I know, you can hardly believe it, politicians taking BRIBES for their votes? Well, as difficult as it is to believe, the "fix" is in. And not just the "Doc Fix" which was covertly slimed into a must pass Defense spending bill, creating a "lose/lose" dilemma for any elected official trying to "do the right thing" for their constituents and the country.
If they voted against the bill, they were castigated as being anti-military and if they voted for the bill, they were helping the Democrats one step closer to passage of the monstrosity of a Government takeover of healthcare - ObamaCare.
So just as a quick update on the overt corruption being passed off as "business as usual" for the Dems:
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With the bill hanging in the balance, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) won a provision exempting his state from paying the usual share of costs for new Medicaid patients. The deal, which critics have dubbed the "Cornhusker Kickback," is expected to cost the federal government $100 million over 10 years.
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Before a close vote last month, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) won an even larger break for her state -- an estimated $300 million in extra federal spending, in a move now derisively called the "Louisiana Purchase."
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Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) made sure that certain insurance companies in his state are off the hook from a new $7 billion dollar tax.
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Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) got his kickback -- a $100 million bonus for the University of Connecticut... to do with whatever they want.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) was "persuaded" to drop his concerns after Senator Reid offered his state a $10 billion grant for "community health centers"-money that could easily be funneled to facilities that perform abortions.
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Three states -- Pennsylvania, New York and Florida -- all won protections for their Medicare Advantage beneficiaries at a time when the program is facing cuts nationwide.
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Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) won a promise from Reid to support his plan to expand eligibility for health insurance.
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The Senators from Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming will get the "Frontier Freebie" -- they'll see an increase in Medicare payments to hospitals and doctors, because "at least 50 percent of their counties are 'frontier counties,' defined as those having a population density less than six people per square mile."
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Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the Senate health committee, got a provision inserted to increase Medicare payments to certain "low-volume hospitals" in Grinnell, Keokuk and Spirit Lake, treating limited numbers of Medicare patients.
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Even the Democrats themselves are starting to complain about this obvious "Cash for Cloture" bribing going on. When Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) couldn't get past the reporters swarming Ben Nelson on her way to the cloture vote, she quipped, "I know I'm not as important as Senator Nelson. I didn't get the money for my state. I was too stupid."
The word is getting out about these OUTRIGHT BRIBES for votes. And with intense public scrutiny, several Democrats are wavering in their support for this bill."
[thanks to RightMarch.com/pac/ for this excellent bullet summary of the bribes - to find out more about their efforts click on the link]
There is no bribe, of course, available to the American people, not even all those who staunchly voted their Democratic senators and this "president" into office. The American people will suffer under this third world disaster of a health care bill while every politician and their families luxuriate with a health care plan that is exempt from anything they seek to impose on the rest of the country. The politicians, Republican and Democrat alike, are exempt from the horrors this legislation will impose. Perhaps that is why neither side of the aisle seems all that concerned about whether it passes or not, or even what their constituents want or don't want, with recent polls indicating that a strong 67% of the country do not want any form of ObamaCare.
Angry yet? You ought to be. If not, then simply do nothing and wait until this legislation is passed and you are on the receiving end of the oppressive tax increases, the loss of choice of your doctor, your insurance and your health care decisions.
Of course, you will have more than ample time to reflect on what your apathy is really costing you as you wait
"16.1 weeks from the time their general practitioner referred them to a specialist until they actually received treatment in 2009"
"Canada ranks 19th out of 28 countries for CT Scanners per million people and 14th out of 25 on MRI Scanners ... The result? It takes 4.6 weeks to get a CT scan and 8.9 weeks for an MRI"
It is time citizens became outraged over these outright bribes. A revolt is almost overdue. -- we need to ensure that they feel the heat so that they will see the light - that light being the 2010 elections.
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