have the gall to insist that more government legislation will fix this? You have the audacity to tell students that if they take out a student loan to pay for college they will not have to pay it back after ten years if they get a government job, or twenty years if they get a regular job. Instead the government will absorb the loan. Not only is this financial suicide for the United States since we are trillions of dollars in debt and have no money, but this is insulting to those who took responsibility for their debts and paid off their loans. I am one of those people. I paid for my education. I paid my student loans. Not the government.

How dare you insist that people need the government’s help to pay for anything. How dare you encourage young people to not take responsibility for themselves and their education but instead to let the government handle it. Your big government policies will breed yet another generation of people who refuse to work for anything, refuse to be self reliant, but instead believe that they are entitled to everything. They will believe that government should provide for them. This is not only a violation of the U.S. Constitution but an insult to the American character.

Like any tyrant this does not concern you. You want people to believe that you are doing all of this out of compassion because you care. You are an arrogant fool who cares only for yourself. You refer to yourself so much it is difficult to believe that you care for anything else. You wish for us to look upon you as our Savior and the savior of America. Mr. President, you are one of many that has helped destroy this country. There is one savior and he died on a cross. Would you do the same? You talk about Americans making sacrifices. You talk about how it is time for Washington to tighten its belt. Where are those sacrifices on the part of Washington? Where are your sacrifices? What are you willing to sacrifice?

When it comes down to it, Mr. President, your mouth is a black hole that spouts empty words.

Sincerely,

Lady Liberty

January 26, 2010

Dear Mr. President,

Now that we have come to your first State of the Union address the pressure is on for passage of your precious health care bill. You just want some “accomplishment” to boast about. I guess you must be getting tired of constantly talking about your stimulus bill, blaming Bush for the economy, yourself, blaming Bush again, yourself, your stimulus bill, oh, and blaming Bush.

As this monstrosity of a bill nears a vote, it becomes more evident who the beneficiaries are. With the new taxes proposed the government will receive a large sum of money from individual people, businesses, and insurance companies. The state of Louisiana is set to get $300 million. You have agreed to exempt Union workers from the Senate’s proposed Cadillac Tax. The AMA and pharmaceutical companies are set to prosper from this bill as well. And who knows what other pay offs and back room deals were made in Congress just to get the bill through?

And why are you meeting personally with Union leaders? You promised the American people that your administration would be free of special interests. Unions are special interest groups. Why do they get an exemption from this tax? Less than 10% of the private sector is unionized. Your so called health reform will force the majority of Americans to pay an additional tax on their health insurance premiums, which will raise the cost of their insurance. To avoid bankruptcy, many will have to join a union. This will make Union memberships soar and these Unions, such as SEIU, will prosper from the additional membership dues.

Why have you given the Unions your personal guarantee that they will be exempted from this new tax? Your personal guarantee! Shakespeare wrote that there was something rotten in the state of Denmark. Well there is definitely something rotten in Washington D.C. The stench from you, the cronies in your administration, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barney Frank, and all of the sweetheart deals that have been going on in Congress would make even the dead recoil.

But you are not satisfied with taking over health care. You want to impose a 15% tax on the banks that took federal bailout money. First you forced the banks to take the money, then refused to take it back when they first tried to repay it. By now, most of the banks that took bailout funds have repaid it. But apparently this isn’t enough.

You feign anger over the banks using bailout money on bonuses. So what if they did? Why are you against CEOs getting paid bonuses? These companies have already repaid the TARP funds. You have no right to be angry. This is a punitive tax meant to force the banks fall into line.

While you are in the business of getting bailout money back from companies, why don’t you force GM and Chrysler to pay back what was given them? The car companies took more money from the federal government than the banks did, yet you have not demanded that they pay it back. The United Auto Workers Union received a hefty amount of bailout money when you took over General Motors, yet you have not demanded it back. A lot of businesses, that had contracts with these car companies, disappeared when Chrysler and General Motors fell under the government’s control. What has Gm or Chrysler produced since January 2009? Nothing. But this doesn’t bother you. It’s those banks that are the problem. You’re just so angry over those AIG bonuses.

What irritates you, Mr. President, is not the fact that the banks may have spent their bailout money of executive bonuses. What you’re angry about is the fact that you haven’t managed to gain control of the banks. That is the real reason for the tax. You’re not concerned that this tax will get passed on to consumers. You, like all socialists, want more money. You are going to squeeze the private sector until there is nothing left to gain, and even then it won’t be enough.

You said that “We want our money back.” Well, here is an idea: why don’t you and your liberal thugs take the money that you stole from the American people for your precious public works programs and stimulus package and give it back to the taxpayer? Or am I asking too much from our “historical” president.

Sincerely,

Lady Liberty

Earlier I wrote about Obama and his connections with SEIU.  Let us now look at the Apollo Alliance.

The Apollo Alliance came into existence soon after 9/11.  Though not a Union they are an environmental activist group with strong ties and influence on the federal government.  According to their website, the Apollo Alliance’s mission statement is:

“The Apollo Alliance is a coalition of labor, business, environmental, and community leaders working to catalyze a clean energy revolution that will put millions of Americans to work in a new generation of high-quality, green-collar jobs. Inspired by the Apollo space program, we promote investments in energy efficiency, clean power, mass transit, next-generation vehicles, and emerging technology, as well as in education and training. Working together, we will reduce carbon emissions and oil imports, spur domestic job growth, and position America to thrive in the 21st century economy.”

Basically, they want to do away with oil and coal energy and promote solar, wind, and anything that they deem environmentally safe. The problem is instead of finding a free market way to promote it, they chose to force taxpayers by influencing government regulation. They do so by organizing labor unions and activists for “social justice”. The Apollo Alliance, like SEIU and ACORN are using the federal government to accomplish their ends.

How is Obama connected to these people? Look at Van Jones, Obama’s former Green Jobs Czar. Jones is one of the founders and President of the group Green For All and a board member of Apollo Alliance.[i] Van Jones only resigned his post after it came out that he is an avowed communist. Van Jones is a radical Marxist whose statements brought a lot of heat on the Obama Administration. But the ties to Apollo do not end there.

There is John Podesta, co-chairman of the Obama-Biden Transition Project. Basically he is on Obama’s transition team and his helping to reshape the power structure in Washington. He is the President and CEO of the progressive group Center for American Progress. He is also on the board of directors for the Apollo Alliance.

On an interesting note, Gerald Hudson, who is the Executive Vice President of SEIU is also on Apollo’s board of directors. President Obama has close ties with SEIU and is in constant contact with Andy Stern. He has also given speeches at some of their conventions saying, “Your agenda has been my agenda.”

Then we have Wade Rathke who is also on the board of directors of the Apollo Alliance. He is the founder of ACORN, an organization that Obama worked for. Obama has kept close ties with ACORN. In fact, ACORN has received federal funding thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment ACT (AKA Stimulus Bill). ACORN also funds Apollo.[ii]

On another note, Jeff Jones, the director of the Apollo Alliance, was a domestic terrorist who managed to evade capture from the law for eleven years.  He also founded the Weather Underground with Bill Ayers, who happens to be in close relation with Barack Obama.

The Apollo Alliance is also helping to shape public policy. They brag about it on their website. They helped write the Stimulus Bill that Obama signed into law in January 2009. That bill promised federal money for renewable energy research, green jobs, and clean energy programs. The chairman of the Apollo Alliance said, “The recovery bill represents the focused work of labor, business, environmental and social justice organizations who developed a clear strategy about where the nation needed to go, and worked together to achieve it.”[iii] If they helped write the Stimulus Bill. What else are they trying to push through Congress?

Even Senator Harry Reid acknowledged the Apollo Alliance’s involvement with this bill. “We’ve talked about moving forward on these ideas for decades. The Apollo Alliance has been an important factor in helping us develop and execute a strategy that makes great progress on these goals and in motivating the public to support them.”[iv]

Congress is currently debating Cap and Trade, even though you will not hear about in the major news organizations. Cap and trade imposes a punitive tax on corporations and businesses for CO2 emissions. It will also be another green jobs bill, meaning that it will promote clean energy by funding and establishing green jobs. What really happens is that environmental groups get federal money and never see any jobs produced.  Who do you think will benefit from this bill? The Apollo Alliance. They have probably even helped write it. Many of their own people are a part of Obama’s administration and they continue to lobby Congress for money.

The health care bill that Obama has been promoting and demanding has been strongly influenced by SEIU. SEIU has helped write portions of it. They also have close ties to Apollo and ACORN. It is safe to assume that Apollo will be granted money in this bill along with SEIU and ACORN.

The Apollo Alliance is an organization that seems to have endless amounts of money and an incredible amount of influence on the federal government. The point is, Obama has too many ties to radical groups like Apollo Alliance, ACORN, Center for American Progress, and SEIU. Apparently all of his campaign promises about no lobbyists, no special interest groups were all a bunch of lies.

November 23, 2009

Dear Mr. President,
Why do you hate the United States so vehemently? What is it about this country that causes you to despise it so? This nation allowed you to go from being a poor black kid in Chicago to becoming the President of the United States. You used our capitalist system to improve your lot in life. Now you have the gall to trash it and to deny such a future to all Americans: current and future generations. You, like all liberals, use the free market to advance yourselves and then you turn around and talk about its shortcomings and how it has failed and is outdated. If the system is a failure and outdated, then how is it you and those like you were able to use it to your success? The real reason for you denunciation of capitalism is that you and your ilk do not want others to be successful, thus challenging your power. Such greed has proven to be the downfall of all who pursue it.
I do find it interesting that you have recently decided to allow Fox News to interview you, especially considering that you and your administration has spent the past several months trashing Fox. Your duplicity came out clearly in the interview. In it you said, “I think it is important though to recognize that if we keep on adding to the debt, even in the midst of this recovery, that at some point, people could lose confidence in the U.S. economy in a way that could actually lead to a double-dip recession.” Why then are you pushing for universal healthcare? The current estimated cost is $1.2 trillion. $1.2 trillion! Then, you want to go to a green economy meaning that all current means of producing energy will be eliminated and many more people will be forced into unemployment. You plan to accomplish this with cap and trade, another bill that will cost us trillions of dollars. Considering we had to beg China for money to pay for your disastrous stimulus bill, where are you going to get the money to pay for these other two bills? And this does not include whatever else you have planned.
You said yourself that we are in debt as a nation and that if spending does not cease the recession will be worse. Why then do you insist on spending money? Why don’t you urge Congress to quit spending? Why not cut all wasteful spending? It’s simple. You expect the average citizen to do as you tell them, but you have no intention of controlling your spending.
There are also a few lies in your above statement. 1) We are not in the midst of an economic recovery nor have ever been in one since your stimulus bill. 2) The world has already lost confidence in the U.S. economy. Why do you think the value of the dollar keeps falling? 3) Double-dip recession? We are well on our way to a depression, if we’re not already there. And we have you to thank for this.
Mr. President, you had the opportunity of being a great president. But, you abandoned honesty and integrity for your Marxist ideology and your lust for power. Glenn Beck was correct when he said that you and your associates are collapsing the system because that is exactly what you are doing.
You’ve weakened the economy to a near state of disrepair. The dollar has sunk and prices are up. More people are out of work and businesses are looking at even more ways to cut costs in preparation for your massive takeover of the economy. This will result in further unemployment and a decrease in the quality of our goods while prices continue to rise.
You and your union thugs are doing what Marxists have done throughout centuries. It happened in Rome, Germany after WWI, the French Revolution, and the Bolshevik Revolution. Those who wanted a socialist utopia created anarchy by collapsing the current economy. Afterward, the ones who caused the problem step in with the solution. The people, being desperate and frightened, accept these “saviors” only to regret it later as their quality of life sinks and their freedom disappears. This is what has happened recently in the United States. Our own government, with their big government regulations, caused the housing market crash, inflation, tumbling wages, loss of jobs, and the continued demise of the dollar. Through you, the same government steps in with a solution: increase in the size of the government and an increase in government spending, thus choking what little free enterprise and liberty are left.
Mr. President, on the outside you appear to be like everyone else. You are clean cut and well dressed, even pleasing to look at. But underneath all of that beats the black heart of a soulless man whose foul stench and deeds are consuming this great country. If you do not put a stop to this madness, we will all sink into the black hole of socialism’s disease.
Sincerely,

Lady Liberty

With all of the information coming out about ACORN, SEIU, and the Apollo Alliance and their connections to President Obama, one has to wonder, how deep do these connections go?  Who is really in charge of the United States?  Who is behind recent legislation being pushed through Congress?  We all know that ACORN received money from Obama’s stimulus bill, though it is not the first time they received federal funds.  SEIU has a large stake in the Health Care Bill being rammed through.  And then there is Cap and Trade which is speaking through with little to no attention from the press.  How much you want to bet that the Apollo Alliance is going to receive a tidy sum from Uncle Sam?  They promote “green” jobs.  Isn’t that what Cap and Trade is supposed to do?

First let’s explore SEIU (Service Employee’s International Union).  Andy Stern is the president of SEIU.  He is a Marxist.  SEIU’s policies fall within Marxism. (Click on the link below to watch Bill Moyers’ interview with Andy Stern.)

Bill Moyers\’ Interview with Andy Stern June 15, 2007

Notice the similarities between what Andy Stern says and what Obama says.  He talks about making government work for the unions.  Oh he speaks about individuals, but if Stern had his way everyone would be part of the union.  Stern mentioned redistributing wealth and how it mustn’t be in the hands of a few people.  Obama mentions the sam when trying to answer Joe the Plumber\’s question. Which he failed to answer.  Andy Stern wants to use political power to change the behavior of corporations like Bank of America.  Obama is using political power to force people to buy into an insurance program they do not want; to force insurance companies to provide coverage that they do not wish to provide and may be unable to provide.  Of course, this will take care of the universal health care coverage that SEIU wants.

Andy Stern has had at least 22 visits to the White House where he has talked personally with Obama in the first 6 months since the inauguration.  He has had the most visits with the president than anyone else.  That is a lot of meetings between the president of a union and the President of the United States.  Didn’t Obama pledge to end special interests?  Apparently he only wishes to end the special interests of evil corporations and their profit making.  But Obama has no qualms about SEIU, a labor union, making a profit through taxpayer money.

Watch these three videos below.  (Click on the link to access the video.)  The first two are from an SEIU conference in October 2007.  The third from the SEIU convention of 2008.  In both video Obama is addressing SEIU.  Now listen to what he says.  Listen to what he promises SEIU member.

Obama\’s SEIU Agenda is my Agenda

Does Obama Represent the Country of SEIU?

Barak Obama Adresses SEIU\’s 2008 Convention

Here Obama admits to working with SEIU members during his days as a community organizer.  Did you notice the phrase, “get everybody organized”?  Does that mean we will all be forced into a union?  Is this the setup for his civilian task force which he mentioned in another speech?  Notice he said “Your agenda is my agenda.”  That is a very clear sign that SEIU is a special interest in the Obama Administration.  His agenda is their agenda!  In the third video Obama claims, “You and I together-together you and I, we are going to change this country and we are going to change the world.”  Sounds like SEIU and its president, Andy Stern, have authority over what happens in this country and influence over Obama.  Obama is admitting right here that they will work together to change America.

It is no secret that SEIU spent at least $60 million on Obama’s campaign for the presidency.  (Do you still believe that Barak Obama has no connections to this organization?)  Obama’s political director is Patrick Gaspard.

Gaspard is a former lobbyist for SEIU. [i] He first joined SEIU in 1999 to help organize the local 1199 “March For Justice”.[ii] He remained with SEIU promoting their agenda in Congress until 2008. He only quit that job to join Obama’s campaign. That is a good seven years with the union. The fact that he went straight from SEIU to Obama, who is also well connected with the union, shows that it is unlikely that Gaspard became disillusioned with the union and quit because of such sentiments. Especially since President Obama is promoting SEIU’s agenda. Gaspard also has known ties with ACORN. It is interesting how ACORN keeps popping up in Obama’s circle of friends.

It is well documented that Obama and SEIU are connected.  Very much so.  Obama himself said that SEIU’s agenda is his agenda.  He has a former SEIU lobbyist in his administration.  Lobbyists do not change.  Even though this evidence is circumstantial, the circumstances are suspicious.