ZELENIK BLASTS OBAMA HEALTHCARE PLAN

Posted: 2010-02-25 by Lou Ann Zelenik for Congress Press Release

In a statement released today, Sixth District Congressional Candidate Lou Ann Zelenik has denounced Barak Obama's latest healthcare reform plan. In her statement, Zelenik blasted Obama's plan as "A blueprint for increased spending, increased taxes, loss of freedom, and a threat to innocent life." Attempting to jump-start his reform of the health care system, which is floundering badly in Congress, Obama released an eleven page national healthcare overhaul on Monday in preparation for his meeting with congressional leaders today. "In just eleven pages, President Obama has increased the cost of nationalizing our healthcare system to 1 trillion dollars, increased the tax burden by 500 billion dollars, placed freedom robbing mandates on American workers and businesses, yet he could not find one sentence to protect the unborn from federally funded abortions." Zelenik said. Zelenik, a Murfreesboro businesswoman and former Chair of the Rutherford County Republican Party, is running for the GOP nomination to fill the seat of retiring Congressman Bart Gordon. Zelenik continued, "A lot of people on both sides of the aisle want reform." She said. "I believe we can have meaningful market based reforms that provide access and reasonable costs. By simply allowing folks to purchase healthcare policies across state lines, having tort reform, and by allowing high risk insurance pools for those with pre-existing conditions, we can improve healthcare, and protect the freedoms Americans are supposed to have." Zelenik, who has also been a key organizer of the grassroots tea party movement, further stated, " My campaign for Congress has been based upon the idea of returning the government to 'We The People', and the effort to socialize the best healthcare system in the world is the greatest example of why we need new representation that believes in the American people, not an overbearing federal government. Barack Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi simply do not represent the traditional values the folks in Tennessee believe in. What we don't need is just more of the same tired rhetoric by professional office holders looking for a sound bite to get elected." ###

 

 


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  • Spending and the Expansion of Government - Federal government spending has gotten out of control and as a result we are saddling our children and future generations with unsustainable amounts of debt.
  • Healthcare - The U.S healthcare system is the best in the world, and it is vital that we not only continue to keep it the best but work to increase access to it so every American can receive the care they need.
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