I don’t seem to be as depressed as everyone else about Obamacare, in part because our system is already so distorted and controlled by government that (this is my rough guess, to be sure) all we did was move from a system that is 68 percent run by government to a system that is 79 percent run by government. Nonetheless, any movement in the wrong direction is terrible. But there is one group that will celebrate the passage of the reconciliation portion of Obamacare. As noted by an Oklahoma newspaper, the Senate of the United States voted to kill an amendment that would deny subsidies for erectile dysfunction drugs for convicted child molesters, rapists, and other sex offenders.
The Senate on Wednesday killed a proposal by Sen. Tom Coburn to prevent convicted sex offenders from getting Viagra or similar prescriptions in the insurance markets to be established under the new health reform law. …Coburn, R-Muskogee, called the new health reform law “the greatest assault on liberty this country has ever had,” as he put Democrats in the position of voting down his proposal to prevent convicted child molesters, rapists and other sex offenders from getting federal drug coverage for erectile dysfunction drugs. The amendment was killed by a vote of 57-42. …”This amendment will prohibit prescriptions for recreational drugs for rapists and child molesters,” Coburn said. “Nobody can disagree with that … If this bill goes through without this amendment, your tax dollars are going to be paying for Viagra for child molesters. That’s what’s going to happen.”
[…] also subsidizes Viagra for sex […]
[…] Don’t forget that Obamacare allows taxpayer-financed Viagra for sex […]
[…] are lots of potential responses, including $240 million for penis pumps. Or how about the fact that Obamacare allows taxpayer-subsidized viagra for sex […]
[…] to home, let’s not forget that Obamacare allows taxpayer-subsidized viagra for sex offenders! And Medicare pays for penis pumps, which creates frightening visual […]
[…] 24, 2010 by Dan Mitchell I think Viagra subsidies for sex offenders are an absurd example of government stupidity in America. I’m also amazed that European taxpayers […]
[…] 24, 2010 by Dan Mitchell I think Viagra subsidies for sex offenders are an absurd example of government stupidity in America. I’m also amazed that European […]
the best choice
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said in a statement that it was “deeply disturbing and runs contrary to the purpose of Medicaid, which is to provide health care coverage for uninsured, low-income individuals.” Clinton, a Democrat, urged Leavitt to look into the matter, and said she would explore legislative options.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/05/23/politics/main697125.shtml
I believe in the coming months, we will uncover many more distasteful items in this bill that were passed in the dark under pressure, as Ms. Polosi indicated “We will have to pass the bill to see what it includes”
But, we will find “IT AIN’T NO CHRISTMAS PRESENT”
So not only are they incapable of basic math, but they also seem to be void of any sort of common sense. Grrrr.