US RELEASE 11/9/09: Randy Thomasson Statement on Narrow Passage of HR 3962
SAVEAMERICA.COM NEWS RELEASE
November 8, 2009 -- For Immediate Release
Randy Thomasson Statement on Narrow Passage of HR 3962
“A health-care solution that so vastly increases the size of government and
imposes large fines and jail time for noncompliance is the wrong solution.”
Sacramento, California – Randy Thomasson, president of SaveAmerica.com, issued the following statement regarding Saturday’s passage of HR 3962 in the House of Representatives:
“This 2,032-page monstrosity removes choice and responsibility from individuals and hands over tremendous power and control to the government. A health-care solution that so vastly increases the size of government and imposes large fines and jail time for noncompliance is the wrong solution.
“Elected representatives would do much better to remind people that they, not the government, are responsible for healthy living and their own health insurance. True reform would empower families and individuals to purchase private-sector health care insurance that is much more affordable, accessible, and portable. This is a philosophical debate over whether people should be in charge of their health, or whether they should abandon all choices and rewards and let the government ‘take care’ of them instead. Americans must remember that, to maintain a free society, we must respect personal responsibility and restrict the size of government.
“It was a mistake for pro-life Republicans to vote for a pro-life amendment that enabled this government-run health care bill to pass. Any pro-life legislator should have realized that voting for the Stupak amendment was ensuring that the government healthcare takeover would succeed, and that defeating the government takeover would have also prohibited abortions being performed with federal taxpayer dollars. We are not counting the Stupak amendment as a pro-life vote, but as a mistake at best and a deceitful scheme at worst.”
More information:
The Wall Street Journal, "The Worst Bill Ever," Nov. 1, 2009
Congressman John Shadegg Statement on Stupak Amendment, Nov. 8, 2009
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