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Chuck Schumer is Wall Street's favorite politician, having taken over the position previously held by Rahm Emanuel. Which is just a simple way of saying that Schumer is the bag man for the Democratic Party for Wall Street. He collects the money paid by Wall Street to the Democrats as a kick-back for the Democrats letting Wall Street continue to loot our country, and refusing to prosecute these criminals.
Harry Reid is the man who isn't there. He was put into position by the Democrats as a mild-mannered guy designed to deflect Republican attacks that the Democrats are left-wing anarchists. But Harry has no power inside the Democratic Party.
The people who run the Democratic Party are the people who raise the most money in bribes. People like Bill Clinton who still directs much of the money given to the Democrats, and still controls much of what goes on inside the Democratic Party. Schumer, as mentioned. Rahm Emanuel. Diane Feinstein, that pro-war disgrace, demanding more war, more war. And of course the major corporations pool their funds to buy the ultimate control of the Democrats.
Notice that since they took control of the national government, none of the Democrats have said a word about the need for campaign finance reform. The only "Change" they wanted was to have the bribes go to them instead of being paid to the Republicans.
For example, despite the circus and the nonsense, the only thing the Democrats have to do to provide the citizens with a national healthcare program is to vote for a program where everyone belongs to Medicare, if they choose, tax people to offset their reduction in their own expenses, tax employers for the same, and tax the scumbucket criminals on Wall Street to pay for the rest of it. If they really object to the $100 million bonuses, why not pass a law taxing the bonuses at 99%. That would pay for it.
Yesterday we heard Schumer and Reid "threaten" to take control of all health insurance companies in this country at the national level, to take away the anti-trust exemption. Be very careful. Do not support this. They're pretending it's a "threat," but I think it's something the insurance companies want.
Here's what's really going on. Blue Cross, for example, can do anything they want in some state like Mississippi where the citizens have no rights and the government just takes corporate bribes and does nothing for the people. But in California, for example, a big state and big market, Blue Cross has to follow the laws of the State of California which give consumers a whole lot more rights in this field. If Blue Cross threatens to just stop writing insurance in the state, California would say go suck an egg, because it's such a big market nobody wants to walk away from it.
If the federal government takes over regulating the health insurance industry, they will "preempt" state laws. That means states will have no ability to regulate health insurance companies. It also means the Democrats can demand more and more bribes from the health insurance industry in exchange for allowing them to raise premiums even more than they already have, provide less coverage, make it affordable for even fewer people to have healthcare.
Don't trust Schumer, Reid, or anyone in the Democratic party when they propose more federal regulation in this or any other field. So far, they have only used their power in D.C. to enrich themselves. We're better off leaving control at the state level, because then we at least have a chance.
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