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To: unclewest who wrote (314369)	7/12/2009 12:52:33 PM
From: MrLucky	5 Recommendations Respond to of 793931

This is serious sxxt. Holdren is only one of Obama's 18 czars. news.bostonherald.com Another day another czar Do you know how many czars have been appointed by the Obama administration? 33 Congressional Democrats want another one to bring the grand total to 34. This new czar would oversee health insurance. According to the AP the responsibilities for this new czar would include “determining who qualifies for federal subsidies to help buy coverage, setting standards for handling grievances and appeals for claims denied, determining plan benefits for each year, policing insurance marketing campaigns, and enforcing a requirement that the insurers spend on medical care at least 85% of what they collect in premiums.” There are several problems with adding a new czar to the federal government. First, states already have insurance commissioners who protect consumers. This would be a duplication of effort. Second, these czars are being granted sweeping new powers and yet none of them have gone through a confirmation process. The term czar means emperor or king. So Obama administration has already created 33 kings in the federal government. They don’t have to report to Congress or a Cabinet Secretary, but yet they have all this power. It is time to stop the czarring of our government. This is the United States not Russia.