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Published Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 | 4:08 p.m.
Updated Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 | 4:18 p.m.
Americans United For Change, a liberal advocacy group, recently erected a billboard near the Las Vegas Strip challenging incoming Republican Rep. Joe Heck to forgo his government-issued, Congressional health insurance.
"Congressman Heck: Drop your government health care...or stop trying to take away ours!" the billboard on East Sahara Avenue reads.
Heck, an emergency room doctor, campaigned on changing and repealing portions of the health care reform bill Congress passed in March.
"If Heck and his Republican colleagues plan to spend the next two years trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act and prevent millions of Americans from gaining access to the same health choices they enjoy, then they should be willing to set the example by dropping their own taxpayer-subsidized health plan first," said Tom McMahon, executive director for Americans United for Change.
Heck also is featured on a website the group launched to call out members of Congress who have criticized health care reform but have not refused Congressional health insurance plans.
Heck replaces in January one-term Democratic Rep. Dina Titus, who voted in favor of health care reform.
Most of the Liberals are government workers, retirees or their puppets, so they ought to drop their health care first.
I can already see we are going to be short changed when this idiot Heck got voted in.
He has already made moves to promote Yucca Mountain Project (YMP) to happen. And every indication shows he wants nothing but political influence, money and greed in regards to selling out the entirety of Southern Nevada voters in order to quench his taste for power lust.
And now health care.
I can see right now I'm going to fight this guy tooth and nail. And he hasn't even gotten into his office to sleep in it. (NOTE: He has already went on record that he is cheap and intends to sleep in his office and not rent a place in Washington DC.)
We need to keep after this clown. And make sure he represents us. And not use us as an excuse for him to do whatever the hell he wants to do.
It already appears he doesn't seem interested in doing what his predecessor (Titus) performed during her time regarding help with foreclosures, both home and business.
Heck shows he is a complete and total opportunist. And he could care less about what effects his constituents. He will turn his newfound power into an ATM card. And, mark my words, he will do whatever he wants to do whenever he wants to do it. And he will do that incredibly stupid rhetoric that Republicans always do and say that he is doing the will of the people. And he really isn't.
In short, every indication shows we are going to have to watch this idiot always. Because he thinks he can get away with anything now.
Koolaid libs....I call you and double the pot.
Let's just extend this logic of yours.
You are against new oil drilling.
So you should be willing to give the use of oil.
You should stop driving cars.
You should stop riding buses or trains or planes.
You should stop using all products made with oil.
You should stop using all products built with machines that use oil.
You should stop using all products transported by machines that use oil.
You should stop eating food that is haversted by machines that use oil or that is transported by machines that use oil.
You should stop using water for the machines that move the water and clean the water use oil.
You should stop doing everything.
Do all that first.
Then get back with your silly demand for Heck.
I which I had a crystal ball like that.
ColinFromLasVegas,
I was wondering if it is possible for you to make a public statement without calling people childish names?
You say you are going to have to "fight this guy tooth and nail" yet I am betting he will have no interest in dealing with someone that can not act like an adult and hold an adult conversation.
Liberals can be so funny:
"I'm going to fight this guy tooth and nail."
"We need to keep after this clown"
"he is a complete and total opportunist"
"And, mark my words"
"we are going to have to watch this idiot always"
Liberals must have frogs in their pockets, because they go around saying "we need, we are, we must, we can." I bet Liberals can say we, we, we, all the way home...
GREEDY REPUBLICANS ARE THE MOST HEARTLESS PEOPLE
ON THE FACE OF THIS EARTH.
Add Joe Heck to the heartless list.
What would Jesus say?
I guess when you are hiding under a rock, most things just go right over your head.
There is an old saying "be careful what you wish for because your wish might come true." What would happen if Heck gave up his "Congressional" health care? It would still be paid for by the Federal Government (us) because he would still have his health care through the reserves or retired reserve (Tricare). Would America better off if we paid his health care out of our left pockets instead of our right pockets? Seems like no net change of position to me.
Let me, an everyday person, who has tried to communicate to Representatives of our State of Nevada, Heck and Heller, and found that these men don't listen to people.
How are the "people" really going to be heard and represented?
Truth be told, maybe lawmakers should be limited to crafting, researching, and doing all the legwork of designing programs and laws, and then put these things to a VOTE before ALL citizens. Maybe then, the whole country would be more involved with their government instead of feeling powerless and unhappy. There needs to be such a reform and also to get rid of the Federal Reserve Bank which is privately owned, not owned by the people of the USA.
Just an everyday person talking here. If we need oil, then let's drill and produce our own, not be at the whims of foreign sheiks. Yucca Mountain should be permanently laid to rest according to the people, yet lobbyists continue to bring it back to life. Nevada doesn't even use high level radio active materials---yet other states want to store their toxic trash here. They use it, they should worry about its waste. Nothing was fixed on Wall Street when the economy crashed. So we are destined for a repeat, just a matter of time. Most all of the same players are still in business, control, and making even more money. Our border enforcement continues to be a problem, with every state in the union having their public services taxed and drained by a people coming here for work and not so "free" education for their children. Enforce the borders and much of the budget battles would be laid to rest.
A great deal of sadness overcomes me each day when I do the Pledge of Allegiance with my 3rd graders. Have the adults in their world done them well, watched out for them, and placed justice before all?
I 'which' cliff harrison had a brain....
Hahaha! You liberals just don't get "IT"!
Why should I worry about the needy now that I've got mine?
I called the congressman elect's office because I was curious to see if he'll be accepting his new government run health insurance plan or not. You know, the insurance we wanted to see as a public option to compete with Cigna, Aetna, Wellpoint, etc.
I was told he's busy now, what with the transition and all. I have every expectation that he will decline the government run health plan and continue to purchase his currant private insurance, whatever company he currantly enjoys.
Lead by example, Congressman-elect.
Stuart & Robert Wyman-Cahall
Las Vegas, NV 89142
You should lead by example Stuart.
I am sure you are one of those who don't want new US oil drilling.
So lead......stop using oil totally.