Issues

Obamacare's Broken Promises

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	CONTACT: Michael Steel, Kevin Smith
June 23, 2010	(202) 225-4000
PERMALINK

Boehner Releases “ObamaCare: Three Months of Broken Promises” Report

Checkup Report Outlines Broken Promises of Dems’ Government Takeover of Health Care & Republicans’ Better Solutions to Lower Costs, Protect Jobs

            WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today marked the three-month anniversary of President Obama’s government takeover of health care by releasing a report outlining its broken promises. Entitled “ObamaCare: Three Months of Broken Promises,” the report measures the law’s across-the-board failure to live up to Washington Democrats’ specific promises, including creating jobs, lowering costs, reducing the deficit, and protecting seniors’ benefits.

            The report also examines Republicans’ coordinated offensive to address the rising public backlash against the new law and promote better solutions focused on lowering costs and protecting jobs.

            “This report chronicles ObamaCare’s broken promises in the three months since it became law,” Boehner said. “The American people remain squarely opposed to this government takeover of health care that has already failed to live up to specific promises made by President Obama and Washington Democrats. Republicans are listening to the American people, and fighting to repeal ObamaCare so we can replace it with common-sense reforms focused on lowering costs and protecting jobs.”

http://gopleader.gov/UploadedFiles/06-23-10_HCR.jpg

The 43-page report is comprised of the following sections:

American Jobs Already Under Attack
Increasing Americans’ Health Care Costs
Increasing The Deficit
Raising Taxes On Middle-Class Families And Small Businesses
Devastating Cuts In Seniors’ Benefits
“If You Like Your Health Care Plan, Too Bad”
No Progress On Stopping Taxpayer-Funded Abortions
States Revolt Against ObamaCare Mandates
Taxpayer-Funded, Taxpayer-Rejected PR Campaign
GOP Offensive Holds Democrats Accountable For Broken Promises
Better Solutions To Lower Health Care Costs

NOTE: The “ObamaCare: Three Months of Broken Promises” report can be viewed by clicking here.

###

WEBSITE | CONTACT | PRIVACY POLICY

Click Here to view this email in your browser
Click Here to be removed from this list

How the Democrats Created the Financial Crisis

from bloomberg.com

Commentary by Kevin Hassett

Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The financial crisis of the past year has provided a number of surprising twists and turns, and from Bear Stearns Cos. to American International Group Inc., ambiguity has been a big part of the story.

Why did Bear Stearns fail, and how does that relate to AIG? It all seems so complex.

But really, it isn't. Enough cards on this table have been turned over that the story is now clear. The economic history books will describe this episode in simple and understandable terms: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac exploded, and many bystanders were injured in the blast, some fatally.

Last Updated (Tuesday, 23 September 2008 17:31)

Whose policies led to the credit crisis?

from hotair.com

posted at 9:40 am on September 16, 2008 by Ed Morrissey

The credit crisis and the lack of oversight over government-subsidized lenders like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac occurred on the watch of George Bush, and many blame his economic team for their lack of oversight in the collapse. Barack Obama has made this point one of his major campaign themes, arguing that John McCain would provide more of the same failures that Bush did. However, what many do not recall is that Bush wanted to tighten oversight with a new regulatory board for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and other government recipients for the express purpose of addressing bad loan practices — and Democrats blocked it.

Last Updated (Tuesday, 23 September 2008 17:35)