AARP and the Scam of the Old

I just went to the AARP website and found this press release, which shows that they wanted Obamacare to pass the House and Senate without waiting to be vetted and bi-partisan. I also noted that the ObamaCare topic had been removed from their forum page:

For Immediate Release July 23, 2009 Contact: AARP Media Relations, 202-434-2560, media@aarp.org AARP Reacts to Senate Decision to Put Off Health Care Reform Vote Washington – AARP today reacted to the Senate’s decision to put off voting on health care reform legislation until after the August recess. A statement from AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond follows: “AARP is disappointed in the failure to reach agreement on passing comprehensive health care reform until after the August recess. The millions of people impacted by high drug costs and those that can’t get adequate health insurance because of age or a pre-existing condition need help now. An August of waiting will not lower costs, increase access or improve quality. Few understand the enormous challenge of this task better than AARP. We have been working to reform health care for more than 50 years and we know this is difficult. But Congress needs to get this done. American families simply cannot afford Washington’s stalemate any longer.”

end quote AARP gets $83 million in fed funding (10% of its budget) and is likely partnering with the administration to get more. I would not trust what the AARP rep tells you. AARP has proved that they have a very liberal agenda.

Waxman-Markey (Cap & Trade) – The California (Bankrupt) Way

The year was 1969, Henry Waxman entered the California legislature and joined other liberal politicians in the long road to Socialism… California-style. After three terms in the California Assembly, fighting Gov. Ronald Reagan at every turn, Waxman went on to represent the area at the heart of the Hollywood elite as U. S. Congressman for the 30^th District, encompassing Beveryl Hills, Brentwood, West Hollywood, Malibu and Century City, all at the core of LA/Hollywood liberal thought. Waxman is the quintessential California spend and tax socialist, and though he may be in Congress now, his heart and theology are in complete concert with those who have bankrupt his state. Waxman’s district is Los Angeles County. LA County supervisor Mike Antonovich just released the welfare cost to the county for the children of illegal aliens for May 2009. Hold your breath… $48 million dollars! Projected 12-month cost - $500 million plus… in a bankrupt state! This is Waxman territory.

California is bankrupt. One may say this is the recent result of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s desire to work with the liberal legislature rather than “terminate” its spend and tax bills with the touch of his veto pen. The siren-call of social compassion offered by the liberal-led legislature was just too loud for Arnold to overcome. The result is a 26+ billion deficit and a citizen-led revolt to deny any tax increase. Faced with the success of the recent election initiative to stop tax increases, the state-worker unions and socialist legislators have proceeded with every nefarious end-run around the will of the people to increase taxes. This is Waxman territory.

The real reason for budgetary failure is California’s oppressive environmental climate, free-handed welfare giveaways and out-of-control government worker unions. Time will likely show that the Obama/Reid/Pelosi triad will come to California’s “aid” with a bailout. This, of course, will be the end of California sovereignty as a state. And then it will all be “Waxman territory.” Why has nobody put this connection together in analyzing Waxman-Markey? California is Waxman’s Achilles-Heel. History will repeat itself for all Americans if Waxman’s California connection (and Nancy Pelosi’s) is not exploited.