Bonuses Protected in Obama Stimulus Bill!

Perhaps now we should refer to Barack Obama as 'Slick Barry.'

Obama has played a good game before a gullible American public by lamenting the million-dollar bonuses being received by taxpayer bailout recipient AIG.

But late yesterday afternoon it was discovered that hidden away in the 1.2 trillion dollar stimulus bill that Obama and the Democrats rammed through Congress is a provision that protects the bonuses of CEOs and other employees of the corporations that receive the money!

What on earth are Slick Barry and the Democrats attempting to pull?

Read the rest of this sickening story here.

Healthcare Rationing Hidden in Stimulus Bill

What you don't know about the details of the massive trillion dollar stimulus bill the Democratic Congress just passed can kill you...literally. Hidden in that bill is a provision for healthcare rationing.

Bloomberg provides the details of this ominous plan, which none of our illustrious political leaders, including Obama, bothered to tell us.

Further, the healthcare rationing contained in the bill is based upon a 'means testing' process whereby the cost of the care vs. the life-expectancy of the patient in question will determine whether or not medical care is provided.

For example, if you are a female 75 years of age with heart disease, it could be determined that due to the fact that your life expectancy is 81 years of age, thus meaning that you would only have roughly 6 years to benefit, an expensive heart medication that could correct your problem would be denied.

This is because under the Obama-Democrat plan, the government will make those decisions, not your doctor. And since this stimulus bill contains a provision for a 'healthcare czar' to oversee this process, all of the pieces are in place to usurp any control your doctor may have over your care, placing your 'case' under the control of government bureaucrats who will determine your fate based upon costs.

According to a special report at Atlas, many of these provisions are the ideas of Tom Daschle, who was supposed to be Obama's HHS Secretary until tax cheat issues surfaced. Here is some of what Daschle and the Democrats want:

What penalties will deter your doctor from going beyond the electronically delivered protocols when your condition is atypical or you need an experimental treatment? The vagueness is intentional. In his book, Daschle proposed an appointed body with vast powers to make the “tough” decisions elected politicians won’t make.

The stimulus bill does that, and calls it the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research (190-192). The goal, Daschle’s book explained, is to slow the development and use of new medications and technologies because they are driving up costs. He praises Europeans for being more willing to accept “hopeless diagnoses” and “forgo experimental treatments,” and he chastises Americans for expecting too much from the health-care system.

Elderly Hardest Hit

Daschle says health-care reform “will not be pain free.” Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them. That means the elderly will bear the brunt.

Medicare now pays for treatments deemed safe and effective. The stimulus bill would change that and apply a cost- effectiveness standard set by the Federal Council (464).

The Federal Council is modeled after a U.K. board discussed in Daschle’s book. This board approves or rejects treatments using a formula that divides the cost of the treatment by the number of years the patient is likely to benefit. Treatments for younger patients are more often approved than treatments for diseases that affect the elderly, such as osteoporosis.

In 2006, a U.K. health board decreed that elderly patients with macular degeneration had to wait until they went blind in one eye before they could get a costly new drug to save the other eye. It took almost three years of public protests before the board reversed its decision.

Are you sufficiently frightened out of your wits yet? You should be.

This is precisely what many of us predicted before the election...that under Barack Obama there would be healthcare rationing for Senior Adults.

Thus, if you are deemed too old and sick to be given care in a cost-effective manner, sorry pal, but you need to go ahead and die. This is precisely the attitude of Obama, Daschle, Reid, Pelosi, Schumer, and anyone else who supports such outright murder.

These purveyors of death have already desensitized the public into believing that infanticide is not murder, and so, what's the problem with getting rid of the 'useless elderly,' huh?

Welcome to your worst nightmare--modern America under liberals. As far as I'm concerned each and every one can go straight to hell.

Bombshell! Bailouts Risk 9.7 TRILLION in Tax Dollars

In a stunning analysis of the Obama/Democrat-initiated bailout and economic stimulus package, Blomberg News is reporting that the actual figure that taxpayers are risking in the bill is 9.7 TRILLION dollars.

According to Bloomberg, the government has spent and continues to spend trillions through back-door deals, quietly and without the knowledge of the public.

We’ve seen money go out the back door of this government unlike any time in the history of our country,” Senator Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat, said on the Senate floor Feb. 3. “Nobody knows what went out of the Federal Reserve Board, to whom and for what purpose. How much from the FDIC? How much from TARP? When? Why?

It is absolutely imperative that all taxpayers and concerned citizens read the full report at the link provided above. We are being screwed, duped, and sold down the river not only for someone's political gain but for undisclosed purposes that defy reason.

When government is spending trillions of our tax dollars without even our elected representatives in Congress knowing where it's going, you can rest assured something terribly sinister is afoot.

And this is precisely why we MUST STOP this trillion dollar stimulus package from being passed by Congress. Obama says he will use whatever means necessary to pass it. WE must use whatever means necessary to STOP it!

'Compromise' Economic Bill? What Compromise!?

In what is being referred to by Democrats, the Obama White House, and 3 liberal Republicans as a 'compromise economic stimulus bill,' the monstrosity still costs nearly a trillion dollars.

The original proposal would have cost 1.3 trillion. The new bill hammered out by Democrats and 3 turncoat liberal Republicans is 'only' 3 quarters of a trillion.

Wow. We sure did put our heads together to save some bucks, didn't we!

To paraphrases former GOP Senator Everette Dirkson back in the 60s as he decried the runaway spending of Democrats, 'A trillion here, a trillion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.'

Listen, you moronic dimwits in Congress. You don't help the economy and the taxpayers by shaving off a few bucks from a massive spending bill that remains massive even after you get through making a few cosmetic cuts.

This 'stimulus package' is still nothing more than a socialist program initiated by Socialists to make America more socialistic. And let's not forget the massive amount of pork spending in the bill that will go to pet projects of liberals, the goal of which is to get them re-elected in 2010 and 2012.

I would flip the entire lot the bird, but I'm afraid I might get jailed and charged with a felony in this post-liberty era we refer to as Commie-America.

Read the entire sickening story here. (H/t to Matt Drudge).

Senate Deal Reached

3 turncoat Republicans have agreed to join with taxpayer-screwing Democrats in a compromise 'economic stimulus package.' The 3 liberal Republicans are Arlen Specter, Susan Collins, and Olympia Snowe.

Voinovich walked out on the deal at the last minute.

With the support of the 3 turncoat Republicans, Oil Can Harry Reid has the 60 votes needed to pass the bill.

All Republicans except the 3 turncoats oppose the massive bill...hardly the 'bipartisan support' that Barack Obama had been seeking. This bill, if passed, will be the Democrats' baby, just as was the bill in the House.

Just remember who it was in Congress who voted in favor of raping the taxpayer in order to spend billions on pet projects that have little to do with stimulating the economy. DEMOCRATS control everything in Washington now. They will have to withstand the brunt of the voters' ire when it all comes crashing down.

Senate Pulls an All-Nighter on Stimulus Bill (UPDATE)

Stating that the U.S. Senate is prepared to work all night tonight (and this morning), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Oil Can Harry) claimed that he is determined to work out a compromise stimulus bill that can gain enough votes to pass.

But Oil Can Harry seems a bit confused.

First he said he had the 60 votes necessary to pass the measure. Then, he later admitted that he lacked the 60 votes.

Already, several turncoat Republicans are expressing their support for the Obama-Democrat sponsored bill that will cost taxpayers an estimated 1.3 trillion dollars. Not surprisingly, those turncoats are Collins, Snowe, Voinovich, and Specter.

Even RINOS such as John McCain and Lindsey Graham are against the measure.

Meanwhile the American public has turned overwhelmingly against the measure on news of the amount of pork contained in the bill--pork spending that supports dozens of ultra-liberal groups the Democrats want to fund.

Late-breaking update!! According to Michelle Malkin, Oil Can Harry, frustrated that he couldn't get enough votes to pass the bill, called it quits for the night at 9 PM. So much for the 'all-nighter.'

'Tide is Turning Against Obama Economic Plan'

Americans for Limited Government believes that the tide is turning against the Obama-Democrat economic stimulus plan that has been submitted to Congress. Public support for the plan is now down to only 37%, and both Democrats and Republicans in the Senate have expressed deep reservations about voting to approve the 1.3 trillion dollar proposal.

Now is the time to contact your Senators to urge them to vote against the economic stimulus package.

Bill Wilson, the President of Americans for Limited Government, has sent out a letter to the organization's supporters informing them of joining with 18 other conservative leaders in strongly urging the Senate to vote against the Obama-Democrat plan.

That letter is as follows:

“The tide is clearly turning against the
Obama trillion dollar debt stimulus plan.”
—ALG President Bill Wilson.

ALG President Joins Conservative Leaders in Urging Senate to Defeat Trillion Dollar Spending Bill

February 4th, 2009, Fairfax, VA—Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today in a letter joined with 18 free market and limited government leaders in strongly urging members of the Senate to defeat the spending bill that “will total some $1.2 trillion when interest is calculated over the next decade, and represents an unsustainable growth of government.”

The joint letter is critical of provisions in the legislation already passed by the House of Representatives, and leaders believe it will not boost the economy.

“The irresponsible expansion of the budget to bail out state governments from their own budget deficits, expand Medicaid, boost education spending, food stamps and unemployment benefits, build federal buildings, provide more for public housing, construct climate change supercomputers, erect trade barriers overseas, create refundable tax credits, and make special interest payouts will not stimulate sustainable economic growth,” according to the letter.

The letter calls for permanent tax relief for businesses and individuals. The leaders believe that “individuals and businesses only change their spending and investment habits significantly when they expect policy changes to be permanent.”

Specifically, the letter advocates “[p]reventing tax increases on individual income, capital gains and dividends, changing the tax code to allow full-cost, first-year expensing for business equipment rather than the arbitrary IRS depreciation schedule, and lowering the U.S. corporate tax rate, among the highest in the world, would yield much more bang for the buck in ensuring a rapid economic recovery than the current package of massive spending with a sliver of targeted tax cuts.

The letter portends that the U.S. “is running the serious risk that it will default on its financial obligations, as the nation's creditors during the current economic downturn may be unable to continue sustaining the uncontrolled growth of spending, leaving the nation in financial ruin.”

The current national debt is $10.7 trillion. That includes $4.3 trillion owed for Social Security, Medicare, and other commitments, and $6.4 trillion held privately, $3 trillion of which is held overseas. 40 percent of the debt held privately comes due this year.

“The only way for the government to pay [the debt coming due] is to borrow yet more money,” the letter reads.

The organizations represented disagree with the idea that additional spending is not necessary to stimulate economic growth.

As an alternative the free market and limited government organizations call upon the Senate to deliver “a real plan for change, to finally set the nation's fiscal house in order, to provide permanent tax relief to businesses and individuals, to free the American people from the boom-to-bust economic cycle, and to at last retire the national debt.”

Wilson believes that the legislation can be defeated in the Senate.

“The tide is clearly turning against the Obama trillion dollar debt stimulus plan,” said Wilson in a statement.

“It is now up to Senators who do not wish to engage in generational theft to stand up and make their voices heard, and vote 'no' on the 'stimulus,'” Wilson concluded.

We just may well get this thing defeated after all...

Showdown in the Senate--2 PM Today

At 2 PM this afternoon, the U.S. Senate will begin debate on the massive and unprecedented 1.1. trillion-dollar 'economic stimulus' plan proposed by Obama and the Democrats.

Senate Republicans have stated that they intend to mount fierce opposition to the plan. And for good reason.

As we have shown repeatedly on The Liberty Sphere, the plan is loaded with multi-billions for liberal special interest groups, including Obama's fraudulent group ACORN. This is nothing more than getting set for the 2012 elections under the guise of 'helping American workers.'

Workers are not helped in this plan unless you believe that giving multi-billions to big labor Unions is tantamount to helping average workers put food on the table.

And for good measure, the Obama plan places a check from the federal government (the taxpayers) into the hands of every single illegal alien. Once again, this is more insurance for the Democrats leading up to the 2012 election.

The problem is that NONE of it really helps the economy or creates jobs.

Senate Republicans apparently are seeing the same thing in this bill that their colleagues in the House saw--billions upon billions of pork, running up the national debt, and giving taxpayers' money to special interest groups that will help get Obama and the Democrats elected again in 2012.

It is becoming a distinct possibility that Obama's pork project will pass through Congress without gaining a single Republican vote in either the House or the Senate.

I can think of no better way to make a clear statement to the electorate about the nature of this bill. The Democrats certainly have the votes to pass it without Republican support. Let them. They will then be forced to suffer the consequences of its coming failure.

What Obama Isn't Telling You

Even as he was pushing a trillion-dollar spending package that is supposed to 'stimulate' the economy, Barack Obama stated in his radio address that it will take years, not months, for the nation's economy to stabilize.

At least he admitted what economists have been saying all along--the nation will pull out of the recession in 2010 or so, whether the government does anything or not.

Thus, the question becomes, why do we need to go another trillion dollars in debt for something that isn't going to help matters at all in the short term?

There is a very good reason. Obama and the Democrats are using this 'crisis' to justify a spending package for their favorite pet projects, including multi-billions to the fraudulent group ACORN, which will then be set financially to get Obama re-elected in 2012.

This is what Obama isn't telling you about the stimulus package.

Further, since the nation is already over a trillion dollars in debt, adding another trillion to the debt will only make matters twice as bad.

And that isn't even the half of it. Most economists agree that the estimated 1.1 trillion dollars for the stimulus package will only be followed by more requests for tax dollars from Washington. The banking industry has already claimed it needs yet another bailout.

By the time this is all finished, with the Democrats' notion that government spending is all it takes to get the nation moving again, we could well end up in excess of 3 trillion dollars in debt.

This is not a cure for our economic woes but a witch-doctor's prescription for disaster.

And to add insult to injury, the Democrats have made sure that within the package the House passed is a provision that would give $1000 a piece to illegal aliens.

Gotta make sure those new voters for Democrats are happy, you see.

Read more on this travesty here.

Eleven Dems Join GOP to Oppose Obama Plan

Although the vast majority of the Democrats in the U.S. House Representatives marched in lockstep to the directives of San Fran Nan and Barack Obama, eleven brave souls joined Republicans in opposing the massive stimulus package backed by Obama and the House Democratic leadership.

Here are the names of these eleven brave, patriotic Democrats: Griffith, Peterson, Boyd, Bright, Kanjorski, Kratovil, Cooper, Taylor, Ellsworth, Minnick, and Shuler. (H/t to Michelle Malkin).

Not a single Republican in the House voted in favor of this shameful thievery of taxpayers' money.

Thus, this is the Democrats' baby. They will have to accept total blame for the carnage to follow.

Zero...Zilch...Nada

In one of the most divisive votes in the history of the U.S. House of Representatives, not a single Republican voted in favor of Barack Obama's 1.1 trillion-dollar stimulus plan for the economy.

The Republicans are to be commended for standing together against economic tyranny and decrying the passing along of 2 trillion dollars' worth of debt to succeeding generations of American taxpayers.

America is already in debt by 1 trillion dollars. The Democrats in the House just voted to make that 2 trillion by voting in favor of spending money we don't have.

Yet this is supposed to 'bring America out of the recession?'

Suppose you were $100,000 bucks in debt. And suppose some smooth-talking snake oil salesman tried to sell you a bill of goods, promising that if only you double your amount of debt to $200,000 bucks you will get your financial house in order much quicker.

What would you say about such a plan?

To most people this is asinine. Yet this is precisely what the Democratic House of Representatives just did, at Barack Obama's bidding, and the Senate is getting ready to do the same thing.

When this flimsy deck of cards comes crashing down, and be assured it will, just remember who supported it and who condemned it. More importantly, remember who voted against this snake oil nostrum.

Searchable Text of Stimulus Bill in Congress

The Senate Conservatives Fund has provided an online searchable text of the 1.1 trillion-dollar economic stimulus bill proposed by Barack Obama and the Democrats (h/t to Michelle Malkin).

This bill is an albatross around the necks of the American taxpayer for generations to come.

Click on the link and read. Then call your Senators and Representatives encouraging them to vote NO on this bill.

First Vote on Obama Bailout Today

The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the massive 1.1 trillion dollar government bailout proposed by Barack Obama today.

Included in the measure is a multi-million-dollar bonanza for Obama's fraudulent front-group, ACORN.

House Republicans are expected to vote against the measure en mass, but they admitted they simply don't have the votes to stop the so-called 'stimulus' package from being approved.

However, one of the factors fueling potential opposition to the package among some conservative Democrats is a letter of opposition to the bill signed by 200 major U.S. economists.

Contrary to the suggestion by Barack Obama and the Democrats that this measure has broad support among economists, many experts in the financial sector see nothing in the bill that will actually help the economy at all.

In fact, a careful examination of the spending measures in the bill will reveal that it is primarily a funding bonanza for liberal Democrats' pet projects...at taxpayer expense in the middle of a recession.