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Granite
reply to post by xuenchen
He said "cut our spending and prioritize"...from someone who submitted no annual budget for 5 years as POTUS?
The question writer said "carrone!"...edit on 12-3-2014 by Granite because: (no reason given)
dave_welch
I have no cable TV, I have a $50 a month basic flip phone, I only have internet because I live across the street from a college, and I make $7.50 per hour. I drive 15 miles to work and if I'm lucky I get 30 hours a week.
I have managed to live nearly 30 years without health insurance.
Why am I being forced to pay for something that I don't believe I need?
xuenchen
Speaking on a town hall style "meeting", Obama mentions that people seem to place healthcare at a low priority until they get sick and then it's a bigger problem.
He seems to *suggest* that people need to be better at their budgets (ironic huh? especially for somebody that has come to be known as the biggest binge spender politician of all time).
He also seems to be "targeting" low income people?
But maybe he has a point?
Does anybody see themselves as a "guilty" party? If so, how do you feel about Obama "telling" you this?
Quotes and comments and video.......
This is a few days old, but it’s amusing nonetheless. Barack Obama appeared in a town hall for Spanish-language media on March 6th to discuss ObamaCare and promote enrollments, and got challenged by a viewer on the economics of it for low-income Americans who are now forced to buy comprehensive health insurance. On a $36,000 annual income, the requirement to buy the broad policy rather than something a little more economical — say, hospitalization coverage combined with an HSA, a strategy which is now all but illegal — makes it impossible to comply. Pshaw, Obama replied. Why, all those low-income folks need to do is stop spending money on luxuries like cable television and cell phones!
This also seems to "confirm" that health insurance rates are much higher than expected (and promised).
Obama: If Obamacare’s Too Expensive, Cancel Cable, Cell Phone
Pres Obama: Cut Household Spending to Afford Health Care Law
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Destinyone
reply to post by xuenchen
Guess he can stop passing out Obamaphones to those who haven't signed up yet....yeah that would work, huh....
What a fool he is....
Des
when i was in school i constantly ran into problems that this "cutback" he suggested would have impacted.
According to the FLOTUS, the American people will need to make sacrifices so that Obama will get what he wants. She was referring to Obamacare and the financial blow it will deal to our country.
Mrs. Obama says:
It's going to cost us something as a society to say, 'We can't tolerate millions of people uninsured. We can't tolerate it.' But in order for all of us to get a little bit more, a whole bunch of us are going to have to give up a little something that we have. And that's not, sort of, what we've been taught…
Alright, so if you have a leader like Barack, who is saying, 'Yes, we know how much this is gonna cost--it's gonna cost us billions, but we can do it,' what are we willing to sacrifice to make that sure we have the resources to do it?…
But that's--that's the mindset that has to change, with what does it mean to live in a society, what does it mean to be an American, and what kind of sacrifice do we all have to make?...
What Barack says: 'We all have the work to do,' you know. It's not just about changing the person in the White House, but it's about changing out mindset, what we're willing to sacrifice, even our own individual selves.
bigfatfurrytexan
reply to post by Skyfloating
Perhaps it should be.
But what I heard was more like, "Let them eat cake"
calstorm
No cell phone or cable here. I am one of the most frugal people you will every meet. I cringe when I have to spend money on new shoes or clothing. My entire wardrobe could pretty much be washed in two loads of clothes. I don't eat out, I cook from scratch. I never drive anywhere that I don't have too and I stream line my trips to run errands to get the most out of it for the least gas.
I splurge on books and the internet, that is it. So now tell me what to cut out Obama? Give up my books?
Well, I guess I could save money by eating cheap junk food ruining my health so that I actually needed Obama care.
Skyfloating
I agree with Obamski on this. Health should be more of a priority than Cable-TV.
Destinyone
reply to post by xuenchen
Guess he can stop passing out Obamaphones to those who haven't signed up yet....yeah that would work, huh....
What a fool he is....
Des
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Skyfloating
I agree with Obamski on this. Health should be more of a priority than Cable-TV.
I don't. It is my right, my prerogative to prioritize my life, not the government's.
Realtruth
It truly scares me that anyone is agreeing with a liar, a puppet, and a fraud.
It also amazes me how we soon somehow justify and forget leaders that lie.
My insurance plan was dropped after 10 years with the same company and the same plan is now 60% higher, if we decided to re-enroll.
How can you tell when a politician is lying to you?