Backlash Then, Wait Until This Time!
By
Randy-G
on November 7, 2009 at 03:15 pm
How soon we forget, Of course all was pretty good on the economic front then.
From Brietbarts Big Government,
By Publius
Here We Go Again: Rostenkowski, Health Care and the Original Town-Hall Protest,
Back in 1989, the Democrat House, led by Ways and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, passed the ‘Catastrophic Health Care Act.’ The Act promised to expand coverage and benefits, financed by a surcharge on senior’s existing Medicare benefits. Passage of the Act sparked on outcry from seniors. CBSNews goes back into the archives to find footage of one of the protests.
The report forgets to mention that Congress quickly repealed the Catastrophic Act in response to the voter backlash. Something current Members of Congress might want to keep in mind.
http://biggovernment.com/2009/11/07/here-we-go-again-rostenkowski-health-care-and-the-original-town-hall-protest/
The bill being voted on in the house tonight has an amazing list of cuts to medicare, I am sure looked at by people who have actually read what is in it.
http://republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Summary_of_Dem_Medicare_Cuts.pdf
I sure wish ND rep Pomeroy would have taken the time to read it, but Earl knows what is best for us.
From Brietbarts Big Government,
By Publius
Here We Go Again: Rostenkowski, Health Care and the Original Town-Hall Protest,
Back in 1989, the Democrat House, led by Ways and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, passed the ‘Catastrophic Health Care Act.’ The Act promised to expand coverage and benefits, financed by a surcharge on senior’s existing Medicare benefits. Passage of the Act sparked on outcry from seniors. CBSNews goes back into the archives to find footage of one of the protests.
The report forgets to mention that Congress quickly repealed the Catastrophic Act in response to the voter backlash. Something current Members of Congress might want to keep in mind.
http://biggovernment.com/2009/11/07/here-we-go-again-rostenkowski-health-care-and-the-original-town-hall-protest/
The bill being voted on in the house tonight has an amazing list of cuts to medicare, I am sure looked at by people who have actually read what is in it.
http://republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Summary_of_Dem_Medicare_Cuts.pdf
I sure wish ND rep Pomeroy would have taken the time to read it, but Earl knows what is best for us.
