Sen. Hatch: Public Will 'Take Every Dime They Can' From Government
Source: Talking Points Memo
By ESME CRIBB Published MAY 9, 2017 5:08 PM
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) on Tuesday said the public will take every dime they can from government programs like health care.
Asked by a reporter how public perception of the Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare is affecting the Senates deliberations, Hatch said the public wants every dime they can be given.
Lets face it, once you get them on the dole, theyll take every dime they can, Hatch said, as quoted by CNN. Weve got to find some way of getting things under control or this country and your future is going to be gone.
As he left a meeting on Tuesday where Republican lawmakers began drafting their own legislation, Hatch made similar remarks signaling that the Senate may pursue deep cuts to Medicaid.
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/orrin-hatch-public-will-take-every-dime-they-can
muntrv
(14,505 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,450 posts)dchill
(38,442 posts)I guess only billionaires and bankers should be allowed to ride that train.
Joe Bacon
(5,163 posts)Either Romney or Huntsman will take him out in the primary. Or maybe we'll get lucky and McMullin runs as an Independent and caucuses with the Democrats.
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)athena
(4,187 posts)salary back to the IRS, or whether he has chosen to keep it all these years.
Maeve
(42,271 posts)We only want our money's worth...and it IS our money, remember?
Turbineguy
(37,291 posts)Senator Hatch has been mooching off us forever!
jrthin
(4,833 posts)cloudbase
(5,511 posts)frazzled
(18,402 posts)People like Donald Trump, who claimed he was "smart" for taking millions of dollars worth of loopholes to avoid paying taxes to the government.
Or people like federal contractors, who bilk the government all the time; or real-estate developers, who get special tax incentives, which they then sell to banks for cash.
Is that the public he's talking about?
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)comes from? Have you ever heard of TAXES? WE pay for these programs, not you. If WE want a govt health care program, you damn better well give us one, since it is OUR money you are spending!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,587 posts)And isn't the government supposed to be of, by, and for the people - that is, us, the public?
Orrin Hatch is, was, and always will be, a dick.
politicat
(9,808 posts)Yes, we want it back to fund things we consider important, and preserving the life and health of ourselves is the first priority.
You're like the bank manager who walks into the safe deposit box vault and takes ownership of the contents of the drawers. It's not yours. You're an employee, not the owner.
Asshole.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)How Republicans think about the American people, in a nutshell.
BTW, Deplorables, he means you, too.
raccoon
(31,105 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)MiniMe
(21,709 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)From Republican "tax and spend" to Progressive "tax and invest." For starters, we the people ARE the gov. Which means that in a democracy, we the people, through our representatives, decide how much to tax, who to tax, and where to invest those taxes for the commonwealth and security of all. Progressives are no longer willing to let millionaires and corporations run our government for their profit, while they offlay the expense of business onto taxpayers.
Our tax dollars are investments in infrastructure, education, research & development that benefit businesses, clean and safe food and drugs, hospitals and healthcare, clean air and water, retirement with dignity, public parks, transportation on roads, rails, and air, security by police and military, justice through our courts, affordable housing, free and fair elections, and so much more.
And I would add that if Hatch dislikes spending public money so much, he can always refuse to cash his paycheck that is funded with tax payer dollars.
really folks, it's time we reclaimed the discussion from "tax and spend" to "taxes invested in our and our children's lives and future.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Rethugs are under the delusion that they constitute the entirety of the government and taxes are their own money to spend as they alone see fit.
usaf-vet
(6,161 posts)DITTO!!!
nocalflea
(1,387 posts)cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)I'd like to punch in the face!
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,957 posts)cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)I would. Just that I'd like to.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,957 posts)There is more than enough violence in the world today.
cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)to say that on this message board. How about you chill out! Don't you have anything better to do than criticize someone's choice of words or thoughts?
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,957 posts)cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)defending health care is self-defense?
I did a search and found this thread.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10028875406
Why don't you go tell everyone there to chill?
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,957 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(48,957 posts)dembotoz
(16,785 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,265 posts)He's what I've heard referred to as a "net tax receiver", i.e., gets more in tax payer dollars (salary, perks) than he pays in taxes. IOW, he's a welfare king.
Does Hatch realize the LDS' run the largest non-governmental welfare organization in the country?
Freethinker65
(9,999 posts)latinaliberal
(102 posts)You have been sucking on the government teat for how long, sir?
JudyM
(29,192 posts)citizens. You're so "elitist" thinking you can let your donors trash the planet and build bombs and we should work our asses off for your pleasure.
This statement by him could be the rallying cry for a massive public revolt.
riversedge
(70,084 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,265 posts)IIRC, it's the largest non-governmental welfare system in the country.
riversedge
(70,084 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,265 posts)nt
keithbvadu2
(36,655 posts)Wealthcare for billionaires
MindPilot
(12,693 posts)We (the People) give you money in the form of taxes, and you give us governmental services (like defense, education and healthcare) in return.
Now shut the fuck up an get to work!!!
PatrickforO
(14,558 posts)You do realize, don't you, that the money we 'take' from OUR government, that is supposedly OF, BY and FOR us, the people, is funded by OUR taxes that we pay in, don't you?
Republicans in my state make this fundamental and rather short sighted mistake all the time.
They say, "We don't want no Fed'ral Gummint dollars, thank you very much," and decline things like aid to new homebuyers, etc. Then they grin and high five each other about what good conservatives they all are.
But, you know, WE paid that money into the Federal Government through our US Income Tax, and anytime you can get that money flowing back into your state for stuff like infrastructure improvements, why in the hell wouldn't you?
Seriously.
You know, every time the government offers something beneficial, that would actually help Americans in some way, there will always be a Republican to come along and try to quash it on the basis that using our tax money for stuff that helps us 'creates dependency.'
Can anyone say...BULL...SHIT?
They_Live
(3,224 posts)Fuckface.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)Cha
(296,848 posts)jmowreader
(50,528 posts)not fooled
(5,801 posts)If white conservative pukes get gubmint money, in the form of oh say crop support or fossil fuel subsidies, it's just going to the right hands.
If a middle class, working class, or poor person gets government assistance including for education, that's welfare.
Money we've paid into Social Security and Medicare is the rightful property of Wall Street.
Or at least that appears to be the way Hatch thinks.
truthisfreedom
(23,139 posts)nikibatts
(2,198 posts)Sedona
(3,769 posts)FUCK HIM!
airmid
(500 posts)raccoon
(31,105 posts)It's not surprising at all that a Republican would THINK this.
The liar always thinks everybody else is a liar, the cheater always suspects others of cheating....
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)The people, you asshole.
rock
(13,218 posts)Why 'Public'? Why 'Government'? Only the Public wants money from only the Government?? Or does everybody want all that they can get?
itcfish
(1,828 posts)Did you know this?: Government of the people, by the people, for the people. Government is not your personal ATM