Jan09
This is why January 18th is so important
on January 9th, 2010 at 2:08 pmPosted In: Roanoke Tea Party Posts
Below are some videos I shot at the Tea Party protest at Senator Webb’s office. I think they speak for themselves. DC corruptocrats are not listening. Our state may listen though. If we can get HB 10 passed into law, we will short circuit the progressive agenda with our most powerful weapon. The US Constitution.
Follow this link if you wold like information on the January 18th event
I will be on Freedom and Prosperity radio at 8 PM Sunday evening on 960 WFIR. Here is there site. The host, Brian Gottstein will play several clips from the Webb visit and talk about January 18th with me.
With no further ado, here are the clips. Thanks for all of you support.
Chip Tarbutton
Thanks for showing the videos. I feel confident that this is the year we start taking our government back.
We don’t pay her salary? This woman is worthless.
Tea Party people are upset with 10 to 17% unemployment. How do we reverse this condition? Most jobs are found in smaller business ventures, not industries traded on the stock exchange. Smaller businesses must be created en masse, as not all survive, assuming the environment is friendly to them. Today, government turns the environment unfriendly to entrepreneurial ventures, as taxation, regulations and bureaucratic discouragement runs rampant. Economic growth happened in America, as described in SAVE PEBBLE DROPPERS & PROSPERITY, seen on claysamerica.com. America has drifted into a way of life discouraging private innovation and creativity as politically incorrect, and this must change. Claysamerica.com
I wonder what Senator Webb thinks about this interview, and the part where his representative says we do not pay her salary.
Also the comment that we are an irrate people, wonder where she gets her Health Care?
How could Senator Webb have someone representing him that knows so little about what is going on in our state and nation, it’s bad enough that he most likley never read the bill before signing to pass it. I’m a senior 79 years old and for the first time in my adult life all I can say is I fear for my well being.
God help us all.
Did she really say what I thought I heard her say,… that we don’t pay her salary? Lord, have, mercy, ….. who’s really out of touch!
I watched the videos but I see is people that are old enough to be collecting entitlements (medicare, SS) complaining about government run health care and spending.
Why do you fight for Medicare but against a public option?
Do many Tea Party members opt out of Medicare and Social Security because they believe in smaller government and debt?
It just seems to me that the criers and cause don’t match up.
Answers to your questions…
Why do you fight for Medicare but against a public option? Medicare is trillions of dollars in debt and is rife with fraud. What makes you think our government can extend that coverage to more people efficiently, when they have failed to do so in the past. Every public option health care system in the world are plagued by poor service, rationing of care and wildly spiraling costs. If you can name a social welfare program that operates effectively and efficiently, we can talk more. We need to fix Medicare/aid before we start tryign to expand it….
Do many Tea Party members opt out of Medicare and Social Security because they believe in smaller government and debt?
You really don’t have the choice to opt out of Medicare do you? I don’t beleive private insurers are offering an alternative (or even could if they wanted to) As for SS….I’ve been paying into the system for 20+ years, why should I not expect to get something back? If I could invest that money I am throwing away to a bankrupt SS system (that I likely won’t see since it will go broke around the time I retire) and could invest it on my own, I wouldn’t have to burden the federal government for income assistance in my old age.
The original concept of health care reform (which is needed) was to reduce cost and give uninsured people the opportunity to get health insurance. The current bills in DC do neither. You could foster more competition by removing the restrictions on buying across state lines, you could institute tort reform, you could remove onerous regulations the states have placed on health care coverage so young health people could have the option for inexpensive catastrophic care policies, you coudl allow individuals the tax deduction that businesses get for offering health care, plus I don’t think you have to pass a health reform bill to reduce fraud in Medicade.
With those changes, we might be able to create a program to help the uninsured get health care.
On top of all the problems with the current bills, they require citizens to carry health care coverage. This is unconstitutional.
The Tea Party movement is all for health care reform. We are all agains this bastardized vunconstitutional ersion of health care reform being jammed down our throats.
And just in case you missed it even liberals like Howard Dean have stated that we should throw out the current bills and start over.
I could go on, but I think you get the point….
But I still don’t understand? Since the Constitution says nothing about providing health care why don’t you fight against Medicare all together instead of fighting to fix it. Why not just work towards getting rid of Medicare all together and SS too(just cut it off and call it quits).
Why shouldn’t we require people to have health insurance? Why should I have to cover their risk(and pay when they can’t). That infringes on my freedom.
Should we turn people away from the ER that can’t prove they have insurance or cash?
What if you invested your SS money in Chrysler or Enron, wouldn’t you still end up being a burden on federal government in your old age?
Why push for tort reform when most states already have some form and doesn’t seem to make a difference? Wouldn’t this just limit indiviiduals rights? The CBO even says it wouldn’t change anything.
I’m not trying to pick a fight. I see “Tea Party people” on the news and don’t really understand what where they are coming from.
No sweat…lots of interesting questions. While I think Medicare could be better run privately then by the government, we have to fight one battle at a time.
There is a difference Constitutionally about providing a service (Medicare) then it is requiring someone to have health care and fining or imprisioning people who don’t comply. Several issues arise Constitutionally. The Federal government has no right to legislate what is a states issue. They can’t use the interstate commerce clause…if someone refuses to buy, there is no commerce….so how can the feds regulate it? People equate this to car insurance. It’s not a valid example. First of all, all car insurance is regulated by the states (because it’s a state issue…just like health care). However, states can require you to carry insurance because you are using state owned roads to operate your car. If you drive your car on your own property, you wouldn’t have to carry insurance. The government should not be able to require you to buy something that only impacts your own health and welfare. If they can control your health care, they can infringe on your basic rights to do anything.
Senator Harkin, in his triumphant speech on Dec 23 talked about how the government can create new rights for people. That thought process is completely contrary to the very basis of our founding fathers. Rights are (according to the Dec. of Independence) endowed by the Creator. There are natural rights, that every human being is entitled to enjoy. I don’t beleive health care coverage is a basic right.
To me the Constitutional issue is the key one, because we can argue about the intricacies of the bill till the cows come home. If it’s unconstitutional…we should stop and start over.
Having said all that, the states and feds can work to make health care more affordable by doing what they said they would do “create competition.” If you beleive a heavily regulated government enterprise will do that..you are a very trusting soul.
There is a public need. I volunteer at the Christian Free Clinic of Botetourt and we provide medical and dental support for uninsured people of our area. Being a Christian, I think we need to care for our brothers and sisters in need. That happens today in ERs, free clincs etc across the country but it certainly could be better.
There is no question that health care reform is needed. I may not have all of the answers for fixing it…(although I think I can get pretty close) but I know one thing for sure…neither bill in Congress will do the trick. ANd both bills in Congress are unconstitutional.
Tea Party People are easy to understand. We stand for the consitutition and a limited federal government, fiscal responsibility, free markets and individual liberties. Those are the basic principles that made this nation great.
When I see a piece of legislation (health care reform) that creates 100s of new federal agencies, will bloat the budget (unless you collect tax revenues for 4 years prior to implementing it….and seriously how do you insure millions of peopel and not drive up costs….think about it..the accounting in those bill would make Bernie Madoff proud) will kill compettiton and inevitably lead to a government run program and endanger our constitutional rights….It should be violently opposed based on these principles.
We need to find better ways to make insurance cheaper and create a safety net for those who fall through the cracks. We can do that if we get back to our principles. We will inevitably fail if we count on the federal Government to save us. By the way the CBO said tort reform would help tremendously, and if they don’t every Dr. I speak to says the same thing.
I honestly believe that people have mistaken what makes America great. It’s not the government that makes us great. It’s the fact that the government allows us to pursue our individual liberties that has made the US the greatest force for good in the history of the world.
So I think we need to follow those principles in every political conversation. And thats what the Tea PArty is about.
I’ve read and reread your answers to my question and I’m very thankful that you have taken the time to try and help me understand your position. I still have lots of questions but I will only bother you with this one aspect.
I guess I feel that when we decided that no one could be turned away from an ER we basically created a persons right to health care. If we are forced to serve everyone that needs lifesaving treatment, can’t we force them to pay for that safety net? If its not a right should we let hospitals turn away people that can’t pay?
You said that it “only impacts your own health and welfare” but that isn’t true. I pay for every uninsured person through higher premiums and health care cost. Doesn’t this infringe on my rights and freedom? Since a large portion of bankruptcies can be linked to health care bills doesn’t that make the effects of uninsured an even a bigger burden for the rest of us?
Thanks for all your help. I’m trying to understand your growing movement and I don’t trust the media to explain your position on issues in a fair way.
No worries…We’re also trying to come to grasps with our own movement, so your questions are welcome…and give me a chance to ensure I’m thinking right.
You mentioned that we have “created” a “right” to helath care by ensuring people at the emergency room get care, despite their ability to pay.
While I know what you are saying, the notion that people or the government can create “rights” run contrary to the very core of the founding documents. According to the Dec. of Independence, our rights derive from the Creator. That means the basic rights laid out inthe foudning documents can’t be taken away by any man. This reliance on Natural Law is what sets the US apart from every other nation…as it recognizes that these rights are God given and not subject to the whimsy of human institutions and opinion.
That said, your issue is valid. First of all, of the 46 million uninsured, 16 miliion are in the US illegally. We can fix a big chunk of the problem by enforcing our current immigration laws, defending our borders and reforming current laws to create a sane process. The biggest single source of uninsured people are young people just starting out. In a more competetive enviornment there could be catastrophic only coverage for people that is affordable. That option is not allowed by current laws (you have to have certain things in your policy that are mandated by the various states).
We all agree changes need to happen to lower costs and increase the number of people who have health care coverage. But it’s not a right and trying to create a government agency based on forcing people, with threat of fines and jail, to get insurance, is patently unconstitutional and will fail based on the track history of social programs run by the Feds.
Increasing competition, deregulating certain aspects, and holding companies accountable under others will get us a lot farther then any half baked scheme concocted by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.