How to Protect Yourself From Obamacare

[Gaspar]

The Wall Street Journal has a great article on steps you can take now to protect prepare yourself.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704454004575135942557501242.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_PoliticsNCampaign_5

Fixed it.

[RecycleMichael]

Protect yourself?

Nowhere does that term appear in the story.

When did you become a fear mongering partisan?

[azbadpuppy]

Protect yourself?

Nowhere does that term appear in the story.

When did you become a fear mongering partisan?

It's the end of the world as we know it.......and I feel fine.

[joiei]

That is a headline like they would write over at Fox Nation. 

[sgrizzle]

Capping FSA's at $2400 seems like a pretty dumbs41t move.

Quick, let's hurry and make paying for your own healthcare more expensive.

[rwarn17588]

Protect yourself?

Nowhere does that term appear in the story.

When did you become a fear mongering partisan?

Look on the bright side ... he's more mature than guido and more sane than FOTD.

[RecycleMichael]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailybeast/20100323/ts_dailybeast/7269_scarynewgoppoll

Scary New GOP Poll

          NEW YORK – On the heels of health care, a new Harris poll reveals Republican attitudes about Obama: Two-thirds think he's a socialist, 57 percent a Muslim—and 24 percent say "he may be the Antichrist."

To anyone who thinks the end of the health-care vote means a return to civility, wake up. Obama Derangement Syndrome—pathological hatred of the president posing as patriotism—has infected the Republican Party. Here's new data to prove it:

67 percent of Republicans (and 40 percent of Americans overall) believe that Obama is a socialist.
The belief that Obama is a "domestic enemy" is widely held—a sign of trouble yet to come.

57 percent of Republicans (32 percent overall) believe that Obama is a Muslim 45 percent of Republicans (25 percent overall) agree with the Birthers in their belief that Obama was "not born in the United States and so is not eligible to be president" 38 percent of Republicans (20 percent overall) say that Obama is "doing many of the things that Hitler did" Scariest of all, 24 percent of Republicans (14 percent overall) say that Obama "may be the Antichrist."

The poll, which surveyed 2,230 people right at the height of the health-care reform debate, also clearly shows that education is a barrier to extremism. Respondents without a college education are vastly more likely to believe such claims, while Americans with college degrees or better are less easily duped. It's a reminder of what the 19th-century educator Horace Mann once too-loftily said: "Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge."

The full results of the poll, which will be released in greater detail tomorrow, are even more frightening: including news that high percentages of Republicans—and Americans overall—believe that President Obama is "racist," "anti-American" "wants the terrorists to win" and "wants to turn over the sovereignty of the United States to a one-world government." The "Hatriot" belief that Obama is a "domestic enemy" as set forth in the Constitution is also widely held—a sign of trouble yet to come. It's the same claim made by Marine Lance Corporal Kody Brittingham in his letter of intent to assassinate the President Obama.

This poll is the latest and most detailed evidence of the extent to which Wingnuts are hijacking our politics. It should be a wakeup call to all Americans and a collective reminder, as we move past health-care reform, that we need to stand up to extremism.

[Gaspar]

Look on the bright side ... he's more mature than guido and more sane than FOTD.

Thanks.  Made my day.

There is some good news.  The bill that was passed creates some 16,500 to 20,000 new jobs immediately in the IRS. 

IRSH agents?  Really?
 


A new analysis by the Joint Economic Committee and the House Ways & Means Committee minority staff estimates up to 16,500 new IRS personnel will be needed to collect, examine and audit new tax information mandated on families and small businesses in the 'reconciliation' bill.

Scores of new federal mandates and fifteen different tax increases totaling $400 billion are imposed under the Democratic House bill.  In addition to more complicated tax returns, families and small businesses will be forced to reveal further tax information to the IRS, provide proof of 'government approved' health care and submit detailed sales information to comply with new excise taxes.

Finally some real job creation.

[rwarn17588]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailybeast/20100323/ts_dailybeast/7269_scarynewgoppoll

Scary New GOP Poll

          NEW YORK – On the heels of health care, a new Harris poll reveals Republican attitudes about Obama: Two-thirds think he's a socialist, 57 percent a Muslim—and 24 percent say "he may be the Antichrist."

He can't be the Antichrist. He doesn't have the mark of 666 on his forehead. 

[we vs us]

Thanks.  Made my day.

There is some good news.  The bill that was passed creates some 16,500 to 20,000 new jobs immediately in the IRS. 

IRSH agents?  Really?
 


A new analysis by the Joint Economic Committee and the House Ways & Means Committee minority staff estimates up to 16,500 new IRS personnel will be needed to collect, examine and audit new tax information mandated on families and small businesses in the 'reconciliation' bill.

Scores of new federal mandates and fifteen different tax increases totaling $400 billion are imposed under the Democratic House bill.  In addition to more complicated tax returns, families and small businesses will be forced to reveal further tax information to the IRS, provide proof of 'government approved' health care and submit detailed sales information to comply with new excise taxes.

Finally some real job creation.

You never source your quotes.  Why is that?

[azbadpuppy]

He can't be the Antichrist. He doesn't have the mark of 666 on his forehead. 

Apparently, education is the antichrist.

[Gaspar]

You never source your quotes.  Why is that?

Sorry. . .Washington Examiner

But it's everywhere else too.  Just google 16500 IRS jobs :0

[sgrizzle]

Be interesting to see what happens when you dump 32M new customers on a market to be served by a group with near-negative unemployment.

[Townsend]

Sorry. . .Washington Examiner

That's a conservative paper.

Finding an un-biased view of all this is nearly impossible.

[rwarn17588]

Sorry. . .Washington Examiner

At least you didn't use the bat-crazy Moonie Times, er, Washington Times. Them folk're crazy.