Re: Outrage: Wounded Warriors Taxed by ObamaCare

Mark! Good to see you! How are you enjoying this weather?

CW

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From: "Ohio mark" <hilde1951@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 09:05
Subject: Re: Outrage: Wounded Warriors Taxed by ObamaCare

the libtards will tax anything and anyone.

On Jul 5, 7:37 am, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> [image: Click here to find out
> more!]<http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v8/39cd/0/0/%2a/c;44306;0-0;0;32014...>What
> would one expect from Obama, a non-serving Muslim, Marxist coward and his
> circle of similar ilk.
>
> Wounded warriors taxed by ObamaCare for prosthetic, medical devices
>
> July 4, 9:45 AM[image:http://image.examiner.com/img/greydot.gif]Law
> Enforcement
> Examiner<http://www.examiner.com/x-2684-Law-Enforcement-Examiner>[image:http://image.examiner.com/img/greydot.gif]Jim
> Kouri
>
> [image: Purple Heart heroes will be taxed on their artificial limbs and
> devices that help them survive.]
>
> Purple Heart heroes will be taxed on their artificial limbs and devices
> that
> help them survive.
>
> *"You will not see your taxes increased a single dime." - President Barack
> Obama*
>
> *"[W]e have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it, away from
> the fog of the controversy." - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.*
>
> As the nation celebrates Independence Day with parades and barbecues,
> America's veterans face a new tax on prosthetic limbs and other vital
> medical devices.
>
> The health care overhaul passed by Congress and signed into law by
> President
> Barack Obama earlier this year contains a new tax on medical devices such
> as
> prosthetic limbs, pacemakers, and wheelchairs. This tax, which its
> proponents claim will raise $20 billion over the next ten years, contains
> no
> exemption for the nation's 22 million veterans. In fact, Senate Democrats
> specifically refused to exempt veterans from the tax., according to
> officials from the non-partisan, public interest group Americans for Tax
> Reform
>
> "Did Americans forget President Obama promising that Americans making less
> than $250,000.00 per year would not see their taxes go up one cent? Once
> again a politician is caught lying to the voters," said political
> strategist
> Mike Baker.
>
> On March 24 2010, Senate Democrats rejected an amendment offered by
> Senator
> Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) to the healthcare bill. This amendment (SA 3644)
> would
> have prevented the medical device tax from hitting veterans covered by the
> Veterans Healthcare Program or TRICARE for Life.
>
> This amendment was rejected by a vote of 44-54. All but five Democrat
> senators voted in favor of retaining the tax for veterans.
>
> The medical device tax was one of over twenty new or higher taxes in
> President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul. This permanent new tax is
> already being collected by the federal government.
>
> "On March 24, Senate Democrats had the opportunity to exempt our veterans
> from Obamacare's new tax on medical devices such as prosthetic limbs. But
> 54
> Democrats voted against the measure. They chose to side with the
> tax-and-spend crowd in Washington over our wounded warriors," said Grover
> Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform.
>
> "This is one of the many reasons Harry Reid and the Democrats did not want
> Americans to read the 2,500 page health care bill before it was passed,"
> Norquist added.
>
> In addition to those who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Department of
> Veterans Affairs reports the following number of veterans from America's
> wars:
>
> World War II: 2,079,000
> Korean War: 2,507,000
> Vietnam War: 7,569,000
> Desert Shield/Storm: 2,254,000
>
> The following senators voted for the tax:
>
> Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
> Max Baucus (D-MT)
> Evan Bayh (D-IN)
> Mark Begich (D-AK)
> Michael Bennet (D-CO)
> Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
> Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
> Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
> Roland Burris (D-IL)
> Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
> Ben Cardin (D-MD)
> Tom Carper (D-DE)
> Bob Casey (D-PA)
> Kent Conrad (D-ND)
> Chris Dodd (D-CT)
> Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
> Richard Durbin (D-IL)
> Russ Feingold (D-WI)
> Diane Feinstein (D-CA)
> Al Franken (D-MN)
> Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
> Tom Harkin (D-IA)
> Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
> Tim Johnson (D-SD)
> Edward Kaufman (D-DE)
> John Kerry (D-MA)
> Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
> Herb Kohl (D-WI)
> Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
> Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
> Pat Leahy (D-VT)
> Carl Levin (D-MI)
> Joe Lieberman (ID-CT)
> Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
> Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
> Bob Menendez (D-NJ)
> Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
> Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
> Patty Murray (D-WA)
> Ben Nelson (D-FL)
> Mark Pryor (D-AR)
> Jack Reed (D-RI)
> Harry Reid (D-NV)
> Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
> Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
> Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
> Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
> Arlen Specter (D-PA)
> Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
> Mark Udall (D-CO)
> Tom Udall (D-NM)
> Mark Warner (D-VA)
> Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
> Ron Wyden (D-OR)
>
> *Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National
> Association of Chiefs of Police and he's a columnist for The Examiner (
> examiner.com) and New Media Alliance (thenma.org). In addition, he's a
> blogger for the Cheyenne, Wyoming Fox News Radio affiliate KGAB
> (www.kgab.com). Kouri also serves as political advisor for Emmy and Golden
> Globe winning actor Michael Moriarty.
>
> He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights
> nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In
> addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey
> university
> and director of security for several major organizations. He's also served
> on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers
> throughout the country. Kouri writes for many police and security
> magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer and
> others. He's a news writer and columnist for AmericanDaily.Com,
> MensNewsDaily.Com, MichNews.Com, and he's syndicated by AXcessNews.Com.
> Kouri appears regularly as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio
> news
> and talk shows including Fox News Channel, Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN
> Headline News, MTV, etc. *
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