Communications

Retiring Dem Evan Bayh says the Democrats are counting on a rebound in the popularity of their government-run health care plan to see them through the elections.

But what in the Democrats’ health care plan could possibly be popular at this point or any other?

The Democrats’ health care plan would raise premiums, proposes drastic cuts in Medicare and raises taxes on individuals and small businesses.

The President’s version, built upon the Senate Democrats’ plan, piles on more in taxes, proposes more cuts to Medicare and institutes price controls. It is a plan, as described by the WSJ, which “manages to take the worst of both the House and Senate bills and combine them into something more destructive.”

Recent polls have indicated that the American public prefers Congress to start over on health care and pursue an incremental approach. If the Democratic Party needs more proof of the public’s discontent, the recent elections should be warning enough that voters know all they need to ... more

The U.S. economy is suffering and American families need help.  The U.S. unemployment rate is at 9.7% with real unemployment at 16.5%.  Last month 136,000 workers became discouraged from seeking work, bringing the number of discouraged job seekers to 1.1 million from 734,000 one year ago.

It should probably not come as a surprise then that when asked what their top priority would be if they were president,  52% of voters said it would be "creating a robust economy.” 

So why is the White House and Democratic majority still trying to ram through a government takeover of health care already rejected by the American public?  It’s time for the President and Congress to listen to the American people and start focusing on policy that will create jobs and opportunity for American families.