Op-ed: 

Americans First...No Ifs, Ands, or Buts

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio

The Op-ed posted here is this authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google.

..But know that when said deportations do come to an end so too will the monies being spent to feed, house, clothe, educate, and medically take care of those who had no business coming here in the first place. A good thing indeed for the monies spent on those crossing our border illegally can now, if properly managed, be returned to the American people, most especially our seniors and our military veterans who seem to get the monetary shaft every time there is a “monetary crisis.”

Simply, a “monetary crisis“ was what we had been facing when Joe Biden was in office, what with the federal government giving out more dollars and cents than it took in. But now with DOGE exposing what is a truly massive amount of governmental monetary waste, the only fair thing to do is take the monies that will be saved when the deportations are complete and either put those monies back into the programs that saw Biden putting American citizens last or simply give it back to we taxpayers...call it “personal stimulus checks“ if need be. But either way a fair amount of those saved monies should also be used to aid our veterans in need for it's shameful that there are close to 33,000 homeless veterans in our country today...veterans who served our country well. It's way past time that the federal government...as well as state and local governments...start spending more monetarily to help serve our veterans and their needs instead of serving those who...and I cannot say this enough...should never have been allowed to come here in the first place... Read entire article here.

Op-ed: 

Americans First...No Ifs, Ands, or Buts

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio

The Op-ed posted here is this authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google.

Whether some like it or not the deportation of illegals is well under way thanks to President Trump. And while it currently involves only those with criminal records, eventually it will expand to encompass what I call the “rank and file” illegals, as in those who came here solely for their promised “free stuff”...”stuff” which in reality is anything but “free.” Why so...because it's our taxpayer dollars that help to fund all the programs and goodies the illegals receive while Americans are hurting financially due to the four disastrous Biden/Harris years.

But know that when said deportations do come to an end so too will the monies being spent to feed, house, clothe, educate, and medically take care of those who had no business coming here in the first place. A good thing indeed for the monies spent on those crossing our border illegally can now, if properly managed, be returned to the American people, most especially our seniors and our military veterans who seem to get the monetary shaft every time there is a “monetary crisis.”

Simply, a “monetary crisis“ was what we had been facing when Joe Biden was in office, what with the federal government giving out more dollars and cents than it took in. But now with DOGE exposing what is a truly massive amount of governmental monetary waste, the only fair thing to do is take the monies that will be saved when the deportations are complete and either put those monies back into the programs that saw Biden putting American citizens last or simply give it back to we taxpayers...call it “personal stimulus checks“ if need be. But either way a fair amount of those saved monies should also be used to aid our veterans in need for it's shameful that there are close to 33,000 homeless veterans in our country today...veterans who served our country well. It's way past time that the federal government...as well as state and local governments...start spending more monetarily to help serve our veterans and their needs instead of serving those who...and I cannot say this enough...should never have been allowed to come here in the first place.

So what are some of the programs and services that our federal taxpayer dollars are being spent on to aid those entering our country illegally? To start with know that, in general, most of the welfare programs that are focused on illegals, costs us billions of dollars each year...billions of dollars that should be going to help struggling middle and lower class American citizens. And also know that in many cases the particular benefits in question sometimes sees illegals receiving cash payments or “direct deposit checks” courtesy of our currently written “Tax Code” laws. Maybe the DOGE needs to start looking into these codes for who wouldn't want to come here knowing that “Uncle Sam” seems more than willing to “foot the bill,” and in return all that's asked is to always vote the Democrat party line.

And while we all tend to laugh at the political bureaucracy and their “rub-it-into-our-faces” shenanigans, if truth be told those who are part and parcel of said bureaucracy are smart enough to know that few, if any, illegals will ever bite the hand of those who seemingly attend to their every need, want, and wish..

Now, here are but three of the specific federal programs catering to illegals along with the sums of monies having been laid out in each case. Those three federal programs are welfare, Medicare, and Medicaid, the program where illegals receive medical benefits for emergency services. 

In fact, in 2023...the year I've based most of this article's figures on because it was one of the busiest years ever for illegal crossings...our federal government did spend almost $66.5 billion on these folks. This includes the more than $23 billion in federal medical expenditures spent on illegals...spent while many Americans, even to this day, still cannot afford health insurance...along with $11.6 billion in welfare benefits ranging from food stamps to, in some cases, SSI (Supplemental Security Income) additions, while many Americans continued living from paycheck to paycheck.

And dare not forget that our Social Security system... what was originally set up to be “ensured income” security for retired older American replete with “inflation-adjusted payments”...still finds fraud being committed by illegals as well, which when added into the cost of Medicare and Medicaid fraud, sees we taxpayers being forced, in one way or another, to bear that monetary burden as well. In fact, when you add in all “improper payments” issued by Social Security...including the cost incurred when illegals either steal a Social Security card or create a false identity to obtain said card and corresponding benefits...said monies equate to about $3 billion per year. And when you then add together all the above stated numbers, you'll see that close to $70 billion dollars of our taxpayer funded monies went to illegals in 2023 not to “We the American People” who in many cases are still economically hurting. Remember, even a change in presidency for the better does not always mean that the changes promised can be achieved within the first “one hundred” days.

Now here's something interesting regarding Social Security fraud itself for while the fraud committed by illegals might not be that big in number, illegals in general do affect Social Security, and hence its monthly payouts. How so...because illegals not only take jobs away from American citizens but by their getting paid less than citizens do, and with Social Security being funded by “dedicated payroll taxes” paid by both employees and their employers as well as by income taxes paid by some beneficiaries...less monies go into the “Social Security Trust Fund” then normally would. Simple math then dictates that less monies coming in proportionately translates into less monies proportionately being paid out to legal beneficiaries.

And this you, dear reader, might also find interesting, In 2024 alone...as per the Social Security Administration (SSA)...about 68 million Americans received Social Security benefits each month which resulted in about $1.5 trillion in benefits being paid out last year, So how were those monies being divvied out? The average monthly benefit for retired workers in 2024 was estimated at $1,927, which included a 3.2% cost-of-living (COLA) adjustment with the benefit rising to to $1,976 at the beginning of 2025, which equates to roughly a $50 increase per month per beneficiary.

Wow! A whopping extra $50 per month per beneficiary... now retirees, the disabled (who also do receive Social Security benefits), and America's elderly can either go buy an extra carton of eggs and an extra loaf of bread or maybe turn up the heat in their homes...while illegals (in NYC for example) relax in luxury hotels with their bodies warm and bellies full...sarcastically and very angrily said of course.

And approximately how much does “each” illegal border crosser cost us for their anything but “free stuff”...in 2024, how about $8,776. And when you multiply that number by the number of persons in an illegal family...lets say a mother, father, and two children...that number equals $35,104 annually which divided by 12 months equals $2,925 per month which is more than the average monthly Social Security check is for one who has paid into the system their entire working life.

But this monetary disaster is not only being committed on the federal level, but on the state and local levels as well, especially in “blue” states and cities. Here are but a few examples with the first being, as per DOGE, that in 2023 alone, the Biden/Harris administration saw both inflation and the cost of food staples rising...saw $150.7 billion of our hard earned taxpayer dollars being spent on giving illegals a continuation of their “free ride”...with said cost inching even higher in 2024. And to make a bad situation even worse, many major blue state liberal cities were catering to illegals as well while turning their backs on needy Americans, our homeless veterans included.

Here are but three examples:

1. Since 2022, New York City has spent over $5.22 billion to provide shelter, food, and other so deemed “essential” services on the almost quarter of a million illegals now still overwhelming the city. 

2. The sanctuary city of Chicago...a city currently facing a budget shortfall of $1 billion...saw its mayor spending over $574.5 million on the 51,643 illegals that Texas Gov. Abbott rightfully bused to them. 

3. The city of Denver...yet another sanctuary city...has spent $356+ million to “accommodate” the needs of the the 42,911 illegals also bused there from Texas.

And all the examples I just stated are but the tip of the illegals monetary “free stuff” iceberg... an iceberg where “Peter is being robbed to pay Paul,” with “Peter” in many cases being we taxpayers pocketbooks. Simply, these are monies that would be better spent on programs for elderly American citizens, our homeless veterans in need, and on those of “We the People” who still do live paycheck to paycheck, and who collectively still see no end in sight to the illegal nightmare we might never wake up from. Let the deportations continue on...let the monies saved be used to help American citizens...American citizens alone. Case closed.

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Op-ed:
Divert and Deflect...News Stories You Probably Missed
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots

Last week while the 24/7 Jussie Smollett divert and deflect media barrage was still ongoing, these important news stories went basically unreported. So, I have decided to give you a brief synopsis of but three news stories the msm does not want us focused on.

First up, a news update on America's very own court jester, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, more affectionately known as Ms. Alexandria Common Core-tez.

Back in early March, the National Legal and Policy Center, whose task is to promote ethics in government and private life as described in Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, filed an official complaint with the Federal Elections Committee (FEC) against freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, her now chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti, both the 'Brand New Congress' and the 'Justice Democrats' PACs, as well as others attached to Ocasio-Cortez' congressional campaign. The complaint documents showed an “elaborate scheme” to avoid proper disclosure of campaign expenditures “in accordance with” key sections of said code.

Simply, AOC and the others were accused of trying to funnel over $1 million in contributions into the two separate super PACs I just mentioned and then trying to move said money into two private companies that Chakrabarti owned...doing who knows what with said money. For this they faced and still face major fines and possible jail time if found they knowingly violated the law by hiding their direct control of the 'Justice Democrats' PAC...a PAC that may have “effectively supported” Occasio-Cortez's 2018 congressional primary campaign in excess of what is within normal legal contribution limits.

And just last week, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez has been hit again with yet another FEC complaint, this time one alleging that she and Chakrabarti operated a “subsidy scheme” that ran “afoul” of campaign finance laws. And at the heart of this complaint is that they together oversaw a "shadowy web" of PACs in an effort to raise more cash than they could legally have. Also, in this newest complaint is that they set up an LLC to avoid federal expenditure requirements by offering our favorite little socialist and other Democratic candidates political consulting services at prices so low that the companies had to be shut down even before the election was over.

Ripping off other people's money even before she was elected...we now know why Ocasio-Cortez had no trouble trying to rip off our hard earned taxpayer dollars in an effort to stop planes from flying and cows from doing what cows naturally do.

Little Ms. Socialist...little Ms. Phony actually...has now proven herself to be as greedy as the rest of those in her party. Socialism is good for the masses it seems but not for AOC herself no matter that the media has already anointed her the new queen bee of the Democrat-Socialist party...the party's newest attempt at rebranding after their still not gotten over Hillary fiasco. Obviously now being exposed as a pariah out to attain for herself both power and money, the woman who loves to spew the socialist mantra “Change is closer than we think”...Bernie Sanders must have a big smile on his face right about now...is the person Time Magazine has chosen to grace its newest cover, and that cover comes replete with the words “The Phenom” used to describe her. A better choice of words would have been “The Crook,” but then again aren't just about all Democrats crooks to one degree or another.

Next up I'm channeling my inner meteorologist to bring you the latest on the "weather."

There's a new syndrome going around and it's called “Climate Derangement Syndrome” as the Democrats keep sounding the alarm that climate change... translation: the “weather”...will be humanity's death knell. In fact, none other than climate scientist in her own mind Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez deems we'll all be dead within 12 years time unless her Green New Deal is somehow resurrected from the dead to save us all...except for the cows of course.

Well, that surely won't happen nor will the “weather” doom us all to death as NASA has now confirmed that our climate is actually cooling due to low sunspot activity. In fact, Dr. Martin Mlynczak of NASA’s Langley Research Center and the associate principal investigator for SABER (our weather satellite that monitors infrared radiation from carbon dioxide and nitric oxides) stated that, “We see a cooling trend because high above Earth’s surface, near the edge of space, our atmosphere is losing heat energy. If current trends continue, as is expected, it could soon set a Space Age record for cold.” And what he's talking about is what's known as a “Little Ice Age,” something I've tried to tell the unbelieving about for years now.

Still don't believe that climate change, or global warming as some still call it, is just a hoax the gullible and misguided have bought into, then how about this...the NASA findings I cited are in direct line with studies by UC-San Diego and Great Britain's Northumbria University,* both of which predict that within a decade or less the Earth will bear witness to sunspots disappearing more rapidly than normal as the sun starts entering what's called a grand “Solar Minimum.” In fact, during the entire month of February not one sunspot was recorded. And whether climate change alarmists like it or not, the truth is that Earth's weather is controlled by sunspots...changing magnetic fields affecting the amount of activity on the sun's surface...solar natural variability if you will...and not by carbon emissions, by pollution, or even by cows being cows.

Translation: the more sunspots the warmer the weather...the less sunspots the colder the weather.

So what we'll soon be experiencing will be similar to the “weather” of the mid-17th to early 18th centuries, corresponding roughly to the middle and coldest portion of the climatic cooling cycle known as the a fore mentioned “Little Ice Age”...a period of extreme and extended cold weather caused by what's called a “Maunder Minimum.” Happening between 1645 to 1715 when sunspots became exceedingly rare, as noted by solar observers of the day, temperatures dropped way lower than even the coldest winters of today. This explains the extreme cold the colonists were experiencing and the records kept pertaining to the harsh winter conditions at the beginning of our nation's founding.

And nothing we do or don't do can or will affect the sun's cycles, so it would serve us well to accept as fact that the thermosphere always cools off during “Solar Minimum”...the very period our sun is now entering...the very period that will indeed cool us all down.

And lastly is President Trump's upcoming proposal to fully replace ObamaCare...the monstrosity of a health care plan the Democrats passed without even reading what's in it.

The sky is falling or so say the Democrats as they're in the throws of yet another meltdown, this time claiming that President Trump's new health care proposal will see millions of Americans becoming uninsured....which par for the course sees the Democrats being just plain wrong yet again. And while our president says his proposal will not be released until after the 2020 election, we do know these three things...there will be a special fund for people with preexisting conditions, there will be lower-cost plans, and there will be much needed Medicaid reform...as in bye-bye Medicaid leaches and scammers.

But the Democrats especially don't want you to know that Trump's proposal does protect people with preexisting conditions. How so...simply by putting in place nationwide what a number of states already have successfully put in place, as in funding coverage for those with preexisting conditions separately. And separately is a vastly different animal than abandoning those folks as Democrats claim Trump wants to do.

As for the dollar and cents numbers comes this from Trump's Council of Economic Advisers: coverage for chronically ill people and those with preexisting medical conditions, in what would be the individual market, would cost about $20 billion a year, less than half the $55 billion currently spent subsidizing people to overpay for ObamaCare, thus allowing the remaining funds to be used to subsidize premiums in said individual market, which will then see premiums being way lower than they are now as ObamaCare premiums have almost tripled since 2013.

And the Democrats don't want you to know that Trump's new proposal will include lower-cost plans that do not force consumers to buy “overburdened and overpriced” policies rife with ObamaCare mandated must haves...must haves that very few people want, need, or have money to pay for. Remember having to pay for maternity coverage for men and post menopausal women, prostate coverage for women, and pediatric dental care for people having no children...well those and more will be gone. And Trump's proposal will also allow consumers to buy low-cost options such as short-term plans and association plans.

Also, the 20 million folks who became newly covered under ObamaCare actually saw three-quarters of them going on Medicaid instead of into private health care plans offered in the ObamaCare exchanges. And the Democrats want forgetten is that under ObamaCare, Medicaid, originally meant for low-income women with children and for the disabled, instead saw millions of able-bodied childless adults and what I call “sponges” being added to the Medicaid rolls.

Simply, Trump's proposal calls for able-bodied, healthy, Medicaid recipients to work even if it's securing part time work, as right now a whopping 40% of those recipients who can work don't work, and don't work by choice. Trump's proposal would rightfully dictate that all healthy Medicaid recipients be required to work, attend school, care for family, or volunteer. Translation: Medicaid freeloading would become a thing of the past, saving we taxpayers billions of dollars both in the short and long term.

So there you have it, just three of the many news stories the media does not want us focused on. And while the Jussie Smollett case remains the media topic of the day, what with his now refusing to reimburse the city of Chicago for the $130,000 they spent on investigating his hoax of a hate crime, there really are more important stories out there that affect us all. Now if only those stories were given as much air and press time as a grade B actor run amok...a grade B actor caught in his own lies...maybe then we can focus on the Democrat party imploding from within.

Come on 2020...let's get it done and over with...divert and deflect be damned. _____________________________________
* Both universities are leaders in the Earth Science/Climate field.

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Op-ed: 
Wolves in Sheep's Clothing Sit at America's Door 
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio

Let's start with some brutal honesty...the on-going invasion at our southern border coupled with the fact that the border is still not sealed let alone indefinitely closed does indeed present both serious national security and public safety threats...including health threats...to our country. And sadly those who think otherwise are but paramount to fools.

So as the Democrats continue spewing out lies that we on the right are insensitive sorts who are totally against all immigration, let me set the record straight by saying that the only immigration we are against is illegal immigration but that we are totally in favor of legal immigration...as in follow our laws in coming here and you will be welcomed with open and outstretched arms.

And herein lies the difference between we on the right and the Democrats, for we true Republican and conservative patriots want a country's best knocking on America's door...those truly wanting to become American citizens and wanting to be part of the fabric of this our American society...we do not want to become the world's dumping ground for those with their hands out and whose palms the Democrats “grease” in exchange for their votes. That's not immigration...that's a payoff...I cannot say it any more directly than that.

And only when those playing the political immigration game see that as truth will any true headway be made in stopping the many wolves now at America's southern door.

But if truth be told...as it always must be...we on the right freely admit that we are totally disgusted with how much these invaders...for that's what these illegals are...cost we taxpayers...with that cost increasing every year. And when you add in how much more it would cost if this newest round of illegals...as in those who are part of what's called the “caravans”...were let into our country...disgust at those numbers turns into bold-faced anger for a majority of us and very rightfully so.

And let's look at some of those numbers...Judicial Watch reports that an in-depth study done by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) shows that illegal immigration...using a low-ball figure of 12.5 million illegals currently living here...costs we American taxpayers nearly $135 billion every year, with state and local taxpayers now footing $116 billion of that amount. Breaking it down even further you discover that every single illegal living in America today costs each of we taxpayers about $8,075 per year. And for those who claim illegals contribute to our economy by paying taxes, the latest government figures show that they only paid $19 billion of the total $135 billion number...a very small amount indeed.

And if the current approximated 3.25 million young people who are still being protected from deportation by the Obama-initiated infamous DACA program were added into that numbers mix, we taxpayers would face paying an additional $25.9 billion over the next 10 years if those who are called "Dreamers" were ever to be granted amnesty or citizenship.

And all of the above quoted hard earned taxpayer dollars are being spent on those who have absolutely no legal right to be here while America's homeless veterans still remain homeless and too many American citizens go to bed hungry each night. Something is so wrong here folks and it must stop and stop right now.

Now let's break those above stated numbers down a bit further especially in one key area where we taxpayers are truly getting raped...the medical care aspect relating to these illegals. Fact: right now taxpayer-funded Medicaid benefits are being given to illegals no matter that certain Medicaid requirements actually disqualifies them from receiving such benefits, and it currently costs we taxpayers an estimated $18.5 billion a year...up from $11.22 billion in 2016...to subsidize the care of those having no legal right to be here let alone receive medical care.

And as the number of illegals keeps increasing so do the dollars we pay out for their care. And know it's our federal taxes that both directly and indirectly fund health care for illegals via Community Health Centers, tax exemptions for non-profit hospitals and other health facilities, employer tax exclusion, as well as through Medicaid and Medicare subsidies.

In fact, The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) recently released findings stating that the combined percentage of both illegals and legals on Medicaid together grew from six percent in 2007 to 17 percent in 2017 (the 2018 numbers are not in yet)...an increase of 11 percentage points while the percentage of American citizens on Medicaid increased during that same time period by just nine percent. In other words, non-American citizens...illegals...are being better taken care of than we American citizens are medically wise that is, and if that doesn't get you angry I don't know what will.

And know that those coming to our country legally but who are not yet citizens are eligible for coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace (and they may also be eligible for lower costs on monthly premiums and lower out-of-pocket costs based on income), and also through Medicaid and through the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) if they meet their state's income and residency rules. However, while federal law generally disallows illegals from being covered by Medicaid, a little-known part of each states federal health insurance program for the poor does allow illegals coverage, and that coverage pays out well over $2 billion a year for said illegals 'supposed' emergency treatment if administered in an emergency room.

Deemed “Emergency Medicaid” by the federal government...the folks flooding into emergency rooms... folks who really do not have true emergencies...are according to participating hospitals mostly illegals... illegals who know that said hospitals cannot and will not turn them away.

And whose fault is this...in a word...Congress...as it was Congress who approved this “Emergency Medicaid” insurance program after lawmakers required hospitals to screen and stabilize all emergency room patients regardless of their insurance or citizenship status...in other words hospitals cannot ask patients whether they’re here legally or not. And with federal law mandating that state Medicaid programs make what's called “Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments” to hospitals that care for large numbers of Medicaid and uninsured folks, these hospitals are then not restricted from using their uncompensated care funds on illegals as the DSH Medicare and Medicaid payments they receive indirectly fund cumulative uncompensated care losses they incur from treated said illegals.

And for those who were still not angry before are you finally angry now?

You should be, for those dollars spent on illegals would once again be so much better spent on our veterans and wounded warriors...especially on taking care of those forced to navigate a broken V.A. health care system for their medical needs while illegals move to the head of the line.

Also, know that while illegals are technically not eligible for direct welfare assistance they do circumnavigate that issue as well for while U.S. immigration law states that persons likely to become a "public charge”...in other words those deemed likely to be dependent on public assistance forever...are ineligible for an immigrant visa, however, there is a major caveat in that law. And said caveat is that those deemed refugees, asylum seekers, or amnestied-in illegals are exempt from the “public charge” requirement.

And so the "free stuff" via our taxpayer dollars continues to flow into their greedy hands. And flow it does with 63 percent of "non-citizens"...both legal and illegal...comprising 4.6 million households...being on some form of welfare, with that number growing to 70 percent for those living here 10 years or more. So much for "public charge." And these figures are courtesy of the last U.S. census.

Amazing isn't it, but what is even more amazing is that Congress alone decided who is to be deemed what. And Congress also decided that it's “We the People” who will be serving as the illegals sponsors, and thus allow them to keep their hands in our collective taxpayer pockets.

Never mind angry, you should be borderline if not outright fuming by now.

But even if we remove the monetary drain from the illegal mix ask yourself this...what does America have to gain by letting in the uneducated unskilled leeches known as illegals...not a damn thing I would say. The truth is we only gain by keeping them out and making it easier for those coming to our country legally to do so...people who have something of value to contribute to American society (not those forcing us to “press one for English”) and who honor and respect our laws.

And the only way to do that is to build the wall, lock it down, and say “no more.” And with that, now let's add into this mix none other than Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi who most likely will become the new Speaker of the House...as in the House that controls our nation's purse strings.

So as the Senate is working on the Homeland Security Appropriations Bill...a bill that includes the border wall funding...a bill in which Republican senators are proposing to fully fund the wall by taking monies away from illegals that they currently get from welfare and such...Ms. Pelosi emphatically stated “NO!” when asked this question by a Fox News reporter, “Would you be willing to support some degree of wall funding if you got a permanent bona fide solution on DACA?”

And so with that the infamous Nancy Pelosi promised that come January when the Democrats take back control of the House, the House will vote to give amnesty to millions of illegals...especially those garnering DACA status...currently living within our borders. And the rape of our taxpayer dollars by those illegals will continue on as their hands push even deeper into our taxpayer pockets...pockets held open by vile Democrat sorts who are selling America out for votes. And even if President Trump uses the power of the veto...which I'm sure he will...the damage will have been done for the wall will remain in limbo and even more will cross the border illegally and run to the open-arm safety of both sanctuary cites and states.

Get ready my friends as you know what I've said is true...are you finally angry if not finally fuming...God I surely hope so for those moving in next door to you could soon be illegals of the very worst kind...and they'll be able to do so courtesy of the Democrats and your taxpayer dime.

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Op-ed: 

The ObamaCare ruse and numbers that lie 

By: Diane Sori 

"There will be additional challenges to implementing the law."
- Barack HUSSEIN Obama on announcing that ObamaCare met its enrollment deadline numbers

My, my how convenient is this...7.1 million Americans have signed up for ObamaCare by the March 31st deadline and they only needed 7 million to do so. So it seems they added in the .1 for extra good measure I guess.

Like we didn't know that would happen...just like Obama winning the election in 2012 before the first vote was even cast. The fix was in from day one...or in this case from the October 1st launch date of the anything but functioning HealthCare.gov enrollment website.

The needed numbers...covering enrollments in both private health care plans via HealthCare.gov and enrollments in the individual websites offered by 14 states and the District of Columbia...were 'supposedly' met with a website still NOT totally functioning and still without security or a payment portal to make your payments to because one hasn't been built yet...the needed numbers were met even though most enrolling went on Medicaid...the needed numbers were met by counting duplicates and incomplete applications...the needed numbers were met by...well you get my drift.

Now let's get this straight...as in the truth for a change...7.1 million Americans did NOT enroll in ObamaCare...7.1 million Americans might have signed onto the HealthCare.gov website but signing onto the site to peruse the exchanges does NOT a purchase make, especially when there's NO portal to make one's payments to. NO premiums paid means the individual will be in for a rude awakening when they go to the doctor and find out they do NOT have the insurance they thought they bought.

And so the joys that are the hallmark of the failure known as ObamaCare continue on.

And let's NOT forget the 6+ million Americans who lost the insurance they were happy with and could afford due to their policies being cancelled for NO other reason than NOT meeting ObamaCare's self-anointed ridiculous coverage standards. So even if the ObamaCare released numbers were true...which we know they are NOT...that would equate to an actual wash...meaning that for all intents and purposes a breaking even has occurred for the number of those who lost their insurance equates near to the number of those now purchasing insurance...tit-for-tat and NOTHING more.

Now comes the details...trumpeting the first open enrollment period as a major success for NOT only meeting but surpassing the 7 million projected by the Congressional Budget Office needed to make ObamaCare viable, one has to wonder just how many of the previously uninsured actually are now insured...and true to form NO one knows at this time as the Obama administration will NOT release those numbers. But independent sources are claiming that only 27% of those who have secured a plan through the ObamaCare exchanges were previously uninsured. And only 53% of that 27% paid their first premium (I wonder how they did that when there's NO payment portal in operation) when 86% of those folks paid their premiums when previously insured. And this is a biggie...4.5 million previously uninsured have now signed up for Medicaid in states that expanded that program under ObamaCare...and guess who ultimately picks up that bill...we taxpayers do.

NOT good folks...NOT good at all.

Now you know why Obama will NOT release any numbers as jugging the books has become a fine art for this administration...paper shifting of figures at its best...on par with juggling the numbers of the monthly jobs figures in their favor.

More details...after all the devil's in the details...details like even after one has eventually paid their initial premium there is still NO guarantee that the following months premiums will be met by those enrolled. And how will ObamaCare be sustained when a good percentage of those signing on to ObamaCare are Medicaid enrollees...meaning the government pays for their healthcare with our tax dollars and they pay NOTHING...as they happily become Democratic voters in the process. And what about the percentage of actual enrollees who are young and healthy being lower than the numbers needed to continue to fund this abomination.

So how pray tell can Jay Carney say words to the affect that “No one expected us to come back from the brink…but we have.” How can his words have any modicum of truth to them...but hey...Carney's words fit well into this administration's reputation for...dare I say it...LIES!

LIES...LIES told that on the last day open to enroll one million Americans 'suddenly' out of the blue decided en-masse to turn on their computers and click onto HealthCare.gov to sign-up...LIES told about people deciding at the last minute to dial into call centers...and LIES told about folks at the last minute deciding to stand in long lines at assistance sites all across the country. One million Americans without health insurance just happened to do all this on the last enrollment day...the exact one million number short just the day before.

Odd isn't it...sarcastically said.

And these out-and-out LIES and hiding of ObamaCare's true numbers are the bane of the party loyal for why else are party members rushing to propose fixes as they increasingly distance themselves from this nightmare of an anything but health care plan and from the man whose name it bears. And with the mid-term elections looming large, the Democrats up for re-election know damn well that yesterday's bravado and pats on the back are NOTHING but show, for the truth about the sign-ups and the cost factors involved in sustaining this nightmare NOT to mention what it will do to the medical industry as a whole, still threatens to overshadow any initial victory Obama declares as ObamaCare remains unpopular across the board. And knowing that the Republicans will keep hammering non-stop at all the law’s inherent flaws, the Democrats know that the disaster that is ObamaCare will help Republicans win back the Senate in a big way.

So hurry up November 4th for on that day both America and 'We the People' win and Barack HUSSEIN Obama finally loses...and as the saying goes, "payback is indeed a b*tch."

Op-ed: 

Hey Obama...the G.I. Bill is NOT welfare and the IRS is indeed corrupt

By: Diane Sori

 

"We have NOT expanded the welfare state...self-reliance is alive and well."  - Barack HUSSEIN Obama 2/2/14 

 

Grrrrr....NO better way to start this than with an emotion...a furious, 'how dare he' emotion for in his interview with Bill O'Reilly, Barack HUSSEIN Obama...the man who in his role as Commander-in-Chief has defamed and dishonored our military...our troops...and our veterans every chance he gets...now dared to equate the G.I. Bill with welfare and food stamps. 

 

Welfare...the once noble temporary help for the truly needy has been hijacked into becoming a system of freebies and handouts that the Democrats have turned into a living wage for the 'sponges' of our society in exchange for their votes.

The G.I. Bill...NO matter that Obama said it is an entitlement just like food stamps (which by the way if one is able-bodied and can work one should NOT get) is certainly NOT welfare by any means for it's a 'contractual entitlement' that was earned...earned in a way by doing a job that most Americans aren’t willing to do...earned with blood and tears...as in putting on our country's uniform and placing one's life on the line to keep us safe and free at home.

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944...commonly known as the G.I. Bill...was a law enacted to give certain benefits...like low-cost mortgages; low-interest business loans; cash payments for tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college, or vocational school; and one year of unemployment compensation for returning WWII veterans. And while changes have been made to the original bill in the years since it was enacted, the G.I. Bill was and still is available...in some form...to every veteran who was on active duty...combat service per se NOT required...and to those NOT dishonorably discharged. In other words the G.I. Bill helps those who successfully did the job they were contracted to do...as in to defend our country...and that 'contractual entitlement' is by NO means welfare.

Welfare on the other hand is public aid paid for with our taxpayer dollars. What's known as the 'welfare state'...NOT an ideal situation NO matter what Obama says...expands on this concept to include services such as universal healthcare (as in healthcare through Medicaid which has seen its numbers skyrocket thanks to ObamaCare), food and nutrition programs as in food stamps (SNAP), and unemployment insurance. 

 

And this is some of what 'the sponges' believe they are 'entitled' to for doing NOTHING...for doing NOTHING as welfare handouts do indeed affect work incentives giving those on welfare NO reason to get off welfare. Freebies and handouts for 'the sponges'...the 'gimmee gimmee you owe me' sorts...for simply promising loyalty to the Democratic party...the party who in turn continues to cut veteran's benefits across the board and funnel those monies into even more welfare programs to keep those on the welfare dole happy and content so they won't bite the hand that feeds them...translation: by voting Republican.

Welfare is as different from the G.I. Bill as Barack HUSSEIN Obama is from Ronald Reagan and the two should NOT even be mentioned let alone compared in the same breath...capeesh Obama.

And then we have this little bit of happiness...

"Not even mass corruption. Not even a smidgeon of corruption."
- Barack HUSSEIN Obama 2/2/14

In a vain attempt to sweep the IRS scandal under the rug...a scandal stalking his administration for quite some time now, Obama poo-pooed the notion that his administration used the IRS for political purposes by singling out, delaying, or outright denying tax-exempt status for TEA Party groups (and groups with the word 'Patriot' in their names) that obviously did NOT support his re-election bid or his policies.

And when O'Reilly questioned him on it Obama whined, “That’s not what happened" and in true Obama place the blame on everybody but me mode, he claimed that the IRS officials were just "confused about how to implement the law in regards to tax-exempt groups."

And if you believe that I've got some swampland to sell you.

Blaming instead "bone-headed decisions," Obama outright denied (translation: LIED) that corruption of any sort was going on...and he did it with a straight face with NO teleprompter needed to script him.
 

And the award for the best...or should I say the worst...impersonation of a president goes to Barack HUSSEIN Obama. And even though many organizations and groups came forward to say they indeed were targeted and either denied or delayed in getting tax-exempt status, Obama twisted the scenario and instead blamed Fox News for continuing to focus on this story. But hey, he had to twist it...deflect it...for what Obama dare NOT have mentioned again on national television was that Lois Lerner, former head of the very IRS division that oversees tax-exempt groups, admitted under oath that certain organizations and groups applying for tax-exempt status were singled out if they had the words 'TEA Party' or 'patriot' in their names.

And Lerner even apologized on behalf of the IRS and said it was “absolutely incorrect, it was insensitive and it was inappropriate.” This Obama 'forgets' to mention...'selective forgetfulness' I call it...the Obama tactic honed to a fine art.

 

And with Congress NOT even finished with its investigation into this matter, our self-anointed king has deemed this whole event inconsequential and NOT worth his time...and oh yes, NOT wanting to step on union toes the previously held up bonuses have now been released and will be given to the very individuals involved in the denials and delays.

Such is life in Obamaland...or should I say in the Kingdom of Obama...either way 'We the People' lose for as Bill O'Reilly found out...and something we've known for a long time...don't bother asking Barack HUSSEIN Obama a question that you know he will just answer with yet another LIE.

Op-ed:
ObamaCare...just another name for welfare medicine 
By: Diane Sori

Welfare state...a system in which the government undertakes the chief responsibility for providing for the social and economic security of its population, usually through unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, health care, and other social-security measures

It's very important that 'We the People' NOT let ObamaCare fade from our public consciousness, so to that affect I give you ObamaCare by the numbers...numbers Obama himself does NOT want you to see...starting with his claim that 38 million more Americans will be insured when ObamaCare is in full operational mode. But this is NOT quite true as 38 million people will NOT be paying for health insurance...most will be added to the Medicaid rolls...welfare medicine in a welfare state personified.

So Obama's recently touted good news that about 1.6 million Americans have enrolled in ObamaCare since October 1st is anything but good news, for the bad news is that 1.46 million out of those 1.6 million have actually signed up for Medicaid NOT for the private pay policies offered on the exchanges.

And guess who subsidizes Medicaid...we taxpayers do...'We the People' who actually work and pay taxes will now be giving yet another free ride to those who don't.

Over the next few months if these numbers continue as expected they will, ObamaCare's monetary needs could very well bankrupt both the federal and state governments. Right now almost 8 cents out of every dollar that the federal government spends goes to Medicaid...currently translating into more than $265 billion per year. But the Congressional Budget Office projects that Medicaid spending will more than double over the next 10 years, reaching $554 billion by 2023, and all because of ObamaCare.

And once again, where will that needed money to meet the now burgeoning Medicaid rolls come from...from we taxpayers of course who will be hit with tax increases like NEVER before just so we can carry those who have been carried for far too long as it is.

And this is what Barack HUSSEIN Obama intended right from the first moment he stated that ObamaCare will be the law of the land...as in take from the 'haves' to make the 'have nots' even more dependent on the government for their very existence instead of having them take responsibility for themselves...to make sure the 'have nots' NEVER bite the hand that feeds, clothes, and now takes care of all their health care needs.

And so our beloved country will forever be known as the Welfare Medicine States of America...a country where projections say that within a decade 17 million Americans will be receiving ObamaCare subsidies (and for the most part they will be people who had health insurance they were happy with and could afford before the monstrosity that is ObamaCare reared its ugly head and made their policies cost prohibited or had them cancelled outright), and an additional 21 million Americans will have been added to the 63+ million people already on the Medicaid rolls...stressing to the breaking point a system already a trillion+ dollars in the red.

And that does NOT include the more than 20 million Americans that will be added to the Medicare program by 2025 as our population ages. And while Medicare is NOT a handout...as one pays into it their entire working life...it still places financial stress on our health care system payouts, but it really shouldn't have to as the people who put money into Medicare should be the only ones benefiting from Medicare...liberal kumbaya nonsense be damned.

Now let this anything but nice number sink in...within that projected decade when those new people are added into those currently on Medicaid, 84+ million Americans out of a total population of then probably close to 320 million will be getting basically free health care that we taxpayers will actually be the ones paying for them to get. Talk about 'redistribution of wealth'...it's more like the rape of the American middle-class taxpayer as almost a third of all Americans will be beholden to the government for their medical needs.

And this in turn will create even more 'sponges'...who never met an entitlement they didn't like... 'sponges' who will be happy to sign-up for food stamps and other freebies...as in 'hey man free stuff'...which they really do NOT qualify for but which thanks to Obama's 'fundamental transformation of America' they will get. Remember, the simple fact is that one freebie always leads to another freebie, especially with the 'gimme gimme...you owe me' demographics of our society.

And with the number of Americans signing up for Medicaid greatly outpacing the number of Americans signing up for private health insurance policies, can a single-payer system be far behind...something that we all know was always Obama's true objective as ObamaCare was designed to fail...and fail it will since it is monetarily unsustainable.

Want more...here's a bit of added info about the subsidies themselves that also will NOT make you happy...according to the The Kaiser Family Foundation roughly 48% of Americans who buy individual insurance today would be eligible for subsidies...meaning those eligible would receive an average of $5,548, which would cover 66% of the price. And guess who picks up that cost...yup...we taxpayers yet again for where else will the government find the money to pay for all of this.

Talk about the ObamaCare fiasco translating into taking from Peter to pay Paul.

And so the bottom line after digesting these most upsetting of numbers is that we must rid ourselves of ObamaCare post-haste or we will indeed become a welfare nation forced into a single payer system of health care. And if that happens it means we go from bad to worse...much worse. So this is the reality we must face...we MUST MUST MUST get the vote out in November and retake the Senate and keep the House for that and only that will allow us to wake up from the nightmare that is ObamaCare...period.