Posted by Congressman John Campbell at 12:00 am on Dec 18, 2009 Comments Off on A Year End Wrap-up 2009
Quote of the week: “No man’s life, liberty,
or property is safe while Congress is in session” – Samuel
Clemens (Mark Twain)
The House of Representatives adjourned for the year on Wednesday
night. So, as Samuel Clemens so aptly stated, your property and
freedom are safe until January 12th, 2010. You all know that the
Senate is still wrestling with their Health Care Bill. Thus far,
the absence of the government run part is a good thing, laregely
because it is therefore unlikely to lead to full-blown socialized
medicine. That’s why Howard Dean and other unabashed socialized
medicine advocates are now against the bill. But the bill
still stinks because it will raise taxes and costs on every single
American who currently has health insurance in order to create a
new expensive bureaucracy in an attempt to insure the uninsured. If
this bill were to pass, it would not surprise me if health
insurance costs rise by about 30% on everyone because of the
resulting taxes on insurance policies, new mandated coverage’s, and
expanded costs. I just don’t see how the President and the
Democrats believe that this will help people or… Read More