First Do No Harm
As you’ve listened to and researched various dire prophecies regarding the implementation of Obamacare, have you wondered where the voices of American physicians have been? After all, these are the “first do no harm” group, and considering the tremendous potential harm to their patients, you’d think they’d be as anti-Obamacare as they are anti-tobacco, fatty [...]
Pushing Grandma Off The Cliff
Taxes have consequences, and Obamacare is a tax. Reuters: Nov 10 (Reuters) – Medical device maker Stryker Corp said it will cut 5 percent, or about 1000 jobs to largely offset costs related to the scheduled implementation of the new Medical Device Excise Tax in 2013. “While it is still uncertain whether the device tax [...]
Breaking a Promise Big Time
President Obama has become notorious for his wholesale breaking of promises. Broken promises to the center and right are one big reason that the majority of conservatives and independents disapprove of his administration, and broken promises to the left are a major reason for his deterioration of support among liberals and his consequent campaign based [...]
Attorney General Cuccinelli Comments on the 4th Circuit Ruling
As you all probably know, we heard from the Fourth Circuit last week in Virginia’s healthcare lawsuit.
The court decided unanimously to throw the case out on standing and not address the merits of our constitutional arguments.
Virginia to be Saddled with more Federal Mandates via ObamaCare
From: United States Republican Policy Committee September 15, 2011 The CLASS Act’s Untold Story The report of the CLASS Act Working Group was publicly released this morning, and can be found online here. The report analyzes internal HHS [Health and Human Services] documents showing the problems with CLASS that the Administration ignored in the rush to [...]
The Tax Increase Con Game
Leftist policies are often (and correctly) described as “tax and spend.” After the stimulus bill passed, though, some flipped the phrase to “spend, then tax,” anticipating that the Left would ultimately demand higher taxes to reduce the gargantuan deficit they created (and we opposed). We now have proof that the change in terminology was correct as well: [...]
The Value of Freedom
Let’s review: $14.4 trillion in national debt $114 trillion in unfunded liabilities No federal budget passed in over two years TARP Bailouts of massive corporations while average Americans are struggling just to provide for their families ObamaCare (i.e., forcing citizens to purchase a product or service, while calling it “health care reform”) Many thousands of [...]
Eric Cantor needs to hear from us on the debt ceiling
An excerpt from my latest post on redstatevirginia.com: We heard all kinds of doomsday prophesies from the Washington Spenders about how the world would literally end if America didn’t raise its debt ceiling in time. Yet when we reached it, all Treasury Secretary Geithner had to do was move some funds around to keep us [...]
ObamaCare Bombshell: 4th Circuit Court cases might be dismissed
According to the Washington Examiner, a weird and twisted turn of events might kill the VA lawsuits against ObamaCare. “…the Fourth Circuit … ordered the parties to file supplemental briefs by May 31 explaining the consequences if the court holds that the Anti-Injunction Act applies [which] applies to federal taxes. “This means that the appellate [...]
RTP to Discuss ObamaCare on Comcast Channel 95 Tonight, 9:00pm; UPDATE: CANCELLED
Please tune in to Comcast channel 95 at 9:00pm this evening to watch Richmond Tea Party board members Gilbert Wilkerson and Joe Guarino discuss the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a.k.a., ObamaCare). Joe was one of the leaders in helping guide Virginia’s Health Care Freedom Act into law, which Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is [...]
