Let me give you some EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNTS FROM A LIVING BREATHING GENUINE SENIOR CITIZEN. Medicare 97.00 per month, Medicare Supplement $180.00 per month Supplement Drug Coverage 94.00 per month. Total Insurance Bill Monthly $371.00. For a bit of background, a senior citizen must have supplemental policies because Medicare actually pays very little but it is basically required, for example the deductible is between 600.00-1000.00, there are an enormous amount of things Medicare does not cover on top of that. One hospitalization, one surgery, one doctors visit could run into the hundreds and/or thousands of dollars, so the supplemental insurance is a must. I happen to know the dollar amount quoted above is not the cheapest nor is it by far the most expensive it is pretty middle of the road senior citizen Part B supplemental insurance.

952.00 Social Security Per Month

380.00 Pension Payment Per Month

1332.00 Total Monthly Income

-959.00 Rent Elderly Apartment Includes Medically required minimal addition care (One of the least expensive places in the state. State average is 1800.00-2000.00 per month)

-60.00 Electric

-15.00 Gas

-30.00 Phone

-371.00 Insurance

-112.00 Medicine & Specialty Products (Medical)

-350.00 Food

-565.00 Balance at end of bills NEGATIVE

How is she surviving with a 565.00 per month negative? Her son his pushing is financial limits. His family does without. He has no ability to fund his retirement. He pays her remaining bills and provides a bit extra here and there. His and his family’s sacrifices save the taxpayers approx 4000.00 per month since they are doing all they can to keep her out of a nursing home. In a nursing home she becomes the ward of the government. A nursing home is not where this senior citizen belongs. I know this family and many others like them.

Now that is not all there is to Barack Obama's health care plan that we should take more time to examine. Cost. Is this business friendly? A good universal health care plan MUST be business friendly. Buy a clue here people. Business is not our enemy. Businesses employ people they create jobs, they are that dream someone was willing to sink every penny into and every moment of every day of their time and energy to build. American business is the very foundation of our security.

What we build what we create what we buy is who and what we are. In short any universal health care plan has to be American business friendly and this one is far from it. I know in Barack Obama's speeches it sounds like no one will have to pay anything for health care insurance, at least not anymore than what they are paying now. Well, that is simply a financial impossibility.

By the way, middle America needs to look closer at all the utopian "tax credits" many of these equalizing plans within Barack Obama's health care plans are "tax credits". In short that means you pay now we will owe you a year later, maybe. It also means your income tax forms will grow exponentially.

Equal Pay for Equal Work:

According to studies women earn approx. 70 cents on the dollar. That is horrible. It is unfair and it is quite simply wrong. This is not, in my opinion, an issue that requires legislation. Rather I feel that time is something that has been the friend of women since the women’s struggle began. Time breaks down barriers, time proves many wrong, time teaches truths. Women did not always earn 70 cents on the dollar, that figure has risen over time and it will continue to do so. Possibly many American women do want socialized pay schedules through out the country, but personally I prefer my acceptance to come from a genuine acceptance of me rather than a legislated required acceptance.  Make sure you read the final paragraph.

Responsible Renewable Energy:

I do no think anyone is approaching this issue correctly, so lets look at Barack Obama's ideas. The impression you get from his stump speeches is he intends to pour money into renewable energy, consider offshore drilling and table nuclear power. Well, I am 100% in favor of tabling nuclear energy, so I have no issue with that. If he intends to pour money into renewable energy companies where is this money going to come from? We already owe China our very soil? Oh wait, he is going to take away tax credits from the oil companies, sorry almost forgot. Umm, has anyone noticed oil companies do NOT go without profit? Who is going to make this money up in their budgets? I will tell you who, YOU at the pump. Its absolutely asinine to assume the oil companies are simply going to absorb this money. They will not, nor would any other company. They will pass it on to you and me the consumer. You must want our gas to reach 6.00 per gallon or more because to buy into this short sighted over inflated plan will result in something like that. Now lets look at the off shore drilling issue. I am not really sure where to go with this one. In the beginning Barack Obama was opposed to more drilling now he is willing to consider it so who knows where he actually stands on off shore drilling or where he will stand in 3 months time. What can I say, I still do not think anyone has provided the American people with a truly visionary plan that would benefit everyone immediately, the consumer, big oil, little business owners, energy companies, home heating oil customers. I know that plan does exist, I have listened to it and researched it and its the most incredible visionary solution I have ever had the pleasure to learn about. Unfortunately it was not written or conceived of by a politician it was conceived of by a regular everyday person.

Education:

My personal stand on this issue is every child must have free access to some higher education, MUST. This is imperative for the future of our country as well as the future of our children. Barack Obama agrees with me on this, to a point. He wraps his education plan up into, once again, "tax credits" remember that means you pay now and we owe you later, maybe. That is not all there is though, hidden within his education plan, if I understand it correctly, there is a civil service clause. I am not opposed to someone providing of civil service in exchange for an education but there are quite a few questions left open on this civil service clause. Too many questions. Not to mention massive options for fraud and abuse.
Here is a Barack Obama quote about Education "So when I'm president, I will set a goal for all American middle and high school students to perform 50 hours of community service a year, and for all college students to perform 100 hours of service a year."—12/5/07, Mt. Vernon, Iowa

So it seems in short Barack Obama's plans leave us with 10 times the IRS forms to fill out, a lot less money in our pockets, health care and education and possibly energy taken over by the government, senior citizens screwed as well as their families. As for his Pro Choice stand and his Pro Equal Pay for Equal Work stand, I personally do not think he respects any woman other than Michelle Obama. I think he looks down on every other woman.

I predict women on the whole are in for pandering in Olympic proportions from the Junior Senator from Illinois Barack Obama. Consider this question, Are women working for Barack Obama's campaign paid the same as the men working for his campaign? No they are not, so much for equal work equal pay.