A Pro-Gun Stalwart Comes Under Attack – Support Joe Wilson
• AmmoLand Shooting Sports NewsJoe Wilson couldn’t stand listening to the President dish out lie after lie. He says his emotions got the best of him, and he yelled “You lie” in the midst of a presidential address. He regrets the time and place he did it… but he is not sorry for wh
September 14, 2009 By: Freedom Fighter Edit
Special note: Joe Wilson’s real name is Addison G. Wilson Joe is his nick name
Wednesday night,Sept 9,2009 Rep. Joe Wilson [R, SC-2], shouted “You lie!” at President Obama when he said that the healthcare bill would not cover illegal immigrants.
“The supporters of the government takeover of healthcare and liberals who want to give healthcare to illegals are using my opposition as an excuse to distract from the critical questions being raised about this poorly conceived plan,” Wilson said the next day in a campaign fundraising video. However, in 2003 [under Bush],
Wilson Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, which contained Sec. 1011 authorizing $250,000 annually between 2003 and 2008 for government reimbursements to hospitals who provide treatment for uninsured illegal immigrants. The program has been extended through 2009 and there is currently a bipartisan bill in Congress to make it permanent.
Wilson obviously has no problem funding undocumented workers’ health care, as refelected is his vote in 2003
I support Joe because of his progressive stance in 2003 in helping illegal aliens get healthcare.
Illegals don't deserve a handout any more than you or anyone else. We are not children to be cared for, nor are we cattle to be herded. We are sovereign individuals with the right to succeed or fail as an integral part of our ecosystem. The role of government is to enforce contracts and safeguard the sanctity of life, not steal from one group to give to another.