Ryan Price's Soapbox

According to an Associated Press report, the young teen that was killed by border patrol on the Mexican side of the border was actively smuggling immigrants across into America. According to the investigation, the boy, Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca had been arrested at least four times since 2008 and twice in the same week in February 2009. Most of the arrest were near downtown El Paso which isn’t far from where he was killed.

This brings to attention that we simply aren’t doing enough to protect our own border. The state of Arizona passed their immigration law to do exactly this. Prevent illegal’s from coming into the country. Our new immigration policy should be strict if we plan to reform it. Construct a true border wall or something to that effect. Hire more ICE officials and border agents that have a shoot on sight command if they see smugglers and illegal’s crossing into the country. This should be an open and close case, I mean we don’t have this problem with Canada so why should we condone it with our southern border? Illegal immigration problems are causing havoc on the state by shoring up jobs that legalized citizens and Americans could be doing and keeping money within the country instead of funneling it out of the country to Mexico or to the Cartel. I am truly interested in what Obama has in mind to fix this problem that previous administrations have neglected because it’s an issue we can’t continue to sweep under the carpet anymore.

-Ryan Price

All party lines aside i decided to post this important piece of work because it is currently the health care bill that recently passed 220-215 in the House of Representatives on Saturday 11/7/2009. Please have a look and feel free to point out any issues you see wrong with this.

http://docs.house.gov/rules/health/111_ahcaa.pdf

Potential Concerns list:

1. Violates the 10th Amendment in the Constitution -  This is unconstitutional according to this:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

2. ‘Death Panel Clause survives in HR3962 – The provision allows Medicare to pay for voluntary counseling to help beneficiaries deal with the complex and painful decisions families face when a loved one is approaching death. Basically what this means is that the government has the right to tell you they will not provide health care to a loved one and to optionally provide counseling for end of life.
3. Over 500 Billion dollars will be cut from Medicare to help pay for the government take over of health care.
4. Weak Public Option: H.R. 3962 contains the negotiated rate version of Medicare Part E. It is both more expensive and more of a burden on the states than the Medicare +5% fixed rate version, as it moves 7 million uninsured (those making less than 150% of the poverty level) over to Medicaid, which is a joint federal/state program. That means the states have to pick up about 10% of the tab. It also means much of H.R. 3962’s cost is due to subsidies to help people afford insurance. Worse, CBO expects that this public option will cost consumers slightly more than private plans, so only 6 million are expected to enroll. How did the House allow this to happen?
5. Delayed Fair Coverage: Yes, the House thought it a great idea to delay fair access for those with pre-existing conditions until 2013. So they are spending big bucks on risk pools until then, which most people can’t afford anyway. John McCain’s really bad idea lives.
6. No Doc Fix: The $230 billion “doc fix” was stripped out of the bill. That means doctors treating Medicare patients are left in limbo regarding a 21% January fee cut until House members vote on a separate bill.

Please please america, consider what you are doing, it all sounds good when they wrap it in pretty wrapping paper but when you actually read the bill which your representatives refuse to do. Only then can we put the right people in congress who WILL listen to us.

Ryan Price