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Hello Everyone on AARP who's going to see this.  How's it going?  You know, it could be better if the democrats would leave everyone alone.  Below is an email I got after signing a petition to get the government OUT of our lives and the health care business.  

On this 4th PLEASE take some time to reflect on what those brave, brave men did all those many years ago when they wanted to live in a FREE nation.  Free from taxes without representation.  Well, as I see it, we are back where they started.  We pay so much tax but we get so little back.  Sure, we do get something but is it the value we've put into it.  Now, if they the government has their way we will be controlled even more.  Not able to choose what we want for our own needs but put in a pool with all the others who may or may not have put in as much.  To even out that pool everyone will get the same.  The same low amount that won't help if you need more.  More that you could have gotten if you'd have done it yourself.  Be as brave as those men who saw the future. A future where everyone has the right to be the best they can be with their own efforts.  And not be held back by those who can't keep up.  I say, get those idiot politicians and democrats out of office and save the USA, it might already be too late.

Friends -

Thanks to you, we now have more than 235,000 Americans who have declared their support for a free market health care system by signing the Free Our Health Care Now! petition. The groundswell of support for private health care could not come at a more important time. As we celebrate July 4^th, the 233rd anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Administration and Congress are making good on their campaign promise to increase America's patriotism by increasing our taxes.

The House Democratic health reform plan includes a provision in section 401 that creates a new "tax on individuals without acceptable health care coverage." That means if the government doesn't approve of the type of health insurance you have, you will be taxed as much as 2% of your yearly income. And there's no exemption for people making less than $250,000 per year! I do not believe increasing our taxes is a patriotic way to celebrate Independence Day.

Additionally, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) recently proposed legislation estimated by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to cost $1.6 trillion over ten years. Despite this unprecedented budgetary outlay, more than 15 million uninsured Americans would remain unprotected under the Baucus Health Plan. Baucus now says that the cost has been pushed down to $1 trillion, but that may be wishful thinking.

In an effort to continue in the same spirit of those Founding Fathers who met at Independence Hall in Philadelphia 233 years ago, we want to be free of burdensome and illegitimate taxes, regulation and control. To help in this effort we have prepared an "Action Pac" tool kit to educate the public on health care. It includes links for learning and teaching materials including a power point slide presentation with teachers notes, all available for you to use.

American taxpayers and American patients deserve better. Please help us educate the public. Send the "Action Pac" education kit to all your friends and family. Remember, the health care that you're fighting for is your own!

www.ncpa.org/petition-resources

Thanks for your help in this important fight for freedom.

Jeanette Nordstrom

National Center for Policy Analysis