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By: “You don’t get that choice” « Right Minded Online

“You don’t get that choice” « Right Minded Online — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:02:39 +0000

[...] inclination been made more evident than with John “Two Americas” Edwards and his mandatory universal health care plan. “I’m mandating healthcare for every man woman and child in America and that’s [...]

By: November, 2007 Archive « Right Minded Online

November, 2007 Archive « Right Minded Online — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:10:41 +0000

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Silky: I’ll garnish your wages to achieve universal health care

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:25:30 +0000

[...] when I likened Edwards’ plan to jackbooting health care, I wasn’t kidding. If anything, I was understating Silky’s totalitarian [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Obama: I’ll fine parents who pass on government health care

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:51:28 +0000

[...] I said of Edwards’ similar statement yesterday, this is totalitarian stuff. Obama and presumably [...]

By: Edwards said his mandatory health care . - Southern Maryland Community Forums

Edwards said his mandatory health care . - Southern Maryland Community Forums — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:25:54 +0000

[...] John Edwards, health care jackboot posted at 10:25 am on November 27, 2007 by Bryan Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have of late engaged in a back-and-forth over their respective health care plans. Now John Edwards is swinging into the fray with a plan that is best summed up in a single word: Totalitarian. Not making this up. �I�m mandating healthcare for every man woman and child in America and that�s the only way to have real universal healthcare.� �Evertime you go into contact with the helathcare system or the govenment you will be signed up.� During a press avail following the event Edwards reiterated his mandate: �Basically every time they come into contact with either the healthcare system or the government, whether it�s payment of taxes, school, going to the library, whatever it is they will be signed up.� When asked by a reporter if an individual decided they didn�t want healthcare Edwards quickly responded, �You don�t get that choice.� �You don�t get that choice.� I could go the predictable route and note that Edwards is pro-choice when it comes to aborting babies but he�s anti-choice when it comes to buying health insurance. And I could even use his own pro-abort language against him to play up the irony, like this. Q: What is your view on the decision on partial-birth abortion and most of the public agreeing with the court�s holding? A: This decision by the Supreme Court is a perfect example of what�s at stake in this election. The kind of people that will be appointed to the US Supreme Court by the next president will control whether a woman�s freedom, freedom to choose, make her own health care decisions will be made by her or will be made by the government or by some men sitting on the US Supreme Court. She can make her own �health care� decisions to kill, but not to decide whether health insurance itself is really in her interests or not. Gotcha. So I�ll note all of that, but I�m more curious about something else: How does Silky plan on enforcing his plan to take away the choice to opt out of health care insurance? Say you�re uninsured by choice and you go to the doctor for some innocuous thing or another, and on your way out the receptionist starts enrolling you in some insurance plan that you don�t want. Suppose you refuse to answer the receptionist�s questions, questions probing for personal info and the like that goes on the enrollment form. What�s Silky�s enforcement mechanism? Do the state police get a call to come pick you up and find ways of making you talk to the receptionist? Does the Silky administration levy some giant fine on you and then turn around and use the proceeds to buy you a health plan that you don�t want? Will the IRS garnish your wages? Is John Edwards going to criminalize your choice to opt out of health care insurance? What�s the plan, man? You can�t just toss up a mandate without putting some legal teeth behind it, or you haven�t really done anything that�s likely to change anyone�s behavior. So show us your teeth, Silky __________________ Kafir: infidel, non-Muslim (from kufr: disbelief in Allah), one who rejects the Arab/Islamic God and His prophet Muhammad; plural: kuffar Rebellions can be made by 2% active in a striking force and 98% passively sympathetic – TE Lawrence Guns don’t kill people. Morons with guns kill people. Pissing off Liberals one @ a time. Constitution Party on Republican Candidates Survival Blog Survival Preparedness http://www.constitutionparty.com/ http://www.anti-cair-net.org/ [...]

By: That’s Why They Sometimes Call it “Friendly Fascism” « ajfortin.com

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:28:25 +0000

[...] Call it “Friendly Fascism” November 27, 2007 — Fred Fortin Bryan from Hot Air blog says, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have of late engaged in a back-and-forth over their [...]

By: ScottG

ScottG — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:49:54 +0000

I was confused about his plan, then I had a thought. I couldn’t understand it because it was mistranslated from the original German, or Russian, or Chinese….

By: Stop The ACLU » Blog Archive » Edwards Will Force Heathcare Program On Everyone

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:46:04 +0000

[...] Don’t Democrats believe that women should make their own health care decisions? Talk about totalitarianism! Flip says: The frontrunning Democrats are just tripping over themselves in their efforts to one-up [...]

By: right2bright

right2bright — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:26:11 +0000

You know, he is smart. He runs around, taking in money and making stupid comments.
I mean, he gets paid for saying foolish things like this, big money is flowing in.
Man, what a racket. Who needs a job?

By: University Update - John Edwards - John Edwards, health care jackboot

University Update - John Edwards - John Edwards, health care jackboot — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:49:40 +0000

[...] Clark John Edwards, health care jackboot » This Summary is from an article posted at Hot Air on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 This article’s [...]

By: Kini

Kini — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:09:21 +0000

Edwards is all about choices. His choices.

By: saiga

saiga — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:02:40 +0000

What a jake leg phoney this grease ball is.

How deep does the stupidity of the new American culture really go?

(Way too deep I’m afraid.)

By: The Edwards Mantra: “You Don’t Get That Choice” - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:26:45 +0000

[...] words, “You don’t get that choice,” and not only in connection to health care. Hot Air labels Edwards’ plan “totalitarian.” Argue all you want over the merits of [...]

By: Kini

Kini — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:54:01 +0000

Edwards is a pseudo environmentalist, yes?

Think of all the trees to be sacrificed for all the paperwork needed to administer his health care plan.

Of course, people in the filing cabinet business would do very well.

By: University Update - Barack Obama - John Edwards, health care jackboot

University Update - Barack Obama - John Edwards, health care jackboot — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:48:54 +0000

[...] Clark John Edwards, health care jackboot » This Summary is from an article posted at Hot Air on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 This article’s [...]

By: MadisonConservative

MadisonConservative — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:10:09 +0000

What happened in 1994 after Hillary-Care raised it’s ugly head? This is Hillary-Care to the tenth power. It is a looser bigtime and I would love to fight the dems next year on this one alone. The soundbites from him so far on the issue are enough to bury him.

conservnut on November 27, 2007 at 11:57 AM

In 1994 you didn’t have nearly the energized 18-29 voters, and not nearly as many of them living at home off of mom and dad, without health care because they won’t “lower” themselves to the abundance of jobs out there. They will vote to be able to sit on their asses the rest of their lives.

By: Frozen Tex

Frozen Tex — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:07:54 +0000

In most Canadian provinces, the gov’t healthcare is subsidized to the point of free for low-income earners, but if you “opt-out” by not filing the appropriate paperwork, the gov’t assume you to be in the high-income levels, and so you get no special subsidies (aside from the obvious ones that get you gov’t health-care in the first place) and they charge you full rate, whether you use the facilities (so to speak) or not. You then amass a whopping great bill which will eventually be garnished from your tax-return, even if you left that particular province years ago. (you may have guessed, but I’m speaking from experience)

By: CrazyFool

CrazyFool — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:06:21 +0000

…I always wanted to get my healt insurance at a library.

aclark on November 27, 2007 at 10:41 AM

Better yet the DMV. Why not – the same people at the DMV will be making your health care decisions for you….

I’m sure hymen repair surgery will get a higher priority then, say, knee surgery. After all you don’t need to work – you can always go on welfare and be dependent on the democrats.

By: RW Wacko

RW Wacko — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:04:55 +0000

The country is more ready for socialized medicine than they were 14 years ago. The cost of healthcare has gone up by 4X since then. That sh*t hurts, and a lot of people are fed up. No matter that we get the best, most advanced care in the world. But yeah, some of those soundbites are over the top.

By: awake

awake — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:03:52 +0000

If you have enough money, can you circumvent the mandatory enrollment by purchasing off-sets?

By: RW Wacko

RW Wacko — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:01:40 +0000

The soundbites from him so far on the issue are enough to bury him.

conservnut on November 27, 2007 at 11:57 AM

We hate it, sure. But it plays well to the Dem base and he will sell it hard to Seniors. My parents eat this crap up. They love this guy. I can see Seniors, young people, and the ill-informed (liberals) eating this up. Look at the polls; Edwards polls better against the Republican candidates than Hillary does.

By: conservnut

conservnut — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:57:01 +0000

MadisonConservative on November 27, 2007 at 11:19 AM

What happened in 1994 after Hillary-Care raised it’s ugly head? This is Hillary-Care to the tenth power. It is a looser bigtime and I would love to fight the dems next year on this one alone. The soundbites from him so far on the issue are enough to bury him.

By: saint kansas

saint kansas — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:52:48 +0000

Where does choosing one’s healthcare provider come into play under this system?

I want to know where they’re going to find any doctors to provide this health care once this “law” passes and every single medical student says, “Ah, #&*$ it.”

You don’t suppose this would lead to, say, overworked and underpaid government-employed “public” doctors for the masses and “private” doctors for the “winners of life’s lottery,” do you?

Turn your head and cough and say “Two Americas.”

By: bloggless

bloggless — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:45:25 +0000

He forgot the part about “ELITE STATUS HEALTHCARE”. As usual some “they” will be more equal than other “they”.

By: fogw

fogw — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:43:12 +0000

How do you tell the difference between a hooker and a candidate?

right2bright on November 27, 2007 at 11:21 AM

A hooker is more honest and doesn’t beg for money.