Gene Taylor’s Merry-Go-Round Position On Health Care Bill
As the Americans for Tax Reform pointed out, Gene Taylor has recently had 3 different positions on the Health Care bill. Each position Gene Taylor has taken on this issue has a significantly different impact on America, but he words his position in such a way that makes it seem like he’s hedging his bet for whatever he ultimately decides.
From the Americans for Tax Reform:
(1) He will support it if it has “major changes.” This was his position on his website as of July 30, 2009. Yet after the major changes orchestrated by Congressman Taylor’s own Blue Dog caucus, the congressman has become irate, offensive and belligerent in his attempts to distance himself from the caucus he helped found.
(2) He “opposes” the plan. This was stated in the offensive press release, littered with ad hominem attacks, issued by Rep. Taylor on Friday, July 31.
(3) He will support the plan if it is “paid for”. This was revealed in an interview with Mississippi’s WLOX on Saturday, August 1. Rep. Taylor’s description of his newest policy is at http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=10832230. It is critical to note the Blue Dog Coalition’s enforced policy of “pay fors”. Since Speaker Pelosi took the helm of Congress, Rep. Taylor’s Blue Dog Caucus has insisted that any government spending is fine as long as it is “paid for” with new tax increases. Rep. Taylor has even voted to include the tax increase rule as a part of the governing rules of the House of Representatives. Now, Rep. Taylor admits that he will support government-run healthcare if it is simply coupled with enough tax increases.
He was asked a few pointed questions about his stance on the Health Care bill at a townhall in Waynesboro, Ms. So where does he really stand on this issue?
This video is courtesy of citizenlibertygc.
The best I can gather from Gene Taylor’s own lips is that he’s for government run health care (along with anything else he can get his hands on) under “3″ conditions:
1) so long as we can “pay for it”
2) it get’s rid of the anti-trust exemption
3) prescription drugs are more affordable
d) it doesn’t fund abortions
Even if all of this language is to his satisfaction, he still wants to put bureaucrats between you and your doctor. According to the bill, those social engineering bureaucrats would be necessary in order to ration health care services between the “useful”, the “useless”, and the “used” Americans (and non-Americans) among us; schedule “end-of-life options” consultations for the elderly; and to determine whether or not you need a liver transplant, a pain pill, or a just a band aid.
As one gentleman pointed out, if this bill passes, Gene Taylor should be held accountable and should be run out of Congress in 2010. He’s sat on his hands in his cushy little Congressional office for the past 20 years with his mouth shut and watched all of this socialist legislation come through the pipeline and hasn’t taken a clear stand against the socialist ideology that running a muck all around him on Capitol Hill.
After 20 years Gene Taylor should have mustered enough influence to put a stop to this sort of thing. The most conservative district in the nation should NEVER have to wonder where their Congressman stands on such an intrusive piece of legislation.
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Gene Taylor elected Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House. That puts her 3rd in line to be our President. 
Gene Taylor elected Barney Frank as Chairman of the Financial Services committee, even after the failure and bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac cost taxpayers billions and billions of dollars. 
Gene Taylor was given the chance to investigate Charlie Rangel for tax evasion and remove him from his powerful position as Chairman of the House Ways and Means committee, Gene Taylor sided with the rest of the Democrats and voted NOT to investigate Charlie Rangel.
It sounds like getting rid of the anti-trust exemption, reduced prescription drugs and taxpayer funding to “pay for it” will secure his vote regardless of the amount of tax increase necessary to pay for this behemoth bill? Remember 50% of us are paying in the neighborhood of 30% of whatever this bill is going to cost, on top of what our current healthcare cost are to help insure those that don’t have insurance. (See Term Limits, http://firegenetaylor.com/grievances/term-limits/ ) I smell some political double speak; get the things I promise in there and not worry about the rest? Beware and be afraid!
Taylor is a conservative when it comes to guns and abortion… but with much else he falls in line with socialist philosophy. Remember, there’s a reason why he’s a Democrat. Exactly why do you suppose that is?
Yeah just watched the video… Taylor is in a jam on this one. I he votes against it the DEMS will put a firestorm on his rump like he’s likely never seen. If he votes for it, the conservs will do the same. I’m curious to how he’ll play this one out. Can he vote against the bill and still pull all the dem vote next election? That is the real question… he might can… and then there’s always those conservatives who think a lil socialism is right up their alley. So we’ll have to see…
Maybe he’ll vote for it before he votes against it, or was that the other way around, I always forget proper middle politics.
[...] day. But because we’ve been completely shut out of any discussion on the issue, and because Gene Taylor REFUSES to give us a clear answer on his support for socialized health care (so long as “WE” can “PAY” for it), we’ve reached the point where we [...]
One day, when I see Gene Taylor in line with my family and me, waiting to get a doctor’s appointment, I’ll believe he thought he was doing the right thing. Until then Mr. Taylor, you’ve sold us out for what? Politics? Your Job?