Flashback: Donald Berwick “We Must Redistribute Wealth”

UPDATE (by Stephen Gutowski): Another high ranking Obama administration official calls for government redistribution of wealth.

Today, President Obama officially made Donald Berwick his recess appointment to be the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

In 2008 while speaking on the British health care system in the UK, Berwick said wealthy individuals must redistribute their wealth to those less fortunate for health care funding. Also during this speech, he told those in attendance that he opposes free markets.

“Any health care funding plan that is just equitable civilized and humane must, must redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent health care is by definition redistributional.”

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  • Avermaver
    obviously if people making minimum wage are going to have decent health care this is the case. it doesn't reflect well on the intelligence of readers if they find this man's statement to be a revelation worthy of getting riled up over
  • John galt
    Obama has never run a business or met payroll. He is a lawyer and not a Constitutional Professor. He has FRAUD written all over everything he touches. The man or group behind the tele-prompter are the real deal. George S. is getting tons of money from American tax payers via his association with Obama etal. The structure of government in America has to change and it won't happen in November as many suggest. People in America talk a good amount about being conservative as they collect the check from the government from farm subs, to food stamps, unemployment, low interest Fannie Mae loans, welfare, government jobs, government contracts, and lots more. If you have 58% of the people in America getting some type of check from the government, then how are you going to change the system? The only hope is the half that is paying for all this waste, social engineering, socialism, communist and Marx agendas will some day know it's now or never. Better stand up for your neighbor or they will be knocking on your door next. The Obama supporters have read very little about history, maybe start with Rome. The crash of the American Dollar is going to bring everyone to their knees. Read about Germany 1920-1925. Or perhaps a fun read would be about Robert M. from Africa who took the currency to trillions in bank notes you could carry in your pocket. Americans are such fools to think this is going to end any way but terribly bad. Those that are hiding with a bit of wealth and nose high in the air are going to suffer like the welfare mom trying to make ends meet. The youth of America are trained to accept and haven't a clue who the Forefathers were or what they really stood for as it related to the Republic. People are so busy buying things they are unaware the wolf is looking over the herd of sheep and getting quite excited. This Muslim, Kenyan, who has lied about everything will be found out, but let's hope before you are standing in a detention center.
  • Ace
    “When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” - Sinclair Lewis

  • Usurper USA
    To grant Obama or Nancy Pelosi or any of the elected class in the USA, as now confirmed and avid believers/followers of socialist/fascist systems, the emblem of “mental illness” is to release them from the responsibility of choice. These corrupted people have made the choice involving the take-down/shake-down of the U.S. Constitution.

    The accurate definition has not changed under the Obama/Pelosi “reign”, no matter how aggressive the USA MEDIA is to distribute its constant stream of propaganda.
    It is simple to identify. It is in fact, just EVIL IN ACTION. Prominently known to be the establishment of the root of the Fascist Systems of Governance.

    The reality of what Obama, Pelosi and & gang are doing is crystal clear:
    If a follower (like those that control the puppets- Pelosi & Obama) of the socialist/fascist systems of governance want to destroy the economy and financial stability of a liberty centered country (such as was the USA), in order that they may be free and unencumbered to start over again from scratch, they might do absolutely nothing in the face of a crisis, like what has and continues to take place surrounding the gulf oil catastrophe.

    Further, these socialist/fascist types might spend this country into financial ruin much the same as Reagan did when he forced the soviets to spend themselves into financial and social ruins.

    And to destroy the culture of the USA, they might make it a point to snub their nose at the nation’s sacred national observances, and its traditional religious foundations, much like they just did again to Memorial Day (a weekend with Louis Farrakan and visit to Chicago Man's Country in place of Arlington).

    And above all of these other tactics, and the most critical to their tactics, what better way to undermine a liberty centered nation’s legal foundations than the refusal to read or adhere to its Common Law, or for that matter, any of its laws. Reading or following the laws of the Liberty centered nation gives legitimacy to those laws and a responsibility to uphold those laws—it is an acknowledgment of the existence and importance of its Common Law.

    IT IS ESTABLISHED FACT that there is not even a scintilla of legal documentation or evidence in the public domain that validates or legally substantiates that Obama was ELIGIBLE under the US Constitution to be POTUS. NONE! This is NOT a disputed fact!
    Bottom line, Obama’s “daddy” was NOT ever a U.S. Citizen, he was a British subject, at the time of Obama’s birth; thus, Obama was/is NOT legal to be POTUS.

    For those informed and not moved by the continuous of distractions and government-media contrived and perpetuated propaganda, it is NOT in anyway plausible or believable that the entire government of the USA does not understand this fact.
    Further to this, and even more concerning, is that it is not in anyway plausible or believable that the entire USA military complex does not understand the extreme dangers of having a COMMANDER IN CHIEF with DUAL Allegiances.

    In summary, it is evident the only reasonable explanation is the office of the presidency has been Usurped and Ms. Pelosi has conspired as part to such crimes.

    The USA is falling apart day by day, east to west, north to south, and its entire government fails to acknowledge there is an extremely serious problem having a virtual UNKNOWN AS PRESIDENT.

    History and Law provide a guide to a methodical and peaceful removal of an illegitimate government:

    1) DEMAND OF RESIGNATION BY THE MAJORITY. USA is a majority rule nation.
    2) DEMAND OF IMPEACHMENT BY CONGRESS. USA is a nation based upon the LAW.
    3) REMOVAL BY SPECIAL ELECTION. Each State has the legal authority to call for a Special Election.



  • MEC

    Having, for many years, dealt with the liberals that have infested our public schools and colleges, "perseus317" is as dead-on correct as one could possibly be.

    As for the so-obvious democrat-liberals that are posting here; they accomplish nothing but confirm what the majority of Americans have always believed, and now know; that they (democrat-liberals) are a contemptible species of humanity, and that, in fact, they are bizarrely alien in their thinking and their deeds....way outside the mainstream. They fail to realize that they are and have been a major contributor to America's problem.

    As for the typical liberal rhetoric rant of "TheNorthShallRiseAgain," I say; presently there are just two sides and that most Americans are still on the side that is not comprised of the despicable.

    "TheNorthShallRiseAgain" is not just posting his/her bit liberal cr..p, "TheNorthShallRiseAgain" is doing something that is a rarity among liberals; he/she is acknowledging and reacting to facts. "TheNorthShallRiseAgain" is experiencing extreme trepidation; because he/she knows this nation is on the verge of exploding and the majority of Americans will see people like "TheNorthShallRiseAgain" as the reason they have lost all they worked most of their lives for and are now destitute or near to being destitute.

  • lizzieborden
    Two weeks ago my Marxist professor at school stated "I don't understand why the hispanics and the blacks don't unite for some justice in this country." Don't you all realize that this is why they will not secure the borders? When the time is right they will need all the help they can get to take up arms against the citizens of this country. In the mean time the PROGRESSIVES will not give up the power in November. The polls will be rigged or a crisis will happen that requires martial law to be enacted.
  • I get it
    redistribution of wealth is socialist marxist way of taking what we have earned making us all poor and dependent on government to exist.
    Guaranteed they will not redistribute their great wealth, or do with less healtlh care waiting for months for appointments. No they will have the best as they do now.
    if you wait til then to wake up you willl be to late.
  • LeaC.
    How much of his wealth has he redistributed?
  • Sara
    None of it.
  • califkidSierrasprayfoamroofing
    what a liberal idiot, I would love to see the large house he lives in, and also his tax return for last year to see his income and how much he donates to the poor, what fancy neighborhood does he live in!!! . these liberal idiots just amaze me, with their bs!!!.
  • And the INVASION continues... http://www.BorderInvasionPics.com
  • perseus317
    Most of the posters here are missing an important part of the entire equation. I am a retired teacher, and I can tell you that you need to address the liberal indoctrination that is occurring every day in our schools. More and more students are going through the system, and they are hearing only the leftist point of view. They believe the crap that Obama and his followers are spreading because that is what they are being taught. College faculties are overwhelmingly liberal, and in many colleges, a teacher cannot get tenure if he/she does not espouse a liberal point of view. Its no wonder that so many young VOTERS believe that capitalism is evil, and socialism is the savior of humanity. If you want to get back to the values of the founders of this country, you have to include changing the liberal indoctrination of our educational system as part of your plan.
  • nwjohnson
    Too late. It should have been stopped 50 years ago.
  • sara
    You are so right! I am a former teacher, and I home school my boys. Half of the neighborhood end up at my house every evening and during the summer.
    These children are being taught liberal theology day after day and year after year. I suppose that in the end we all know that we will lose our country for this reason alone. We for one, however, will not go gently into that good night.
    perseus317 is right. The school system is where the battle will be lost. Every child passing through public school BELIEVE socialism will save our world and that capitalism will destroy it.
  • Guest
    If this actually happens then can start with the wealthy politicians.
  • Proged1235
    From each according to their ability, to each according to their need!
  • nwjohnson
    Unless you are part of the ruling elite.
  • the dave
    Dear Readers: please review the below quotes and see if they make sence......civil war is the last resort .... remember this november 2010 and novemebr 2012 and lets try voteing them out first....always 2 ways the easyy way and the hard way...i prefer the easy way
    #1."Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions." - Daniel Webster
    #2."There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters." -  Daniel Webster
  • Couldwe21
    Lets start by taking 50% of Don Berwick's current and allocate 50% of his retirement funds right now!....set the exampel first.... then tomorrow start same with all other political party holders....
  • kat
    What all you all seem to misunderstand is that this is not about which puppet is in the Oval office (or in Congress), it is about the fact that that person is a puppet for the Corporations who control our democracy. Both sides use the media through their corporate control of our airwaves (including the internet) and propaganda techniques to bait people against each other so they can continue to control our lives, our livelihoods, and our freedoms. The top 1-2% wealthiest of our population control what happens to the rest of us through corporate control of democracy - the elections, the voting booths, the media and the D & R political party leaderships.

    We must end corporate personhood, implement videotaped hand-counting of paper ballots, and implement Approval Voting methods to insure a majority winner (not a plurality) in order to get back our democracy. For details/more info: movetoamend.org, rangevoting.org, and voterescue.org
  • kat
    it would have been best if i had said "What most of you" instead of "all." Some of you might know what i said above already.
  • Buckster1942
    Americans are guarenteed the '' pursuit'' of happiness -- happiness isn't to be delivered by government . Governments only purpose is the make the pursuit equal for all , the results are up to the pursuing individuals.
  • 1uncle
    That's the original intent but it doesn't buy votes. We need an amendment stopping congress from using our taxes or grant benefits to their special interest groups. OR stop allowing people on welfare to vote.
  • TheNorthShallRiseAgain
    A lot of people are angry at Congress and Wall Street! Rightfully so. But to ONLY be angry at the LEFT side of the political spectrum when BOTH political parties are corrupted is foolish. Make that 'childish'.

    Be an adult and own your vote. So you don't like Barack Obama? That's fine, this is still a FREE country. But if you voted for the previous C-average Yale grad who made it to the 2000 primary because his last name was Bush, then you are not taking "responsibility" for your actions. The DEFICIT budgets from 2000-2006 also contributed greatly to our nation's foreign debt.

    I sympathize with those who have lost jobs in this economy. I have a relative who was laid-off in June 2008. He just started a new job 2 weeks ago, so things are starting to come back around, every so slowly.

    When Dubya said "Go Shopping" after 9/11, that was a signal to me to SAVE $$$. When Dubya went to Wall Street after Enron, World Com and Tyco, and said basically he was going to "smoke out" those financial terrorists, it was a signal to me to reduce my 401K contributions and switch some to simple Roth IRA CDs (which have done OK). When Dubya (and McCain) kept saying, "fundamentals of the economy were sound", I knew they were lying through their teeth (but hey, they're politicians, so what do you expect?).

    I am not happy with President Obama on several issues, and I voted for him. At least I OWN my vote and take RESPONSIBILITY. The Repugnants and Tea Partiers want to blame the O-man for all of their problems, when they should take responsibility for their own vote (especially if they voted for Dubya, not once but TWICE; fool 'em twice, shame on ...).

    For those who want another Civil War, give us at least 10 years to move to either a Southern or Northern State. It will take awhile, since the housing market is totally gridlocked ... Remember when Dubya talked about the "Ownership Society" in one of his State of the State Addresses? What a joke.
  • Usurper USA
    DNC + RNC + MEDIA = CORRUPTED TO THE CORE.

    Without written agreement litmus for repeal of health care law from any person wanting any federal or state position by election or appointment, its all over for the USA.

    It is apparent, these two corrupted conglomerates, together, empowered 'Obama and company to seal the deal'.
  • liberalism_is_a_sickness
    Thank you. I agree with you for the most part. Remember though that the problem goes back further than G Dub. During Slick Willies time in office we had other countries that owned us billions upon billions of dollars and he forgave that debt. Complete idiocy. Don't get me wrong Bush was no rocket scientist but only compounded a situation that he already started before him.
  • Majortom
    Lets face it the democRAT Party also known as the D-BAG PARTY is the country's largest hate group of vile, ugly, bad smelling, low intellect people. The day BUSH left office unemployment was 5.8% and gasoline was $1.77 a gallon. the economy tanked after the hate group D-BAGGERS took over congress in 2007, and it has only gotten worse since the chimp Odummy the affirmative action D student at Harvard (that's why he won't release his grades) started polluting our White House, You saw that picture of Odummy with a fly on his lip last week , well we all know what flies are attracted to.
  • MEC
    Now that we (Americans) have witnessed and are feeling the consequences of democrat socialistic leadership and programs...and the worst is yet to come..... hopefully the democrats and liberals will finally be seen for what they are; bearers of anguish and ruin.,,, slave-masters in sheep clothing.

    They, as Obama has repeatedly done, praise FDR as their Guru of salvation. If you read the history of FDR you will easily conclude that he was a devout socialist, nearer to being a Marxist, and that his domestic policies actually extended the Great Depression of 1929. The same is now reoccurring, but will be much worse.

    FDR: "Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle." (NOTE: This is a paraphrase of Karl Marx's Communist maxim, "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.")
  • Familyzuber
    When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic. - Ben Franklin
  • Ellie
    I hope that everyone remembers that when our young men and women joined the military, the oath was to the Constitution and not to the Commander and Chief . Our Military must not be used against "we the people", only the Traitors
  • Johnholladay
    When you take something that doesn't belong to you what is it called?

    Now look at the trends of this administration & the mob in congress - what is their track records?

    Our "civil war" must be at the polls in Nov and in the out cry of the people. Keep our guns at home for self defense.

    Yes I served for many years (USMC) and would again.
  • F Delano
    If this crap keeps up, Walgreens will be my health care provider.
  • nwjohnson
    If they are allowed to.
  • Wbryananderson
    Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories.
    Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Query 14, 1781

    "My choices in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference."
    Harry Truman, 1949
    "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else?"
    Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981

    The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing
    of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
    Winston Churchill

    A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.”
    Thomas Jefferson

    Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of
    everybody else.
    Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)

    Giving money and power to the government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
    P.J. O'Rourke

    "My friends, we live in the greatest country in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it."
    Barack Hussien Obama, campaign trail 2008

    No one’s life, freedom or property is safe all long as this administration occupies the White House.
    Unknown, 2010
  • Wbryananderson
    I've heard a lot of talk about left wing obama supporters posting comments about civil uprising trying to urge it on.

    Don't let misinformation get you to do things that prevent us from getting rid of these Marxists at the polls in November.
  • Cotf
    Donald Berwick.

    Replace that in your mind with the phrase "Josef Mengele", and you've got it about right.
  • Medula Zepplin
    Careful Men, what obama and his gang of Marxists want is civil unrest.

    With civil unrest they can declare Marshall law and take over everything.

    Do it in November. If that doesn't work, do the best you can.
  • nwjohnson
    Martial Law not Marshall Law. Otherwise, you are correct.
  • jimconch
    To cheeks: hey, look it up, the president cannot declare war anybody. Dummy!
  • MEC
    This administration and all other democrats in high positions of other levels of government knew/know full well what the national reaction could be once they began to initiate their long-in-planning socialist/Marxist plans.

    Now you know why there has been years of effort to disarm the American citizen and to put as many Americans in a financial position as to owe the company store (government) their allegiance. A mean dog won't bite if it realizes it has to depend on your to feed it.
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