Before you scream at your President about a given issue, it may behoove you to know what you’re screaming about.
It took me ten seconds to find out that Joe Wilson was wrong.

H.R. 3200: Sec 246 — NO FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS

Nothing in this subtitle shall allow Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States.

Read more for yourself:
http://www.factcheck.org/2009/08/seven-falsehoods-about-health-care/

What is Wilson like as a Representative? Let’s check his voting record.

  • Voted NO on giving mental health full equity with physical health. (Mar 2008)
  • Voted NO on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids. (Jan 2008)
  • Voted NO on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Oct 2007)
  • Voted NO on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Jan 2007)
  • Voted YES on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (Feb 2006)
  • Voted YES on limiting medical malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 damages. (May 2004)
  • Voted YES on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. (Nov 2003)
  • Voted NO on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs. (Jul 2003)
  • Voted YES on small business associations for buying health insurance. (Jun 2003)
  • Voted YES on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits. (Mar 2003)
  • Limit anti-trust lawsuits on health plans and insurers. (Mar 2002)
  • Rated 11% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record. (Dec 2003)
  • Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)

Read more yourself:
http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Joe_Wilson.htm

Oh, and more voting by Wilson:
Voted NO on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007)

Rated 13% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)

  • Rated 0% by the AU, indicating opposition to church-state separation. (Dec 2006)
  • Recognize Christianity’s importance to western civilization. (Dec 2007)
  • Rated 0% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record. (Dec 2003)
  • Rated 0% by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation. (Dec 2006)
  • Voted YES on making the Bush tax cuts permanent. (Apr 2002)
  • Voted NO on providing $70 million for Section 8 Housing vouchers. (Jun 2006)
  • Voted NO on revitalizing severely distressed public housing. (Jan 2008)
  • Rated 17% by the ACLU, indicating an anti-civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)
  • Rated 22% by the NAACP, indicating an anti-affirmative-action stance. (Dec 2006)
  • Rated 10% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes. (Dec 2003)
  • Voted NO on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges. (Mar 2006)

SUMMARY:
Hard working people who are facing tough realities of a bad economy, Joe Wilson is against you. Families who work day to day and just want to keep their children healthy, Joe Wilson is against you.

Companies who profit off you and your children’s illnesses have Joe Wilson’s support.

This is a representative who yells “You lie” over a fact that anyone who cares one iota about the health care bill knows already. Did he not read the bill? Or is he so ready to protect big insurance companies and keep health care costs high that he’ll sacrifice his and his state’s reputation?

Where’s he getting his money anyway?
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?type=C&cid=N00024809&newMem=N&cycle=2010

American Hospital Assn $7,000 $0 $7,000
AstraZeneca PLC, (Pharmaceuticals) $2,500 $0 $2,500
Health Professionals $19,000 $3,500 $15,500
Hospitals/Nursing Homes $9,000 $2,000 $7,000
Pharmaceuticals/Health Products $5,500 $0 $5,500
Insurance $4,750 $3,750 $1,000

By far his largest “Sector Total” for contributions come from
‘Health’:

Health Total: $34,250

Who is Joe Wilson protecting? South Carolina’s honest and hard working families or Health Industry Big Business?

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