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National biz groups blast health plan! from Associated Press

Eleven of the nation’s largest business groups are beginning a multimillion-dollar TV ad campaign that says the health overhaul legislation in the House would raise taxes and worsen the economy without curbing medical expenses.

‘‘Over $500 billion in crushing tax increases. But nothing to control rising health care costs,’’ says the ad, which is to begin running Monday evening on national cable TV and in 19 states. It calls the legislation ‘‘a bill America can’t afford to pay.’’

The commercial is the latest example of stepped-up opposition by large segments of the business community as the House and Senate prepare to vote on Democratic bills revamping the nation’s health care system.
Calling themselves Employers for a Healthy Economy, the coalition of sponsoring groups ranges from the National Federation of Independent Business, which represents small businesses, to organizations representing large corporations like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

The House plans to vote on the Democratic-written legislation this week. Senate Democratic leaders have not written a final version of their legislation. Last week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce expressed “severe disappointment” with the new health care bill introduced in the House of Representatives on Thursday, citing concerns that the “wild spending” in the legislation would burden a fragile economy and tax small businesses.

The inclusion of a government-run insurance option would result in costs shifting to private payers and wouldn’t address affordability, Bruce Josten, executive vice president of government affairs for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said in a statement.

“A government-run plan cannot operate on a level playing field and compete fairly,” Josten said. “Market-driven health reforms are the best approach to reducing costs, promoting efficiency, wellness, and quality of care.

“Whether reimbursement rates are tied to Medicare or are ‘negotiated’ by the Secretary of HHS, the fundamental reality remains that the public plan would have devastating effects on the rest of the market and the government would still be setting prices that would be below actual market rates.”

Elsewhere, mandates on larger employers would reduce employer flexibility and result in job loss and lower wages, he said. Also, the chamber opposes the proposed additional taxes imposed on individuals for not purchasing coverage or for employers not offering coverage, he said.

“Employer mandates . . . are not the answers to our nation’s health care challenges. . . . Preserving employer flexibility is critical for ensuring quality care,” Josten said.

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Dear Fellow Conservative:

During his campaign, Barack Obama often spoke of his desire to “remake” America, to be a “transformational” President.

Not “restore,” mind you. Not “rebuild.” “Remake” — as in, turning America into something it wasn’t before.

Transforming it.

And over the next few months, President Obama and the Democrats in Congress plan to deliver on that promise.

Under color of “solving” an economic crisis that their buddies helped create and their policies will only make worse, they are engineering the most radical change in the relationship between our government and its citizens in America’s 233-year history.

This is not “change” as you and I want it.

And if they succeed, the country you and I know and love will no longer exist. Everything we conservatives have fought to defend and preserve will have been lost.

In its place will be a country we scarcely recognize. What will it look like? Let me give you a glimpse…

    IT WILL BE AN AMERICA where a majority of citizens receive lavish government handouts and benefits but pay no federal income taxes, meanwhile voting themselves still more benefits from the shrinking minority who do pay taxes — at ever more “progressive” rates

    IT WILL BE AN AMERICA where “universal health care” means waiting months, even years, for urgently needed treatment — unless you happen to be politically powerful or connected — and where all your private medical information is on a government database (don’t worry: they promise never to use it against you!)

    IT WILL BE AN AMERICA where “green” ideologues and other nanny-staters dictate what we drive, what we eat, home energy usage, the size of our houses, and even how many children we can have

    IT WILL BE AN AMERICA where our major industries, crippled by government mandates, taxes, and regulations, end up becoming taxpayer-supported dinosaurs that can no longer compete in the global marketplace

    IT WILL BE AN AMERICA where all employers will be forced to hire and promote not according to ability but according to race, gender, and ethnicity — all in the name of “diversity”

    IT WILL BE AN AMERICA where our once-great centers of finance, industry, culture, and innovation — from New York to Silicon Valley — will have gone to seed, while only Washington, D.C., and its environs prosper

    IT WILL BE AN AMERICA, in short, where only politicians, government bureaucrats, and their favored constituencies are able to thrive — and where the only “liberty” that remains is the government’s unlimited freedom to control every aspect of your life

I ask you now, my friend: Would you want to live in such an America? Would you want to bequeath such an America to your children and grandchildren?

Neither would I. But guess what? We don’t have to. Because believe me when I say…

We CAN stop this nightmare from coming true

But we’ll have to fight. And we’ll have to pull together — as conservatives, as patriots — as never before.

Because make no mistake: Our would-be masters in Washington will stop at nothing to secure the power they’ve come to think of as theirs by divine anointing. They will do everything they can to harass, intimidate, and marginalize any conservative opposition that stands in their way.

Already, they’re preparing to use the full force of federal power to stifle their most influential opponents — by reviving the “Fairness Doctrine,” for instance, to silence conservative talk-radio… by enacting “card check” laws that would expose anti-union workers to intimidation and harassment… by passing the so-called Freedom of Choice Act to force pro-life medical professionals to refer patients for abortions.

And who will stop them? The “watchdog” mainstream media? The ACLU? Don’t make me laugh.

But all is not lost — far from it. For as bleak as things may seem right now, freedom of speech and of conscience is not dead in America. It’s just gone underground…

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  • … you don’t believe that America needs a “New New Deal” — in the form of a trillion-dollar “stimulus package” — to solve today’s financial crisis (knowing that, in fact, it will only make things worse)
  • … you don’t believe that bans on oil drilling in ANWR and off our coasts serve America’s need for energy independence — or that wind and solar power are better for our country than nuclear power
  • … you don’t believe that the U.S. Constitution is a “living document” that means whatever any Supreme Court majority declares it to mean
  • … you do believe in all the old-fashioned virtues and principles — such as faith, family, freedom, and self-reliance — that made America great, and can help restore that greatness once again.

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