From http://www.theonion.com/content/news...ed_over_how_to

WASHINGTON-After months of committee meetings and hundreds of hours of
heated debate, the United States Congress remained deadlocked this week over
the best possible way to deny Americans health care.

"Both parties understand that the current system is broken," House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi told reporters Monday. "But what we can't seem to agree upon is
how to best keep it broken, while still ensuring that no elected official
takes any political risk whatsoever. It's a very complicated issue."

"Ultimately, though, it's our responsibility as lawmakers to put these
differences aside and focus on refusing Americans the health care they
deserve," Pelosi added.

The legislative stalemate largely stems from competing ideologies deeply
rooted along party lines. Democrats want to create a government-run system
for not providing health care, while Republicans say coverage is best denied
by allowing private insurers to make it unaffordable for as many citizens as
possible.

"We have over 40 million people without insurance in this country today, and
that is unacceptable," Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) said. "If we would just quit
squabbling so much, we could get that number up to 50 or even 100 million.
Why, there's no reason we can't work together to deny health care to
everyone but the richest 1 percent of the population."

"That's what America is all about," he added.

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) said on Meet The Press that
Republicans would never agree to a plan that doesn't allow citizens the
choice to be denied medical care in the private sector.

"Americans don't need some government official telling them they don't have
the proper coverage to receive treatment," Boehner said. "What they need is
massive insurance companies to become even more rich and powerful by
withholding from average citizens the care they so desperately require.
We're talking about people's health and the obscene profits associated with
that, after all."

Though there remain irreconcilable points, both parties have reached some
common ground in recent weeks. Senate leaders Harry Reid (D-NV) and Mitch
McConnell (R-KY) point to Congress' failure to pass legislation before a
July 31 deadline as proof of just how serious lawmakers are about stringing
along the American people and never actually reforming the health care
industry in any meaningful way.

"People should know that every day we are working without their best
interests in mind," Reid said. "But the goal here is not to push through
some watered-down bill that only denies health care to a few Americans here
and a few Americans there. The goal is to recognize that all Americans have
a God-given right to proper medical attention and then make sure there's no
chance in hell that ever happens."

"No matter what we come up with," Reid continued, "rest assured that
millions of citizens will remain dangerously uninsured, and the inflated
health care industry will continue to bankrupt the country for decades."

Other lawmakers stressed that, while there has been some progress, the
window of cooperation was closing.

"When you get into the nuts and bolts of how best not to provide people with
care essential to their survival, there are many things to take into
consideration," Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) said. "I believe we can create
a plan for Americans that allows them to not be able to go to the hospital,
not get the treatment they need, and ultimately wither away and die. But
we've got to act fast."

For his part, President Barack Obama claimed to be optimistic, even saying
he believes that a health care denial bill will pass in both houses of
Congress by the end of the year.

"We have an opportunity to do something truly historic in 2009," Obama said
to a mostly silent crowd during a town hall meeting in Virginia yesterday.
"I promise I will only sign a clear and comprehensive health care bill that
fully denies coverage to you, your sick mother, her husband, middle-class
Americans, single-parent households, the unemployed, and most importantly,
anyone in need of emergency medical attention."

"This administration is committed to not providing health care," Obama
added. "Not just for this generation of Americans, but for many generations
to come."



--
"Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned
benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others." - Ayn
Rand

Lu Powell wrote:
From http://www.theonion.com/content/news...ed_over_how_to

WASHINGTON-After months of committee meetings and hundreds of hours of
heated debate, the United States Congress remained deadlocked this week
over the best possible way to deny Americans health care.

"Both parties understand that the current system is broken," House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Monday. "But what we can't seem to
agree upon is how to best keep it broken, while still ensuring that no
elected official takes any political risk whatsoever. It's a very
complicated issue."

"Ultimately, though, it's our responsibility as lawmakers to put these
differences aside and focus on refusing Americans the health care they
deserve," Pelosi added.

The legislative stalemate largely stems from competing ideologies deeply
rooted along party lines. Democrats want to create a government-run
system for not providing health care, while Republicans say coverage is
best denied by allowing private insurers to make it unaffordable for as
many citizens as possible.

"We have over 40 million people without insurance in this country today,
and that is unacceptable," Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) said. "If we would
just quit squabbling so much, we could get that number up to 50 or even
100 million. Why, there's no reason we can't work together to deny
health care to everyone but the richest 1 percent of the population."

"That's what America is all about," he added.

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) said on Meet The Press that
Republicans would never agree to a plan that doesn't allow citizens the
choice to be denied medical care in the private sector.

"Americans don't need some government official telling them they don't
have the proper coverage to receive treatment," Boehner said. "What they
need is massive insurance companies to become even more rich and
powerful by withholding from average citizens the care they so
desperately require. We're talking about people's health and the obscene
profits associated with that, after all."

Though there remain irreconcilable points, both parties have reached
some common ground in recent weeks. Senate leaders Harry Reid (D-NV) and
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) point to Congress' failure to pass legislation
before a July 31 deadline as proof of just how serious lawmakers are
about stringing along the American people and never actually reforming
the health care industry in any meaningful way.

"People should know that every day we are working without their best
interests in mind," Reid said. "But the goal here is not to push through
some watered-down bill that only denies health care to a few Americans
here and a few Americans there. The goal is to recognize that all
Americans have a God-given right to proper medical attention and then
make sure there's no chance in hell that ever happens."

"No matter what we come up with," Reid continued, "rest assured that
millions of citizens will remain dangerously uninsured, and the inflated
health care industry will continue to bankrupt the country for decades."

Other lawmakers stressed that, while there has been some progress, the
window of cooperation was closing.

"When you get into the nuts and bolts of how best not to provide people
with care essential to their survival, there are many things to take
into consideration," Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) said. "I believe we
can create a plan for Americans that allows them to not be able to go to
the hospital, not get the treatment they need, and ultimately wither
away and die. But we've got to act fast."

For his part, President Barack Obama claimed to be optimistic, even
saying he believes that a health care denial bill will pass in both
houses of Congress by the end of the year.

"We have an opportunity to do something truly historic in 2009," Obama
said to a mostly silent crowd during a town hall meeting in Virginia
yesterday. "I promise I will only sign a clear and comprehensive health
care bill that fully denies coverage to you, your sick mother, her
husband, middle-class Americans, single-parent households, the
unemployed, and most importantly, anyone in need of emergency medical
attention."

"This administration is committed to not providing health care," Obama
added. "Not just for this generation of Americans, but for many
generations to come."



--
"Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an
unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of
others." - Ayn Rand


Pass uniform public health care funded by taxes on imports and importers
and on the International Commodities Exchange. Give tax breaks to
Companies and Corporations domciciled in and producing in the US.
We have been raped by the Globalists and China etc. Let's "level the
playing field" back in favor of United States of America Citizens.

"Lu Powell" wrote in message
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From http://www.theonion.com/content/news...ed_over_how_to

WASHINGTON-After months of committee meetings and hundreds of hours of
heated debate, the United States Congress remained deadlocked this week
over the best possible way to deny Americans health care....


Enough already. Read the opening paragraph above for clarity. I posted the
full text of the article from www.theonion.com, the premier online political
and news satire site. A big bunch of you guys started spouting your own
party lines and specious arguments as though the posting was serious. What a
farce this forum has become. I'm going fishing.