Landrieu ‘Skeptical’ of Reid Health Care Plan

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how about some stinking private sector jobs. how about some releif for small business. how about taking care of tax paying americans

how about taking care of tax paying americans
catman | Nov 3, 2009 11:47:32 AM

The $200 billion+ in tax relief in the stimulus wasn't relief for small business and taxpayers? How much bigger (more debt) did you want the stimulus?

jhw539...you answered your own question. with unemployment at 10% or more there obviously has not been enough help for small business. if you throw on a 8% payroll tax to fund health care there will be no jobs. what 200 billion in releif for small business???

200B was equal to roughly $16/month. So, that's what you call relief?

JHW539;Have you ever had to make payroll?

"Sen. Ben Nelson, R-Neb." - Freudian slip?

What is the total tax collected from tax payers from one year to the next.

I had to use my savings because I was out of work for one year. I did not any breaks from the IRS. I paid more than I now owe. If I could get the fee dismissed, I would owe nothing. I paid the taxes, just the fee for withdrawing my money.

Get the bill written put it on line or someplace where at least the legislators can read it then if they read it it will fail.

At the rate Obama is racking up the debt, there isn't enough money on the planet to pay for his programs. Why not take the Sar Trek solution and just get rid of money?

matt Wood wrote: " I did not any breaks from the IRS. I paid more than I now owe. If I could get the fee dismissed, I would owe nothing."

I have a similar problem. The IRS claimed I never filed a 2001 return. It claimed I owed, with penalties, over $10K. When I refused to pay while arguing for reconsideration, they docked my checking & savings account for $5600, leaving me with about $150 in bounced check fees. I refiled 2001-2007 and, after phone call after call and meeting after meeting, I received a letter saying the IRS owed me $2865 on the returns alone - which they are applying to "the $3200 I owe in penalties"! They thought I'd be thrilled that they "ruled" I only owed them $300+. I asked them to explain how they could be over $12000+ wrong on a middle class income-return and what happened to the $5600, and what the penalties were for. They're now "looking into it". I wish I could dock THEM for the approx. $8500 I'm telling them they owe me until they ask for "reconsideration". There's going to be more meeting after meeting until I get paid. They owe ME and are trying to wear me out. But their shorthanded office is going to have to deal with a couple calls per day from me if that's what it takes.

My home state is Hawaii. And while Hawaii does have health insurance for working people, it does so thru requiring businesses to provide insurance to workers that work more than 20 hours per week. No public option there; and it's for people who work. Obviously, you take care of the people "between the cracks" with other programs; so let's keep the "public option" outside of this fixing medicare-and-healthcare debate. Too much on the plate will lead to a huge defeat for Obama, which might be best the first time around if he doesn't get it yet.

The left wing of the Democrat party has hijacked the party to such extreme that the consequences to our country are going to be disastrous. A prime example is nacy Pelosi's and Harry Reid's Healthcare Plans, both plans are intended to destroy healthcare as we know it, to violate the sacred relationships of doctor and patient and to spend over 1 Trillion dollars to fund abortions, insure illegal aliens, and make the middle class pay for it, by raising taxes in the future. Obma is an extreme leftist and he wants to turn this country into Government controlled socialist state. I don't believe Democrats really want this path for our future, and common sense Democrats are going to rebel against Obama's agenda. I just hope that Hillary Clinton runs against Obama in 2012, she would be much better this country than he would ever be.

Can somebody tell me exactly what this bill will do that will make me and my family's health care better......Please do not tell me it's a cost saver because that I already know is not fact...It will cost me more and it will be government run..Can anybody answer..

My prayer is that the whole bill is stopped and redone. We don't need this bill the way it is. National Healthcare is a luxury. The government has proved through Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security that it can't handle government run healthcare (that term just freaks me out). We need to focus on the economy first then focus on healthcare.

Please Harry, don't compromise on your health care bill. Ride the ship right to the bottom along with Pelosi and Schummer.

Obama and the Democrats are tone deaf when it comes to health care. Only 35% of the American people support their bill and yet they seem determined to cram it down our throats. If Obama was half the politician that Bill Clinton was he would pull the bill. Act like he is doing the American people a favor and promise to reform healthcare in a bipartisan way. If he did that his poll numbers would instantly improve and it might provide some confidence to small businesses that they can hire again without worrying about huge new mandates and tax increases. By the way, he should do the same with Cap-and-Trade. These huge programs will require huge tax increases and small businesses are scared senseless over their impact.

The President should listen to the election last night. Americans are fed up with being overtaxed and underpaid. The last thing we want is another government program that will spend over a trillion dollars and raise our taxes even higher and prevent any kind of job growth. The stimulus worked for Wall Street, but not for the rest of us. This plan will infuse tons of money into the medical industry, but there's absolutely nothing to reduce costs for the average working stiff. In fact, it raises costs for the typical family.

Mr. Obama, forget this nonsense and get back to some fiscal sanity. PLEASE.

Why you people whining, why you dislike Obama he is in the office less then one year, and you blaming everything on him come on that is not fear. Why don't you blama the problem bush and his repubican friends they are the one who created this mess the country facing now. Obama has nothing to do this problem he didn't invaded Iraq, Afghanistan he didnt spent money on war. Bush and his repubican sold to the American people illegal war; they spent trillion dollars Iraq war, blame the problem America facing now Bush and his people. There is reason why you dislike Obama, but you can't do nothing he will success GOD willing.

the reason the government wants the health care bill it the money. its a huge amount of money , if they can get rid of the health care insurance industry, not only will they charge taxpayers for there insurance. they will also tax those who refuse to pay. they see the dollar signs not uninsured people . one thing you have got to remember is not one thing has been done to root out corruption, not one thing has been done at stopping the billions of dollars of misspent and wasted tax payers money what happened to the tarp money that a lot of the banks have payed back and the billions in loans that the car companies were to pay back or was the plan to not ever pay back the loans this this is got to be the biggist rip off in history

I find it funny that the same people who had bottomless pockets for the War in Iraq and have no idea how much our grandchildren are paying for that are the same folks that scream bloody murder when we do something for the AMERICAN people. These people are making me sick. Such hypocrits. I can't believe they talk these other fools into whining about the deficits when they know damn well they came from Bush! No Public Option - No GOP in the House or Senate. I will pay big bucks to help remove them and the Dems who are blocking the public option. End of story!

Out of 20 posts, I count two in support of Obamacare - Minnesotans & Julescator. It's quite clear most of the public don't want this. They want jobs first, then we can discuss real reform. So may I ask you two this: have you read either the Senate or House bills? They are posted online if you're willing to do a little homework. Try reading the nearly 2000 page monstrosity and see if you can understand it. If you can't, try and read just 1% (20 pages) of it. If you still can't, ask your Congressman & senators if they have. If you can't get a straight answer, why would you want them to vote for it? There is no public option and yes, there are honest Democrats (like Colin Peterson of Minnesota) who will confirm that. We all will go on Obamacare. We won't have a choice (option) Look it up!

Julescator: Deficits didn't begin with Bush. The country has had one balanced budget in the past 50 years, and that one was only "balanced' because the previous 40 years of accumulated debt wasn't accounted for. Why are we upset with the President? He promised us change - only the change he apparently envisions is not change we can believe in. His version of change is having the government monopolize as many industries as he can. He's done it with autos, he's doing it with finance. He has plans on the table to monopolize higher education, energy and now healthcare. He pays lip-service to the ideal of entreprenuership and self-reliance, but actions speak loader than words. By the time he's done, the government will be your employer, your banker, your doctor and your babysitter. When I was growing up, that was the definition of communism.