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		<title>OBAMACARE IN A &#8220;FREE&#8221;  COUNTRY</title>
		<link>http://justwatchthegame.com/blog/obamacare-in-a-free-country</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Steigerwald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BARACK OBAMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIRTH CONTROL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obamacare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How would you feel if a guy wearing a badge showing that he worked for the federal government showed up at your front door and demanded that you give him 10 dollars, or a dollar or a quarter? You ask why and he say, &#8220;Mrs. Jones down the street needs an abortion.&#8221; And you say [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How would you feel if a guy wearing a badge showing that he worked for the federal government showed up at your front door and demanded that you give him 10 dollars, or a dollar or a quarter?</p>
<p>You ask why and he say, &#8220;Mrs. Jones down the street needs an abortion.&#8221;</p>
<p>And you say you&#8217;re not interested in contributing to the &#8220;Mrs. Jones Abortion Fund.&#8221;</p>
<p>He says, &#8220;I&#8217;m not asking for your money. Either you give me a quarter or we&#8217;ll have you thrown in jail.&#8221;</p>
<p>Of course, nobody would put up with that for a minute &#8211;even people who are OK with abortion.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s exactly what will happen every day in America if <a href="http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/darn-tooting-obama-brags-about-hhs-reg-catholic-bishops-call-attack-liberty">Obamacare</a> isn&#8217;t repealed.</p>
<p>It won&#8217;t happen like that, but every day you will be forced to pay for someone&#8217;s abortion or birth control pills. Maybe even condoms.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll never understand how this could be imagined &#8211;much less allowed to happen &#8212; in what is supposed to be a free country.</p>
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		<title>OBAMA WANTS TO RAISE &#8220;REVENUES&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Steigerwald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DEMOCRATS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JOHN BOEHNER]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OBAMA NEWS CONFERENCE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OBAMA WANTS MORE TAXES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OBAMA WANTS TAX INCREASES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obamacare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TAXES]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I lasted about five minutes before I had to turn President Obama&#8217;s news conference off. He was discussing the debt and how to reduce it and he must have said the word &#8220;revenue&#8221; 50 times. But he never used the word &#8220;tax.&#8221; It&#8217;s obvious that the Democrats have been told to replace the word tax [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I lasted about five minutes before I had to turn <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303812104576438130028027412.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop">President Obama&#8217;s news conference off.</a></p>
<p>He was discussing the debt and how to reduce it and he must have said the word &#8220;revenue&#8221; 50 times.</p>
<p>But he never used the word &#8220;tax.&#8221;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s obvious that the Democrats have been told to replace the word tax with revenue. That&#8217;s how stupid they think we are.</p>
<p>(They&#8217;re right about some of us.)</p>
<p>Just one more reason to hold back as much money and power from these weasels as possible.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, are you ready for these &#8220;revenue&#8221; increases?</p>
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<p>While everyone focuses on the Bush tax rates that expire after 2012, other tax increases are already set to hit the economy thanks to the 2010 Affordable Care Act. As a refresher, here&#8217;s a non-exhaustive list of ObamaCare&#8217;s tax increases:</p>
<p>• Starting in 2013, the bill adds an additional 0.9% to the 2.9% Medicare tax for singles who earn more than $200,000 and couples making more than $250,000.</p>
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<p>• For first time, the bill also applies Medicare&#8217;s 2.9% payroll tax rate to investment income, including dividends, interest income and capital gains. Added to the 0.9% payroll surcharge, that means a 3.8-percentage point tax hike on &#8220;the rich.&#8221; Oh, and these new taxes aren&#8217;t indexed for inflation, so many middle-class families will soon be considered rich and pay the surcharge as their incomes rise past $250,000 due to tax-bracket creep. Remember how the Alternative Minimum Tax was supposed to apply only to a handful of millionaires?</p>
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<p>Taxpayer cost over 10 years: $210 billion.</p>
<p>• Also starting in 2013 is a 2.3% excise tax on medical device manufacturers and importers. That&#8217;s estimated to raise $20 billion.</p>
<p>• Already underway this year is the new annual fee on &#8220;branded&#8221; drug makers and importers, which will raise $27 billion.</p>
<p>• Another $15.2 billion will come from raising the floor on allowable medical deductions to 10% of adjusted gross income from 7.5%.</p>
<p>• Starting in 2018, the bill imposes a whopping 40% &#8220;excise tax&#8221; on high-cost health insurance plans. Though it only applies to two years in the 2010-2019 window of ObamaCare&#8217;s original budget score, this tax would still raise $32 billion—and much more in future years.</p>
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<p>• And don&#8217;t forget a new annual fee on health insurance providers starting in 2014 and estimated to raise $60 billion. This tax, like many others on this list, will be passed along to consumers in higher health-care costs.</p>
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<p>There are numerous other new taxes in the bill, all adding up to some $438 billion in new revenue over 10 years.</p>
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		<title>HEALTH CARE MADE SIMPLE</title>
		<link>http://justwatchthegame.com/blog/health-care-made-simple</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Steigerwald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obamacare]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know about you, but I&#8217;m looking forward to the day when Obamacare kicks in. Here&#8217;s a little piece of art work to show you just how quick and easy it will be for all of us to benefit from Obamacare What could go wrong?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but I&#8217;m looking forward to the day when Obamacare kicks in.</p>
<p><a href="http://jec.senate.gov/republicans/public/index.cfm?p=CommitteeNews&amp;ContentRecord_id=bb302d88-3d0d-4424-8e33-3c5d2578c2b0">Here&#8217;s a little piece of art work to show you just how quick and easy it will be for all of us to benefit from Obamacare</a></p>
<p>What could go wrong?</p>
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