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Shortly after President Obama signed the health overhaul law, several major corporations reported it would take a bite out of their future earnings. This group included AT&T, Caterpillar, John Deere, Verizon and several other large employers.

Convinced these businesses were cooking their books to cast the new law in a bad light, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) promptly subpoenaed documents and demanded executives testify to defend their announcements. But after combing through 1,100 pages of corporate documents and e-mails, Waxman’s staff canceled the hearing – and announced that “the companies acted properly and in accordance with accounting standards.”

In other words, even though some lawmakers don’t want to believe it, Obamacare is already proving costly to American businesses. And ironically, the new law could cause many workers to lose the health benefits they get through their jobs.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/06/17/2010-06-17_a_bad_omen_on_obamacare_fears_about_health_reforms_costs_are_coming_true.html#ixzz0rZrINmkx

Patrick Murphy, D-PA08 voted FOR this massive centrally-planned, Soviet-style healthcare blueprint.

When will the Bucks County Media start to hold Murphy and his inside-the-beltway cronies Specter & Casey accountable for this growing mess – the healthcare equivalent of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico??

Despite all the deals, giveaways, bribes, etc., Extremely Light (almost transparent) Congressman Patrick Murphy hasn’t spoken out with even a comment about the huge spending which will slam taxpayers of PA-08 in TWO ways:

1. The increased premiums and “out of pocket” costs which are inherent in the bill itself, and;
2. The deals which states from LA to NE to FL made which will be paid for by PA-08 taxpayers/voters

Perhaps “Light Blue Dog” are what was meant by “transparency” in Government by candidate Obama?!?!

PS. Did you know that the US General Services Administration is already leasing space to house the 100,000+ workers which this new bill, if enacted, will require. Washington DC recently overtook NYC as the most expensive commercial office real estate market in the country!

Seems to me the Bucks County media should examine this silence…

Here’s a copy of a letter sent by Sheila Bass, a Northampton resident and member of the Northampton Township Municipal Authority, on October 22, 2009 to the Bucks County Courier Times Letters editor in response to a published letter from another citizen.

The words are the same, except for a few typos, but the letter’s layout have been altered slightly to make them easier to read online.

From: Sheila Bass
Subject: RESPONSE TO CLOSE MINDED
To: letters@phillyBurbs.com
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 1:15 PM

As a person who has been actively involved in Northampton civic affairs for 35 years and currently a member of The Municipal Authority, I find it necessary to correct the ill-informed misstatements of John L. Harris in yesterday’s guest opinion.

The proposed Senior Citizens Center has been built and has been in operation for several years now. The money stolen by a crook has all been recovered including all accounting and legal fees. Are you saying that when someone steals from you that means that you are a thief?

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