Beck "lose[s]" his "mind;" screams at caller: "Get off my phone you little pinhead!"
July 15, 2009 11:44 am ET
From the July 15 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' Glenn Beck Program:
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Wait a minute - maybe we can! We might be able to use the time machine I just built. It's my most bestest one yet!
In fact, like Becks newest book, my time machine is even better after a bowl or two.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY-03vYYAjA
The polititians should cut corporate tax to 10%. Create an environment where large and small companies can thrive and create jobs. If my employer doesn't have a health care plan I'll take care of it myself. All I want from gov is to stay out of my life!
Which I'm sure is why you were horrified that the NSA was (is?) illegally spying on us. Right?
Typical backwards thinking from republican freedom fighters. Big Brother is just fine, but democratically supported government services are absolutely unconstitutional. This is exactly the way the big money boys want us rubes to think. And you just eat it right up.
Btw, if you want government out of your life, why accept a government run sewege system. There's no reason we can't do like the real men of the eigteenth century and just dump it in the front yard. What do you say to that? I know you'll take care of it.
So why don't you consider going somewhere else?
The biggest problem with the health care debate is that what is being proposed is so often mischaracterized as something it's not. Glenn Beck's head explodes because he simply cannot distinguish the actual proposal from his paranoid fantasy, especially since it's in his financial interest not to do so. When Beck quits ranting, his show gets dropped.
The daily implosion of the right wing is a beautiful thing. Just keep the seething idiots away from their assault weapons.
They come here because we have the best doctors.
But if you live HERE and can't afford it you are S.O.L.
Hmmmm, lose your mind today?? Liar.
What does having the best care got to do with affording health care? And the idiot sidekick changes the subject to illegal immigration. But a a dignitary from another country comes here because they got the scratch to pay..they are welcomed with open arms. Greed anyone.
While we are at it I believe that Health Insurance Reform should be voted on by the people.
Aren't there states that vote on banning gay marriage because the people DON'T want it? This seems to discriminate against a certain group. Using the same path, why don't people have a vote on ESTABLISHING lower health insurance costs and how it is to be paid for? Should we vote to have the rich pay more in taxes, it only affects a small group of people so a little discrimination shouldn't hurt many people that is ConLogic 101.
Marriage is a concept of religion. Healthcare is real. We can touch it and we can see the effects daily of the reality of it.
The corresponding result of marriage is divorce.
The corresponding result of no healthcare is death.
Of the two, which do we chose?
Also it infuriates me how they blame illegal immigrants for the hospitals going out of business because of the free care they get. When the truth is THE INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE PUT HOSPITALS OUT OF BUSINESS!
Hospitals were built to treat patients and Insurance companies started refusing to pay for hospital care. Nearly everything has to be out-patient care or they will not cover it, sending patients home hours after major surgery.
How convenient also to overlook the stories of Americans going to India or Thailand for medical procedures that cost one-third of what they do in the US.
Also, this article is really just a trigger for ad hominems and insults. It, too, is very effective.
No one's arguing that places like Iran have more effective hospitals and doctors than the US.
This guy is completely, utterly, and in all other ways insane.
Thank you for posting this
I love how he shills for his new book...which is the most telling aspect of Glenn Beck.
This is a gig for him... the more outrageous he gets the more his ratings go up and more books he sells.
I really wish one of his books would just flop, but unfortunately he has an audience that is looking for affirmation of their selfish and twisted ideology.
"Get off my phone!!!!"
Why is the right so angry and shrill? Is it just sour grapes because they lost the election last November? I don't know about Beck, but I love America.
If the media were to fact check these morons more they'd be out of business
Beck can go to and burn in Hell. I'll sleep like a baby while he chars.
Dorks.
Glenn Beck has spent the last year saying we shouldn't bail them out. Screaming "Get off my phone" is something he's done for years. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul9YGlapNiA
And by the way, how is it that you forgot all about your grievance with HMOs and the best that the American medical system has to offer so quickly? Why, here you are, a man with health coverage and great doctors, and you end of posting a video on Youtube about how your treatment was "like something out of the movie 'Saw'". You even claimed that your treatment was so bad that if you had been given a gun, you would have used it to end your life during recovery. And yet now, you have nothing but praise for American healthcare. I wonder what happened to change your mind?
Same place Beck gets most of his "facts": his posterior.
BTW, now who sounds like Hitler?
Why is it so terrible to just provide a public OPTION? Keep your health insurance if you want. If you can't afford it, use the public option. Is health care as a right for everyone so bad? Is it good that those who can't afford health care stay sick or die or go bankrupt?
The Republicans often object to the "Public Option" because they fear that their employers will choose it over their current plan because it's cheaper.
Unwittingly, this argument reveals one of the major problems with our system... most people cannot afford health insurance unless their employer provides all or part of it. Furthermore, many people would lose their insurance if they lost their jobs. Others, like me, cannot buy insurance individually at any price. They have to be part of a group just to be allowed the "privilege" of buying the product.
Also, the argument in favor of blocking the public option reveals another fallacy in the market fundie dogma; that competition is the driver of lower cost. Go ahead wingnuts, put your faith in the market to the test. Accept a little competition. What do you have to fear? Government can't do anything right anyway. Right?
Sissies.
He cited as example of how Private Healthcare is better at controlling costs (rationing) by stating that 30% of all MRIs are unnecessary.
In the Medicare system, MRI tests have gone up 15% - 20% in the last two years while with WellPoint they have managed to negate any growth.
Which to me sounds like they are rationing MRI exams... which is exactly what the GOP is trying to scare everyone by saying the government is going to do.
BTW, now who sounds like Hitler?
Hospitals do hold fundraising lotteries with prizes like homes, vacations and cars.
Big difference.
In other words, it has nothing to do with the health care system, only with the number of actual doctors there are in the country.
And one more thing: there was (may still be) a lottery in Oregon that in fact does provide the winner with paid health care. So there you go.
It's also the America we'll get if the wishy washy damn Democrats don't stand firm... which they won't.
And, it'll be a bestseller {thanks to conservative book-club bulk buying.}
I was shocked, you could hear the adrenalin rushing and exploding in his throat to scream out his humbled words. I assume that every one of us knows Bill's outburst (earlier mentioned), but this is far different, much more agressive and insulting. Imaging if you would have seen him / no comparison to old O' who directed his anger to people in his staff and not to the public. I know that O' shouted and insulted on other occasions, but this Beck freak out thing was frightening.
This clip was frightening, definitely. It seems to me to be more unhinged than just angry, like BillO. Bill's got a penchant for yelling/screaming, pointing his finger, and hurling insults at his guests... he's just a bully.
You've definitely got to be pathological to get where most of these wack-a-doo talking heads are... you know, making entirely too much money to lie and be crazy. And pathological to eat it up.
Don't know if Beck gives a crap, he obviously doesn't value the health and welfare of his fellow citizens, but every state is experiencing a budget shortfall in this recession. When states can't afford to keep operating on their budget, they have to cut essential public services, like healthcare in Massachusetts. Which by the way is just a stupid, stupid more costly cut in the long run (more on that later.) These shortfalls have their roots in the conservative tax cuts panacea rhetoric and implementation. They have their roots in the growing income inequality, which in turn can be attributed, in large part, to the union busting campaigns that expanded under Reagan. They have their roots in the radical, "drown government in the bathtub," wing of the republican party. They have their roots in a rigid ideology that accepts, on blind faith alone, that government can do nothing good.
But what about MA? All those good folks who get cut off from their public healthcare, where does Beck think they all go? Instead of getting illnesses treated early in a thirty dollar visit to their doctor, they have to put off treatment until their ailing health becomes a full blown 3,000 dollar medical disaster in the ER. And who winds up paying the tab? That's right, Medicare, aka, all of us.
But by all means Glenn, keep fighting the good fight. Keep insurance company profits soaring while mom and pop businesses take a nose dive in this economy; and by all means keep executive salaries and bonuses extravagant while the rest of us struggle to make ends meet as our wages flatline.
Idiot conservative jerk.
To someone like a random caller, this is upsetting, and you can hear the caller get more and more angry. Finally, she's left sputtering about how Beck doesn't care about the spending, because that's all she can do.
And that, my friends, is how you bully someone.
Yes, we can't afford health care in Massachusetts. We're required to pay for health insurance or face a tax penalty.
Thank you, Mitt Romney (R).
Please come to Massachusetts, Glenn. We dare you.
Why won't Glenn Beck accept the notion that our health care system needs to be reformed? This does not mean shutting down every insurance company and switching to a strictly government run program--it would obviously have to be a combination of the two so that Joe Shmo who makes just above the poverty level and doesn't qualify for state medicaid can get government managed health care and Joe Schmo who makes enough to pay a high insurance premium can get whatever care he needs whenever he needs it. Any health care reform will not translate into one system over the other like this nut will have you believe...it will be a mixture of the two.
She made him look like a fool and he lost his sanity. Can anybody get on the radio over there in the us of a?
You know, the funny thing is, as ridiculous as his ranting is, I find the condescension just as pathetic.
Question for all the bloggers here: Are you pure communist, or a more mild socialist? Come clean, and embrace your radical ideals.
Taking money from the wealthy to pay for healthcare will not work. Do the math! The plans OWN projections say it will cost $1 TRILLION over ten years. They plan to tax the wealth %5.4 to cover ONLY HALF of the cost...The remaining portion is supposed to be made up in how effectively the government runs the system. SERIOUSLY? Have you seen Social Security? How about Medicaid? Medicare? They are ALL FAILING!!
What is the answer? Take everyones money until we have univeral healthcare? Then what? Why should I work when all my money is taken and given to people who do not work? Then what? Who will you tax?
Yeah, I'll bet you quit your job because welfare is so much more lucrative than being employed. LOL. I think 1980 just called, they want their bullpuckey Reagan rhetoric back. Your nonsense is tired.
"You know...Glenn Beck is a very successful author, radio talk show host, and TV host...Don't you think that there is something to this?"
Definitely! It's called mutilating the debate because you have no valid ideas, only half hearted criticism and feigned outrage.
"Are you pure communist, or a more mild socialist?"
No more so than you when you drive to work on socialized roads, call the socialized police force when you're in danger, borrow a book from a socialist library, or take a stroll in a socialist park. Dang! You're a damn dirty socialist yourself and a stinkin' hypocrite to boot.
And are you really going to gripe about a 2 or 3 percent tax increase on America's wealthiest citizens? Wealth is a responsibility, not merely a reward. It is a responsibility because it is our socialized infrastructure; military, legal system, education, highway system etc. that enabled, empowered and protected the ability of the rich to prosper. Personally, I find it a privilege to pay my taxes when I see them invested in improving the lives of my fellow country men and women. Don't know what your problem is.
If a person is taxed 60-70%, what do you think the result it? Would you continue to do the same thing if you lost 70% of your income to support others? It failed in communist Russia. In fact, it fails every time its tried. Why?
Just because you do not listen to the argument does not make his point of view less valid...Do not use MM as a reference point. And I can assure you it is not feigned outrage. I am myself very outraged at what is going on in our country. I believe in personal responsibility, freedom...not this nanny state crap.
According to gallup, the 2008 poll shows that 70% of Americans say their healthcare coverage is good or excellent. 83% say the care is good or excellent. And, only 39% are dissatisfied with the cost. Why are we nationalizing?
I've heard this argument about police and roads a thousand times. The road system is state based. Only the Interstate system is federal, which was put into place for national security. The police are local to the municipality, or state. Feds are again in place for national security. If you review the Constitution, you will see that the federal gov is responsible for protecting its citizens. Not educating them. The military is part of the protecting...interstates, same...all others started at the state level, and should remain there. That is how the founding fathers intended it...and how it worked best.
It is great to hear that you like to help your fellow citizen. I'm sure you have large contributions to your local churches and united way. THAT is how you should help. Keep the money local, help people. Volunteer. Sending money to the federal government to squander is not efficient, does not help citizens, and is NOT the way to help.
The wealthy are not getting taxed 2-3%. It is 5.4%. Huge difference. And why does it matter? Because, small business are included in that. Small business that will not hire more workers! That's why! Besides...what moral authority does the government have for taxing people who have succeeded more to help those that do not help themselves? NONE!! I'm so tired of the classism that communists exhibit. If everyone worked, and had PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, then the number of those requiring help would be minimal. End welfare state mentality.
And I'm sick of you idiots making assertions as fact without any facts at all. Take for example your simple yes or no question; it's ridiculous unless you think one person is worth 500 times more than the lowest paid employee in a company. This country is literally strewn with hard working people, who work 2 and 3 three jobs, just to maintain the most humble of existences because they won't compromise their values and morals to become a Calvinistic capitalist who endeavors to get something for nothing. They won't work a person to death for minimum wage, suck the fruits of their labor for their self aggrandizement only to offer no benefits, paid vacations or family leave. And they won't give that corporate mentality their blessing by striving to be another vapid soul working for the acquisition of empty material gain. So shove your, "won't do for themselves" tripe where you keep your brain.
"I'm sure you have large contributions to your local churches and united way. THAT is how you should help."
Who are you to force your politics on the rest of us? In case you forgot, Obama was overwhelmingly elected last fall to institute a very progressive agenda of activist government, so live with it and get out of the way. Your rigid conservative ideology of income inequality, ineffective government; and unregulated, consequence free corporate malfeasance was soundly rejected by the American public.
You can bloviate all you want about infrastructure being local or federal, it's all public. It's all a part of the commonwealth that enables us all to be successful and it's all funded by tax payers, so screw your hair splitting nonsense, too.
You can stop with the personal responsibility garbage too. Everybody knows what a farce it is every time a Republican utters the phrase. When you're not using it to be a sententious prig, you're using it to blame individuals for a systemic inequality in which the wealthy are given all the breaks while everybody else has to pick up their slack.
One last thing. Don't tell us about the inefficiencies of government, not when corporations are fighting tooth and nail to block a lean, efficient public option because they fear they are too inefficient to compete.
Current top federal tax bracket is 35%
One barackobama.com, the administration proposed raising rates to their previous highs, approx 39%.
The "health-surtax" would add 5.4%, rounding to 45% from federal tax only.
State taxes, such as NY where majority of wealth reside, exceed 12% currently.
That reaches 57%. Now...the current proposed healthcare plan adds an additional 5.8% in 2 years if the "expected savings" are not realized. Again, refer to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
So, now the tax rate is 64%.
But, let's not forget the "democrat way"...Remember FDR? He proposed taxing 100% for anyone making over 250,000. The congress said no, only taxing 94%. Or, how about when the federal income tax was introduced, saying it applied to only the top 1% of incomes. Within 4 years, it was the top 50%. Now, its everyone, with some up to 64% of their total income.
Those are all factual numbers from real news sources.
I'm not forcing my politics on you. I'm saying that if you want to help people, do it. Don't force ME to do it. It is YOU who are forcing others to do what progressives want done, not the other way around. Our country was founded on the rights of the individual. Period. Its all over the constitution and declaration of independence.
And, don't make me laugh about the govt being effecient. Your are delusional if you think that the federal government can compete with private business. Business is not scared for that reason, its scared because you cannot compete against the federal government. They will change the rules, make laws, etc...to win POWER. The federal government has no motivation to lower prices...competing businesses do.
The constitution also makes provisions for maintaining the common good, our country was founded on the liberal principles of equality.
Also, you lost. You are the minority opinion. Elections have consequences. Just like we suffered the consequences of being the minority for three decades, so get over it or get a better message.
And if you want to talk about delusional, why hasn't the free market been able to make healthcare more affordable, let alone affordable at all? It's because of the profit motive. Right now the insurance industry is so fat with profit margins, bonuses and unnecessary costs that it can't do anything efficiently. Medicare operates at about 4% overhead, while insurance companies operate around 16%. The situation screams for intervention. And save your medicare shortfall nonsense, what do you expect from 30 years of tax cuts (tax cuts that have succeeded in creating greater income inequality and failed to spread broad prosperity) and a costly occupation that has done nothing to discourage terrorism.
I mean what's the Republican solution anyway? You don't really have one do you? That's why people like Beck are left to shout criticisms instead of ideas. Y'all got nothing to offer, y'all stand for nothing. So shut the hell up or come up with an alternative other than taxes are bad.
That's what I thought.
Sissy.
*ahem*
It is a proven fact throughout history that we people are not rewarded for their efforts, then they stop trying. Do you agree? Simple yes/no.
your first statement has shades of gray in it. When people use the term "case by case basis" it literally means that every instance is unique and cannot be look at the same way twice. So the answer to you question is maybe YOU might give up and stop trying, but I will not.
If a person is taxed 60-70%, what do you think the result it? Would you continue to do the same thing if you lost 70% of your income to support others? It failed in communist Russia. In fact, it fails every time its tried. Why?
Who is getting taxed at 60-70% now or in the past 10 years? It sounds like you want to say that my taxes will go up that much but in reality it seem like a stupid scare tactic.
Just because you do not listen to the argument does not make his point of view less valid...Do not use MM as a reference point. And I can assure you it is not feigned outrage. I am myself very outraged at what is going on in our country. I believe in personal responsibility, freedom...not this nanny state crap.
And you are allowed to believe in personal responsibility, and freedom. No one said you will lose these in the future. I don't foresee a nanny state in the form of a public option any more than I see it in smoking bans in public areas or the governments War on Drugs.
According to gallup, the 2008 poll shows that 70% of Americans say their healthcare coverage is good or excellent. 83% say the care is good or excellent. And, only 39% are dissatisfied with the cost. Why are we nationalizing?
According to my gallop poll, your gallup poll is flawed. It equals 192% I do not know how many people were sampled for the study, or the exact question. Were the pollsters asking about if people were satisfied with the coverage that they were paying for? Most people are willing to pay big money (if they have it) for more coverage so they won't be denied doctor care. Second, was it the care that their money bought that made them dissatisfied with the insurance premiums? Or were people mad because they could only afford a next-to-nothing monthly premiums which means next-to-nothing-coverage and more out-of-pocket doctor pay? I mean when people say our heal care system is broken, it refers to the process in which we receive care by going through an insurance firm and not like Mr. Beck thinks of the care that the doctor provides. Also known as Doctor Care.
I've heard this argument about police and roads a thousand times. The road system is state based. Only the Interstate system is federal, which was put into place for national security. The police are local to the municipality, or state. Feds are again in place for national security. If you review the Constitution, you will see that the federal gov is responsible for protecting its citizens. Not educating them. The military is part of the protecting...interstates, same...all others started at the state level, and should remain there. That is how the founding fathers intended it...and how it worked best.
And even after that long paragraph you still know that your state and municipality taxes pay for your local police, roads, firefighters ect. I know its hard to imagine that there are some people not paying taxes in your state, but still somehow manage to use those roads and police that your taxes are paying for.(and police and firefighters who use roads to help these non-tax paying citizens of your state) The government is not educating the citizens of your home state...your local state and municipality taxes are. They can apply for Federal Grants which more often than not, is a one time loan.
It is great to hear that you like to help your fellow citizen. I'm sure you have large contributions to your local churches and united way. THAT is how you should help. Keep the money local, help people. Volunteer. Sending money to the federal government to squander is not efficient, does not help citizens, and is NOT the way to help.
All of your examples of how to help out fellow citizens are indeed a good examples. However the majority of citizens in the United States would like to see their tax money that does go to our federal government now (like say for that portion that gives us military protection) not be squandered on unnecessary wars and have those fine soldiers here protecting the good 'ol USA
The wealthy are not getting taxed 2-3%. It is 5.4%. Huge difference. And why does it matter? Because, small business are included in that. Small business that will not hire more workers! That's why! Besides...what moral authority does the government have for taxing people who have succeeded more to help those that do not help themselves? NONE!! I'm so tired of the classism that communists exhibit. If everyone worked, and had PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, then the number of those requiring help would be minimal. End welfare state mentality.
So, an increase if 1.4% is gonna kill off business because they can't pay or afford the tax hike? What do you think people are complaining about when their health insurance premiums go up every year and they can't afford it (and I'll give you a hint, its A LOT higher than 1.4%). Their personal responsibility makes them choose what they can and cannot spend their money on and fills out from there.
The system has a lot of flaws in it but can be fixed. How? That's up to every citizen to decide who they want in charge to correct those flaws, and the majority have spoken.
In the past 10 years, no one has been taxed that high. We've been under Republican control :) Seriously, in a post just above this I outlined how 65% will be a reality under the new plan. Its all real numbers from the irs.gov, house.gov, and barackobama.com sites. Nothing crazy there...just simple addition. Now...I also point out that under FDR, tax rates did exceed 90%, and FDR himself proposed a 100% rate for those making 250,000 or more. So, its not out of the question.
For the gallup point...obviously they were different polls goofball. Just go to gallup.com, and look under the healthcare section. Its all right there.
For the state and local piece, the answer is a resounding YES!! State and local taxes SHOULD pay for those things. That is my point. NOT FEDERAL. The constitution was written such that the states, and the people closest to the decision makers, have that authority. If someone didn't like it, they could move to a different state. The FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS INTENDED TO BE VERY LIMITED!!!
You have a good point with the military spending. Most Americans do feel that way. I cannot argue. I will say, however, that our current administration is doing the same thing as the previous, but in Afghanistan, not Iraq. But, that is neither here nor there.
Not sure where you got 1.4%. I was correcting a previous poster with his incorrect 2-3%...so you cannot subtract. The actual number, documented in the proposed healthcare plan, is 5.4%. With most businesses in the US classified as "small biz", this is a HUGE impact, and does eliminate jobs. Period.
I agree that the system is broken. It's the solution I fear.
I can and I will, not everyone is a slacker.
For the state and local piece,
You still missed my point and I'll try to make it again.
You mentioned that your tax money should be used for local amenities like police, roads etc. which they are. You also mentioned that "If you review the Constitution, you will see that the federal gov is responsible for protecting its citizens." I would argue that a public option offered by the federal government would fall under that protections you scream the constitution grants the citizens
I will say, however, that our current administration is doing the same thing as the previous, but in Afghanistan, not Iraq
Which, by the way if the military is supposed to defend the citizens of the United States with federal money, is where the military should have gone to fight this war on terror in the first place. Iraq wasted all of the tax-payers money.
The actual number, documented in the proposed healthcare plan, is 5.4%. With most businesses in the US classified as "small biz", this is a HUGE impact, and does eliminate jobs. Period.
I'll have to ask my employer about this one and I'll get back to you
My tax money should NOT go to fund other states budgets. Only my state. And I have heard the crazy argument that federal healthcare is protecting its citizens...that is an absolute STRETCH. Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution describe exactly HOW the federal government is allowed to protect its citizens. Healthcare is NOT ONE OF THEM. READ. On top of that, the constitution explicitly states that any power not explicitly defined is granted to the state, NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT!
You argument on Iraq vs Afghan is baseless. According to the intel AT THE TIME, Iraq posed a greater threat. Congress on both sides of the aisle agreed overwhelmingly. Read the transcripts. Were there differing opinions? Yes. But the majority believed Iraq was dangerous.
2. I'll give you the State tax argument but mine still stands "I know its hard to imagine that there are some people not paying taxes in your state, but still somehow manage to use those roads and police that your taxes are paying for.(and police and firefighters who use roads to help these non-tax paying citizens of your state)".
3. If you believe that it is a crazy argument that federal healthcare is protecting its citizens is an absolute STRETCH. I suggest that when you have children, don't ensure them with health coverage. Only protect them from evil-dorers and drugs. Health-related instances you can pay for out of pocket.
4. How is my argument baseless? Who cares if congress voted in a majority to go to Iraq, they were not the ones who attacked us in September 11, 2001.
You are absolutly wrong and this is the stupidest of the arguments about healthcare reform that it is unconstitutional. It says they can tax to prpvide for the commen defense and the general wellfare.
YOU may think that doesnt include healthcare. I think it does it is a democratic decision but if you are trying to say it isnt constitutional that is purely ludicrous
As for 60 and 70% when someone is actually calling for that get back to us. Even when the tax WAS that high on the top rate that level was ONLY for the amount of money made ABOVE the lower level of taxation. So no one EVER paid 70% of their entire income when they were paying 70% tax rate.
Why are we nationalizing? First off we ARENT. I wish we were. However offering a public OPTION is a far cry from nationalizing anything. Second the problem was NEVER that our healthcare ITSELF is bad but its COST and its AVAILABILITY are bad.
Your next bit of fluff psychology is pure drivel. How much money sent to local charaties would have brought us rural electrification? The Highway system? The satellite technology our telecommunication system is built on? You are very brainwashed and your knee jerk hatred of government is VERY convienient for the richest most powerful people and corporations. You really hate the idea that the poor can benifit at all from the rich and are all about setting it up so the OLD ways apply that is the rich predating on the poor.
I am tired of the STUPIDITY that you cons exhibit. A whole lot of our economy is public cost turned into private profit. The government has EVERY RIGHT by the constitution to raise taxes where it chooses to promote the general wellfare. You selfish Ebenezer Scrooge worshippers dont like it feel free to get the heck out of my good country go set up your libertarian paradise on an Island and let us watch you re-enact the Lord of the Flies.
First of all, companies can lower prices of thier goods which will then be more affordable which will increase demand which will require employers to hire more people which will lower unemployment which will increase the tax base because more people are working. The companies can then give employees more money with which they can pay for thier own health insurance.
I think we have found the answer to all of our problems...Everyone pays for everything on thier own...no gifts of healthcare from employers. This also includes all government employees of any level.
Then, the cost of health care will go down to a very low amount because insurance companies will fight for customers.
NO MORE BENEFITS EITHER. No IRA's, no retirement plans, nothing.
You make your own money and pay for everything. jstephens we think alike and agree.
The basis of this should be that business and workers should get to choose...not the federal government. Period.
As for other benefits...again, up to the company. If a company chooses not to provide, then yes, their costs are lower, but they may not attract as many employees. Its all part of capitalism.
SERIOUSLY? Have you seen Social Security? How about Medicaid? Medicare? They are ALL FAILING!!
It needed to be repeated. why do people think the goverment has the solution to every thing.
You're right . . . no one here is even CLOSE to being as nutty as Glenn Beck is.
Though I don't begrudge your attempt . .
Caller: I'm asking you. What would you do to change this health care system for the better? ...
Beck: GET OFF MY PHONE! GET OFF MY PHONE YOU LITTLE PINHEAD! ...
(shrill)GET-OFF-MY-PHONE(/shrill)
Oh, wait, no he didn't. He just screamed his head off in lieu of giving a legitimate response (since he did not have one). Glenn's upcoming book which he shamelessly plugged will surely be filled with nothing but conservative platitudes, but, having listened to this clip, if Beck were to narrate it I would certainly give the audiobook a shot if just for fun.
(Glenn shrill): "ACORN" IS THE DEVIL, RONALD REAGAN IS GOD.(/Glenn shrill)
I'm unaware of these legions of foreign dignitaries who are flocking to the US to get healthcare.
And didn't Beck say his doctor screwed up a few years when he tried to fix Beck's butt? So either Beck had a really screwed up butt, or a really bad doctor, or both. Was that a shining example of our great American healthcare system? And he has $50 million to buy his healthcare. What about the rest of us poor people? If our butts become infected, we're going to be in big trouble.
There are going to be some trade offs to get the healthcare we all deserve, lets just make sure its one we can swallow..We need it now,
HR676 and S706!
I guess "mental" doesn't count . . .
have fun at the mental institution, glenny. they'll probably make you wear a diaper so you dont wet yourself squealing like a pig again.
Seriously I never hear about non-american politicians coming here for medical treatment, well execpt the Shaw, I always hear they go to Cuba...
Also when Beck got angry I honestly had to fight the urge to laugh, he sounded completely non-threating and I honestly though "AWWW He sounds so cute when he's mad".....:)
Love double standards.
George Bernard, perhaps?
Please.
Idiot.
That's very Christian of you.
Working people's wages have stagnated as the wealthiest among us have experienced huge increases income over the last twenty years and you want to blame someone who can't afford the outrageous cost of health insurance?
Why don't you cons ever fight for equality? Why don't you ever fight to expand rights for your fellow citizens? Throughout our history it has been the conservative who has fought progress every step of the way. How very proud you must be
Screw you.
You suck.
No comments on the issues or points that he brings up. Attacking
a person's personality is the first step toward cennsorship
Nice try there 'rokkie'... more like 'rookie' to me...
How about Beck's sidekick who just sits there "That's right Glenn?"
has been awesome with my family and me. If I had to go on Nationwide Health Care, I would be dead and long gone. I have the same passion as you do. Our Country is going to hell. I come from
parents who were immigrants and taught us the American way of life.
To work hard for what you want not to sponge off this Country.
I am sick and tired of our hard earned money going to free loaders. Give me a chance to go off on PINHEADS LIKE THAT ONE.
Wait, it was none of those things. You really be careful calling anyone else "retarded" until the results are back from your own IQ tests.
Hey! They're back!
Q.What did "werescrewed" get on his IQ test?
A. Drool
Wait, it was none of those things. You really be careful calling anyone else "retarded" until the results are back from your own IQ tests.
Hey! They're back!
Q.What did "werescrewed" get on his IQ test?
A. Drool
Very often, in the past week or so, MMfA has timed out with a "Bad Gateway" error. I also notice that a lot of page content is coming from a server called "cloudfront.mediamatters.org" I think this server has some sort of configuration or communication problem, because the site has not been acting the way it should. Clicking on "reply" doesn't always open a comment window, the thumbs buttons don't always respond, and clicking once on the "save" button sometimes causes multiple copies of the same post to appear.
Like every circus there is the Ringmaster,(Rush Limbaugh) the Barkers, (Hannity, Levin) the highwire act, (Shepard Smith, Greta Van Sustern)the freak shows (Glenn Beck, Fox and Friends, Brian and the Judge, Savage,etc). In order to distract from the illusion, some of the shows feature an overly made up, provocatively dressed woman as an assistant.
Behind all of this is Roger Ailes,(P. T. Barnum)profiting,and the RNC maintaining the base.