Showing posts with label spending. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spending. Show all posts

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Vote NO on Debt Ceiling Increase

Vote NO on Debt Ceiling Increase

Dear Randy,


The Federal Reserve is already publicly committed to print some $75 billion a month to service massive federal budget deficits and allow the federal establishment's unchecked expansion to continue.

This massive subsidy to rampant federal spending was never voted upon by Congress or the American people – at least $600 billion in new money is being printed and given to the insolvent federal government – completely beyond the control of democratic processes that define a free America and further destroying the value of every dollar you earn, spend, save, or invest.

The only way to put a stop to this insanity is for Congress to REFUSE to raise the debt limit.
Randy, I know that Members of Congress who think like you and I do are being derided as "The Shutdown Caucus", but if Republicans cave in and join with the Democrats to raise America's debt ceiling above the already staggering current limit of $14.3 trillion, Obamacare will be funded, the bailouts will continue, and out-of-control federal spending will get worse.
Our national debt is already 90% of gross domestic product (GDP). By increasing the debt to 100% or more, America could join the ranks of banana republics which have destroyed their currencies and plunged their economies into chaos.
No more federal debt on the backs of our children and grandchildren!
NO NEW DEBT FOR THE OBAMA AGENDA!!


Wednesday, September 30, 2009

LET’S RAISE THEIR TAXES…!

LET’S RAISE THEIR TAXES…!

Democrats in Congress are going to allow the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 to expire, resulting in what the Wall Street Journal called “the biggest tax increase in our nation’s history”.

Once these tax cuts are allowed to expire, taxpayers will face an estimated total of almost $2.4 trillion in additional taxes.

That means about 17 million seniors will face an estimated average tax increase of $2,034 each.

When these tax cuts are allowed to expire:
· The Marriage Penalty will be reinstated, costing married couples almost $1,500 per year on average.
· 26 million small business owners will face an average tax increase of $3,637.
· And, the Death Tax will return to its former high rate, which has been a leading cause of the demise of small businesses. This will cost American families an estimated $91 billion.

President Obama wants to raise tax rates on dividends and capital gains, causing stocks to lose an estimated additional $90-billion-plus in value.

And then if Congress passes it’s “cap-and-trade” energy plan into law, the cost to each American household will average about $4,6093 per year in higher taxes and energy prices, appearing on your electric bill, gas bill, water bill, phone bill, and at the gasoline pumps.

Americans already pay, on average, an estimated 35 to 40 percent of their earnings each year in federal taxes. We are simply taxed out the wahzoo.

How much more “hope and change” can American families afford?

Sunday, September 20, 2009

WHY I DON'T LIKE OBAMA

Obama has been proven to be a liar.

From the moment he stepped onto the national stage to campaign for the presidency, Obama has consistently lied to the American people in order to convince us to trust him with our economic and national security. Since becoming our president, he has betrayed that trust.

During his first eight months in office, Obama has exhibited his admiration for dictators and disdain for our allies.
  • He offended the Queen of England and bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia.
  • He praised the Marxist Daniel Ortega, kissed Socialist Hugo Chavez on the cheek and endorsed the Socialist Evo Morales of Bolivia.
  • He sided with Hugo Chavez and Communist Fidel Castro against Honduras, a country that followed its constitution and stopped its president from illegally turning himself into that country’s dictator.
  • Obama announced that he would meet with Iranians with no pre-conditions, while they're building their nuclear weapons.

Obama displayed a blatant lack of concern for what is in the best interest of America when he circled the globe and publicly apologized for America's world leadership. He told the Mexican president that Americans are responsible for the violence in Mexico.

He announced a cut in funding for our new missile defense system the day after an ICBM was launched by North Korea.

He released information on U.S. intelligence gathering despite contrary urgings of his own CIA director and the four prior CIA directors.

He ordered that the word "terrorism" be stricken from our discourse and replaced with the innocuous words "man made disasters."

He appointed a Homeland Security Chief who identified military veterans and abortion opponents as "dangers to the nation."

In a scary bid to increase the political power of the Democratic Party, Obama politicized the census by moving it out of the Department of Commerce and into the White House.


His dogged determination to turn our country into a failed socialist nation was in full evidence when Obama nationalized General Motors and Chrysler. He gave to the unions control over the two giant automobile manufacturers, while freezing out retired investors and allocating billions of taxpayer dollars to this socialist power grab. As a further slap in our economic face, he expanded the corporate bailouts, including giving billions to AIG without pre-conditions. Then, to add insult to injury, Obama doubled our national debt with his out-of-control spending.

Obama is spending so brazenly because he is counting on Americans being lulled into complacency by the time of the 2010 elections. By design, the bulk of the "stimulus" funds will be spent, just in time, to spur a false recovery. The "recovery" will be hailed as proof of Obama's wisdom by the liberal media. It will not matter that the so-called recovery will not be real, or that it won't last – as long as Obama and liberal Democrats stay in control of our government.

Demonstrating his willingness to operate without regard for our laws, Obama fired two inspector generals (IG’s) who were investigating illegal activities by Obama cronies. Obama fired the IG’s even though, by law, inspector generals are authorized to conduct investigations without interference from government officials.

Blatantly, Obama refused to prosecute Black Panthers caught on video intimidating voters at a polling place in Philadelphia during the 2008 election.

Further, Obama filled his cabinet with five people who have cheated on their taxes, and two of his other nominees withdrew after they were exposed as tax cheats.

Obama and his supporters scoffed at parents and called them racist for not wanting their children indoctrinated by Obama with his K-12 speech. Obama’s talking about the value of education was not the problem. What rankled citizens was the lesson plan from the Department of Education – before it was changed under pressure from the public – that required children to write papers about how to help Obama achieve his radical agenda.

Obama has publicly asserted that...
  • some corporations, including 'Big Oil' and medical insurance companies, make 'obscene profits' (they don't compared with many other industries) and that his 'compensation czar' will look into executive compensation...
  • medical insurance companies need a 'public option' to keep them 'honest,' ...
  • He wants a government-guaranteed 'level playing field' of wealth redistribution via taxing those deemed to have too much.

The lack of any check on Obama’s power, due to a veto-proof Democrat-controlled Congress and a lap dog liberal media, has caused Obama to boldly assert his radical agenda and surround himself with a stable of over 30 advisors called "Czars". These unaccountable Obama-appointees are beholden only to Obama. They are not unanswerable to Congress or the American people, as was intended by our Constitution which requires congressional confirmation hearings and oversight of political appointees. Among those Czars are Communists, Marxists and other characters with troubling backgrounds and questionable credentials who should not be allowed anywhere near the White House. Gone is media outrage over abuse of power or an imperial presidency, as well as any angst about the shredding of our Constitution.

The preceding comments were excerpted from an article entitled:

OBAMA – A CHARMING LIAR?
By Frances Rice,
a retired lawyer and Army Lieutenant Colonel,
who is chairman of the National Black Republican Association.
http://www.nbra.info/

Read the entire article here:

http://blackrepublican.blogspot.com/

Monday, September 7, 2009

September 7, 2009

Dear Congressman Neugebauer,

I very much love reading your weekly updates.

I’m so very pleased that you have stated, "I cannot support any plan that includes a government-run option...but I do not believe bigger government and more spending is the solution."

Thank you sir.

But I must take exception to the center portion of your statement..."We can all agree there is room for improvement in our health care system..."

Randy,
The health care system here in the U.S. is WITHOUT A DOUBT the very best in the entire world...!

I have been a health care provider right here in Texas since 1980.

Randy, there is NO health care system ANYWHERE that even comes close to what we provide right here in the U.S.
Never ever do you hear of Americans traveling to Canada for health care...!

Never ever do you hear of Americans traveling to Great Britain for health care...!

Never ever do you hear of Americans traveling to France, or Cuba, or Saudi Arabia, or Sweden, or Russia for health care...!

Randy, I am sooooooooooooooooo appreciative that you have said, "as long as a plan to nationalize our healthcare system is on the table, I will vote against it".

But Randy, here’s my problem:
  • Realizing that there is NO health care system ANYWHERE that even comes close to what we provide right here in the U.S., and
  • Realizing that Americans just simply don’t travel abroad for their health care...


I DO NOT agree that, "We can all agree there is room for improvement in our health care system..."


May I suggest that conservatives stop using that phrase, which has implications that are so far from the truth that are so unrealistic that it misleads the American public.


When people say that, "We can all agree there is room for improvement in our health care system..." they are misunderstanding something of critical importance...

  • there is NO health care system ANYWHERE that even comes close to what we provide right here in the U.S.,and
  • they are impugning the integrity of physicians like myself.


It’s not our health care system that is broken..............!


It’s ACCESS to our health care system that people are really talking about...!


We’re not really talking about the health care system itself, but some sort of reform of health insurance coverage.


Most of the current polls say that Americans are satisfied with their current health care insurance.


I know that you are NOT a liberal, but liberals like to spout things that too many conservatives tend to latch onto. For example, I don’t accept the liberal premise that our health care system is broken, and my patients throughout Abilene and all of West Texas don’t either.


Randy, please stop saying that, "We can all agree there is room for improvement in our health care system..."


Sincerely,


Dr. Chris Albritton
Abilene, TX

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Obama's Health Care Plan

Dear Senator Cornyn,

I just read your op-ed entitled "Lower The Cost Of Health Care Without Sacrificing Control To Washington". ( http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/2009/06/18/0618cornyn_edit.html )

I agree 100%.

I'm a physician in Abilene, TX, in solo private practice, and I have 7 full time employees.

If the Obama health care plan is enacted, I will not be able to afford to pay health care benefits to all 7 of my employees.

Obama's health care plan WILL FORCE ME TO TERMINATE TWO EMPLOYEES...!

As a result of terminating two employees, I will not be able to see and treat all the patients who want to come to me with their health problems.

So, I have three questions:
  1. Will Obama dictate to me WHICH two employees to terminate?
  2. The two employees I have to terminate because of Obama's health care plan, will Obama find them another job to support their families?
  3. How will the Obama health care plan help patients in need of a physician find someone to care for them as so many other physicains, like myself, will be forced to cut back on employees and the number of patients we see?

Sincerely,

Dr. Chris Albritton
Abilene, TX

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

This is so outrageous…!

We’re gonna PAY other nations affected by the global financial crisis…???

Democrats have included a $5 billion increase for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help aid nations affected by the global financial crisis.

(Pardon me here, but when OUR nation is suffering, with 1.8 MILLION jobs lost since Obama took office, and AMERICANS are facing huge tax increases…HOW DARE the government to give away $5 billion to “other nations”…!!! )

Republicans say that is reason enough to vote against the entire $106 billion spending bill and are certain voters will understand.

“Once the American people learn that the Democrats are using a war-funding bill for a global bailout, they’ll know what to do,” House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (Ind.) told The Hill. “We’ll take the message to the floor and to the American people, and I expect we’ll win this fight.”

Read the whole article here:
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/in-reversal-gop-balks-at-war-funding-2009-06-15.html

Monday, May 25, 2009

Dear Senator Cornyn,

No new taxes for socialized medicine!

One of the ideas being proposed by the Senate Finance Committee is to pay for government-run health care by raising taxes on beverages. This tax scheme is a bad one, and would cost everyone that enjoys soda, sports drinks or alcoholic beverages. Raising taxes on the American people during a recession is bad policy, regardless of what the money will supposedly be spent on.

Leaders in the Senate are planning on paying for the government takeover of healthcare with massive taxes on soda and alcoholic beverages. It’s a hefty chunk of change: beer would be up 145% per six pack, the liquor tax would increase $2.54 per fifth, and the soda tax could be raised as well.

Those who want to see a Canadian-style socialized health care system have managed to sneak reconciliation language into the budget which means that Senator Reid and his allies can limit debate of this monumental decision and pass sweeping changes to our health care system with only 51 votes. That’s why every vote counts to preserve the choice and freedom we have.

This is something America just can’t afford right now – these tax hikes mean less money in our own pockets and a severe hit to the already suffering restaurant business and their employees.

I'd like to see you publicly state your opposition to the beverage tax idea.

Sincerely,

Dr. Chris Albritton

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Patriotic to pay more taxes...???

Dear President Obama,

Vice President Joe Biden said during the 2008 campaign that it is patriotic for Americans to pay more in taxes.

Since taking over control of Washington, the Democrats have decided we should all be more "patriotic" having passed or proposed more than $5 trillion in new spending and $1.4 trillion in new taxes.

I don't believe that it is patriotic to pay more taxes.

And I do not approve of the $1.4 trillion in new taxes, $636 billion in higher energy taxes, the staggering redistribution of wealth and wasteful spending you are prescribing as a cure for the economic crisis.

To hold the Democrats in Washington accountable for their record tax, spend and borrow schemes, I am sending a virtual tea bag to protest your plans to raise taxes on every American this Tax Day.

Sincerely,

Dr. Chris Albritton

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Immigration increases the US unemployment rate

Dear Representative Neugebauer,
I am sure you were as appalled as I was when you saw the unemployment figures for March. It is truly demoralizing that so many Americans are unemployed. Given that so many Americans are out of work, don't you think Congress should reexamine America's excessive immigration policies?

The United States admits 138,000 foreign workers each month. The vast majority of these foreign workers do not possess extraordinary talents or skills. Americans would gladly work the jobs filled by foreign workers if given the opportunity.

While 13.2 million Americans sit unemployed, 7.7 million illegal alien workers have jobs to which they are not entitled. I find it appalling that Congress has allowed this injustice to occur. If our nation's immigration laws were enforced, then America would have millions fewer unemployed workers.

I urge you to right this tremendous wrong by working to reform America's ineffective and wasteful immigration system. Please work to halt most forms of immigration so that unemployed Americans have a decent chance of finding a job.

Thank you,

Dr. Chris Albritton

Friday, April 3, 2009

Obama doesn't want TARP money returned to tax payers

On Friday April 3, 2009, President Obama refused to allow JPMorgan Chase bank to re-pay the TARP money back to the US Government.

Obama had a meeting with the CEOs of some of the big US banks.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon insisted that he’d like to give the government’s TARP money back as soon as practical, and asked the president to “streamline” that process.

But Obama didn’t like that idea — arguing that the system still needs government capital.

Several CEOs disagreed, arguing instead that returning TARP money was their patriotic duty, that they didn’t need it anymore, and that publicity surrounding the return would send a positive signal of confidence to the markets.

The president offered an analogy: “This is like a patient who’s on antibiotics,” he said. “Maybe the patient starts feeling better after a couple of days, but you don’t stop taking the medicine until you’ve finished the bottle.” Returning the money too early, the president argued could send a bad signal.

Read the full report here:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20871.html

I wonder why Obama thinks he’s so much smarter than the CEOs of some of the largest US banks…?

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Obama's Socialist Budget Proposal

Dear Senator Hutchinson,

Please take a stand AGAINST President Obama’s socialist budget proposal.

In his press conference on Tuesday night, the President tried to clarify why massive government spending and saddling America with unprecedented levels of debt are justified. He said that his administration needs to make some "tough budgetary choices", but the overall budget proposal is the largest in the history of the world. He tried to make America think that if his agenda is not passed, there will be "zero growth" in the economy. I don’t believe that, and most of the Texans I know don’t believe that.

Obama’s budget will increase the National Debt $7 trillion over the next 10 years. Under this budget, America will reach the point where it is paying more each year on the interest to the national debt than it is paying for national defense.

We simply can't keep borrowing and borrowing. We can't let Obama take us down the path to socialism.

I want Republicans to come up with a better budget proposal......one that CUTS GOVERNMENT SPENDING.

But in the meantime, we absolutely MUST defeat Obama’s Socialist Budget Proposal...!

Monday, March 23, 2009

Obama's MASSIVE Budget

Dear Senator Cornyn,

I urge you to reject President Obama's budget, which taxes and spends at a rate that Americans like me today, and my children and grandchildren tomorrow, simply cannot afford.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has predicted that the Obama budget would push the federal deficit to a mind-numbing $1.85 trillion this year and pile up $9.3 trillion in deficits over the next decade, on top of the existing $11 trillion national debt. CBO called these deficits "unsustainable."

What's more, the President's budget would impose a whole host of new and higher taxes just as our economy is struggling to emerge from its current recession. The $636 billion income tax increase on individuals and small businesses would discourage entrepreneurship and stifle job creation. The plan for a cap-and-trade energy system would raise the costs of electricity, gasoline, and other products and services that I purchase. I've seen estimates that this so-called "light bulb tax" could cost American families as much as $3,100 annually!

I also understand that the House and Senate leadership are considering a parliamentary maneuver, called "budget reconciliation," to stifle debate on the President's budget and ram through its controversial policies on energy and nationalized healthcare. Such far-reaching changes to our economy and society merit time for careful debate and consideration, not only within the halls of Congress but also among Americans like me. I urge you to oppose any such anti-democratic maneuver.

We cannot continue on our current course of taxing, borrowing, and
spending. America needs a budget that cuts spending, promotes fiscal
responsibility, and encourages economic growth. President Obama's budget advances none of these goals.

Sincerely,

Dr. Chris Albritton
2533 Woodlake Dr
Abilene, TX 79606-4301