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Tag: State Senators

As If It Makes It OK?

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Sat Nov 19, 2011 at 09:15:06 AM EST
Tags: Michigan, Abortion, Health Care, Exchanges, Banning, Right, Left, State Senators, JANSEN, SCHUITMAKER, ROBERTSON, GREEN, BRANDENBURG, COLBECK, CASWELL, HILDENBRAND, EMMONS (all tags)

There is no question the Insurance exchange moving successfully through the Senate was bad, and frankly capitulating to big brother Fed. But some of the participants in its passing, including State Senator Mark Jansen might think THIS makes it OK:

Sec. 3407c. (1) A qualified health plan offered through a state exchange pursuant to the patient protection and affordable care act, Public Law 111-148, and the health care and education reconciliation act of 2010, Public Law 111-152, shall not provide coverage for elective abortion. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit an individual, organization, or employer participating in a qualified health plan offered through a state exchange from purchasing optional supplemental coverage for elective abortion outside of the exchange as provided in subsection (2).

Read the rest. Its as if its thrown in there to appease conscience conservatives. Of course we don't wish to see tax dollars spent on abortion. We don't want to see abortions frankly.

However, every time a bill is crafted to capitulate with the left and its great society plans, it seems there has to be riders and subsequent action to (hopefully) silence dissent from the right.

I believe it may be best to take the ink out of all of their writing utensils for a couple years.

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Constitutional?

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Tue Nov 15, 2011 at 09:08:43 PM EST
Tags: Michigan, Health Care, Exchanges, Obamacare, Prevarication, State Senators, Recalls, Republicans, Line-In-Sand, Just Say No (all tags)

Looking at one of the decisions made recently by our state senators, I wonder how short a person's memory can possibly be?

Allow me to get just a wee bit cantankerous here.

In November 2010, the repudiation of the unconstitutional Obamacare could not have been made more clear. The line drawn in the sand has been made. Especially in Michigan, (still a "blue" state) which made majorities in both houses for Republicans. Good Tea Party folk in this state have been particularly effective in moving the spectrum of office holders decidedly to the right, yet political Alzheimers has already beset the marginal recipients of our expressed outrage at the literal Abomination (Obama-nation) through the ballot box. Many seem to have forgotten the source of their mandate.

Or they lied.

Liars should not be forgotten, nor forgiven all too easily.

Misdirection disguised as good intention is still an obfuscation of truth. And as one post recently pointed out, there is no bashfulness by certain senators about hiding behind just-in-case legislation for the purpose of accepting federal dollars and selling out Michigan citizens in the big picture of the health care debate. There is no question that the health care exchange comes with not only strings attached, but rather with full blown ankle bracelets, and 3/8" links. Yet, if nothing else was clearly stated, there was an absolute rejection of Obamacare demanded in this last election.

One more piece in the impossible to dismantle government interference in our lives bureaucracy is now that much closer to reality.

Yay.

A little more below.

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