Chaka Fattah meets Neil Cavuto (Video added)
I just watched Neil Cavuto interview Congressman Chaka Fattah on Cavuto’s show. I’ve never listened to Fattah before, but I get impression that Fattah is another one of those double talking hucksters that made Philadelphia famous. If I find the video, I’ll put it up here – but I guarantee that you’ll be chucking things at the screen like I did.
UPDATE: I added the video at 6:40AM June 17;
Cavuto’s main point that he was trying to get Fattah to admit was that this health care bill was actually a tax hike on working Americans. Fattah wandered all over the map trying to avoid answering. He preached about what he learned in church about giving to the least of us. He said that the President has promised that we don’t have to participate in the government health plan and we can keep our own current plan.
Fattah said that he didn’t know who was going to pay for this healthcare plan “whether it’s the rich or corporations” or whether it’s just those of us who decide not to participate and keep our own insurance – while we pay for everyone else’s health insurance as well as our own.
He even said that 95% of Americans got a tax cut. We did? My Army pension shot up $64/month. Is that the tax cut he’s talking about? That was just a reduction in my withholding – it doesn’t affect my tax bill at the end of the year. I finally figured out my withholding and the Democrats just screwed me all up. Just like they did in 1993.
And since we got that whopping tax cut – is that justification to slam us with someone else’s health insurance bill?
I have a rule of thumb; as soon as an interviewee begins an answer with either phrase “Well, look…” or “I mean…”, I’m about to hear a lie. Fattah began every answer with “Well, look….”
In fairness, he probably didn’t lie – but he didn’t say anything to convince me he wasn’t.
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Liberals suck, Media
Obama actually has just pledged to cut taxes for 95 percent of working Americans. Not that 95% have had one but that is the hope. And not wealthy, elite Americans, but the working class.
Also he hopes to provide healthcare so that if you currently don’t have insurance you can choose from a public form of care. Right now those that currently have health insurance are already paying for the uninsured via premiums so a public healthcare option will actually eliminate this.
http://www.newsy.com/videos/pushing_policy_playing_politics
Your correct about Philly politicians, though it’s the liberals who keep voting in the retards to begin with.
Right now those that currently have health insurance are already paying for the uninsured via premiums so a public healthcare option will actually eliminate this.
So let me get this straight…they’re going to screw 200 million +/- working Americans to cover 20-30 million uninsured?
So let me get this straight…they’re going to screw 200 million +/- working Americans to cover 20-30 million uninsured?
Yes, and technically they are not uninsured – federal law prohibits that – no one can be denied healthcare.
http://www.heritage.org/press/events/ev031209a.cfm
This reminds me of when the Army started using Delta Dental in the 80’s. It was optional if your base provided dependent dental care. The day after it came out, none of the dental clinics would accept appointments for dependents anymore. So much for optional.
Point being, if a company can get out of the hassle and overhead of providing medical insurance and palm those costs over to the Feds, a cost everyone will be paying for anyway, why wouldn’t they?
This is a move into nationalized healthcare. Of course Congress will be exempt as they usually exempt themselves from the laws to they pass. Including minimum wage requirements.
Ben, do you really believe the eyewash you posted? Or are you just an obamabot? Puh-leeze, the only ones who are getting a “tax cut” are the ones who don’t pay taxes at all.
As Jerry pointed out, what company will keep health care, when the feds fund it at a cheaper rate. And you’re totally comfortable with letting the same people who gave us public housing, run health care for all of us?