I spoke with a woman on Medicare yesterday evening who was very concerned because her Republican relatives were telling her that she was going to lose her doctor due to the healthcare law. After we talked for a bit, she asked me why the Republicans were lying to people about this? It seems cruel to me, to lie to vulnerable people about their healthcare options. I guess it must be the only way they see to be re-elected.
She did ask if there were someplace on the computer where she could get information about the healthcare law and what it really does, and I directed her to www.healthcare.gov.
It's a shame that Frank Guinta can't tell the truth. If this senior is willing to go on the internet to find out the facts, why can't Frank?

I believe that it was Mark Twain who said that a man who does not read is no better off than a man who can not read.

As more people read about the benefits in the Affordable Care Act, the percentage of people who approve of it increases. Maybe if Guinta actually read the Act, he'd see how many Americans will be better off because of it. Then again, maybe he doesn't care. He already has government insurance.

It would be refreshing if Mr. Guinta actually cared about the facts and checked them out before irresponsibly spewing his party's twisted and false talking points. The Affordable Care Act is going to stop the worst insurance company abuses, save lives, improve the public health, close the Medicare Part D "donut" hole, and prevent medical bankruptcies, which are currently rampant--among many other positive effects and benefits. I haven't noticed that Mr. Guinta has one single proposal for insuring the 50 million people currently uninsured, not to mention the under-insured. I care about my fellow Americans, and Mr. Guinta should too. He's supposed to represent us! He shows all the caring of Scrooge before the ghost visited.

Frank Guinta is on thin ice. It won't be long before he has to face Carol Shea-Porter in a debate.

The last time these two faced off Mr. Guinta didn't have a voting record in Congress. Now he does.

All the Tea Party sound bites in the world won't cover up Mr. Guinta's constant deceptions when confronted with the truth.

I for one, can't wait!

Mr. Guinta states that 16,000 IRS agents would be hired to enforce penalties for those not enrolling in Affordable Health Care. There is no evidence to support 16,000 and no evidence that these would be agents instead of clerks and data entry workers. The role of the IRS would be informing small business owners of a new tax credit starting this year. Shame on you Mr. Guinta.

The headline is a joke, right. Carol still has not read the bill and she certainly has not talked about all the taxes hitting the middle class and the poor. How about the POOR Carol.

Natl Debt $15,873,900,000,000.
I believe CSP has no concept of the significance of all these zeros. It affects me, my children and my grandchildren.

Ms. Shea-Porter did read the bill, as you would know, Mr. Hardy-Har-Har, if you knew anything about the legislative process. She was on one of the committees that wrote the bill (Education & Labor) and worked on it for many months. She was also present through the mark-up of the bill, which took almost 24 hours. FYI, during a mark-up, a bill is read through title by title to the end and amended.

The one who clearly has not read the bill is Mr. Guinta. I know this because he constantly misinforms people about the facts -- about what the law does -- as he did on the radio program referenced above. A less attractive possibility is that he has read the bill and is deliberately misinforming people about what's in it. Take your pick -- just lazy or lying?

You mention the middle class and the poor, as if you cared about them. If you did, you would understand the glaring need for health insurance coverage for the 50 million uninsured Americans. This law addresses that need and will penalize insurers who rake in mega-profits at the expense of those they insure, and prevent insurer abuses like caps on coverage we paid for, refusal to cover preexisting conditions, making being a woman a preexisting condition, and throwing people out as soon as they get sick.

Dead leaves, seaweed, rotten eggs, too.
Stir them in my witches’ brew.
I got magic, Alakazamakazoo.
Spider web, moldy bread, mucky mud, too.
Stir them in my witches’ brew.
I got magic! Alakazamakazoo
ooo - My witches’ brew - ooo
What’s it gonna do to you?
Boo!

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Hardy Har Har, you are a coward, using a pseudonym, go ahead, hide behind your sarcasm amd phony name.

Unfortunately Ms. Shea-Porter is no longer representing NH-1; Mr. Guinta allegedly is. One of his duties as a member of Congress is to "promote the general welfare" (Preamble to US Constitution), which is what the Affordable Care Act absolutely does by making sure tens of millions more Americans get health coverage. So Mr. Guinta and the other tea-party Republicans in Congress have allowed their ideology and loyalty to their party to preempt their duty to constituents and the American people. This is a terrible failure and breach of trust.

As for Ms. Pelosi, I could also say Mr. Guinta hides behind Speaker Boehner from his voting record. Please! Drop this irrelevancy. And as Mr. Kroner notes, you are hiding yourself, so you are hardly the one to cast stones about hiding. Come out and identify yourself, and use arguments and facts like a thinking person instead of talking points and personal attacks like a partisan hack.

Lets not forget Carol got Thrown Out of Congress. She got Fired by the people of this state. Fired "For Cause".

Carol Che-Porter did not read it before voting on it, not that it would have mattered in any case! She defied the citizens who voted her out by voting yes on something we did not want or need while she was a "lame duck".
The number of uninsured is such a nonsensical number, even Obama claimed 30 million last week, and Ms. Mayer is now saying 50 million! I have no idea what the number really is, and how many of those are the 20 million illegal aliens that should be deported, but why should I be forced to pay at IRS gunpoint for those in any case? This is the biggest tax increase in world history, and 70% of the population is on the verge of rebellion. How about you pay your bills and I pay mine?

How about some truth in advertising. A current picture of Carol please.

If Carol read this law she knew about all the axes in it. All the taxes that are hitting the POOR and the MIDDLE CLASS.

Carol talk about the Taxes or are you avoiding the topic.

Unfortunately, reading the Affordable Care Act would require a willing, open mind. It is easier for Guinta to spew rhetoric and lies to frighten people. We need a person like Carol Shea-Porter to stand up for the majority of us, and to do the courageous work that needs to be done in Congress.

Ya gotta luv all these democRATs saying nice things about shea porter.

Hard Alee, Hard Alee
Pirate ship democRat spotted off Starboard Bow

Seacoast democRATS are LANDLUBBERS.

@ Ready About
weve got to hook up. Ask at the Striker. if you get that way.

Hardy and Ready, are you out of the 5th grade yet? Do you really think that "democRAT" and your other idiotic comments and childish arguments constitute an intelligent discussion? If you two represent the typical Guinta supporters (and I think you might just) then we can't get rid of him fast enough.

There is a difference between a Boat and a Ship. Carol does not understand that. If you think that is irrelevant, then vote for Carol. Ditto on taxes Carol.

A toast to the fishermen, the lobstermen. A toast to all those who came before. Your fathers, your grandfathers and brothers and sisters and family. Its all gone now and not many of us left. Thanks to the democrat regulators. Catch those lobsters, after all they are 2 bucks a pound, when its 5, no way. Thanks to Obama for the price of diesel, we people are so passé and irrelevant. We are all of the past and just well, quaint. Restaurants will open to see you struggle by and give you the finger as you putter by.

A mans man am I, hardly, I will though fish until I am dead.

Tonight I drink and get drunk and I toast to all of you who know what I am talking about.

Carol Sea Porter, Durham, Exeter Lynch, Hassan and Cilley, I pour myself a double.

A prayer, of course. For you and for me.

We have to pass it in order to see what's in it. Remember those words? Now Democrats dare challenge anyone on reading bills, that's a laugh when they admittedly didn't read it either.

Carol also apparently didn't read FactCheck.org either because it is stating Frank is wrong only due to a technicality in terminology. They point out that not everyone working for the IRS is an "Agent" and thus it is incorrect to say thousands of new "Agents" would be hired. Although it does point out on FactCheck that ObamaCare does most like increase the IRS budget between $5 to $10 Billion.

So yes Carol I agree, people do need facts, not talking points... take your own advice.

Skip the condoms Carol. Enemas for everybody.

OK I got a 1988 20 footer. Do I have to sell that too?":

The FactCheck.org article, "IRS Expansion" (http://www.factcheck.org/2010/03/irs-expansion/) does NOT say what is claimed. Here's an excerpt:
"This wildly inaccurate claim started as an inflated, partisan assertion that 16,500 new IRS employees might be required to administer the new law. That devolved quickly into a claim, made by some Republican lawmakers, that 16,500 IRS "agents" would be required. Republican Rep. Ron Paul of Texas even claimed in a televised interview that all 16,500 would be carrying guns. None of those claims is true.

The IRS’ main job under the new law isn’t to enforce penalties. Its first task is to inform many small-business owners of a new tax credit that the new law grants them — starting this year — which will pay up to 35 percent of the employer’s contribution toward their workers’ health insurance. And in 2014 the IRS will also be administering additional subsidies — in the form of refundable tax credits — to help millions of low- and middle-income individuals buy health insurance."

Read the article to the end--you'll see that the $5-10 billion was based on an inaccurate preliminary estimate. They updated the article on Feb. 22, 2012 to include the actual number of IRS full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) the Dept. of Treasury requested (1,291) at a cost of $473 million, including only 291 IRS agents, 193 of whom will "ensure accurate delivery of tax credits." That's $473 million, not $5-10 billion.

Summary of ObamaCare Taxes
1. Excise Tax on Charitable Hospitals
2. Codification of the “economic substance doctrine
3. “Black liquor” tax hike
4. Tax on Innovator Drug Companies
5. Blue Cross/Blue Shield Tax Hike
6. Tax on Indoor Tanning Services
7. Medicine Cabinet Tax
8. HSA Withdrawal Tax Hike
9. Employer Reporting of Insurance on W-2
10. Surtax on Investment Income

11. Hike in Medicare Payroll Tax
12. Tax on Medical Device Manufacturers
13. Raise "Haircut" for Medical Itemized Deduction from 7.5% to 10%
14. Flexible Spending Account Cap – aka “Special Needs Kids Tax”
15. Elimination of tax deduction for employer-provided retirement Rx drug coverage in coordination with Medicare Part D
16. $500,000 Annual Executive Compensation Limit for Health Insurance Executives
17. Individual Mandate Excise Tax
18. Employer Mandate Tax (Jan 2014):
19. Tax on Health Insurers:
20. Excise Tax on Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans

Read more: http://atr.org/full-list-obamacare-tax-hikes-a6996#ixzz1zIM4LtF3

The democrats didn't read the bill before they passed it. Why should the republicans read it before they repeal it? Whatcha trying to do Carol, compete with Joe Biden for the Foot-in-Mouth Award? You are a former member of Congress and will remain so after the November election.

Frank Guinta is running away from his Tea Party roots, but the Internet never forgets. http://notintaguinta.blogspot.com/2012/11/frank-guinta-tea-party-or-not-tea-party.html

Do businessmen make good presidents? Find out at http://notintaguinta.blogspot.com/2012/10/businessmen-presidents-picture-of-day.html.

Investors -- check out the shocking stock market returns under Democrats and Republicans at http://notintaguinta.blogspot.com/2012/10/stock-market-last-24-years-dems-vs-gop.html