Billy Kennedy's take on Virginia Foxx's healthcare town hall

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Billy Kennedy attended Virginia Foxx's health care forum in Statesville today. Here is his take on the event:

After Rep. Foxx's health care town hall today, I searched the Constitution to see where it says we taxpayers are supposed to be subsidizing her personal health care insurance. I couldn't find it.

You see, Rep. Foxx says unless something is expressly written in the Constitution, then we the people have no right to want or expect it. In fact, that was the exact question I had for her today (had I been called on). I wanted to know, since she's been a politician for the last 27 years, when was the last time the taxpayers weren't paying for her insurance?

It's fine for Ms. Foxx to stand up there today and tell folks that the people need to handle their own health care costs, that the government can't do anything right (so why even try?) and that our current system is the best in the world, when she lets the government handle her health needs and expects us to hand over our hard-earned dollars not just for our own health needs, but for hers too.

Our health system is indeed the greatest in the world. For her. For those of us who aren't on government programs like Medicare or Medicaid, or Tri-Care or the Federal Health Care plan, not so great.

http://www.bluenc.com/billy-kennedys-take-virginia-foxxs-health-care-town-hall

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1. R's have the notion that "pulling one up by one's bootsraps"...

as the answer for everything.

But since the Reagan years, right through bushII, they not only took the boots from the Middle and Lower Classes, they took the socks, pants and shirts as well...leaving nothing but a shoddy barrel, and they are intent on taking that as well.

The entire RW ideology is based on people "making it", but at every turn, they have taken away the few tools that were available for an individual, or class of people to help them "make it". What has happened, is the exceptionally wealthy have gained even more power, along w/big business, and the people have suffered immeasurably, but die hard R's still believe they have a "chance"...it's not going to happen, it was never in the plan of the GOP to ensure others get a chance. It is all an illusion.