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Where Some Of The Money Would Come From

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Gregg Jarrett posted an article today which explains how Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders would pay for healthcare for people who are in America illegally.

The article reports:

Senator Warren and Senator Sanders have both publicly supported the dismantling of the United States healthcare system and want to rebuild it as a socialized government-run system. In this new system, illegal aliens would also be entitled to taxpayer-funded healthcare. Senator Sanders has admitted that to accomplish this, taxes on the middle class would need to increase. Senator Warren has refused to say how she plans to pay for such an expensive and expansive healthcare system.

The Washington Post interviewed a few “external economic policy advisers” to see what ideas they might be pitching to Senator Warren’s campaign. One advisor by the name of Robert Pollin suggested taking away money from the Department of Veterans Affairs and diverting it to a single-payer system.

“Robert Pollin, a left-leaning economist at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst who has worked with the Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) teams, said he believes two-thirds of the single-payer fund can be raised by redirecting existing public health-care spending from Medicare, Medicaid and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Pollin refused to discuss any details related to his conversations with Warren’s campaign.” – The Washington Post

So money will be taken away from the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay for healthcare for people who are in America illegally.

The article concludes:

Not only is Mr. Pollin suggesting that funds intended for the healthcare of America’s bravest be diverted to this new system, but also Medicaid and Medicare funds. This means that the government entities that are meant for the underprivileged, handicap, and elderly will lose funding. Even with redirecting all of these funds Mr. Pollin admits that they would need to raise an additional 600 billion dollars.

“Pollin suggests that the remaining third be raised by a $600 billion annual ‘gross-receipts’ tax on businesses.”

This means that in effect, taxes will go up on all citizens. If stealing money from the health plans of American veterans is their best solution, the American people will reject their radical ideas and reelect President Trump.

I hope so.

A Beautiful Afternoon

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Today I attended the Worcester Tea Party April 15th Tax Day Tea Party. It was a fantastic event (and just as an added bonus, it was a beautiful day!).

I have a few observations on the growth of the Tea Party. Reports of the death of the Tea Party are highly exaggerated–it is alive and doing well. A lot of the Tea Party is over the age of 40, but there is a younger group getting involved–one of the speakers today was a high school student speaking about a new program in her high school that involves students wearing a bracelet and tracking everything they eat and exactly how much exercise they get. That really does not sound like life in a free country to me. I hope to post an article about this program in her own words in the coming week. There was also a student from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst who spoke. I am very impressed with the reasoning abilities of both of these young people as I did not give up my liberal ways until I was well into my twenties.

The Tea Party is not a monolithic group. The basic areas of agreement are smaller government, the repeal of Obamacare, and lower taxes. There is a strain of Ayn Rand worship that can also be found in some Tea Party members, but when you consider Ayn Rand’s perspective based on her background, that is probably not a bad thing. I remember reading ATLAS SHRUGGED in high school because the group of kids I hung around with was reading it, and we all thought it was wonderful. It amazes me that most of those friends grew up to become liberals. I guess our college education system in the late 1960’s was pretty powerful.

Anyway, the Tea Party event in Worcester was a great event. All ages were represented and it was a nice, friendly, well-mannered crowd. I will be there again next year!

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