Cut, Cap, and Balance Pledge

Fiscal conservatives in congress are taking a pledge called the Cut, Cap, and Balance Pledge.  Please check out the website and add your name to the growing list of supporters. 

http://www.cutcapbalancepledge.com/

Once you have completed the form you will be asked to contact your Senators and Congressperson.  I used the e-mail functions which took a few minutes to enter personal contact information, but I just cut and pasted the following (you may have to change the salutation).

Congresswoman Hochul, Congratulations on your recent election to congress.  I am one of your many constituents in the 26th district of NY.  I speak for many, when I say we are sick of the government squandering every dime that they TAKE from us and then coming back for more.  With this in mind, I urge you to consider joining with fiscal conservatives and sign the "Cut, Cap, and Balance Pledge."  It is about time that our elected officials began to act responsibly.  We all know the cuts are going to hurt. Do it now! Get it done!

Senator Gillibrand,  I am one of your many constituents in upstate NY.  I speak for many, when I say we are sick of the government squandering every dime that they TAKE from us and then coming back for more.  With this in mind, I urge you to consider joining with fiscal conservatives and sign the "Cut, Cap, and Balance Pledge."  It is about time that our elected officials began to act responsibly.  We all know the cuts are going to hurt. Do it now! Get it done!

NY State Legislative Alert

Please note there are two important votes coming up in the state legislature...

1.         NYS Property tax cap and school district mandate relief

Click on link to find your NYS assemblyman, then cut and paste the following message in the Assemblyman's e-mail:  http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?sh=search

Assemblyman, I have been told that the Property Tax Cap and Mandate Relief bill (bill A03982) has been passed by the Senate and is now being considered by the NYS Assembly.  Please do all that you can to support this bill and get it approved prior to the end of this legislative session.  We need this bill passed so that we can finally see some progress towards reducing the tax burden on the hardworking families of New York.  Without this positive step, people will continue to leave the State to make their fortunes elsewhere.  Thank you.

2.         Extending full marriage rights to all couples in New York

I know many of you reading this blog will disagree with me on the following issue.  Just so you know, I don't hold this one moment of idiocy against you.  Many of you have been brought up to feel that it is acceptable to discriminate against people if they don't fit your definition of an ideal.  I may be guilty of this myself, from time-to-time.  But when I need to lever my head out of my ass, I read about Suffragettes or the civil rights movement.  Both were situations where we discriminated against another group because we felt they were is some way inferior, when in fact, all they were was different than us.  During this NYS legislative session we have the opportunity to right another wrong and recognize that two consenting adults, any two consenting adults, can love and care about each other. Any two people that are willing to share their lives with each and commit to the long-haul of life should certainly be granted every right and responsibility that comes with that type of loving, committed, long-term relationship.  Please contact your senator and ask them to pass bill S66003.

Click on link (or cut and paste into your explorer address field) to find your NYS Senator: http://www.nysenate.gov/

Then cut and paste the following message in the Senator's e-mail:

Dear Senator, Please pass bill S66003 and stop state sponsored discrimination of an important part of our community.  Please extend full marriage rights to all couples in New York.   Thank you.

Please don't confuse legal acknowledgment of a civil union as an assault on your religion.  No one wants to change your religious ideas, whether they are right or wrong!

FoR

Defeat Obama Care

Mike Huckabee is asking for our support to repeal Obama Care.  Call 1-800-632-6099 to add your name to the petition.  Hold-on after completing the petition to donate some cash to the cause... every little bit helps!

Let's face it folks, the democrats forcefed us a health care bill load with fat and pork.  And I thought we were supposed to be watching our intake of fatty BS.  They used some 3000 pages and did not accomplish what was needed.  I will cover what is required in less than one letter-sized page. 

1. Cover dependent children until they can purchase their own insurance through work or through an organization.  This was very likely, the only thing Obama Care almost got right.  Obama Care permits parents to cover dependent children to the age of 26 but does not provide additional opportunities to the "young adult"  to become independent.  One way this could have been accomplished is by allowing clubs, social organizations, churches, etc. to solicit and obtain quantity discounted health care from health care insurance companies, to offer their members.

2. Insurance must cover pre-existing conditions without exhorbitant increases in cost to the consumer.

3. Allow interstate competition between insurance companies to reduce consumer prices.

4.  Torte reform to reduce malpractice payouts.  We all know that medicine is more art than science.  And if you are worried that lowering payouts won't hurt enough to get the quacks out of medicine - Use a tiered penalty system, like three strikes and you are out - payouts increase, premiums increase and the physician moves closer to lose of license.  Basically if you make the same mistake three times, you don't get to practice medicine anymore.  Research situations, where the patient is made fully aware  of the risk would not be subject to this penalty system (we do not want to stiffle innovation and research). In research situations the patient would be informed and would sign a release.

DONE

FoR