Both Democrats AND Republicans have systematically and habitually violated the Constitution through their support of:
The Department of Education
The Federal Reserve
The war on drugs
Medicare
The Environmental Protection Agency
Social Security
The Department of Homeland Security
Government funding for the arts, scientific and medical research, and space exploration
The National School Lunch Program
Food stamps
Foreign aid
The TSA
Military action without a declaration of war
Pell Grants
CAFE standards
Federal anti-discrimination laws
The Food and Drug Administration
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Medicaid
The federal student loan program
The Department of Agriculture
The National Flood Insurance Program
The Small Business Administration
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Section 8 housing vouchers
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The Women, Infants, and Children Program
Head Start
Planned Parenthood
The State Children’s Health Insurance Program
AMTRAK
Agricultural subsidies
The Interior Department
Health and Human Services
The Labor Department
The Department of Housing and Urban Development
The Energy Department
The Commerce Department
The Department of Transportation
The Food and Drug Administration
The Labor Relations Administration
Fannie Mae
Freddie Mac
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The Export-Import Bank
The Army Corps of Engineers
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
The Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control Office
The Bureau of Land Management
The National Endowment for the Arts
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
The National Endowment for the Humanities
The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
The Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
The Tennessee Valley Authority
Mediation and Conciliation Service
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The U.S. Mission to the United Nations
The Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Interagency Coordinating Committee
The National Ocean Service
The Vietnam Education Foundation
The Fish and Wildlife Service
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency
The Financial Management Service
The Council on Environmental Quality
The U.S. Botanic Garden
The Defense Commissary Agency
The Office of Scientific and Technical Information
The Marine Mammal Commission
The Defense Acquisition University
The Indian Arts and Crafts Board
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency
The Voice of America
The Railroad Retirement Board
The Rural Housing Service
The Institute of Peace
The U.S. Access Board
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
The Domestic Policy Council
The Council on Environmental Quality
The Geological Survey
The Forest Service
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The Western Area Power Administration
The Economic Adjustment Office
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
The National Flood Insurance Program
The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission
The Government National Mortgage Association
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
The Employment and Training Administration
The Innovation and Improvement Office
The National Capital Planning Commission
The Election Assistance Commission
The European Command
The Office of the Federal Register
The Energy Information Administration
The Office of Community Planning and Development
The National Technical Information Service
The Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
The Federal Communications Commission
The Office of Refugee Resettlement
The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
The Peace Corps
The Trade and Development Agency
The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
The Federal Financing Bank
The Bureau of Reclamation
The Surface Transportation Board
The National Agricultural Statistics Service
The Open World Leadership Center
The Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy
The Southeastern Power Administration
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
The National Health Information Center
The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer
The Mine Safety and Health Administration
The Federal Interagency Committee on Education
The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
The Institute of Education Sciences
The TRICARE Management
The Inspectors General Office
The Inter-American Foundation
The International Trade Commission
The Job Corps
The National Marine Fisheries Service
The National Interagency Fire Center
The Multifamily Housing Office
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
The Stennis Center for Public Service
The National Defense University
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
The Legal Services Corporation
Despite what you may be thinking, I did not make up any of those agencies. THEY ARE ALL REAL! THEY ARE ALL UNCONSTITUTIONAL!
The Lost Art of Critical Thinking and Common Sense in Politics and Public Policy
Showing posts with label Medicare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Medicare. Show all posts
Monday, August 29, 2016
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Why the Smart Money Rejects Federal Funds for Medicaid Expansion
Big government types constantly insist that states that refuse the
federal funding associated with Obamacare's Medicaid expansion are neglecting the poor
residents of their states leaving them with no health insurance.
The following paragraph from a recent New Republic story demonstrates the extent of the demagoguery:
First of all, the individual states are under no obligation to follow unconstitutional dictates from Washington, D.C. Obamacare is unconstitutional! The federal government does not have the power to dictate to the American people how or if they buy a product. Period! The only reason it passed was due to countless lies told to the American people by Obama and the Democrats. The law will be repealed and the states that refused to get in bed with the federal government will be much better off financially.
Secondly, the claim that federal dollars redirected to the states serves to stimulate the economy has been roundly discredited. If this actually worked, The Great Depression would have ushered in a 25-year boom like the Reagan years did and the hundreds of billions of dollars in Obama's Stimulus Bill would have pulled the economy out of The Obama Recession.
The New Republic continued:
The level of economic ignorance on display in this paragraph is remarkable. Rather than addressing the root cause of the problem, looking at the big pictures and considering some alternative, free-market solutions, they rely on the same shallow class warfare, Robin Hood "take from the rich, give to the poor" redistribution of wealth rhetoric that they have been spewing for 100 years.
The bottom line with liberals and progressive is their answer to every problem is a bigger centralized government and/or more government spending. They never look at the results of their previously failed policies such as the War on Poverty, bankrupt liberal programs such as Medicaid, and Medicare, and Social Security. They never acknowledge that the problems with the healthcare system prior to Obamacare were almost all due to government interference with the free-market.
They never acknowledge that discouraging "rich people" from saving and investing and replacing it with "taking money from rich people" is detrimental to the economy. Saving and investing equates to buying, building, expanding, and hiring. In other words, a growing economy! Taking that money and "giving" it to the poor provides disincentives for all of these activities. In other words, a perpetual recession, with lower wages, lower median incomes, low labor force participation rates, and high unemployment. You get the picture.
But I guess if you write for the New Republic, you are always preaching to the choir. The strength and validity of your argument will always go unchallenged as long as you are attacking small government constitutionalists.
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/120049/obamacare-medicaid-expansion-economic-cost-states-saying-no
The following paragraph from a recent New Republic story demonstrates the extent of the demagoguery:
But the state officials who have blocked expansion aren’t simply depriving some people of health insurance. They are depriving the entire state of federal funds. Under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government picks up 100 percent of the expansion cost for the first three years, then scales back its support to 90 percent. At that point, states will have to find the money to cover that remaining 10 percent. It’s real money. But it’s tiny compared to what they get in return. The federal money goes is a huge influx of cash, which goes first to providers and suppliers of health care. That money, in turn, generates additional economic activity.Notice how responsible legislators are depicted as depriving people of insurance! But it is worse than that; they are depriving the entire state of much needed money provided by the benevolent federal government. These funds will, of course, stimulate the states' economy. It's the same old, tired liberal playbook!
First of all, the individual states are under no obligation to follow unconstitutional dictates from Washington, D.C. Obamacare is unconstitutional! The federal government does not have the power to dictate to the American people how or if they buy a product. Period! The only reason it passed was due to countless lies told to the American people by Obama and the Democrats. The law will be repealed and the states that refused to get in bed with the federal government will be much better off financially.
Secondly, the claim that federal dollars redirected to the states serves to stimulate the economy has been roundly discredited. If this actually worked, The Great Depression would have ushered in a 25-year boom like the Reagan years did and the hundreds of billions of dollars in Obama's Stimulus Bill would have pulled the economy out of The Obama Recession.
The New Republic continued:
Conservatives like to point out that the federal dollars don’t materialize out of thin air—they come from the federal treasury. That’s true. But there’s a net transfer of money here, from the very rich (who pay higher taxes under the health care law) to the poor and middle class (who get either Medicaid or tax credits for buying private insurance). That’s perfectly consistent with a program that fosters growth, particularly at a time of low demand, since it’s taking money from rich people (who might otherwise save it) and puts it right back into the economy.
The level of economic ignorance on display in this paragraph is remarkable. Rather than addressing the root cause of the problem, looking at the big pictures and considering some alternative, free-market solutions, they rely on the same shallow class warfare, Robin Hood "take from the rich, give to the poor" redistribution of wealth rhetoric that they have been spewing for 100 years.
The bottom line with liberals and progressive is their answer to every problem is a bigger centralized government and/or more government spending. They never look at the results of their previously failed policies such as the War on Poverty, bankrupt liberal programs such as Medicaid, and Medicare, and Social Security. They never acknowledge that the problems with the healthcare system prior to Obamacare were almost all due to government interference with the free-market.
They never acknowledge that discouraging "rich people" from saving and investing and replacing it with "taking money from rich people" is detrimental to the economy. Saving and investing equates to buying, building, expanding, and hiring. In other words, a growing economy! Taking that money and "giving" it to the poor provides disincentives for all of these activities. In other words, a perpetual recession, with lower wages, lower median incomes, low labor force participation rates, and high unemployment. You get the picture.
But I guess if you write for the New Republic, you are always preaching to the choir. The strength and validity of your argument will always go unchallenged as long as you are attacking small government constitutionalists.
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/120049/obamacare-medicaid-expansion-economic-cost-states-saying-no
Saturday, September 20, 2014
State Sucession
Short of a Convention of the States that institutes real reform and real limitations on the federal government's power, secession is the only other recourse we, the people, have from the overreaching federal, now national, government.
The findings of this Reuters/Ipsos poll are not surprising. The growth of Washington's power and wealth is easy to see. It grows regardless of which party is in power. We sit breathlessly each June waiting to hear what 9 lawyers deem constitutional. We allow 20% of our economy to be turned over to the feds despite the fact that socialized medicine produces worse results than our current system. Our national debt is approaching $18 trillion. Bush was "irresponsible and unpatriotic" for taking it from $5 trillion to $9 trillion. Our education system is a disaster. The list of federal failures and corruption is as long as the list of federal agencies: Postal Service, Fannie Mae, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Freddie Mac, Amtrak, Veteran's Affairs, the IRS, Obamacare, etc.
BEFORE A STATE CAN SERIOUSLY CONSIDER SECESSION, IT MUST WEAN ITSELF FROM DEPENDENCE ON THE FUNDS IT RECEIVES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT and, of course, its citizens must wake up and demand change. Until then, we will get more of the same and worse.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/19/us-usa-secession-exclusive-idUSKBN0HE19U20140919
The findings of this Reuters/Ipsos poll are not surprising. The growth of Washington's power and wealth is easy to see. It grows regardless of which party is in power. We sit breathlessly each June waiting to hear what 9 lawyers deem constitutional. We allow 20% of our economy to be turned over to the feds despite the fact that socialized medicine produces worse results than our current system. Our national debt is approaching $18 trillion. Bush was "irresponsible and unpatriotic" for taking it from $5 trillion to $9 trillion. Our education system is a disaster. The list of federal failures and corruption is as long as the list of federal agencies: Postal Service, Fannie Mae, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Freddie Mac, Amtrak, Veteran's Affairs, the IRS, Obamacare, etc.
BEFORE A STATE CAN SERIOUSLY CONSIDER SECESSION, IT MUST WEAN ITSELF FROM DEPENDENCE ON THE FUNDS IT RECEIVES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT and, of course, its citizens must wake up and demand change. Until then, we will get more of the same and worse.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/19/us-usa-secession-exclusive-idUSKBN0HE19U20140919
Saturday, September 5, 2009
100% Failure Rate
I have documented much of this previously but, at this point, repetition is required to get the message across. The federal government has a 100% failure rate. Why do we, THE PEOPLE, continue to turn more and more of our lives over to them?
The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775 - they've had 234 years to get it right; it is broke and, even though heavily subsidized, it can't compete with private sector - Fed Ex and UPS services.
Social Security was established in 1935 - they've had 74 years to get it right, it is broken and bankrupt.
Freddie Mac was established in 1970 - they've had 39 years to get it right; it is broken.
This year, a trillion dollars was committed in the massive political payoff called the Stimulus Bill of 2009; it shows NO signs of working unless increasing the size of government was the goal . . . . Has it created a single new private sector job? Our national debt projections (approaching $10 trillion) have increased 400% in the last six months.
"Cash for Clunkers" was established in 2009 and went broke in 2009 - - after a large percentage of the cars purchased turned out to be produced by foreign companies. And don't worry about the dealers nationwide who are buried under bureaucratic paperwork demanded by a government that is not yet paying them what was promised.
So, with a perfect 100% failure rate, we are now supposed to turn the best health care system in the world over to government? The majority of the problems that do exist with the current system can be laid at the feet of government (federal and states) by way of the 2,000+ mandates on insurance companies and the skyrocketing cost of malpractice insurance due to our lack of tort reform.
Sure Mr. Obama, take over 17% of our economy! Why not one more governmental boondoggle? Only this time you will not be playing with our money, you will be playing with our lives.
The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775 - they've had 234 years to get it right; it is broke and, even though heavily subsidized, it can't compete with private sector - Fed Ex and UPS services.
Social Security was established in 1935 - they've had 74 years to get it right, it is broken and bankrupt.
- This program was doomed from the start. The first recipient, Ida Mae Fuller, contributed $25 and drew $23,000.
Freddie Mac was established in 1970 - they've had 39 years to get it right; it is broken.
The War on Poverty was started in 1964 - they've had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our hard-earned money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor"; it hasn't worked.
Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965 - they've had 44 years to get it right; they are both broken and bankrupt. And now our government dares to mention them as models for all US health care.
AMTRAK was established in 1970 - they've had 39 years to get it right; last year they bailed it out as it continues to run at huge loss. Only the federal government would think transporting people via 100+ year old technology is a good business model.
This year, a trillion dollars was committed in the massive political payoff called the Stimulus Bill of 2009; it shows NO signs of working unless increasing the size of government was the goal . . . . Has it created a single new private sector job? Our national debt projections (approaching $10 trillion) have increased 400% in the last six months.
"Cash for Clunkers" was established in 2009 and went broke in 2009 - - after a large percentage of the cars purchased turned out to be produced by foreign companies. And don't worry about the dealers nationwide who are buried under bureaucratic paperwork demanded by a government that is not yet paying them what was promised.
So, with a perfect 100% failure rate, we are now supposed to turn the best health care system in the world over to government? The majority of the problems that do exist with the current system can be laid at the feet of government (federal and states) by way of the 2,000+ mandates on insurance companies and the skyrocketing cost of malpractice insurance due to our lack of tort reform.
Sure Mr. Obama, take over 17% of our economy! Why not one more governmental boondoggle? Only this time you will not be playing with our money, you will be playing with our lives.
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