October 30, 2009
Quote of the Day: Note to Nancy Pelosi: You people don’t own the Capitol – we do.

Posted at 3:33 pm, in: Health Care
Tags: Democrats, Jack Cafferty, Nancy Pelosi

How drastically are they changing our system if it requires 2,000 pages to spell it all out? We probably don’t want to know. And, with only being given 72 hours to read the entire thing before it is put to a vote, we probably won’t ever know:

The original draft of the 1935 Economic Security Act, which established the Social Security Administration was 64 pages
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 – forbidding discrimination based on race and sex: 8 pages
The 19th amendment to the Constitution, giving Women the right to vote in 1920: 1 page
The Emancipation Proclamation, with which Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in 1863: 5 pages
Or, if you really want to get back to basics: The Declaration of independence came in at 1 page in 1776
And the Constitution: 4 pages long in 1787
Health care reform, Pelosi version – almost 2,000 pages.
The Democrats say they’ll post the final version online for lawmakers and the public to read 72 hours before a vote. Good luck reading 2,000 pages in 72 hours.

Meanwhile although the Democrats keep talking about openness and transparency in this process, there are reports that they blocked the public from attending the unveiling ceremony for their health care bill outside of the Capitol yesterday. Videos online show people – not on a pre-approved guest list – being turned away.

Note to Nancy Pelosi: You people don’t own the Capitol – we do.

As we all know, though, they don’t want us to read the bill. That’s the whole point. This bill will put the government in every aspect of our lives. You name it, the government is there. And, all of this from the party that pushed abortion by saying they didn’t want the government in the doctor’s office with us. What an effing joke!