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tazzygirl -> RE: Do republicans even have a conscience? (11/4/2012 11:45:49 AM)
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Enabling people by feeding them instead of making policies that create jobs so they can feed themselves, is unconscionable.
Where are the jobs so they can feed themselves? Everyone has agreed the government doesnt create jobs.
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Now lets talk birth control...I believe others have explained this well previously. It is not the tax payers job nor the governments job to enforce this or pay for it. Most insurance companies pay for birth control anyways. The problem as stated above was forcing religious institutions to pay for it....wrong answer and is not the American way. I don't know of anyone that would buy my condemns anyways so it's not an attack on woman but an attack on government over reaching its boundaries. Red politician said it perfectly and without campaign slogans from either side. Just common sense.
Certain religious organizations are exempted.
The mandate itself would not even affect churches, merely the hospitals, universities and other public institutions that serve the wider population and receive secular government funds. There is even an exemption for religious organizations in the law where third party insurance would cover birth control, but Catholics are saying this is not enough. And while I am totally in support of creating a super-thick wall between church and state, I also think that bending over backwards for one type of religion isn’t keeping that wall separate.
Claiming they are self-insured isnt going to work.
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Lets talk about welfare for corporations. Agree with ya on this...but let's look at an example. 80 billion dollars given to oil companies in the last 20 yrs. like they need it. Flip side....80 billion dollars given to green energy companies in the last 3.5 yrs with more than a handful failing. So yes there is corporate welfare that shouldn't be there but let's open our eyes and see what is going on.
100 Billion to corporations this year
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Rising federal spending and huge deficits are pushing the nation toward a financial and economic crisis. Policymakers should find and eliminate wasteful, damaging, and unneeded programs in the federal budget. One good way to save money would be to cut subsidies to businesses. Corporate welfare in the federal budget costs taxpayers almost $100 billion a year.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/PA694.pdf
A great list of the different types of "welfare" programs for the "public"
Adoption Assistance 2,480.0 (numbers in millions)
Federal Pell Grants 41,000.0
Foster Care Title IV 3,976.0
Medicaid 228,000.0
As fas as Medicaid...
If you're approved for disability benefits, you'll also get Medicare or Medicaid, depending on whether you receive SSDI or SSI benefits.
Not all that cost is associated with being poor, lazy and unmotivated.
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Or disregard everything I pointed out and "vote for revenge" and not because you researched and made an informed decision after weighing both sides.
You havent said anything I havent researched... in depth. Not everyone is out for "revenge". Its simply another talking point to try and influence an election depending on the size of your wallet.
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