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Obama's health care about control
Oct. 8, 2009 12:25 am
I don't trust President Barack Obama, and it has nothing to do with the fact that he is black - and white.
Obama promised that his administration would be transparent. Yet it took external news and information sources to expose communist and black nationalist Van Jones.
Has Obama told us by what constitutional authority he took over the banking and automobile industries? He promised, like Bush the Elder, no new taxes. Experts estimate his cap-and-tax proposals would saddle each American with $1,800 of yearly energy costs.
Now he is trying to convince us a government-run health-care system will be revenue-neutral.
Transparency? Horse hockey. This is not about health care. It's about government control, a reason to peek at your net worth, your age and your income and control what health services you consume. If passed, this program will morph into government defining what is healthy, who gets care and for how long. It is about the control of every American, from the womb to the grave.
With both HillaryCare V. 1993 and ObamaCare, they get the gold mine, but we get the shaft.
Ed Dolan
Central City
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