Jim DeMint on Health Care – Town Hall at Beacon Drive-in Spartanburg, SC – Aug. 20th 2009
Posted by Scott @ 7:07 amAug 22
I had a chance to attend Jim DeMint’s town hall on health care reform at the Beacon Drive-In in Spartanburg, S.C. on the Aug. 20th.
There was a great turnout, with an estimated 600-700 concerned citizens at the event. I put together a nice highlight video of the event.
There were several progressives there from the American Cancer Society who asked questions. One was simply an attack dog for the left and she had her Democratic talking points all listed out for her on a clipboard.
I volunteered once for the ACS and while they certainly do some good work, I found the meetings and members to have a very leftist slant. After digging a bit more, I realized that much of the funds being raised were not being used to help cancer victims, but being used to buy advertising promoting sin taxes and six tax laws, something I vehemently oppose. Needless to say, I decided not to contribute my time to that group.
Nonetheless, the event was very enjoyable and the crowd was decidedly against the current health care reform proposal the Democrats have cooked up, which is the first steps toward a government takeover of the system.
Jim has a much better alternative plan. You can read more about his proposals here and here.
We certainly need more Senators like Jim DeMint representing the citizens of our great country.
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Comment by Scott on August 26, 2009 at 11:53 pm
What do you think about this part of DeMint's plan?
How much should the government be involved in providing health care insurance?
Doesn't this just amount to a direct transfer of funds directly from the government to the insurance companies? Seems to me we would be better off doing nothing.
As DeMint said, if we force the insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions, no one would sign up until after they were diagnosed with an illness.
At age 65, you're in the public “option” anyway ..unless you have plenty of cash.
Comment by Arch Dixon on August 22, 2009 at 8:59 am
So are you part of that vast right wing conspircy that was stalking Hillary and now moved on to Obama?
IMHO Jim is the only law maker who deserves re-election. Thanks for this update!