Dictionary on President Obama’s Health Care Taxes Web VIDEO

“Dictionary” on President Obama’s Health Care Taxes, Written on September 28, 2009 by Republican National Committee

WASHINGTON – The Republican National Committee announced a new web video today on President Obama’s health care taxes.

“For months, President Obama has tried to convince the American people that his government-run health care experiment will be all gain and no pain, but they aren’t buying it. The fact is, his plan contains huge new taxes that will harm the economy and cost more jobs. Democrats are paying for their dangerous experiment with higher taxes on small business owners, charitable giving, and even middle-class families who can least afford it. I encourage President Obama to abandon these health care taxes and set a course for a truly bipartisan bill that embraces reforms Americans actually want and need.” – RNC Chairman Michael Steele

“DICTIONARY” SCRIPT

Time: 1:39

Voice: “Barack Obama and Democrats promise that healthcare reform will lower costs.”

Voice: “But their plans deliver increased taxes.”

Chyron: THEIR PLANS DELIVER INCREASED TAXES

Chyron: TAXES ON

Voice: “Taxes on tests, scans and x-rays.”

Chyron: NEW TAXES ON

Voice: “New taxes on charities and small businesses.”

Chyron: CHARITIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES

Voice: “A doctor’s tax.”

Chyron: A DOCTOR’S TAX

Voice: “Taxes on your health insurance.”

Chyron: TAXES ON YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE

Voice: “Even a tax on medical supplies.”

Chyron: EVEN A TAX ON MEDICAL SUPPLIES

Voice: “Hundreds of billions in new taxes.”

Chyron: HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS IN NEW TAXES

Voice: “All of it passed right back to the consumer.”

Chyron: PASSED BACK TO YOU

Voice: “And if you think you can’t afford it.”

Chyron: IF YOU THINK YOU CAN’T AFFORD IT

Voice: “You can’t afford not to.”

Chyron: YOU CAN’T AFFORD NOT TO

Voice: “Because they’ve even proposed a tax for not having health insurance.”

Chyron: A TAX FOR NOT HAVING HEALTH INSURANCE

Voice: “With at least 8 new taxes.”

Chyron: WITH AT LEAST 8 NEW TAXES

Voice: “Your health insurance costs will skyrocket.”

Chyron: YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS WILL SKYROCKET

Voice: “Of course it’s easy to raise taxes when you live in denial about the very meaning of the word.”

Chyron: WHEN YOU LIVE IN DENIAL ABOUT THE VERY MEANING OF THE WORD

George Stephanopoulos: “Under this mandate, the government is forcing people to spend money, fining you if you don’t. How is that not a tax?”

President Obama: “No. That’s not true George. For us to say that you’ve got to take a responsibility to get health insurance, is absolutely not a tax increase.”

George Stephanopoulos: “Webster’s dictionary: ‘tax: a charge, usually of money, imposed by authority on persons or property for public purposes.’”

Chyron: TAX: a charge usually of money imposed by authority on persons or property for public purposes

Voice: “Obama health care taxes.”

Chyron: OBAMA HEALTH CARE TAXES

Voice: “Wrong for health care.”

Chyron: WRONG FOR HEALTH CARE

Voice: “Wrong for our economy.”

Chyron: WRONG FOR OUR ECONOMY

Voice: “Learn more at barackobamaexperiment.com.”

Chyron: BARACKOBAMAEXPERIMENT.COM

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President Barack Obama Weekly Address 09/26/09 PODCAST VIDEO TEXT

Remarks of President Barack Obama Weekly Address Saturday, Sepyember 26, 2009 Washington, DC PODCAST OF THIS ARTICLE Download MP3 4.43 mb MP4 VIDEO (79 MB)

This week, I joined leaders from around the world at the United Nations and the G-20 economic summit in Pittsburgh. Today, I can report on what we achieved—a new commitment to meet common challenges, and real progress in advancing America’s national security and economic prosperity.

As I said at the U.N., over the past nine months my administration has renewed American leadership, and pursued a new era of engagement in which we call upon all nations to live up to their responsibilities.

This week, our engagement produced tangible results in several areas.

In Pittsburgh, the world’s major economies agreed to continue our effort to spur global demand to put our people back to work. We committed ourselves to economic growth that is balanced and sustained— so that we avoid the booms and busts of the past. We reached an historic agreement to reform the global financial system—to promote responsibility and prevent abuse so that we never face a crisis like this again. And we reformed our international economic architecture, so that we can better coordinate our effort to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

We also established American leadership in the global pursuit of the clean energy of the 21st century. I am proud that the G-20 nations agreed to phase out $300 billion worth of fossil fuel subsidies. This will increase our energy security, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, combat the threat of climate change, and help create the new jobs and industries of the future.

In New York, we advanced the cause of peace and security. I joined the first meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders in nearly a year—a meeting that even nine months ago did not seem possible. And we resolved to move forward in the journey toward a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East.

We also took unprecedented steps to secure loose nuclear materials; to stop the spread of nuclear weapons; and to seek a world without them. As the first U.S. president to ever chair a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, I was proud that the Council passed an historic and unanimous resolution embracing the comprehensive strategy I outlined this year in Prague.

To prevent nuclear weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists, the Security Council endorsed our global effort to lock down all vulnerable material within four years. We reaffirmed the basic compact of the global nonproliferation regime: all nations have the right to peaceful nuclear energy; nations with nuclear weapons have the responsibility to move toward disarmament; and nations without them have the responsibility to forsake them.

The United States is meeting our responsibilities by pursuing an agreement with Russia to reduce our strategic warheads and launchers. And just as we meet our responsibilities, so must other nations, including Iran and North Korea.

Earlier this year, we imposed tough, new, sanctions on North Korea to stop their efforts to develop weapons of mass destruction. And we will continue to stand with our allies and partners to press North Korea to move in a new direction.

This week, we joined with the United Kingdom and France in presenting evidence that Iran has been building a secret nuclear facility to enrich uranium. This is a serious challenge to the global nonproliferation regime, and continues a disturbing pattern of Iranian evasion. That is why international negotiations with Iran scheduled for October 1st now take on added urgency.

My offer of a serious, meaningful dialogue to resolve this issue remains open. But Iran must now cooperate fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency, and take action to demonstrate its peaceful intentions.

On this, the international community is more united than ever before. Yesterday, I stood shoulder-to-shoulder with our European allies in condemning Iran’s program. In our meetings and public statements, President Medvedev of Russia and I agreed that Iran must pursue a new course or face consequences. All of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, and Germany, have made it clear that Iran must fulfill its responsibilities.

Iran’s leaders must now choose – they can live up to their responsibilities and achieve integration with the community of nations. Or they will face increased pressure and isolation, and deny opportunity to their own people.

These are the urgent threats of our time. And the United States is committed to a new chapter of international cooperation to meet them. This new chapter will not be written in one week or even one year. But we have begun. And for the American people and the people of the world, it will mean greater security and prosperity for years to come.