On the recordMarch 22, 2017
The GOP's disastrous healthcare proposal is really just the largest transfer of wealth to the superrich in this Nation's entire history. In fact, it gives the top 1 percent of earners a windfall of tax breaks and subsidies. The superrich are going to be able to buy a lot of things with this new money. It has been estimated they could buy: one Lamborghini, 26 Rolex watches, or 44 sets of Super Bowl tickets. Thanks to this tax cut, in effect, you are shifting wealth from Main Street to Mar-a-Lago, from middle America to Mar-a-Lago, from my district to Mar-a-Lago. Forty-four thousand people in my district in southern Nevada will lose their health insurance according to the Center for American Progress. Our President said, well, he didn't know--not our President. He is not my President. Anyway, he said he didn't know health care could be so complicated. Well, if you look at this bill, it is really not very complicated. It is quite simple: Premiums go up, benefits go down; deductibles go up, coverage goes down; prices go up, healthcare for women goes down. Vote ``no'' on this bill. ____________________
