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借东墙补西墙:为什么说奥巴马的保险改革是空谈的谎言

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OBAMACARE要解决所谓3千到4千万没保险人的保险问题。怎么解决?现在政府买单被否决了,下面的问题又来了:所谓让富人买单的提案工会人员不干了?这时为审么泥(小沈阳语录)?因为工会的保险福利是历年来斗争得来的果实,国会要加40%的税。什么概念?原来所谓富人的特权工会早就共享了。如果这40%的税不加,政府还能拿谁的钱给这30-40MIL潜在的民主党支持者买单那?

中国历史上的以杀富济贫题替天行道最后荣登天下第一把交椅的英雄好汉们,夺了权后发现,富人们才是他们真正的朋友,有油水可捞。帮他们打江山的穷光蛋们老报着跟大王平起平坐,要共享荣华富贵的思想不放,对大王个人贪图享受很为不满。 结果怎么样?大王发现自己真要杀的不是富人,正是这些帮他打江山的泥腿子们。这些家伙觉悟太低,不知道还有比他们更苦的穷人需要帮助吗?

突然发现,好像中国的历史剧在美国的山寨版正在热播中。

现在靠抽富人的血根本不够用,老年人和中产阶级(您家收入如果是$6。6万,您别谦虚,您得跟富人一样贡献)首当其冲。没保险的你必须买保险,不买就罚再不就送您老进监狱。

那奥巴马的全民保险到底想要干什么?您还没明白吗?

WASHINGTON – Union leaders, among the most passionate backers of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, pressed Democratic senators Thursday to drop a tax on high-value insurance plans to pay for remaking the nation's system.

As the Senate entered its 11th straight day of debate on the sweeping legislation, members of several labor unions denounced the proposed tax on so-called "Cadillac plans," arguing it wouldn't just hit CEOs but also middle-class Americans who did without salary increases to negotiate better health benefits.

"I support health care reform but I can't afford this tax," Valerie Castle Stanley, an AT&T call center worker and member of the Communications Workers of America, said at a news conference outside the Capitol. "For families like mine that are on a budget, the results will be devastating."

At issue is a proposed 40 percent excise tax on insurance companies, keyed to premiums paid on health care plans costing more than $8,500 annually for individuals and $23,000 for families. The tax would raise some $150 billion over 10 years to help pay for the Democrats' nearly $1 trillion health care bill. The legislation, which appears to be edging closer to passage, would revamp the U.S. health care system with new requirements on individuals and employers designed to extend health coverage to more than 30 million uninsured Americans.

The threshold for insurance plans that would be taxed had been adjusted higher in response to union members' concerns, and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., a leader of those efforts, has said there could be further changes. But labor organizations including the Teamsters, the AFL-CIO and the National Education Association are urging the Senate to drop the tax entirely and take the approach embraced by the House, which would raise income taxes on individuals making more than $500,000 a year and couples making more than $1 million.

Union leaders have brought hundreds of members to the Capitol this week to lobby lawmakers.

"We should tax the millionaires, not teachers and bus drivers," said Lily Eskelsen, vice president of the National Education Association.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who spoke at Thursday's news conference, has authored an amendment with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, to strip out the insurance plan tax, but doesn't yet have agreement from Senate leaders to offer it. A number of Senate Democrats and White House officials support the insurance plan tax because they believe it would help hold down health care costs by providing an incentive for companies and workers to spend less on health care packages.

On the Senate floor Thursday, Sens. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., and John McCain, R-Ariz., pushed an amendment to allow U.S. pharmacies and drug wholesalers to import Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs from Canada, Europe and a few other countries. It was unclear when a vote would take place, and people on both sides of the issue said it will be tough for supporters to get the 60 votes they'll need to win.

As a candidate, Obama supported allowing U.S. consumers to order lower-cost prescriptions from abroad. As president, he needs the backing of the drug industry to push his health care bill through Congress. While administration officials contend the president still agrees in principle, the FDA is saying it would be difficult to fully guarantee the safety of imports, lending weight to the industry's main argument.

The most crucial work on the overall bill was being done behind closed doors, where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and his lieutenants were hunting support for a tentative deal among moderate and liberal Democrats to expand the government's role in providing care.

In a bow to a crucial bloc of liberals, the compromise drops a full-blown government health plan that's a top priority for liberals. Instead, the same federal agency that negotiates health insurance for federal workers and members of Congress — the Office of Personnel Management — would administer national, nonprofit plans available to the public.

In addition, Medicare, currently for those age 65 and up, would be offered to people who are at least 55 and wished to purchase coverage. That provision could guarantee that Democrats won't get the support of moderate Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, the only Senate Republican to support the Democratic health care bill in committee. Snowe said Thursday that expanding Medicare is "the wrong direction to take," citing concerns that the program's payment rates, which are low compared to private insurers, would hurt providers such as hospitals and doctors.

Reid and moderate Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., continued talking about restrictions conservatives want on how to prevent federal health care funds from being used to finance abortions.

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unix 回复 悄悄话 对气候门丑闻的深入报道,“这些电子邮件引出了一种可能性--我们一直以为是有了定论的科学问题也许需要重新检查一番”

气候门丑闻震撼科学界,终结奥巴马气候交易欺诈

作者:恩道尔
2009-12-13 18:17:12
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最近,几位顶级科学家之间的电邮往来被曝光,揭开了这场10年来最大的“全球变暖”科学欺诈丑闻:被抓住的人是供职于英国东安吉里亚大学的气候研究所(CRU)的科学家。在支持“全球变暖说”的媒体揪着“电脑黑客”的“数据入侵”事件不放、大造声势的背后,无法辩驳的事情真相,却是联合国“政府间气候变化专门委员会”(IPCC)的顶级科学家们刻意伪造数据和制造科学欺诈的行为!他们就是拿着这样的数据,大言不惭地宣布,人类驾驶汽车和燃烧煤炭排放的二氧化碳,正在造成巨大的气候灾难!

丑闻终于被揭开了:这些顶级科学家正在竭力推广“人造的全球变暖说” !这个丑闻堪称为“现代科学中最大的丑闻”。这些气候“科学家”之间电子件邮往来的细节,揭开了一个蓄谋已久的惊天阴谋:他们共谋夸大气候变暖数据、尽可能地非法销毁对他们不利的信息,有组织地抗拒信息披露,玩弄数字游戏,私下里承认在公开场合言论中的谬误,如此等等,不一而足。很显然,这些曝光的具体内容不是黑客所为,而是内部人的行为:有一个“自己人”吹响了警哨 ;现在连这所大学的官员们都被迫承认,这些电邮全是真实的。

这些电邮内容的意义如此重大,已经使得国际媒体把这个丑闻形容为“气候门” ,把它与1974年迫使一位美国总统辞职的水门事件相提并论。这些电邮内容所揭示的,正是这个具有最大影响力的科学家小组,多年来通过他们自己在联合国的核心位置--“政府间气候变化专门委员会”(IPCC)上所扮演的角色,推动了在全世界范围内发布关于全球变暖的警告。

他们说了些什么?

在这些电邮往来中,有一封电邮的内容承认了对科学数据的操纵,以便引起广大公众对所谓的“全球变暖”的高度关注。“我刚刚做完了麦克的“自然戏法”,把此前20年〔即从1981年以来〕每一系列真实的温度数据都提高了,也把凯斯的1961年以来的数据提高了,这样一来就把气温下降的事实掩盖掉了。”(黑体为恩道尔所加,下同)

很显然,这封电邮涉及到过去十年中全球平均气温测量,这帮“全球变暖黑手党”一直就是用它来证明:人类必须支付千万亿美元在全世界大量降低二氧化碳排放,同时降低全球的生活水平,这样做才是合理的。甚至连德国《明镜》第 47期都提到,英国顶级气候研究机构哈德利(Hadley)气候变化研究中心刚刚公布的数据显示,十年来全球气温一直很平稳,没有上升。让冰山融化、大水淹没德国汉堡市的谣言见鬼去吧!

另一封泄露出来的电邮私下里承认,过去10年气温一直很稳定:“事实是,现在我们不能明着说缺少变暖的数据,我们没有别的办法,这很滑稽。2009年8月在BAMS增刊中公布的2008年CERES数据表中,应该有更多气候变暖的证明……”

最露骨的供认,莫过于气候研究所所长菲利普-琼斯博士写给迈克尔-曼教授(全球变暖“曲棍球棒”图形的始作俑者)的电邮,他毫不隐讳地承认对公众隐藏真实信息的诡计:

发信人:菲利-琼斯

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vesper 回复 悄悄话 美国的这帮蠢蛋只知道医疗保险需要钱,并不知道大笔的钱都跑到私人的腰包去了。这也难怪,美国人的数学太差了。
vesper 回复 悄悄话 曾经有这么一句话:只有社会主义能够救中国。现在看来只有社会主义能够救美国穷人。
起时 回复 悄悄话 顶!
一鸣吓人 回复 悄悄话 现行政策是明摆着的:钱仓票仓的人的既得利益和福利都是不会动的,所以只有让穷人(所谓的中产阶级)去接济更穷的人而已。
firm 回复 悄悄话 you are 100% right!
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