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To: koan who wrote (557300)	3/28/2010 9:44:39 AM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576642

2M union member to get socked in 9 mos: Poetic Justice: DemCare Starts Destroying Health Care Benefits for Two Million Union Members Starting in Just Nine Months Remember how the President endlessly bragged that health care reform would never -- never! -- impact your existing health plans? You know, the "if you like your plan, you can keep it" shtick? Well, I know this comes as a shock, but he lied. What no one appears to be pointing out is that DemCare specifically targets private sector union members first. Because of the dizzying new regulations imposed by the new law, "industrial concerns [and/or] those with unionized employees, say the end of the deduction could force them to ... curtail or even cancel them [health benefits]," according to The Los Angeles Times. That's right: most union retirees will have their cushy plans slammed by DemCare through changes in the tax code. Which unions will be hardest hit? • The Communication Workers of America, whose website doesn't bother to mention the impending disaster. Telecom companies such as Verizon and AT&T will be forced to slash upwards of two billion in health benefits to retirees. • The United Auto Workers, specifically at manufacturers like Deere and Caterpillar. • The United Steelworkers, through diversified manufacturers like 3M. • The Sheet Metal Workers International Union. • The Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers (OCAW) union. And many, many more. I won't get into the accounting details associated with these companies' benefits programs (mainly, because I don't understand them), but informant "CPA Ray" tells me that only three general scenarios are possible -- and all of them are devastating for union members and retirees. Put simply, their promised benefits will be slashed and they'll be forced onto the government-run program. Oh -- and the government-run program will have 30 million more people on the books and spend $500 billion less on seniors, even as the need dramatically increases for the elderly. Union members, it's time you started kicking the crap out of your union bigwigs -- politically speaking -- because: They. Sold. You. Out. directorblue.blogspot.com

To: koan who wrote (557300)	3/28/2010 11:08:48 AM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Respond to of 1576642

The right of pedophiles to keep and bear Viagra shall not be infringed March 25th, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments It’s right there in the Constitution, man; just look it up. Should be somewhere in there next to the section that grants FederalGovCo the right to dictate your health care decisions: It was, by all accounts, the most politically volatile amendment proposed to the health care legislation so far: a proposal by Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, to bar federal health programs and the future federally regulated insurance exchanges from covering the cost of erectile dysfunction medication for convicted sex offenders. Mr. Coburn, arguing for his amendment, said it was a step intended to save taxpayers’ money. The proposal, he said, “creates a prohibition so that erectile dysfunction drugs are not paid for by the American taxpayers” for “convicted rapists” and “pedophiles in this country.” Senator Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana and chairman of the Finance Committee, said, “The amendment offered by the senator from Oklahoma makes a mockery of this Senate.” He added, “It’s a crass political stunt aimed at making 30-second commercials, not public policy.” Which you treasonous slimewads wouldn’t know anything at all about, naturally. Say, what is it with you Democrat Socialists reflexively supporting things like kiddie-rape and child sex slavery, anyway? Are you all secretly pedophiles yourselves, or just what? Never mind; don’t answer that. Bad enough that your contempt for the Constitution and the American way are so brazenly, shamelessly on display, every minute of your wasted day. That’s all anyone really needs to know about you. coldfury.com