The Republicans' alternative health care plan "will still let insurers raise premiums four times faster than wages."
Health care reform "establishes a new board of federal bureaucrats (the 'Health Benefits Advisory Committee') to dictate the health plans that all individuals must purchase."
Three presidents in the last century — Harding, Kennedy and Reagan — all cut taxes during recessions and produced "rapid and dramatic economic recoveries," while two, Herbert Hoover and Barack Obama, did "the opposite."
"One-third of the health care dollar goes to no such thing as health care; it goes to the insurance companies."
"Forcing Americans off of their current health coverage and onto a government-run plan isn't the answer, but that's exactly what the Democrats' plan would do."
When White House communications director Anita Dunn said that Mao Tse-tung was "one of her favorite philosophers, only Fox News picked that up."
"For the last decade the climate has been cooling."
"President Bush never did one interview with the New York Times during his entire presidency."
"Usually it's about $900 a month to get health coverage. (Florida's program has) reduced that, on average, to about $150 a month."
The Baucus health care bill "could be used to ban guns in home self-defense."
Forty-five percent of doctors "say they'll quit" if health care reform passes.
An Iowa policy "provides for a state round up of Iowa citizens who might be exposed to the swine flu virus."
"Baseball and insurance are the only industries exempt from antitrust laws."
Under the Hate Crimes bill, "any pastor, preacher, priest, rabbi or imam who gives a sermon out of their moral traditions about sexual practices could be found guilty of a federal crime."
"Not only is there no scientific evidence that CO2 is a pollutant, higher CO2 concentrations actually help ecosystems support more plant and animal life."
"There's no evidence anywhere that offshore drilling has hurt tourism in any area where it has been allowed."
All the talk about socialism during the campaign made young people more interested in it by Election Day.
"The majority actually want single-payer health care."
Medicare officials have treated Humana and AARP inconsistently on how they can communicate with seniors.
White House Political Director Patrick Gaspard once served as the "right-hand man" for Bertha Lewis, who heads up ACORN.
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