Category: politics

The Buffett Rule

President Obama on Monday will call for a new minimum tax rate for individuals making more than $1 million a year to ensure that they pay at least the same percentage of their earnings as middle-income taxpayers, according to administration officials. … Mr. Obama, in a bit of political salesmanship, will call his proposal the… Continue reading The Buffett Rule

Ron Paul’s Campaign Manager Died of Pneumonia, Penniless and Uninsured

Ron Paul’s Campaign Manager Died of Pneumonia, Penniless and Uninsured

“As it turns out, Paul was not speaking purely in hypotheticals. Back in 2008, Kent Snyder — Paul’s former campaign chairman — died of complications from pneumonia. Like the man in Blitzer’s example, the 49-year-old Snyder (pictured) was relatively young and seemingly healthy* when the illness struck. He was also uninsured. When he died on June 26, 2008, two weeks after Paul withdrew his first bid for the presidency, his hospital costs amounted to $400,000. The bill was handed to Snyder’s surviving mother (pictured, left), who was incapable of paying. Friends launched a website to solicit donations.”

Tea Party Audience Cheers Death :: Georgia Politico

Tea Party Audience Cheers Death :: Georgia Politico

Wolf Blitzer asked a question “If a 30 year old didn’t have health insurance, then needed to put in the hospital in a coma, who should pay?” He asked Ron Paul. Paul didn’t say he should just die bluntly, but his answer implied that it should happen.
Wolf followed up asking “should he just be left to die.”
At that point, the crowd cheered.