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Take Back Control
by Freda Douglas By: Guest writer Bob Osgoodby You can reach Bob and sign up for his newsletter at [email protected] _____________________________________________________ We can buy shirts made in Bangladesh, toys, tools and computers made in China, and HP printers and cars made in Mexico. We can buy shoes from South East Asia, and almost anything we want from 20 different foreign countries, but heaven help the senior citizens who dare to buy their Prescription drugs from a Canadian or Mexican pharmacy. That's called Un-American! This past February, as a part of the new budget for 2008, Congress is considering eliminating $25 billion in Medicaid spending, a sizeable fraction of the $300 billion total Medicaid budget. But, illegal residents of this country are receiving healthcare at the expense of legal residents and permanent aliens. Breaking the laws of this country should not be rewarded with free services, especially when in doing so, they mushroom the cost of programs like Welfare and Medicaid, prompting the government to propose cuts that affect the rest of us. In addition, billions of our tax dollars are being wasted by our elected representatives. It is difficult to ascertain what the country gets out of pork projects such as the $194,000 Representative John Murtha (D-Pa.) secured for the construction of a new community center in Green County, Pa. And how about the $223 million secured by Don Young (R-Alaska) to build a bridge nearly as long as the Golden Gate and higher than the Brooklyn Bridge, to connect the town of Ketchikan (population 8,900) to the city airport on Gravina Island (population 50). Currently, the link is provided by a 10-minute ferry ride that has worked for years. The War on Terror and hurricane relief currently costs $103 billion, plus $20 billion more on pork projects than the $103 billion requested. The federal government's General Accounting Office estimates for every $10 spent on Medicare, $1 is lost to waste, fraud or abuse. How come that for every dollar Alaskans pay in at-the-pump gas taxes, they get $6.60 back at the expense of the rest of the country? Congress, has largely abandoned its constitutional duty and has steadfastly refused to address the waste littered across government programs. In 2003, an attempt by House Budget Committee Chairman Jim Nussle (R-IA) to address wasteful spending was rejected by the House of Representatives, and similar calls in 2004 by then-Senate Budget Committee Chairman Don Nickles (R-OK) were rejected by the Senate. How come one shot of Neulasta used in Chemotherapy treatment costs $3,000, and pills to prevent nausea in the treatment cost over $100 each? Who knows if there is already a cure for cancer that is not being released because cancer treatment is big business. I grant you that the United States is a great place to live. We have electricity and running water 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? We have air conditioning in the summer and heating in the winter and 95.4 percent of folks have a job? We also have the ability to walk into a grocery store at any time and see more food in moments than Darfur has seen in the last year. We are able to walk the streets without fear of being blown up by a car bomb. So what then is the problem? We need to hold our elected representatives accountable. Pork spending that benefits a few at the expense of all must be eliminated. Obscene health costs must be brought under control. Hidden taxes, especially on small businesses, have to be eliminated if they are to survive. Isn't it time for us to take back control of our country. The politicians won't do it - all they seem to be interested in is getting reelected. We are the only ones who can - pick your candidates carefully. ____________________________________________ If you're interested in starting 2008 with your own home-based business now is the time to start. Deduct your start up expenses in 2007 off your income on April 15, 2008. Visit www.freda.themangosteenrevolution.com to learn about our single product . Then visit www.freda.myjetstream.net to watch the video, read the script and you'll find out how you'll make money with no cost or obligation. Q&A at 256-796-0651, CST, 9 9. __________________________________________ Freda Douglas is a published author. Her first book "Cherish the Past", still available on Amazon.com, was published in 2004. Her second book "Winds of Change" is now available at your local book store by using this ISBN # 978-1-60145-367-9 Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |