I was watching Judge Jeanine Pirro last night and was particularly intrigued by a segment about Obamacare. She had Ann Coulter as the conservative guest and a Democrat strategist (whose name I honestly cannot remember) for the opposing view.
As everyone knows, Ann Coulter can be annoying. But she's right about many things. She and the Democrat guest went back and forth about how bad (or great) Obamacare is then Judge Pirro asked the obvious question: "If it's so great why is it that Congress has gotten en exemption from it?" The only answer the Democrat could come up with is "I'm not here to defend Congress. I'm here to defend Obamacare."
The question is one that no one on the left really has an answer for. And it should be a warning to all about just how bad the law is. If the people who wrote it and pushed it down the throats of the American people (when 72% of Americans were opposed to it) want to be subsidized for their costs after it's implemented - does that not scream loudly about how bad it really is? They make far more than the average middle class American. But we're not getting subsidized.
Obamacare is already affecting jobs in the country. Many employers are, or were until the President decided to unconstitutionally delay implementation of part of the law, cutting hours of full time employees to avoid shelling out more money for health care plans or paying large amounts in fines... uh, excuse me, "taxes" for not insuring their employees. Supporters of Obamacare will say those companies are just greedy and want to keep making large profits at the expense of their employees but people do not start companies with the intention of putting people to work, supplying them with healthcare insurance and making little to no profit. People start companies to provide a service or product to their customers in return for profit. That's how it works. No profits - no company - no employees. It's rather simple.
It was announced recently that United Parcel Service is going to cut health care insurance for working spouses of non-union employees. Of course, they can't make changes like that to the policies of union members so they'll change what they can to save some money. Working spouses of non-union employees will have to find their own coverage. I'm sure it won't be quite the Cadillac plans the Teamsters have though.
And speaking of the Teamsters - James Hoffa, the top dog of the Teamsters' Union, has said that Obamacare will destroy the 40 hour work week for most Americans. Hoffa and the Teamsters were big Obama supporters and helped him get elected twice so I can't really sympathize with him/them. But I do sympathize with all employees who will have their hours cut because of Obamacare.
Another question - if Obamacare is so great, why is the President delaying implementation of so many thing until after the 2014 election? And why has he granted so many waivers from Obamacare? How could something so wonderful require so many companies and unions to request waivers? And how can people look at all of these things I've brought up and still think Obamacare is a good thing?
According to the Congressional Budget Office, of the 55 million "Uninsured Nonelderly People" in this country the report lists for 2013, only 11 million, or 20 percent, are projected to obtain insurance during 2014; the number of uninsured falls only to 44 million next year according to the CBO. This leaves a full 80 percent uninsured, significantly more than the 67 percent found by the survey.
In fact, the CBO projects that under Obamacare over the next decade, the number of uninsured will never fall below 30 million.
The President and those who wrote this disastrous law said "everyone will be covered." It was BS then and it's been proven to be BS now. Yet people go on believing....
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