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...signs against health care reform and out-of-control federal spending. The conservative protesters unfurled their banners and hoisted placards that read "Give Harry the boot" (with a real boot as a prop; and that would be Harry Mitchell, the local Democratic Congressman) and "Stop the Corrupt Health Care Bill - Drug Test Congress." (See pictures of Tea Party protest signs...
...demonstrators who rallied in front of his district office with signs saying "Health Care Can't Wait" and "Public Option NOW!" "There is giant passion on both sides of the health issue and real angst about the economy," says Mitchell. A moderate Democrat who voted for the final House bill, he believes the current health care status quo is unsustainable...
...enthusiasm of a convert. When she was living in California, she voted for Gray Davis, a Democrat, for governor. Now she paints signs and has a website, angryrightwinghousewife.com. Hoelscher, a mother of three, says, "Obama and the Democrats have not addressed the economy at all." She believes the stimulus bill was nothing but a "slush fund." But she is also offended by Republicans and says she will work for Republican challenger J.D. Hayworth against incumbent Senator John McCain, who she says has been unresponsive to the "illegal immigration [that] is destroying the job market." (See pictures of last year...
...current universal plan. Since that reform passed, health insurers have raised premiums between 7-12 percent, greater than the national average of 5-7 percent increases. This makes Massachusetts the state with the highest average family healthcare plans, $13,788 per year, despite the carefully crafted reform bill. Thus, the price control provisions in the healthcare bill should only lead to expectations of greater increases for younger workers...
Another component of the healthcare bill that is potentially devastating to our generation is the burden it places on small businesses. When one thinks of small businesses, one tends to think of mom and pop stores, family operations, and life savings. Yet a recent Kauffman Foundation report indicated that there is a “coming entrepreneurship boom” among people ages 20-34. The Democrats’ healthcare plan would require all small businesses with payrolls over $400,000—around one million employers—to cover healthcare or pay an 8 percent surcharge. This means...