Re: Obamacare Unconstitutional
the judge ruled that an injunction is not necessary as the pulling of the mandate unprops the whole thing
he ruled the entire bill unconstitutional
he also decided against the expansion of medicaid, the mother of unfunded mandates (so called by phil bredesen, on behalf of a slew of dem gubs)
regardless of what proceeds in appeals, the mandate is in prodigious political peril in upper parliament
it was already looking at an uphill slog to survive, all 47 R's (who signed on to all out repeal this afternoon) will vote to kill it
and if senators like missouri's mccaskill are against it, loyal obamacare water carrier for 2 years, then the two nelsons and manchin and tester and conrad and lieberman and webb and bingaman and, truly, about a half dozen others are likely to go
that is, legalities aside, the politics of this are poison to the party in power proceeding
at the state level, where obamacare legislated large leeway for the commonwealths to craft and implement their own particular visions of the exchanges, we've already seen the determined dispositions of TWENTY SEVEN ag's...
can't you foresee what this means at the state level?
do you think all those republican governors and legislatures and INSURANCE COMMISIONERS are gonna inaugurate obamacare with eagerness?
especially after this?
obamacare is the epitome of pyrrhic triumph in our contemporary politics
all pain, no gain
it helped win my side the house (biggest swing since 1938), 21 state legs and 693 reps (most in history), 10 gubs, 6 senators...
hey, when we haul ms sebelius before energy and commerce and grill her on those 800 exemptions (why does everyone want out, why do you let them go, can everyone leave, what will you say to the next 1000 applicants...)
how's that gonna fly when exposed to open air?
the burdens on the bankrupt states, the half tril cuts to medicare, the collection of personal data, the hiring of extra irs agents?
obama is starting to see---he's STUCK
in his phony reaganite sotu, he's more NEGATIVE about the bill than he is positive:
Now, I’ve heard rumors that a few of you have some concerns about the new health care law. So let me be the first to say that anything can be improved. If you have ideas about how to improve this law by making care better or more affordable, I am eager to work with you. We can start right now by correcting a flaw in the legislation that has placed an unnecessary bookkeeping burden on small businesses.
Remarks of President Barack Obama in State of the Union Address -- As Prepared for Delivery | The White House
in his hour long address, he prioritized his prime piece BELOW race to the top, start, credit card reform
he actually dwelt longer and more lovingly on his student loan program which was actually passed as PART of obamacare, added late as a sweetener
the handwriting's on the wall---obamacare is coming apart
seeya in the courts, chums, in congress, in the capitols, in committee
we'll hold hearings on every clumsy clause
we'll disinfect with sunlight the mandate, the hit on the states, the exemptions, the cuts in funding simultaneous with this massive expansion of enrollment...
try to see moves ahead
bottom line---how do you control health care costs while massively expanding its enrollment?
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