House Majority Leader confronted over ObamaCare government mandate

[cracks21229]

I lose all respect for this Jason guy because he misrepresents himself to these pols and gets cocky with them. I don't respect that at all. Didn't anyone tell this guy to keep his hands to himself?

[MrSynsational]

@cracks21229 if he presents his point first they will shy away and personal contact plays him off as a caring guy so they might open up. body language.

[cracks21229]

@MrSynsational Yes, they should not be allowed to not answer this guy's questions, right? Give me a break.

[MrSynsational]

@cracks21229 if he asks his question and they dont answer its a semi admittance of guilt much like pleading the fifth in court but the liberals that are in control of the us goverments most powerful departments feel as though they have to answer to no one as the mainstream media isnt doing anything of this caliber. They are allowed not answer protected under free speech but we should be able to know the truth and jason can ask any question he wants per the CONSTITUTION

[MrSynsational]

@cracks21229 not answering was always an option, its protected under the first amendment to the constitution but investigative journalism isnt fun, pretty or cool its just truth and obviously you can't handle the truth

[cracks21229]

@MrSynsational "It's truth" you say but you stand up for a guy that lies to get the "truth". That's not standard journalism. That's "gotcha" crap.

[MrSynsational]

@cracks21229 standard journalism is not truthful journalism. its revised and edited bias.

[cracks21229]

@MrSynsational And the new journalism is not truthful jounalism either, it appears. It is a hit job.

[Leibinz]

What is about taxes that you americans hate so much. You love the services, just hate to pay for them.

[truckdawg43]

Dont forget Obamas good buddie from Missouri .Clare McCaskillDem from the great state of Mo forgot to pay better than 300,000 in property tax's on a airplane .She said some one else was supposed to be handling that for her .She sold it now we tax payers dont have to pay for her aiplane fuel she will just charter a plane .Wait wouldnt it be cheaper for the fuel and get some revenue from property tax's

[irishsean2]

send  this nigger to jail

[TheJcp1234]

53 people are idiots.

[Standonarock]

I'm like a liberal and I'm just so mad about the Patriot act. Now that Obama wants to control everything, that is perfectly fine with me. I'm such a hypocrite and I'm too naive to even see it. I'm tolerant too, just don't pay any attention when I hate the elderly, tea party people, Christians, conservatives and others. I'm really tolerant and want everyone to have health care. I only call you racist because I really want to help you. LOL. Liberals are hillarious.

[MachinaSapien]

i like ambush reporting, but this jason guy is so shitty at it.

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what does charlie rangel not paying taxes have to do with making sure millions of americans who've never heard of charlie rangel, get health care?

typical right wing zombies voting against thier best interests.

trillions for wars = ok

giving poor people health coverage = not ok

and you wonder why you were CRUSHED in the election.

you slost pussies! na na na na naaaaaaa!!! LOL

[0manoscar]

@MachinaSapien So, why are the democrats going to get CRUSHED in the 2010 elections? In your own words, please.

[nne1dlh]

Jason is awesome. Keep at their juglar's Jason...

[mutefx]

I didn't realize Steny Hoyer was in charge of submitting Charlie Rangel and Tim Geithner's tax forms. Way to point out something that the person you're talking to isn't responsible for, Jason. Seriously, why did Mattera not have some super-awesome "gotcha" question about POLICY lined up for Steny Hoyer? I see in the comments Mattera is regarded as "smart", so why didn't he take the oppurtunity to question the SUBSTANCE of the bill with the House leader? I know why. He's a hack.

[Urbania05]

at least he gave some answer... he didn't just swear. but he did run.. the coward.

[big4biz1]

Attention: The CBO only scores what the congress gives them no matter how diluted the facts. The

[LosAngelesWriter]

Jason Mattera's bizzare logic for opposing health care is that two democrats owe back taxes? That's right wing logic folks. There's nothing edgy about Mattera, he's just desperate to sell his fact-chellenged book.

[GokuGohanVegetassj2]

@LosAngelesWriter hahaha i totally agree. and the best part of the whole thing is he thinks he 'got him good' by quietly saying 20 yards away that 2 people didn't pay taxes once...good job jason mattera your a great interviewer and really know what your doing

[Flamesdupont]

Oh this is great

[Zile77]

It's time to stand up to these liberal power brokers and eradicate them all!

[GokuGohanVegetassj2]

@Zile77 oh yeah that isn't power being a power broker or being facist, nah...thats the exact kind of shit your accusing obama of doing because of what? healthcare for all americans...damn thats such a bad thing...oh wait its a great thing

[wtfisthatsmell]

@Zile77 it has nothing to do with democrat or republican. this is the whole system. until people realize that, nothing will change.

[Zile77]

He meant to say... every American sucker will get poorer while us in power get richer.

[spgfld1903]

Jason...You have the balls....I am WITH YOU 1000%  Keep it up for the freedom of all of us!!! I will be in washington protesting on april 15th 2010!!!

[jovidman69]

The magnitude of the democrats impending fall will make the republicans collapse of 2006 look like Mr. Rogers neighborhood. Ande Steny got pwned!!!

[mommalu2614]

excellent video. crooks and thugs running the whitehouse. get them all out in a few months. nov.2,2010

[Vcubed1]

jasonmattera, go teach, become a doctor, do some legal work. Find something constructive, OK?

[DoctorMeh]

50 seconds of ad in 1:50 video. Stay classy.

[papermermaid]

@DoctorMeh

...San Diego

[brainiacgames]

@DoctorMeh It's 13 seconds. You must work for the CBO!

[DoctorMeh]

@brainiacgames I was talking about the ad for his book. 50seconds at the beginning and 15 at the end. - CBO crossing the right wing once and suddenly they are corrupt and broken? What is wrong with you people?

[downriggershop]

Pure gold. Keep it up Jason, we are in your debt.

[ACORNSUCKS]

@shazbot76 dinosaurs are still here, they reside in the democrat party.

[thecatatemyhomework]

"You left winger have made hypocracy an art form." Love it!! Jason, continue to confront these liberal liars in Washington!  Great work.

[mholmz22]

hobama and the dems are morons plain and simple

[lovejoy71]

This is the kind of crap that liberals do and they put the blame on Republicans. Yup, it's the liberals that run the "Good 'Ol Boy" network. I think that it is a good thing that Obama is not covered by the new "health care" bill. As much as he drinks and smokes he would be a high risk.

[58fenix]

Walking away from Questions!LOL!

Hilirious!

[SexCyberGuideCom]

well done

[krazyreapr]

Tim Geithner and Charlie Rangel did not pay their taxes but that has nothing to do with health care and what Senator Hoyer is doing. Your "summa cum laude" degree from Roger Williams University taught you very little Jason. This is just a very partisan video that's trying to weaken a party when the focus really should be about strengthening the country.

[moss88884444]

Do the right wing dumbasses not realize that the people who won't buy healthcare will end up costing us far more than those who do. So what do these idiots think the enforcement would be? if no one wants to buy healthcare, then cover everyone. Right wingers are stupid fucks.

[Bloodstryke]

@photolitherland The right to personal property. Keeping my own money to spend on what I think is best and not taken by the government to spend on others.

[mobboss45studios]

This is great ownage, no politician on either side should be allowed to walk away from the public when they ask direct questions.

[terizup]

You're doing an awesome job, Jason, keep on rollin!

[LaRezNar]

obama supporters ARE zombies!

[12MNLAKES34]

SO FUNNY!!! Go get-em Jason!

[Bballashotfalla]

Ron Paul.

[Dasllama01]

Two Thumbs Up !!

[jeffstudbum]

57 percent of Republicans (32 percent overall) believe that Obama is a Muslim 45 percent of Republicans (25 percent overall) agree with the Birthers in their belief that Obama was "not born in the United States and so is not eligible to be president" 38 percent of Republicans (20 percent overall) say that Obama is "doing many of the things that Hitler did" Scariest of all, 24 percent of Republicans (14 percent overall) say that Obama "may be the Antichrist. That is all.

[mobboss45studios]

@jeffstudbum  99.999% of all Liberals...are brain dead

[tuberleerix]

yes you can,.............even if the vast majority of american CITIZENS are in opposition,

yes you can

you can just do what ever your federal and corporate handelers require of you

yes you can you silver tounged trojan horse,

yes you can

[bakedpootetoo]

lol you know back then, the parties were switched right?

[chernmax]

Both Democrats and Republicans are not safe, the American people need to restore a functional government For the People, By the People. Not nice knowing u Steny...

[sheboable]

Isn't it ironic that Vajra007 uses the argument of personal responsibility for healthcare legislation which is a huge entitlement program. It is also amusing that personal responsibility even appears in the same sentence w/ tax cheats. I guess sheeple excuse their masters? BTW, health insurance and car insurance are in no way related and even if they were, car insurance isn't mandated by the federal government.

[ufjir]

All the reactionary idiots like this Mattera clod have taken leave of their senses now that we have finally joined the rest of the world with comprehensive health care reform.

[shampoovta]

I am down!

Lib here.

Let's roll..

:)

[sum12see]

He has no answer because it a complete double standard in our government officials!! I'd like to see an ordinary citiizen tell the IRS,well I'll pay you when I can? You be in jail quicker than a prostitute in Utah..And that idiot that was responding is from my state,I'm sorry to say,He's an idiot!! Come on November 2010!!!

[Vajra007]

What a stupid video lol. What does Rangel and Ghetner have to do with personal responsibility of buying health insurance? You BUY CAR insurance when you have a car don't you?

[Jhawk201996]

Is it just me or did Jason just get punked by the old dude? WTF does Charlie Rangel or Tim G. cheating on their taxes have to do with requiring a mandate in the health care bill. Those are completely different issues, all valid issues but arguing one to push the other is stupid.

That is like calling conservatives hypocrites for opposing terrorism because Tim McVeigh was a terrorist and conservative. It is beyond stupid.

[truchrishill]

Whats funny is all the repubs think that they have a majority to vote in novemeber, there are more democrats by percent in the nation, and we sure as hell wont vote republican in Novemeber

[truchrishill]

No joke, get over guys, Health Care Bill is the best thing to pass through congess since the repeal of prohibition, 2.5% is nothing compared to the bills the insurance companies stick you with.

[Shn1fty]

@truchrishill The bills they stick us with will raise because they will be forced to cover all the irresponsible people that are soon to be on it. Try to look at the big picture. Cause and effect are a funny thing.

[stoicboy]

Who is this jerk? Dude has a minute of advertising around a 20-second clip and he acts as if he said something clever to Hoyer. Go back to bashing gays and trashing Matthew Shepard's mom, Jason. Because we know that's where your true agenda lies.

[lindseyvancecl]

@stoicboy that is put perfectly. I agree with you

[Shn1fty]

@stoicboy You're criticizing an individual for advertising his own work and make a living for himself? At least he's not asking for handouts.

[stoicboy]

@Shn1fty Yeah, I totally am, because it engulfs the clip. A minute of advertising, including a useless elaborate intro on a clip which could easily be 30 seconds with a five second plug at the end seems like a fairly reasonable thing to criticize.

[aloneinmymadness]

All I can say its too bad those 2 planes that hit the WTC didnt hit the capital instead.Couldve got rid of the terrorist and the criminals on capital hill at the same time.

[TheSniper1x]

Obama and all of his staff are crooks.

[LilannB]

This is why we need alternative media to ask the tough questions of the elite the state run media won't ask.We have a corrupt administration that has two democrat tax cheats writing and enforcing Obamacare to punish Americans for not buying health insurance. You can't make this stuff up.

[katchison]

zomg digging up shit on peoples past! That makes them wrong...

[Netdo7]

The Whole Obama Administration are bunch of Corrupt Marxist PIGs!!!!

[PUGS1688]

Don't see why anyone would rate this video lower than a 5.

[bobcatfever]

jason you are a joke....

[graterb]

bitching about 2.5%?

[Shn1fty]

@graterb And where does it stop? 2.5 this time, 2.5 next time.... it all adds up. Eventually it will be 100% Why do you think we revolted from British Rule? They over taxed us.

[tuff2chew]

@Shn1fty that argument implies taxes never get lowered... which is obviously not the case... try again

[Shn1fty]

@tuff2chew Obviously it will never get to 100% I"m not dense. It was an example to the point that we need to stop raising taxes somewhere. If the Democrats had it their way, we'd never lower taxes. Democrats only ever pretend to lower taxes if they think it will get them re-elected. Then they'll just raise them again to buy off some other special interest groups votes.

[tuff2chew]

@Shn1fty if you're not dense then you shouldn't fall for party rhetoric... republicans only claim to be the tax cutting party, only taxes they cut were the top tier taxes recently, your statement is true but it pertains to both parties, if either was the only one in charge they'd tax the hell out of us

[necares]

You rightwingers have made lying and cheating and stealing an art form. Shame on the make of this video...for shame.

[jeffstudbum]

lol

[davidngo4415]

Simple question. Terrible answer. Good job.

[Bosu]

His answer on the health care policy was fine.

There is no way to answer for the failure of the politicians to pay their taxes. Obviously it is a huge problem.

[felixbrignoni]

They could rise my taxes all they want at longs as my kids have health care insurance when they get older. This is not about Obama this is about health care.

[c0rvtteman]

You are trying to sell a book?! LOL

[GalryZ]

This guy is stupid...he probably thinks the Republicans are honest too...

[dalmatian847]

How refreshing. It harkens back to the days when journalists weren't afraid to ask the tough questions.

Now they are just lapdogs to the powers that be.

Good news is the lapdogs and the old media are dying off along with the rest of the baby-boomers.

All hail the new media!

[sBissell123]

I would buy this book to whip the shit off my ass with. Good reporting skills... NOT

[kor88]

This video is a joke right? Because I honestly can't take this seriously. Obama Zombies, How the Liberal Machine Brainwashed My Generation? That's just laughable. The sad part is that many uneducated and illogical Americans will buy this crap and believe every single word of it. Hey Jason, you are brainwashing people with your "writing". And you're accusing the liberals of brainwashing themselves. Hypocrisy at its finest.

[aiG0oChamNa]

democrats and republicanss are one in the same. dont give yourself a label. just get rid of the federal reserve-- its freaking privately owned

[AgeOfAwareness]

both sides; democrats and republiancs, are guilty of this shit... Whoever is in power, pulls the most shit off, before they get out of power... The system is broken and needs to be replaced along with all these assholes.

[dalmatian847]

True, with one exception. The Republicans never tried ramming Social Security reform down the taxpayer's throats when they realized the public was opposed to it.

The Democrats would have been wish to do the same. The will pay in November fopr ignoring the will of the people.

[bdazzzle]

Where were you enthusiastic Tea baggers when Bush jammed through the Patriot Act, the bill that literally thrashes our bill of rights??

oh thats rightt, nowhere to be found, cuz an old white man was in charge

[Goklayeh]

Obama extended it and where was the outrage from the left?

[themunz126]

@Goklayeh apparently that is different, Liberals can't think logically, only bring up history when it is i heir favor. They aren't gonna be so happy when the next bush comes along and uses every one of Obama's laws against them! Then it will be wrong, but not until.

[tuff2chew]

@themunz126 academia favors liberals because they choose the sides that ensure human rights which is the side history favors... not an opinion just a fact

[dalmatian847]

Would tha be the SAME Pattriot Act Obama opposed while in the Sanate?

Whatever happened to that?

Oh right, Obama just signed another one year extension of it!

What say you about that, dumbass?

Meet the new boss...same as the old boss ...  P. Townsend

[zivjax]

@bdazzzle Complaining. Yeah, that's right, A LOT of conservatives were against the Patriot Act and other bad Bush junk. But the damn DEMOCRATIC congress passed it anyway, and bought-and-paid-for Bush signed it.

Quit seeing everything as race and Bush and YOU wake up and realize that the real threat is D.C. itself -- the whole culture and organization.

[themunz126]

@bdazzzle where are you when Obama made the patriot act even worse by giving it more teeth?

[quizerry]

Where were you?

[fuklibs]

What right did you lose from the patriot act?

Where was your(Fake)"outrage" when Obama extended the Patriot act that was due to expire last week? Where is your outrage over BO litterally TRASHING our Constitution with FORCED health care/POWER GRAB? Nowhere to be found CUZ a BLACK man is in charge??

What an ignorant, hypocritical uninformed, racist dickhead you are!

[admojo]

hey ddazzle, the only reason you know what a teabagger is is because you like are one.

[KMac1972]

Bush "jammed" it through, huh?

The entire country was behind it at the time, you putz! We'd just been attacked on our own soil.

Where were you enthusiastic libtard moonbats when Obama EXTENDED the Patriot Act? What a dufus.

[KMac1972]

Bush "jammed" it through? The entire country was behind it at the time, you putz! We'd just been attacked on our own soil.

Where were you enthusiastic libtard moonbats when Obama EXTENDED the Patriot Act? What a dufus.

[Harov2]

@bdazzzle look you cant really say "an old white man was in charge" . its demi repub infighting really. dont fall for it. just perpetuates it. same as saying an old black man is in charge. ya dig? it goes nowhere. its math.

[thecatatemyhomework]

Nice to see that you are one of the clueless Obama Zombies that Jason has written about. Try to inform yourself. Barry supports the Patriot Act and has extended it. Put down the Kool Aid and start learning just how dangerous your hero is. His administration is nothing but a fascist takeover of the U.S. Wake up!!

[AThousandTigers]

@thecatatemyhomework WAKE UP SHEEPLE DON'T DRINK THE KOOL-AID MAN! The (liberals/conservatives/man/go­vernment/reptoids) are facists! Don't be a zombie!

[bdazzzle]

Always remember, the big bad terrorists couldn't have dreamed of hurting this country as bad as the last Republican administration.

I was a huge supporter of Ron Paul and his ideas, but other than him, the Republicans have really turned me off for my lifetime...time to drop these clowns and get a new party, one that actually contributes ideas

[Rossi4641]

Great Video point well made and November is coming fast

[lovedrays]

Nice approach...there is no answer for these crooked people who now RULE over us!

[lovedrays]

Nice approach...there is no answer for the crooked people that now RULE over us.

[1911arthur]

This video is a joke.

[dalmatian847]

The joke is on the U.S taxpayers.

[wetweasel56]

Now you know why they made all those plastic coffins for FEMA. They know there is going to be a serious backlash to their new policies and they are prepared to kill you if you stand in their way.

Question is, are you prepared to kill them to stop them?

Are we less brave than our forefathers who spilled their blood for our freedoms?

[CSavageSr]

I am not.

[Serafinos]

When are REAL Dems going to wake & hold the Progressives, marxists, socialists ACCOUNTABLE and start kicking their tails out of office?

Do those that continue putting them back in office are above the law & the laws signed by Ogodfather won't effect them?

They're WRONG!

[onecelticwarrior]

Message to ALL 64 million+ who voted for Uhbama:

How's that HOPE & CHANGE working out for you now? Do you have Buyer's Remorse yet?

Dumbasses.

[johnhughes1977]

McCain would have been no better.  They are all puppets for the lobbyists.

[joethepothead420]

@photolitherland i think you meant democrats

[porkermon]

squeeky wheel gets the greese. Dems/libs/progressives have been protesting and bitching for years, while Republicans have been sitting around doing nothing in the political arena. Hope Reps spread the work communicate, and organize in mass. People who pay taxes should not fund this corruption any more.

[teemuruskeepaa]

You lier, there was no video of confrontation

[googlebux]

JASON MATTERA, THANK YOU!

Thank you for doing WHAT OUR REGULAR MEDIA will not do; ask TOUGH QUESTIONS OF DEMOCRATS. I feel like I'm living in a totalitarian nation somedays; Obama never has to answer the tough questions. He just gives speeches.

[leongnrachel]

Good job!!! Keep it up

[HandyMan101]

revolution is coming

its gonna take more than voting them out of office though

our freedoms have been under assault by both parties for almost 100 years.

[chernmax]

Steny Hoyers in the crosshairs to be voted out, Maryland does not need an Obama, Pelosi Sock Puppet...

[DixonB]

@chernmax This would be the same Steny Hoyer who, in his last four elections, has taken more than 68% of the vote? All the best with that one. I've been familiar with Mattera for some time. He's the homophobic sack of sh*t who wrote that despicable attack on Matthew Shepard's mother a few years ago. Thank goodness he continues to be a national irrelevance. No surprise with videos like this.

[chernmax]

@DixonB You're obviously one of those people with their head in the sand who thinks that will happen again. It will not be a cake walk and Maryland's toss out of Steny will be a Massachusetts level shocker... Maryland does not need an Obama Pelosi Sock Puppet who will have less and less friends come 2010-2012 elections. Your views are Yesterdays, welcome to a new Dawn...

[Jason59012003]

Ok... The stones comment was great, but the look on Hoyer's face put me over the edge. LMAO. He just could not believe what just happened.

[jjriz175]

5 stars! Thank you Jason!!!

[jjriz175]

Jason you are my new hero! this is the best fucking video on youtube!

[bigdogphoto]

10 Steps To Destroying American Society

Obama's Template

1 Rewrite the Constitution and break down its firewalls through Judicial and Bureaucratic fiat.

2 Concentrate all meaningful power in the Federal Government.

3 Suppress and Repress the Individual by attacking his Unalienable Rights through laws and constant torment.

4 Eliminate Private Property through Confiscatory Taxation and Regulation and wage constant war against Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs.

[bigdogphoto]

5 Control Institutions of Education at all levels and turn them into Indoctrination Centers for the State.

6 Change the Citizenry by opening National Borders to virtually all comers and changing the qualifications for Citizenship to include mostly poor, uneducated illegal aliens.

7 Destroy the Private Financial Institutions that have funded the Greatest Production and Accumulation of Wealth for the Most People the World has ever known

[bigdogphoto]

8 Destroy Capitalism and replace it with Redistributive Policies by Destroying the currency and Replacing it with a new currency or Revaluing the old currency.

9 Eliminate American Sovereignty through arrangements and agreements with Foreign Countries and International Bureaucracies.

10 Use American Foreign Policy not to improve American Economic and National Security, but to advance the Notion of One Government Globalism.-Levin

Vote all these radical progressives out before it's too late!

[delquattro]

The question I'd like to see Jason ask, "If ObaMaoCare is so great, why did congress exempt themselves from it?"

[danhaw1213]

It's the start of the Oligarchy on the way to the dictatorship of Obama.

[clayguy1]

You have big ones... keep this up... the left needs to fee the flames of truth.

[tvengr4047]

Good job!

[homeschoolmarm]

Great Job, Jason!

[GammaSigmaBeta]

This pig, in conjunction with Prince Harry in the Senate, rejected an amendment made by Senator Chuck Grassly, that the President, Congress, and the Congressional staff be bound to the same DeathCare program, as the rest of American citizens. They rejected the amendment to the bill, in order to keep their exemption in tact.

This is the arrogance of the Elitist Oligarchical Democrats.

[NoCensorshipYT]

Excellent video.

Thank you for your courageous work.

WILL SHARE!

REPEAL OBAMACARE NOW!

[jaycutlerdabear]

hey photolith - You have no clue what you voted for you fucking loser.

[phxfreddy]

Our democrat party = dictators

[sushinibbler]

Prime example of the liberals and their "do as I say, not as I do" mentality. This will not end well.

[sashamanda1]

We are no longer equal under the law. Not all Americans have to pay the tax if they don't purchase insurance --- Congress has exempted itself and the Presidency. How hypocritical is that?

[gregvs3]

@sashamanda1 Whoa that's brilliant. All these laws where congress exempts itself are unconstitutional since taxes are not levied equally among all citizens! Run with that one man, it's awesome.

[gregvs3]

In any case, I think what needs to be exposed is how medicare has forced hospitals to act like cartels in order to survive, using government regulation to prevent other hospitals from opening. By contrast, you can usually open a veterinary clinic in an afternoon. Also, hospitals should not be required to take anyone who walks through their doors. That was the function of charity hospitals in the past, and trust me, in the old days those without means knew exactly where these hospitals were.

[gregvs3]

@gregvs3 So basically government regulation has caused a monopoly of hospitals. We have fewer hospital beds than we did in the 60s. Not population adjusted, in ABSOLUTE TERMS.

Bottom line is - we need to start advancing our agenda with concrete, market based ideas that promote freedom and equality of opportunity. As of now it seems we are ALWAYS on the defensive and tacitly agree that socialism is somehow the "morally superior" outcome.

[Ovedya2006]

@photolitherland

It's different because the taxes fund a program which mandates the purchase of a private service by American citizens. Not at any time in the history of the IRS has is been empowered to collect or disburse such tax revenue. So you've got the unprecedented authority of the Fed. mandating what should be the choice of Americans administered through an expanded Federal branch - the IRS. (more)

[Ovedya2006]

@Ovedya2006

...what's more, is the fact that since this precedent is now set, the Fed can assume the position of imposing just about anything that it deems fit "for the greater good." This is how totalitarianism starts. THE HCR law expands the authority of the Fed over the States too. Under this new law states can opt-out of HCR, but ONLY IF it can prove to the Fed that it will provide equal services to its citizens. That effectively conflicts with State's rights.

[Ovedya2006]

@Ovedya2006

Sorry, but if none of this bothers or alarms you in the least, then I'm afraid you're not paying much attention. Never in the history of America has the government had the authority to force Americans to purchase private goods and services, and then on top of that make it criminal to NOT purchase those goods or services.

[Ovedya2006]

@photolitherland

So....by "in length" you mean in 482 characters (including spaces) or less?

Not possible.

But how about about starting with the most obvious here: For the first time in U.S. history Congress has passed a law mandating the purchase of a government "qualified" health insurance plan, and taxing its citizens for the provision thereof, AS A REQUISITE to freedom?

HCR is nothing less than the first step toward totalitarianism.

[vllmer]

obamacare is influenced by the trial lawyer lobbyists (who have contributed $100s of millions to dems) to further prevent real reform, raise taxes on all of us and price the insurance of their choice out of reach. Businesses will eventually dump employees on obama/pelosi/ried single payer, which will financially go the way of other programs like fmae/mac, ss, medicare, etc. i.e. belly up & cut back. So get ready for rationing as dems don't let a crisis go to waste, to quote dem rahm emanuel.

[lees20022]

It good to have this socialist clown on video record about this.

Good job!

In other news , leftists are shooting into the offices of Republican congressmen.

The Democrats will stop at nothing to run over our nation

[mickrussom]

Hoyer you SCUM, your gang will be jailed when we restore freedom liberty and the constitutional republic, you rat vermin traitor Hoyer.

[Ovedya2006]

Right. And common sense didn't prevail here, I suppose.  I mean, seems pretty illogical for one tax cheat to implement a plan taxing Americans for something they don't want, and another tax cheat to administer the agency responsible for criminalizing those who do not want to pay the tax for something they don't want.

I guess MY logic must be flawed for expecting my CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS to be enforced by my elected officials rather than having them taken away.

[gregvs3]

Just some constructive criticism here, since we need to get our technique down. I think the approach to grab his attention was fantastic. You were confident and the tap on the shoulder suggested, "I'm the one in charge here."

If we're getting it on video, I'm not sure we should follow them and yell at them. I've done it before like 10 X already, and I always feel foolish afterwards.... and I don't think it looks good at all. Maybe just turn around and give the camera a look like, "see?"

[Ovedya2006]

Very good points. I think the remark, "You left-wingers have made hypocrisy and art form" was something the viewer would easily arrive at. Or at least having a tag line at the end which reminds the viewer of such hypocrisy.

In any case, good job, Mr. Mattera. As a suggestion (if you haven't already done so) perhaps you would also like to approach Democratic House reps and ask why THEY are permitted to opt out of Obamacare when the rest of us are not.

[liberalseatshit]

good luck in november YOU COCKSUCKING LEFTIST PIECE OF SHIT.

[gigem85]

Awesome. We need more people asking these crooks in Washington (on both sides) questions like this. Just seems the dems are more attune to telling people what to do and taking their money to do it.

Great job Jason. Keep it up.

[Hellpig]

watch what you say to Hoyer he will accuse you of death threats that never happened...

another lying sack of treasonous commie progressive shit

[medlock01]

Dems are pathetic, but the people who vote for them expecting any different are much worse.

Remember that the Feds in DC telling you what you can do, what you must buy and taking half your income is FREEDOM to a Democrat.

[ilewa]

Don't you folks get it yet????

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others - George Orwell (Animal Farm)

The new mantra of the great USA

[simplywine00]

exactly!