And This Just In: Gabby Giffords Town Hall on Thursday Night, August 6
Please tell your friends and family!
Pasted below is more information about the August 8th Code Blue Tea Party protests for health care freedom at Gabby Giffords’ offices in Tucson and Sierra Vista.
1) What, When and Where
2) This Just In–Gabby Giffords Town Hall on Thursday Night, August 6
3) How to Sign Up—And Info on Other AZ Rallies
4) Ideas for Signs
5) Why this Protest is Important
1) WHAT, WHEN AND WHERE
Members of the Arizona chapter of Americans for Prosperity are joining allied organizations this Saturday, August 8th, at 9 am, for protests at the offices of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Her Tucson office is at 1661 N. Swan Road (SW corner of Swan and Pima), Tucson, 85712. Her Sierra Vista office is at 77 Calle Portal, Sierra Vista, 85635.
Our message to Congress, Washington bureaucrats, and special interests:
HANDS OFF OUR HEALTH CARE!
AFP Arizona activists will join Arizona Tea Party, 912 Project Arizona, Smart Girl Politics, Tea Party Patriots, and hundreds of citizen activists in these Code Blue protests for health care freedom at Gabrielle Giffords’ offices.
Congresswoman Giffords has serious reservations about the initial versions of the Obama-Pelosi-Kennedy “reform” plans. She knows that the current plans would result in massive new taxes, fail to control costs, and take America a long way toward a single-payer, Canadian-style system of government-directed health care (under which Washington bureaucrats would decide which doctors you can go to, and which medical procedures you can and can’t have).
Giffords is under intense pressure from President Obama, from her hard-left colleagues in Congress, and from radical activist groups that want to destroy what remains of America’s private health insurance system. We need to make sure that Giffords hears loud and clear from grassroots supporters of health care freedom!
Location for Giffords’ offices: Saturday, August 8, 9:00 am. Tucson–1661 N. Swan Road (SW corner of Swan and Pima), Tucson, 85712. Sierra Vista–77 Calle Portal, Sierra Vista, 85635
2) THIS JUST IN—GABBY GIFFORDS TOWN HALL THURS AUG 6TH
This just in from Tucson Tea Party co-organizer Robert Mayer:
WHAT: “Casual Conversation” with Gabrielle Giffords
WHEN: Thursday, August 6, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
WHERE: La Placita, 110 S. Church Ave.
Parking info: The address is 110 South Church Avenue, at the intersection of Church and Broadway. Parking is available across the street (West of La Placita), off of the street “Jackson” in the five-story parking garage. Parking is reportedly free after 5 p.m. on Levels 3 and above.
Mayer asks Tea Partiers to remember to wear your red Tea Shirts!
3) HOW TO SIGN UP FOR SATURDAY, INFO ON OTHER AZ RALLIES
To sign up for a rally, please take the following five steps:
a) Decide which Congressional office you wish to visit on August 8th. The offices are listed on the Code Blue flyer:
http://www.americansforprosperity.org/files/health-care-code-blue-8-8-flyer.pdf
b) Reply to this email (or write to tjenney@afphq.org) to let AFP Arizona know which office you plan to visit.
c) Let your local Tea Party organizer know which office you’re going to, by signing up at www.arizonateaparty.com
d) Get talking points, policy updates, and ideas for signs at: http://joinpatientsfirst.com/
e) Email and call your friends and family members, and urge them to join us on August 8th.
4) SOME IDEAS FOR SIGNS
My doctor is my choice!
Hands off our health care!
ObamaCare = Long lines, poor quality
ObamaCare = Death
Read the Bill, Gabby! Then vote NO!
Read Page 30 of HR 3200: Govt will decide who gets treated
Read Page 72 of HR 3200: All private plans must conform to govt rules
Read Page 124 of HR 3200: No one can sue the govt health monopoly
Read Page 149 of HR 3200: 8% payroll tax on large employers
Read Page 150 of HR 3200: 6% payroll tax on small employers
Read Page 167 of HR 3200: 2.5% tax on people who don’t go along
Read Page 272 of HR 3200: Cancer hospital payments will be rationed
Read Page 318 of HR 3200: Hospital expansions prohibited w/o govt approval
Read Page 335 of HR 3200: “Outcome-based measures” = Rationing
Gabby: Don’t let DC bureaucrats destroy health care
Don’t pull the plug on elderly Americans!
Fed up with govt health care
The VA almost killed me—ObamaCare will finish the job
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until it’s “free”
We say NO to ObamaCare
Where will the Canadians go for surgery?
Fascism: When govt decides whether you live or die
5) WHY THIS PROTEST IS IMPORTANT
This is the fight of the decade for American liberty. Now is the time to take a stand.
President Obama and the leftists in Congress wanted to hurry up and complete the national government’s takeover of American health care–before the public got a chance to find out what was in the legislation. We are grateful to report that the legislation does not look like it will move until after the August recess. That means we have a very limited window to act.
The same people who have taken over private banks and much of the auto industry now want to take over even more of the health care sector. The same people who make you wait in line at the Post Office want to create a system in which you will have to wait weeks, months, or even years for life-saving or life-improving medical services. The same kind of people who run America’s very expensive and very ineffective public schools claim that they will (somehow) maintain quality and control costs in the health care sector.
Some of the central planners in Washington want to give government the power to say which doctors you can go to, and which medical procedures you can and can’t have. President Obama is not sure whether the government should have allowed his own grandmother to get a hip replacement. Imagine how Washington bureaucrats will treat YOU!
We must take a stand NOW to protect elderly patients, to maintain the high quality of health services in America, and to preserve the essential doctor-patient relationship. Government has already distorted US health insurance markets by making private health insurance too expensive for many Americans, and by making American workers dependent upon on employer-provided insurance. But if you think things are bad now, wait until government completes its takeover of the medical sector. We must STOP the rapid march of socialist health care!
For Liberty,
–Tom
Tom Jenney
Arizona Director
Americans for Prosperity
(Arizona Federation of Taxpayers)
www.aztaxpayers.org
tjenney@afphq.org
(602) 478-0146
