An Important Message on Obamacare from Liberty Counsel

Thu, January 13, 2011

Cooking the books to prop up ObamaCare.


Our sources tell us the ObamaCare repeal vote could come as early as next Wednesday. No matter when the vote takes place, when Members of Congress return on Monday they will be greeted by thousands of
faxes with a resounding message of "Repeal ObamaCare... Now!"  Please read my urgent update below - Mat.

As you doubtless know, House Republicans introduced a resolution called the "Repealing the Job Killing Health Care Law Act" as their first order of business in the 112th Congress. Liberty Counsel's powerful Fax Barrage to support the repeal will resume on Monday when Congress returns.

Last Friday afternoon, before the tragedy in Tucson shocked the nation, Speaker of the House John Boehner was gaining good momentum toward passing the repeal, and the Liberty Counsel team shared in that progress.

We have already delivered more than 10,000 targeted faxes into key congressional offices demanding that our elected officials listen to the voice of the American people and repeal ObamaCare! But we need to keep the pressure building right up until this historic vote.

That is why I need you to join with me now in scheduling your faxes to Congress! Liberty Counsel's highly effective Fax Barrage will deliver YOUR reminder to our elected representatives to do what we elected them to do:  Repeal, defund, and/or replace the so-called healthcare "reform" bill.
(You can use their system or send faxes on your own!)
Tell Congress to REPEAL OBAMACARE.  Everything you need to fax Congress and make your voice heard is contained in the link below. It only takes a minute. Click here to schedule your faxes now:   http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=36289&CID=327&RID=26990766

Your faxes will be scheduled to be delivered with thousands of other citizens' messages in time to greet the returning legislators on Monday!  Click here now to support the repeal of ObamaCare:
http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=36290&CID=327&RID=26990766

Cooking the books to "sell" a national disaster.

A recent op-ed piece by Representative Joe Pitts (R-PA) refers to the financial accounting of ObamaCare as
"cooking the books."

ObamaCare supporters call the Health Care Reform Act "deficit reducing," based on a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report that showed a $230 billion deficit reduction over 10 years.  But those of us opposed to ObamaCare know that the CBO can only determine their assessments based on the quality of the financial information fed to them, in this case by Barack Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi.

Here are a few indisputable facts from Joe Pitts' article: 

* "ObamaCare is a massive new law, spanning thousands of pages. The bill itself authorizes hundreds of billions of dollars to run new programs. What the bill doesn't do is provide the Department of Health and Human Services with any money to implement these programs.  CBO's cost estimate does not include the $115 billion it will require to actually run these new programs. If Congress does not appropriate this money in the coming years, the promised benefits will never be paid out."

* "Most of the ObamaCare programs that pay out benefits will start up in 2014. However, the taxes start right away. Ten years of revenue coming in, and only six years of benefits being paid out. In the first 10 years of the program, $1.4 trillion will be spent, but in the next 10 years $2.6 trillion will be paid out. This is perhaps the easiest accounting gimmick to understand."

* "When you add in gimmicks like double-counting Medicare savings and ignoring the cost of the Medicare doc fix, ObamaCare actually increases the deficit by $701 billion in just the first 10 years. That's some pretty powerful book cooking."

Past experience with such "estimates" has been alarming!  If you recall, the actual cost of Medicare wound up being 13 times greater than the CBO estimated in its first decade!  Here are a few additional counterpoints to the sales pitch the Obama Administration and their friends in Congress are making:

* Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) conclusively showed during the health care "summit" that the 10-year cost of the President's plan was in reality at least $2.3 trillion. He was, of course, completely ignored.

* In the single "socialized medicine laboratory" we have in the nation, Massachusetts, premiums are the highest of any state. And per capita health expenditures there are fully 27 percent higher than the national average.

* Imposing one of the highest tax increases in history in the middle of a recession will most certainly NOT turn out to be "deficit neutral."

Americans know that ObamaCare is a scheme that will socialize and damage our world-class healthcare system, destroy our liberty, and undermine the sanctity of human life.  And the only way the socialist Obama/Pelosi/Reid team found to pass ObamaCare was to disrespect the rule of law through deception and gross abuse of the legislative process.

Congress must be made to hear our voices immediately!

In the few remaining days before the House vote, we MUST support Boehner's and Cantor's initiative and send a powerful, focused message to each of our own Representatives, wavering Members, and pro-life Members of the House.

We could see this crucial vote take place next week!  Please don't let your guard down. We can be certain that Members of the House will be pressured to keep ObamaCare moving toward full implementation. That's why I'm asking every member of the Liberty Counsel team to press hard on targeted Members of the House and Senate with our powerful Fax Barrage. Go here to schedule your targeted faxes:
http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=36291&CID=327&RID=26990766

If you prefer to send your own faxes, we have provided all the information you need to reach your Members of Congress:  http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=36292&CID=327&RID=26990766

ALSO, please CALL your Representative starting Monday and tell them what you think about repealing ObamaCare! This will likely require patience, so please don't give up if you get a busy signal or are placed on hold for an available line. Here's the number:  Rep. Jones 202-225-3415

We already know that ObamaCare will adversely affect every American. But we, as pro-life Americans, MUST stand against the anti-life provisions in the ObamaCare. I am calling for thousands of pro-life citizens to take a bold stand and tell Congress to REPEAL the anti-life ObamaCare bill!

This healthcare bill funds abortion, limits our freedom, and will bankrupt America. We MUST do everything possible to STOP ObamaCare from progressing any further and imposing more federally-funded abortions and socialized medicine upon our nation!

Liberty Counsel team members have already sent hundreds of thousands of faxes to Congress over the course of this eighteen-month-long battle. At some points we have had tremendous triumphs and at other times have seen our voices totally ignored.  But we have remained strong in opposing a bill this nation simply cannot afford from either a fiscal or moral standpoint! The important fact is that we have been faithful to do what was required of us as God-fearing, patriotic Americans!

Now, we have a much stronger contingent of legislators committed to stopping the implementation of ObamaCare by repealing it. Please, click below to send your faxes, even if you have already done so many times in previous months:
http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=36293&CID=327&RID=26990766

Thank you in advance for supporting this vital effort to repeal ObamaCare! 

God bless you,
Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel