Life's Inanities and Ironies

Mr Donnelly, Many times in the year I have written with my concerns and opposition to the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” What are you going to do if Mr Obama does not issue the promised executive order? Or more likely the suits that will be filed to reject the order succeed? To quote Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List. "The executive order on abortion funding does absolutely nothing to fix the problems presented by the health care reform bill that the House will vote on this evening,” she said. “The very idea should offend all pro-life Members of Congress. An executive order can be rescinded at any time at the President's whim, and the courts could and have a history of trumping executive orders. Most importantly, pro-abortion Representatives have admitted the executive order is meaningless." What are you going to do this November Mr Donnelly when you are removed from office for not listening to those you swore to represent, for ...

As I wrote in this blog yesterday I believe that myself and the American people have been lied to by both Mr. Obama and our elected federal officials. I'm tired of being lied to by scheming, busybody politicians. President Obama and the Democrats, our own Indiana 2nd district Representative Joe Donnelly included, promised there would be NO new taxes on the middle class. But everywhere I look I see middle class tax increases. To be fair to Congressman Donnelly he was allowed to vote against H.R. 2454, (i.e. The Cap & Trade bill) and I voiced my appreciation for that at the time . Wish he'd had that opportunity with H.R. 3962, but you know Ms Pelosi and Mr. Obama want to give the country a Christmas present this year . Why did Oliver Twist asking for more gruel just flash thru my mind The healthcare bill is full of tax increases , and the cap-and-trade bill is NOTHING BUT a middle class tax increase. It will raise my gasoline and electric bills to accomplish a supposed...

I want Congress to scrap the healthcare bill the House just passed, and the similar bill pending in the Senate. It seems to me that Mr. Obama and many other Democrats lied to win election (just like the Republicans did before them). We were promised . . . No mandates requiring Americans to buy health insurance No tax increases on Americans earning less than $250,000 a year A tax cut for the middle class The House and Senate healthcare bills break these promises. The Baucus bill in the Senate contains the following language on page 29: "The consequence for not maintaining (health) insurance would be an excise tax." This is both a mandate and a tax increase -- two broken promises in one short sentence. Congress wants to force all Americans -- including those who earn less than $250,000 a year -- to buy government mandated insurance (a tax!), or pay a tax penalty if we don't. Either way we're going to pay higher taxes to comply with your wishes, or face a polic...

Saturday evening Congressman Joe Donnelly voted with the rest of the democrat congressmen from Indiana in Support of HR 3962. After digging some I have found a statement from Congressman Donnelly as to his reasoning. This one is straight out of Mr. Obama's play book: If you have health coverage and like it, the new bill will not force you to change your plan or your doctor. The goal is to protect the doctor-patient relationship and the doctor's decision-making ability, which is critical to effective health care. For those who do not have coverage, the bill creates a national marketplace of competing insurance plans, offering minimum benefits, as well as a limited public plan for the uninsured and small businesses. Since 2000, premiums have more than doubled, including for most small businesses. These rising premiums have become one of the largest cost concerns for our small businesses, and the goal of this bill is to foster greater competition among insurers and lower premiums....

Below is a copy of the message I have sent to my Congressman Joe Donnelly "Representative Donnelly, HR 2454, the "Cap-and-Trade" bill scheduled to come before you for a vote very soon, is nothing more than a thinly disguised energy tax that will hit every single American. I have called and left a message to let you know That I personally am against this and as my representative I ask that you take this into consideration when you vote. If those I have been talking to locally are any indication a large majority of your constituents have no clue as to the impact this is going to have on their lives if passed. I am hoping that you sir ARE aware. Even tho the goal of this bill is a lofty one and it may force a change in the way energy is produced in this country, it's counterparts around the world have failed miserably. President Obama himself claimed in several campaign speeches before the election that if this plan was put into effect it would rais...