Sure, it'll be OK. . . It won't cost you a thing. . .

Lies and Damn lies . . . . .  

Obysmal's cadre of conspirators engineer the coup of the millennium,  bury us in a mountain of debt so incredibly huge we will never see the light of day,   and then threaten large companies, using strong arm tactics to shut them up when the math just doesn't add up.   


I wonder if the RICO statute applies here.  Kinda difficult to shut up a simple math equation. . .   Let's see,  costs = 1 billion,  AT&T books 1 Billion loss in first quarter, expects more.  


Hmmmmm. . . . . .   This is not a good start for this cost free healthcare boondoggle.  


Obysmal's response,  a secret trip to Afghanistan.   Let me see,  how does that work again?  Look over here while I screw you over there.   Thank you Mr. AKA.



The Free Enterprise Nation lists the top five threats facing free enterprise–and all five are black-letter Democrat policy!

1. Hidden Cost of Government
2. Social Security Crisis
3. Government-Coerced Unionization
4. Health Care “Reform” Legislation
5. Unrestrained Spending, Debt and Taxes

For daring to disagree with The Official Narrative(tm), Waxman demands the right to rifle through the file cabinets and desk drawers of these private companies, forcing them to turn over their private records–or else. He did the same thing last year, too, when he was trying to have the government decide how much people should be paid at their jobs–you know, like the Founders intended.

If Democrats will do this to to big companies, will they also paw through the medical records of private citizens who oppose State HealthControl?

Read the whole sad truth here.

This from PowerLine

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

March 27, 2010 Posted by John at 2:08 PM

   

We wrote here about the consequences of Obamacare that are beginning to be felt, even before its provisions are implemented: Caterpillar said Obamacare will cost it an additional $100 million in the first year; Medtronic warned that the new tax on its products "could force it to lay off a thousand workers;" Verizon told its employees that it "will likely have to cut healthcare benefits to offset the new costs;" and AT&T announced that it will record a $1 billion non-cash expense in the first quarter and "will be evaluating prospective changes to the active and retiree health care benefits offered by the company."

These announcements are the tip of the iceberg; hundreds like them will follow as Obamacare becomes a reality. Congressional Democrats, evidently stung by the bad publicity, are trying to strike back. A reader writes:

Good post on the true cost of ObamaCare. But it gets better: the Dems are now shaking down CEOs who don't get with the program. In the attached letter, Henry Waxman not only orders the CEOs of AT&T, Caterpillar, Deere & Co, and Verizon to testify before the Energy and Commerce Committee, but also to produce internal analyses and emails related to their statements. They don't expressly subpoena the CEOs, so we can hope that they tell the Dems to GFY, though somehow I doubt that will happen.

The Dems sent these letters to the Republicans on the committee after 6pm tonight with no advance notice or prior cooperation.

Here is the letter Waxman sent to the Chairman of AT&T; the others are similar. Click to enlarge:

In my original post, I wondered why these companies had not spoken out sooner, when it could have done some good. I suppose this is the answer: they know how vindictive the Democrats are. The Democrats' reaction would have been even more hostile (and more dangerous to the companies' well-being) if they had dared to blow the whistle on Obamacare before Congress voted.

This is getting very dark.   The last days of the empire.