Posted by
Blogging Conservative Granny on Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:59:23 PM
What do you get when you combine a 1990-page bill and a 2074-page bill? Something wonderful, I'm sure. Ha!
This post on Rep. John Boehner's web site tells you a lot. There's abortion in the Senate bill--anyone on the government-run plan will be forced to pay a premium specifically for abortions. (If you're interested in some more good information, including the stimulus misinformation being put out by the government's $18-million dollar recovery website and the decision to try foreign terrorists in a civilian court, check out his main page
here.)
On a lighter note, if you've been toying with the idea of elective cosmetic surgery, you'd better get on the phone to your doctor right now. If they somehow get this through, not only will they destroy the country (in-my-never-to-be-humble opinion), they'll
put a 5% tax on such procedures starting January 1st. Well, it will be good to see the Speaker of the House doing her part.
Speaking of the third in line to the Presidency, Pelosi said at a press conference following the House vote that she and her colleagues were "very, very proud" of their success. Maybe we need to start some sort of office pool on when they'll get over being proud of what they've accomplished if this travesty goes through.
In the meantime, I've been adding to my library of home remedies. So far I haven't found one for governmental stupidity. It appears to be terminal.
Note: I'm bad. Pelosi is second in line. I was counting the current occupant.
Addendum: Here's the
link to the taxes in the Senate bill. These are just the ones that Glenn Beck and his crew were able to find in the first 12 hours that the bill was available. Read it and weep.
Addendum 2: This article by a doctor on
unintended consequences was brought to my attention by a reader on another blog.