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On the recordMarch 19, 2010
And the poster says, as my colleague Steve King is pointing, "Why does the Democrat bill subsidize health insurance companies?" Here is the strong arm of the IRS shaking money out of the average American taxpayer and sending that money straight in to the insurance companies, which, by the way, we know will be collapsing, because ultimately that was the purpose. One of our colleagues in this body even said as much himself. He said this is a temporary step, because what they want is government to own it all. Let's realize, Mr. Speaker, who are the hogs in this situation? Who are the pigs here? Who wants to soak up the people's money? It is the same culprit, Mr. Speaker. It is those who embrace Big Government. The big winner in the stimulus, the big winner in the TARP, the big winner in every bailout we have ever had, and the big winner in this health care bill is Big Government. And, as my colleague shows, the loser in all of this is the forgotten man of the American taxpayer, the American worker, the American boy and girl who may not grow up to realize their American Dream of a better life than their parents. The biggest loser again, Mr. Speaker, is the forgotten man of the senior citizen who will have to potentially go without with their Medicare funding. Well, not if we have anything to say about it, Mr. Speaker. Not if we have another breath in our body will this happen. And so we are here.…
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Michele Bachmann
Minnesota

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Bachmann criticizes the Democrat health care bill and its implications for taxpayers and government control.

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