Speaker Pelosi justifies JAIL for not buying health insurance

11-0-09 - During a press conference at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Nancy Pelosi skirted a surprise question, twice. The questions pertained to 5-year jail terms and $250,000 fines for those refusing to buy health insurance under her plan. However, she did say her plan was "fair".

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, was in Seattle on Monday, November 9, 2009 where she joined Democratic Reps. Jay Inslee, Jim McDermott and Norman Dicks in a tour of Swedish Medical Center. Pelosi's visit came less than 48 hours after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the massive and short-sighted "Affordable Health Care for America Act" bill by a very narrow margin, 220-215. Pelosi needed at least 218 votes for passage.

The closed door meetings and their partisan Democrat scheme worked despite the obvious will of the People as a Rasmussen poll found that 57% Americans opposed while only 41% approved government run health care. By all accounts, this bill should have died. However, the Stupak amendment revived it at the promise of removing funding for abortions, which we all know can be reversed later on. The Stupak amendment to HR 3962 was proposed and approved in the House of Representatives on November 7, 2009.

UPDATE: As of Dec 22nd 2009, public funding of abortion was added by language c0-sponsored by Sen. Murray (D-WA) & Sen. Boxer (D-WA. They lied...surprise, surprise, surprise. Even Obama later admitted, "there were some stray cat and dogs that got snuck in...that we were in the process of eliminating". This "stray dog" was "snuck in" several weeks AFTER they railroaded this unconstitutional law through.

Pelosi was recently asked another question that she could not answer. She was asked where in the Constitution does it give government the right to run health care. Her snarky answer was simply; are you serious, are you serious? Yes, we patriots are serious; just ask us what we think of more government intrusion in our lives, this being an egregious one that will snatch 1/6th of the US economy from the private sector and in total making government in charge of about half of the entire economy. The more this reckless government strays away from the guidelines set by our Founding Fathers, the less freedom we are left with.

Liberty will die and so will patients under this sort of health care reform. Like in Canada and much of socialist Europe, patients needlessly die waiting weeks or months for life saving surgeries. And in our case, Washington bureaucrats will make decisions for you and your doctor based on cost effective procedures. That is where rationing and cost savings will offset the massive fraud, waste and abuse that government is infamous for. It is a good thing that Congress, with their 240 millionaires, will be spared the rationed care they impose of the American public.

This legislation must be stopped at all expense, as the Senate will soon vote on it. Our Liberty and quality of health care depends on our success in stopping this reckless government and their radical and destructive agenda. Their narrow-minded approach to destroying the best health care on Earth only to reform it is based on deceptive tactics and exploitation of the American people. It must be done NOW, however not implemented until 2013. Therefore, the negative fallout will not play a role in possibly reelecting our leftist president.

*The same day that Pelosi ducked the jail question, President Obama also danced around a similar question posed by White House press staff Jake Tapper. Mr. Tapper also had to ask the question twice and met with a condescending, "I'm not sure that's the biggest question they're asking right now". The audio portion of the Obama interview follows the Pelosi press conference.

Please call, email, or visit your Senator and urge them to vote NO, before its too late! Once implemented this government plan, like all other entitlement programs, is permanent and will cost at least 3x the projections, totaling over $3 Trillion...of deficit spending!
Furthermore, they talk about "subsidies" and they really mean redistribution of wealth. Karl Marx said, "To each according to his need, from each according to his ability". The have some "moral" obligation to steal from those who are productive and distribute to those who don't produce much if any to society. This is not government's role, they think it's charity, but last time I checked charity was to be given, not taken by a rule by fear government with a "mandate". This health care "debate" is not about health or care, it's about CONTROL.

More details at this Seattle TEA party COMMUNITY ORGANIZER's blog:
http://redistributingknowledge.blogspot.com/

Also, this press conference was not announced publicly. And the protest against Pelosi-care was organized with only 3-hours advance notice.

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[PrincessGina1990]

americans still think they are superior! after all this shit they still think so. Well face it you are not superior. Those who paid banks and car dealers to stay in business are still your leaders. You allow them to spit at you take your money take your home... and all you do is drink beer and watch butthead on tv. losers!

[VideoSeattle]

@PrincessGina1990

It's not any one person, nor is it the 300 Million that make America superior, it's our exceptional heritage. It's not an arrogance like you make it out to be, it's a society based on free market principles that brings out the best in anyone who care to work. The brave that defend her are the ones who deserve our respect. And the bureaucrats that mock our heritage are pigs. They are the liberal elite who are the ruling class who believe THEY know what's best 4 us. RU 1 2?

[muffl556]

@maxistsocialist you're right, what america needs most is a totalitarian socialist government with eugenics programs like "universal health care" and maybe some gulags etc...I live in germany and we are also forced to have HI, its hell on earth! Marx was a BANKERboy and high ranking freemason, "his" ideology is in fact masonic doctrine, "capitalist" bankers created socialism as a control mechanism, social-ISM = social-DOCTRINE...look it up and wake up, I pray that you amercians keep ur firearms!

[Luker4877]

Pelosi should be labeled a terrorist for this. She didn't want to admit it but seemed to imply that buy health insurance or go to jail. How is this not Terrorism?

[HughGWrekshin]

If that happens then why don't we ALL simply not pay for it. I would absolutely love to see what they would do faced with having to put about 80 million people in jail. Haha I can't wait.

[electrictroy2010]

@PrincessGina1990 >>>"americans still think they are superior!"

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Not really. As far as I'm concerned, the European Union can take over as superior leader of the free world. We Americans would like to take a vacation and simply enjoy living in liberty

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[stigmajosh]

Never heard this on CNN or MSNBC. Imagine that.

[VideoSeattle]

@MegaDoggyBag I was sincerely shocked when I heard 1st hand that question being asked. Didn't think such courage existed among our so-called "news reporters". Bravo to Shomari Stone! A similar question was posed to the president when ABC's Jake Tapper asked if jail time was appropriate for those refusing to buy health insurance. Prez said it was appropriate...

Search this title: Obama Refuses to Rule Out Jail Time for People Who Don't Buy Health Insurance.

[Chandapanda123]

She sure doesn't mind having taxpayers pay for her expenses...air travel, expensive bouquets of flowers, etc. She is the worst kind of politician, and that is saying a lot!!

[Mage13246]

@VideoSeattle

Good points are raised in this video.

[Sony18241]

hard to give a straight answer when she knows that the answer is unlawful.

[piperboy26]

If you dont any healthcare you get TAXED over $600. Companies with 50 or more employees get TAXED over$2500 per employee. If the company is close or just over 50, than there will be layoffs or hiring freezes. Hence the job killing bill.

[nytmstr]

This cunt should be hung for atrocities against the people of the USA for her un-constitutional crimes(laws) perpetrated against us.