You are right that the 10.8% unemployed is not an indicator of drug use and I personally believe that drug testing the unemployed when there are no jobs for them to apply for is a witch hunt and a waste of scarce resources.

Although I have no stats to quote, I personally believe that drug use among the unemployed must be relatively small and those people will be caught by a government agent, i.e. police or as part of a job application testing so we need to leave it alone and focus on more severe problems like jobs, education, and stablizing the economy.

Because it’s not in the Federal Constitution to require citizens to buy heathcare… that is unless you are Chuck Schumer who thinks that he can change anything.

I wish him well.

Even Byte could learn something by watching it !! (by the way, POTUS wanted to come on Fox because the Cartoon Channel & USA channel have more viewers than any network news & Fox is the place he could get his message out to more people !!)

Please watch the interview. However, here’s some of the spin (denoted by *) about this plan.

* The CBO says that it will cost $980 BILLION over 10 years & it will cut the deficit by $138 Billion over the first 10 years. Nancy Pelosi then says that it will cut the deficit by 1.2 Trillion over the preceeding 10 years.

So, we spend a TRILLION to save $138 BILLION over the first 10 years. (let me help you get your mind around a TRILLION: one trillion seconds = approx. 32,000 years ) Does this sound like sound monetary policy to you? Who knows what the Fed. deficit will be in these next 10 years at the rate of current spending? I bet that any number you can throw out will not be accurate.
Then, who in the world can forcast the Fed. deficit thru 2030 ?!!! I guess that will be the same guy who can forcast the weather for 2030. (if you go w/ Gore, it will be hotter.)

* People are dieing everyday this vote is delayed because they don’t have adequate health coverage. (Harry Reid says this one a lot.)

If this thing passes, the taxes will start immediately (oh, joy!) w/ the provisions actually coming online in 2014. Wait…thousands of people will die by 2014 because they couldn’t get gov’t healthcare. The lie I mean logic is amusing.

* This process is above board now that everyone can see the provisions until Sunday. I really like this one.

If the leadership had the votes for this thing, it would have already been brought to a vote. That’s why POTUS is hanging around this weekend. Buy outs have been made & will be made to secure 216 votes in the House. If it does pass the House, it goes back to the Senate where this thing ain’t over with yet..not by a long shot.

53% of the general public think the rules are being made up as we go..remember that perception rules.
55% of the general public do not want this bill.

* This bill is historic in that it will be a step to establish health care as a right to every American.

That’s right, we’re entitled to it. Just as sure as life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness. The legislative branch is using the same logic used by SCOTUS in Roe v Wade to legalize abortion on demand. It wasn’t in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights, but now after the death of at least 52 million babies…it’s a right.

Ronald Reagin stated in 1982 that the destruction of our healthcare system would come with national healthcare. He was right.

Congrats to the Senator from Savannah for staying the course.