Health Care, Bill White and Border Patrol
Fact check: Premiums would rise under Obama plan – Premiums are likely to keep going up even if the health care bill passes, experts say. If cost controls work as advertised, annual increases would level off with time. But don’t look for a rollback. Instead, the main reason premiums would be more affordable is that new government tax credits would help cover the cost for millions of people.
The Associated Press has a nice hit piece on the proposed benefits of the Obama Health Care Reform bill. Even upon reading and comprehending the article one can easily see that semantics are the root support of this flawed piece.
White linked to company facing pollution probe – Democratic gubernatorial nominee Bill White earned more than $2.6 million serving on the board of a gas well servicing company that now is part of a congressional investigation into possible groundwater contamination.
How shocking! Of course if you are going to use this as a reason not to support Bill White for his run as Texas Governor than you must have forgot all the shady business that current Governor Rick Perry has been involved in. The fact that White is "linked" to a company facing a pollution probe is like saying I have a "link" because I have shaken Bill White’s hand and I went to his house. Folks … I am tainted goods!
Casey: Show us the money, Bill — and David - The heat is rising over gubernatorial candidate Bill White’s refusal to release past income tax returns. Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign Tuesday issued a press release asking “What’s Bill White afraid of?” and concluding: “Show us the money.”
Rick Casey of the Houston Chronicle goes over a brief history in which he concludes that Bill White is not an anomaly when it comes to not releasing his past income tax returns. One must note that as Mayor, White has filed financial disclosure forms that reveal business relationships. It is not as detailed as tax returns but do not be surprised if he ends up releasing past income tax returns in order to placate King Perry. Katy Bacon has already confirmed that White will be releasing returns for periods in which he is a statewide candidate.
Perry orders beefed-up presence on border in wake of killings – Gov. Rick Perry moved Tuesday to step up Texas’ law enforcement presence along the Mexico border to handle the threat of spillover violence from escalating drug cartel warfare in cities like Juarez and Matamoros. The governor also continued his call for additional federal assistance, saying he was activating the state violence contingency plan in the meantime because “with the safety of Texans on the line, we can’t afford to wait.”
Someone must have told King Perry that it is an election year because he fired up the old computer and did some work in the wake of the killing of three U.S. consulate workers in Mexico. It must feel good to be a hypocrite Perry because while you are talking about seceding from the Union with idiots on one end … there you go on your damn knees asking for Federal assistance on the other. Which is it? Is the Federal Government only useful when you need it to be, politically? Go rally up some of your Minute Men and let us see how long they last against the drug cartel … and before the Feds send any help … I hope they make you apologize publicly for chastising them.