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Topic: Klobuchar and Franken fight planned
tax on medical devices |
Klobuchar and Franken fight planned
tax on medical devices
Minneapolis Star Tribune, by Jim Spencer
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Posted By:Fiesta del sol, 12/11/2012 9:22:54 AM
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| Minnesota´s two senators sought Monday to delay a tax on medical devices that was expected to add $28 billion over the next decade to help pay for health care reform. Democratic Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken pointed to thousands of high-paying jobs that device companies support in Minnesota, headquarters to such giant devicemakers as Medtronic and St. Jude Medical. The industry has painted the tax as a job killer that would hurt innovation.
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Comments:
Neither of these two clowns cared about anything other than ramming Obamacare down our throats when they both voted for it.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Johnny Angle, 12/11/2012 9:30:28 AM (No. 9059212)
I guess they had to pass it before they could read it.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
NorthernDog, 12/11/2012 9:33:12 AM (No. 9059219)
Spend, spend, spend, but don´t tax Me! Are they admitting that tax increases are harmful to economic growth?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
SGMIsles, 12/11/2012 9:40:49 AM (No. 9059247)
They bought the bill by voting for it. I would love to see Medtronic move to China out of spite for Obama.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
lydwho, 12/11/2012 9:41:31 AM (No. 9059251)
Everything about this health bill is a job killer, why just bring up this one thing?????
Art
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Keekng, 12/11/2012 9:54:07 AM (No. 9059284)
Why are they against a tax they voted for?
Typical Dems.....Taxes for thee but not for me!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
ScarletPimpernel, 12/11/2012 9:54:27 AM (No. 9059285)
Well, this is rich. My brother works at Boston Scientific in Minneapolis; he writes their technical manuals. Last year, Al Franken visited the company and, according to my brother, made a complete fool of himself, insulting the CEOs and refusing to answer a question about the tax on medical devices.. Franken and Klobuchar are two of the most insane, radical senators in Washington. They voted for 0bamacare and are now surprised to learn of its contents.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
rarebear, 12/11/2012 9:55:17 AM (No. 9059287)
Cronyism at play here. I love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning. It reminds me of ........ Democrats.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
ok state mom, 12/11/2012 9:56:19 AM (No. 9059290)
Amazing how conservative you can become once it´s YOUR ox that is gored.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
JAN, 12/11/2012 10:17:25 AM (No. 9059345)
Two more idiots that voted D and hoped that Romney would win.
Hearing it everywhere.
Too bad we have to suffer along with them.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
yo-yo, 12/11/2012 10:23:30 AM (No. 9059360)
LLLOOOOVVVVEEEE IT!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Davids918, 12/11/2012 10:27:52 AM (No. 9059370)
Really?
How funny.
They want to now negotiate certain aspects of Obamacare after they voted to ram it thru Congress?
NO!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
john56, 12/11/2012 10:35:10 AM (No. 9059394)
Watch these two Democrats quickly surrender in their "fight."
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
f64, 12/11/2012 10:46:51 AM (No. 9059429)
FTA - "Repeal [of the medical device tax] is the ultimate goal of the letter´s 18 signers, including Klobuchar, Franken and all the heavy hitters in the Senate Democratic leadership."
OK, go ahead, repeal it. Since there was no severability clause in the 0bamaCare bill, wouldn´t repeal of any portion, invalidate the whole thing?
Oh the supreme irony.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
LouD, 12/11/2012 11:03:25 AM (No. 9059480)
Klobuchar, Franken... Heavy hitters?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Quaestio, 12/11/2012 11:06:36 AM (No. 9059488)
If the Republicans thought this country was worth fighting for, they´d be trumpeting this at every opportunity. As it is, only the medical device companies are probably even aware of this.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
mickturn, 12/11/2012 11:20:16 AM (No. 9059530)
Aren´t medical costs already too high?
Morons! God Save US!
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Burger, 12/11/2012 11:40:19 AM (No. 9059588)
But we were told there are no tax increases in Obamacare...
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