TBO.com - Tampa Bay Online
About This Blog:
The Jax Files is an interactive, quick-hitting blog devoted to any and all things Pasco, whether whole-heartedly, tangentially or merely psychologically.
Tom Jackson:
Tom Jackson is in a 12-step program for recovering sports writers; as part of his rehabilitation, he writes a column centered on the people, politics, passions and peculiarities of Pasco County. Email
Pasco County Links:
Most Recent Entries
- ObamaCare update: Florida AG Bondi upbeat
- Annoyed Nugent: Jobs bill way overdue
- Stripped Fasano unbowed by ‘schoolyard bully’
- Limbaugh pokes Weatherford; “desperate,” says Will
- We’d think this was just nutty ...
- Obama rejects Keystone pipeline
- Fasano’s end game: No more NFL in Florida
- The silence of the NLRB
- Former Air Force Colonel Wants to Challenge Castor
- Another lefty talking point bites the dust
- On Rubio, Washington Post earns three Pinnochios
- Steve Jobs’ David Mamet moment (whiffed)
- Dopiness of Occupy Wall Street revealed, er, confirmed
- Curious case of the curious little blue heron
- Democrats: Nugent won’t spend other people’s money (waa!)
More
- Highlands: Ms. Cuisine
- Town 'N Country
- Brandon
- Highlands County
- In The Loop
- Northeast Now
- Northwest
- Pasco Personalities With Geoff Fox
- Plant City
- Carrollwood
- South Shore
- Temple Terrace
- The Jax Files - With Tom Jackson in Pasco
- The Sun
- South Tampa
Monthly Archives
|
| Pasco County News | Breaking News |
Naked power grab
Posted Oct 29, 2009 by Tom Jackson
Updated Oct 29, 2009 at 03:07 PM
Battling back even as U.S. House Democratic leaders congratulated themselves for crafting a brand new doorstop masquerading as a health care “reform” package, U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Palm Harbor) joined the chorus decrying the plan as a naked government takeover:
“Instead of working to produce health care reform that would control rising costs and provide greater access to insurance for those who lack it, the Democrat’s today emerged from behind closed doors to repackage the same heavy-handed, big government approach they have proposed since day one. Their plan will slash Medicare for seniors, raise taxes and lead to fewer choices and more costly premiums while reducing the quality of care we all receive.
“We should move away from more government bureaucracy and instead build upon our current system while preserving the quality of care and keeping individuals in charge of their own health care decisions. Congress should be working on sensible answers that will lower costs and increase access to insurance such as tort reform, cleaning up fraud, strengthening insurance so it is portable and can be purchased across state lines, and expanding access to care through community health centers.”
Post a comment
Members:(Requires free registration.)
Commenting is not available in this weblog entry.
ADVERTISEMENT
Advertisement
TBO.com - Tampa Bay Online ©2010 Media General Communications Holdings, LLC. A Media General company. Member Agreement | Privacy Statement | Work With Us
Reader Comments
Por (andrew) on October 29, 2009 (Suggest removal)
Mr. Bilirakis would garner thousands more votes and thousands more re election dollars by doing one simple thing and shouting it out to the entire state and nation-
Suggest removalGo to
http://pledge.tenthamendmentcenter.com/the-federal-pledge/
And sign the tenth amendment pledge Gus. Maybe your faint hearted former colleagues in Tallahassee will follow suit.
Pledging to this sends a strong message of leadership and America sorely needs this.
Are you up to the challenge?