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AFP Patients First Health Care Rally
Patients First, a project of AFP, is joined by Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory at a rally against Government Run Health Care in North Carolina.
AFP Pres. Tim Phillips Discusses Card Check on Glenn Beck
AFP President Tim Phillips joins Glenn Beck to discuss the Card Check provision being pulled from the Employee Free Choice Act. However, now Congress is replacing it with another terrible provision which calls for a Fast Track Election.
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At 1,990 pages, the health care bill passed in the House last Saturday is complex, imposing, and expensive. The massive bureaucracies and restrictions it would create are ringing in at more than a trillion dollars and counting. Save the world, one tax dollar at a time. And one alarming aspect of this bill is the power it gives the government to reallocate income from the country’s youth.
READ MOREThe real fight is still to come, and we're going to win. I won't sugarcoat it: We lost last week, and it hurts. It was down to the wire, but Nancy Pelosi's outrageous trillion-dollar-plus budget-busting, tax-hiking Washington takeover of health care passed the House Saturday night. But keep it in perspective, because this very narrow defeat gives us great hope for ultimate victory. AFP policy advisory Phil Kerpen put it in perspective: Keeping Tonight’s House Healthcare Perspective
READ MOREDo not let this weekend’s vote in the House discourage you; our grassroots efforts have been successful!
While it would have been fantastic had the House of Representatives defeated the government-run health care bill, and the billions of dollars in new taxes that come along with it, do not be discouraged by an extremely narrow 220-215 vote.
READ MOREThere is an ancient Chinese proverb that says “give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” The proverb encompasses two philosophies of the role of government: nanny state vs. infrastructure. By ramming through the House version of the healthcare bill on Saturday night, the message is clear from the government: “Gone Fishing”.
READ MOREA Grandview City Councilman, Mike Ferguson, shared his response to an anonymous e-mailer regarding a smoking ban. He is absolutely correct in his response. It's too bad St. Louis area voters and elected officials don't get it!
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