Shhh: HHS grants more Obamacare waivers, considers new 2012-2013 scheme
Back in September and October, when I first started hammering the Obamacare waiver issue, I commented:
Old promise: Everyone gets to keep their health insurance.
New promise: You can keep your health insurance…if you BEG hard enough for an Obamacare waiver.
Will only high-powered, politically connected corporations and Big Labor groups be spared? Where’s the transparency in how these decisions are being made?
To the first question, all signs have pointed to yes in the ensuing seven months.
To the second question, as usual, transparency is AWOL.
On Friday night, HHS quietly released another round of waiver information — picked up by The Hill. 128 new lucky winners will join 1,000 others in being exempted from the onerous, costly, private insurance-killing mandates that the rest of America is forced to follow:
The number of waivers the Obama administration has awarded for a provision of the year-old healthcare reform law grew by 128 in March.
With the new waivers, that means 1,168 businesses, insurers, unions and other organizations have received one-year exemptions from a healthcare reform provision requiring at least $750,000 in annual benefits.
The administration says the temporary waivers are granted to help stabilize the insurance market until a fuller package of reforms takes effect in 2014, but the growing number of waivers have exposed the White House to heavy criticism from Republican opponents of the law.
“The fact that over 1,000 waivers have been granted is a tacit admission that the healthcare law is fundamentally flawed,” said Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) last month. Upton is one of three House committee chairmen who has used new oversight powers to investigate the annual limit waivers.
The buried news: HHS is already plotting more waivers for 2012-2013…
HHS must still bridge the gap until 2014, when the mini-med plans will supposedly be phased out because consumers will be able to shop for affordable and quality coverage on new state-run insurance exchanges. HHS said it is now examining waivers options for 2012 and 2013.
The new numbers were posted on an HHS website Friday night without an announcement from the department. The 128 waivers added in March track closely to the 126 HHS awarded in February.
Let the pre-election favor-trading for future waivers begin.
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On a very related note: Washington Examiner reporter and Regnery author David Freddoso is out with a new book, Gangster Government, today. Check it out.
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Yeah, but who cares as long as you get the award?
Waivers!!! Are you in?
At least the number is no longer 1040 an iconic number for sure.
With this “HHS grants more Obamacare waivers, considers new 2012-2013 scheme”
Somebody please explain to me what the purpose of Sock Puppet care was for to begin with and with all the waivers, who is left holding the bag. And furthermore, is there a breakpoint where the amount od waivers exceeds the remaining prisoners to this sham, what happens then?
As everyone has said many times before, it is not about health care it is about statist political control over a crital part of the economy. This is a war Marxists intend to win and this offensive is critical to them. They will retrench if they must but they will never give up on controlling this industry. It is the lynchpin of their “revolution”.
Dems in 2014: We need to throw more money at it because too many took waivers to pay for it!
By “mini-med plans” are they ref. to the types of Plans McDonald’s etc. offered to their employees? Any underwriters out there?
Oh and can someone please inform Mr. Freddoso the proper spelling for Gangsta’? David.., please.
Health Care is a state issue. Every state has a department of insurance. Nobody in the federal government has any jurisdiction over insurance.
The GOP isn’t any better. All the mantras about being able to purchase “across state lines” is specifically the reason it is a state issue.
New York is so expensive because of government mandates (not because they can’t buy over state lines). You can buy over state lines if you move to another state with different laws.
How would it be fair to people in Iowa who have low health care costs to have their health insurance premiums rise through the roof because New York residents want to save a few bucks and get their claims paid by Iowa?
The problem is that getting elected doesn’t require a special knowledge about things they are regulating. Insurance companies (and agents) are going to make bank. . . not because we aren’t regulated, but because we are.
Insurance companies only do what the government tells them. Gov says sell Med Advantage, they sell med advantage. Gov says sell regular supplements, they sell regular supplements, government says sell policies on an exchange, insurance companies do that.
Insurance companies regulate the price. Make a new regulation and the price goes up. Eliminate regulations and the price will go down because companies will have to compete.
As it stands, the people in the federal government who are elected are idiots. And that’s why there are so many problems.
Wonder if we could get waivers from other laws passed by the previous Congress. Such laws could apply to Berkeley and a few other dark blue areas and the rest of us could ignore them
For the record too, the mantra “wait until we get the exchanges up and going so you can see it work” is going to be equivalent to President Rudy Giuliani’s Florida strategy that must work because he’s so far ahead in the polls.
If people weren’t so dumb focused on the wrong things, America could be a much more amazing place. But we are too worried about gays (gay issues are a pointless waste of time – “gay people” are NOT oppressed in this country), Muslims, minorities, and Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq to make America better.
This gubmint is truly a gangsta gubmint. Pay to Play 101. GE, GM, SEIU, AFL-CIO, NEA, Come buy my favors the way we used to let Aramco buy Sheiks favors. This gubmint has just cut out the middle man.
Seriously, our government that we pay and fund just told us this weekend that WE have to lose our 1st amendment right to PROTECT OUR SOLDIERS.
I am aware that the General was likely forced to say what he said. . . but if the military has to beg US to do something to PROTECT THEM, they need to disband and come home.
WE PAY TAXES FOR THEM TO PROTECT US. If WE have to protect THEM, WE don’t need THEM. If we win the war, THEY DO WHAT WE SAY.
Just because our military is fighting there doesn’t mean we have to all be sharia compliant here. . . and if it does mean that, then we shouldn’t be there AT ALL.
If it is too dangerous for the military, come home you pansies.
is this one of those saved or created jobs we hear about, the waiver czar? i am still waiting for someone to post an online waiver form for individuals.
Wow, Thacker you’re on a mission today!
I’m interested in your thoughts on Ins. So what you’re saying is crossing state lines won’t promote more competition, thus bringing the costs down?
Let me see if I got this right, Ins. co.s sell insurance, but its the states that pay out? From where do they get this money? Explain please I am very interested…
BTW loved the Rudy reference!
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Comrade Obama and his ilk don’t award waivers because of impassioned begging. They award waivers to their cronies like SEIU, NEA, etc. Or to companies like MacDonalds to prevent bad FOX TV news when the skyrocketing costs to provide minimal insurance occur and are documented and presented to the people.
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And the waivers are good for 1 year–just enough to get the good Comrade over the Nov. 2012 election. After that–the deluge! And ObamaCare is just the stalking horse for the real goal–driving out all private insurers and bringing on the socialist government single payer system.
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Don’t worry, though. Our Senate and House will still keep their gold plated plans. Eat grass, serfs! It will still be party time inside the Messiah’s castle.
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John Bibb
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it would lower costs in new york, because all the crazy mandates would be history. the tax payers of iowa do not cover insurance company claims, the insurance company does. also, if more people would buy insurance out of state, the new york state insurance companies would go out of business, or the state might need to change the mandates. competition never hurts anybody, except over priced competitiors.
When single payer healthcare eventually comes to fruition in the U.S., the special treatment afforded to certain groups over others will increase.
In communist Canada, if you are receiving disability payments from the government as a result of illness, the government will fast track you through the healthcare system in order to try and get you off the public purse. However, if you try to work through your illness and continue to hold your job, or if you are self employed and don’t qualify for workers compensation in the traditional sense, you have to wait behind those that are moved ahead of you. In essence, there is an incentive to stop working over working through the pain.
Also, police and fire fighters are fast tracked for some reason – guess it’s because of some perceived special requirement pertaining to their occupation.
Those in jail are also afforded faster care as making them wait as long as the general public apparently infringes on their rights as inmates.
Anyone who has a relative that works for a hospital also doesn’t wait as long, nor of course, do the hospital staff have to wait for any kind of treatment.
As private donations are accepted for equipment purchases at local hospitals, if you reside in a wealthy area that has many residents who donate to their local hospital, your wait times for treatment can be shorter as your local hospital will likely have an MRI machine over some hospitals that don’t have the money to buy needed equipment.
That’s right folks, some hospitals in relatively decent sized cities in Canada, don’t have MRI machines.
Furthermore, depending on the different incentives that provincial and local governments offer, some people will have an easier time finding a family physician than others, depending on where they live.
Politicians love this type of setup because they become the ultimate authority in an area that has almost inelastic demand. This affords the politicians immense power, and eventually, rewards them with economic benefits that they otherwise couldn’t generate if it weren’t for the system that is in place.
One day, Americans will be travelling to places like China and Vietnam in order to get the quality medical care that they need. They will listen to their grand parents tell stories about how America used to be and they will long for such a time period to return.
There are two issues that are most important in the next election:
1. Size of government
2. Repeal of Obamacare
If America doesn’t reduce the size of its government and if Obamacare is allowed to proceed, your phenomenal country will be destroyed.
Everyone thinks that the next election is about the economy, but that is wrong!!
The economy could ‘grow’ by 5% per year for the next 10 years, however, if you guys don’t shrink government and if such a massive, communist style healthcare system is allowed to be implemented, G.A.M.E. O.V.E.R.
One disappointing thing is Paul Ryan’s proposed budget cuts of only 4 trillion over the next ten years. With such a mindset, that means that Republicans, given the ideal conditions, are still proposing running 800 billion dollar deficits going forward.
Remember, deficits are delayed tax increases.
Ok, check this out and this is serious.
HAVE A FRIEND THAT DOES NOT HAVE INSURANCE FOR EYE CARE, CHOOSES JUST TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. That does not matter, was pulled aside by the Nurse, made to show Drivers Licence and made to have a photo taken for comparison purposes to any insurance claims/coverage. Nurse stated, this is a new part of the law starting this year.
They think this tactic still works. That shows how stupid these people really are. Friday night stuff is now eagerly awaited…to see what they are trying to sneak past us this time! Typical…keep doing what has been proven to NOT work and hoping that this time it will! They just won’t learn, will they?
Modern socialists are nothing, if not predictable and consistent. Like the socialists of days past, they want the power to select the winners, and the opportunity to prey upon the losers…
It can only end in chaos, division…and, anarchy. For the one thing that socialism cannot abide, is order. Unless there is revolution, socialism, in practice, cannot exist.
The idea of socialism dwells in the dark recesses of the mind of the perennially unhappy…a world where hope, and change cause man’s ego to devolve. Inprecise, chaotic thoughts materialize into evil machinations, feeding one’s hunger for power.
It is inevitable that the ObamaCare “machination” will end in chaos, and division. It was not well thought out, and was not created with the stated “good” intentions.
It is a devious deception which has been brought into the light. The question now is, will that light continue to burn brightly, or will perfidiousness and deceit snuff it out?
If Obamacare is repealed, the unemployment rate will skyrocket…just from all those IRS agents they won’t be hiring and all those bureaucratic agencies that won’t be formed. That is a huge reason to repeal!! Obamacare is meant to grow big government into such a mammouth mess that it will be impossible to fight.
Has anyone had the stomach to look at Big Guv’s ObamaCare site, below?
http://www.healthcare.gov/law/introduction/index.html
Geesus do I ever resent my taxes being used on this Happy-Time-News All-Is-Well Central-Party-Committee propaganda.
I don’t have confidence that those on the right will have enough fortitude to keep fighting for freedom. I see big government creeping forward in your country and it seems that most on the right aren’t mad and motivated as they should be to stop it.
I pray that SCOTUS grants everyone a waiver
Agreed. Where’s the beef?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wendell-potter/the-false-promise-and-big_b_841305.html
As MM would say “Meet Wendell Porter”. ( In this case, Social Justice/Spin-artist extraordinaire! ) Another turncoat “Gone Krugman”. While denouncing mini-med plans, “they should me made illegal” after having made a -living- working in the industry!
His glaring disconnect with what it means to be a part-time/casual employee only showcases the elitist attitude.
Dude, seriously, did you think the 18 y.o asking if “you want fries w/ that?” is in the market for a $300k home?
Yes, asking for a “commitment” of 6 mos. is asking a lot? ( Is Mr. Porter aware that you have to wait longer to participate in the typical employer’s 401K? ) Moreover, at age 18, the only “pre-existing condition” I had was ACNE! Jeez, Porter and Prince Krugman should just get a ROOM already!
On April 4th, 2011 at 11:17 am, BK said:
The way to undo not only Obamacare but also every action usurped by this pResident, is to address the issue of his (in)eligibility.
And I’m sure you resent what they’ve done to public elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, colleges and universities, which have become Marxism indoctrination centers…
Most on the right act like sheep on this issue (or maybe highschool kids wanting to fit in with the cool crowd).
With all levels of government ignoring this issue, and cases being dismissed by federal courts all the time about this issue, what happened to that part of the Constitution that guarantees people the right to petition the government to redress grievances? Oh wait, what’s a Constitution?
Just as a parent, I’d like to ask what most of you would prefer see?
Your 18-22 y.o participating in his/her employer’s mini-med plan where they can learn “Why not only does the government want a chunk of your check ( but the hospital does too? )”
Where they can learn all the in’s & out’s of what it’s like to be in the workforce, WHY you want a better job [yesterday] WHY, if you don’t finish school, things will only get tougher as you grow ‘old’ ( like 25+ ) and WHY you want to stay healthy.., or live in a land of candy-dr@ppin’ unicorns/Gov-care? Just curious.
I prefer them to learn your second argument.
I am a perfect example of someone who made bad choices when I was younger and I pay for it everyday.
Shouldn’t there be a a large government bureaucracy to handle all of these ObamaCare waivers?
Maybe a Waiver Czar to head up the $7 billion a year bureau? Ya know. Another unaccountable ChicagoLand thug?
I nominate Anthony Weiner. He understands both sides. He supported it at one time and now opposes it. There is no other more enlightened individual than him.
Czar Weiner!
Does everyone now see why it’s an incredibly bad idea to ignore his ineligibility?
Gangster Government, The Chicago Way.
Being led by an ineligible FRAUD!
Don’t get me started. I was basically the “Keith Richards” of the U.S Navy. ( I think the officers had formed a Dead Pool to see how long I’d ‘last’? )
Let’s get something straight here: ALL Med-plans s@ck! Maybe exposing our kids to Mini-s@ck Plans is a great way to have future generations of Americans take up the torch and have a few of them actually question WHY med. ins. is so expensive to begin with?
Oh, we can’t have that!
Most on the right are scared of speaking out and want more than anything to be accepted by the general public regarding this issue. Call it the highschool ‘cool kids’ effect.
Agreed up-north but in HighSchool we didn’t have the media calling us kooks for believing the lies.
Sorry should be “NOT believing the lies”
Just -think- of the money we could’ve saved over the course of our lifetimes to date!?:
Car Insurance ( are you telling me -that- doesn’t suck? ) I’m going out and getting in a wreck just to get my money’s worth!
Life insurance ( hey, ‘I’ am still kicking… somewhat? )
Long-term disability. I’ll be a drooling idiot in a wheel chair. Why would ‘I’ care?
Homeowner’s policy. What a waste!
Let’s see, Dental, PET ( yes we pay that ‘too’ ) Unemploment ‘insurance’, shall I go on? Nope kids, nothing to see here…
Ha! So far there’s one reader “review” and they pulled the race card:
Calling someone a gangster is raaacist because gangsters are black? Why? Because of gangsta rap? When I think gangsters I tend to think of the Mafia and On the Waterfront but maybe that’s just me.
No, its not just you, I think of WHITE guys with turned up collars on their overcoats, wearing fedoras, smoking a cigarette….I must be a racist….how dare I have the audacity to think?
I think one of the biggest scams is retirement accounts.
I don’t invest my earned money, I only invest by using a margin account(borrowed money invested into the stock market). This way, my current quality of life during my prime years isn’t affected by savings.
Anyways, I see many people who spend their entire lives working and saving and then in retirement, they become ill or otherwise relatively still in their old age. They are taught to save for the future but when that future arrives, they don’t reap the rewards of their sacrifice because they don’t have the physical capibility to do so. All their savings go to waste.
I also refused life insurance on my wife(now ex-wife) because I told her that if she died, I wouldn’t care about receiving or need the money as compensation for her death.
I drive an older vehicle and I don’t put collision on it so as to not waste money in this regard.
When I want to visit the dentist, I pay out of pocket and negotiate for cheaper prices instead of paying a monthly insurance fee. Dentists usally charge between 20 – 30% less for cash paying, non-insured customers.
When I travel to the U.S., I pay cash for medical care and I negotiate the same type of discount as I get with Canadian dentists.
I am travelling to China and Japan in a short while and I bought Chinese based medical insurance for 35 days – 5 million dollars worth of coverage – for $61 dollars.
Net message: think outside the box and you can go much further on the same amount of money.
Gov Scott Walker, the gift that keeps on giving….
“Brian Deschane has no college degree, very little management experience and two drunken-driving convictions.
Yet he has landed an $81,500-per-year job in Gov. Scott Walker’s administration overseeing environmental and regulatory matters and dozens of employees at the Department of Commerce. Even though Walker says the state is broke and public employees are overpaid, Deschane already has earned a promotion and a 26% pay raise in just two months with the state.”
http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/119159584.html
That’s FINE ( assuming you’re not asking/demanding everyone ‘else’ support you in retirement ) More power to you. Didn’t realize Canadians had a parallel to the IRA?
But I must say, denouncing Ret. accts. is a BIG part of the Social Justice Agenda! It started thusly, Sigh… I’ll never have as much money as Bill Gates so.., what’s the point? Sigh…
Then what [predictably] comes next from The Left: “Wall Street is all just a big Ponzi Scheme anyway!” I -refuse- to invest in a damned Ponzi!
In excusing themselves to provide for their ‘own’ future, they are de-facto empowered by their own inaction. Seriously, by digging in their heels, the masses of unprepared retirees become a “public problem”.
I realize that is not where ‘you’ are coming from, but for altogether too many Americans, that’s become exactly the case. Sigh.., I guess “the government” will just have to figure something out?
The US military are not pansies. Their current leadership is not their fault. It’s the civilians who blew it in the 2008 election.
Nothing as usual….YAWN!
Ilovemyownstench said:
Off Topic but;
The continuing Saga of the Sock Puppet predilection for picking SOROS butt monkeys as main cabinet members. Hell, she even took money from Libya to enhance their image on the World Stage.
And shock of shocks, actually called Queen Hillary a ‘Monster” And who is this shining example but, Samantha Power, yep that Samantha power, married to Cass Sunstein. They both are a gift that keeps on giving.
The entire establishment, elected officials of both parties, Justices of the Supreme Court blinked when faced with a “popular” but ineligible candidate and let him usurp an office he is ineligible for. It will not be undone because they are now invested in maintaining the illusion of legitimacy.
All of them have reneged on their oaths and rendered the Constitution meaningless.
The coup has happened with the complicity of both parties.
Don’t expect to get chance to vote for a candidate that isn’t part of the plan for a New World Order.
The Constitution is dead.
So you must be Captain ThreadJack Sparrow’s Old Man?
If that is true, then shame on him. Now, given that you feel that way about Scott Walker, will you please show some honesty and condem the president for acting in much the same irresponsible manner?
In 2012 I hope we get a permanent waiver on the fleebagger Democrats.
Hey “123upnorth”,
If Obama did stuff as dumb as Walker then I would condem him.
But we all know that Obama is the most awesome man in America.
Not… that I ‘doubt’ you but where is our sense of conviction? Did you really believe wrestling the helm back was going to be that easy? Sosh Justies have waited patiently for over 30 years to spring the perfect trap!
Every post depicting Gov-run healthcare as being more about ‘control’ than HC is 100% accurate. Shocking! If it helps to think of The Great Undoing as more of an island-hopping campaign, then by all means!
Who wants this over more quickly than a good switch-throwing than Old Threadjack? Hmm..? Lol!
FIFY
On April 4th, 2011 at 11:45 am, 123upnorth said:
That’s true for some on the right, but I don’t think that’s true of either Michelle Malkin or Ed Morrissey.
They aren’t scared to speak out on any issue, and they don’t seek out the acceptance of the MSM.
The issue in this case is two-fold…
1) They are accepting as “evidence” things that are NOT accepted as “acceptable documentation” by an I-9 form:
2) Michelle and Ed are choosing to ignore the legitimate Constitutional issue of the Founder’s intent of the phrase “natural born citizen”. After significant historical research, I, and many others, are convinced that the Founders fully intended the Natural Law definition of “natural born citizen”, and by that standard Obama is not a natural born citizen because his father was a British subject and he admits that this made him a British subject at birth, as well.
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It’s not fear or a desire for acceptance on the part of Michelle and Ed.
It is:
1) trusting things that should not be trusted (and are NOT acceptable documentation for the legally required I-9 form), and
2) a lack of curiosity about what Michelle herself said “may be a seed of a legitimate constitutional issue to explore here“.
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Explore the legitimate constitutional issue.
And follow President Ronald Reagan’s advice: “Trust, but verify”.
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Support and defend:
Supporting and defending the Constitution and the Rule of Law makes one a “Constitutional Republican”, not a “birther”.
Go Ahead, Call Us Crazy.
The GOP leadership doesn’t want to defund Obamacare, they’re just waiting until it might be re-labeled, to say, maybe, Romneycare.
Rush revealed the ‘little’ $5 billion Obamacare hand-out written into the law to give money to big businesses like ATT, Verizon, GM, etc to cover health premiums for early retirees.
Who are the big beneficiaries – BIG BUSINESS and UNIONS. Schmoozed by Obama to shut up while Obamacare was rammed down our throats; and WE get to pay for it!
I keep looking for the punchline but I can’t find it.
I guess calling Obama awesome is the punchline.
Obama just announced that all waivers are now recalled.
From now on, there will only be one waiver granted for Obamacare.
If you vote Democrat, you get a waiver.
Again, there are good reasons why Newspaper birth announcements aren’t accepted by an I-9 form.
Butterdezillion has some interesting observations About Those Birth Announcements …
On April 4th, 2011 at 1:47 pm, ramblingman said:
That is the future… if you don’t vote Democrat, the Government makes your life a living hell.
It is time WE the people make “life a living hell” for every Constitution shredding politician. I want them scared to death to vote for more progressive spending programs.
They aren’t afraid of us, they are replacing us, what do you think the invasion is all about?
ilovelivinginacrackwhoresbutthole said:
‘this balloon smells like ky jelly!’
Just what I was afraid of. Obama now calling for a “budget summit” with leaders of both parties.
The last time these guys got together for a closed door budget “summit” was just after the November elections where the GOP leadership surrendered unconditionally and then declared victory. You remember these guys, they also released “The Pledge” to appease Tea Party conservatives. The oath they all took to preserve and protect the constitution wasn’t good enough.
These guys can only be trusted out in the open with loaded guns pointed directly at their heads.
Oh don’t say that. That is my worst fear. Repubs are going to nominate another rino and we get another 4 years of crap.
On April 4th, 2011 at 1:23 pm, Virginia Patriot said:
The GOP leadership doesn’t want to defund Obamacare, they’re just waiting until it might be re-labeled, to say, maybe, Romneycare.
I went to a ballgame the other day and Anthony Weiner was sitting a few seats over and he said , “Hey, let’s start a waiver!
The first blow was the illegal ratification of the 16th amendment and, against the intent of the founding fathers, forcing personal income tax on the population. It’s been downhill since then.
We are no longer “a government of laws and not of men,” but a government of men and waivers.
OK,
You are right. That was the first big scam. They’ve been getting bigger since, I really thought 1984 was fiction when I read it……
RedPill,
Glad you found Butterdezillion. Treasure trove of information. More investigation than the entire media combined, sadly. It’s truly amazing how well Alinsky has worked in this instance.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
I remember being quite bored with Ayn Rand reading Atlas Shrugged when she laid out the ramifications of socialism and I was almost dismissive, thinking it can’t happen here.
HELLO !
If this monster is not repealed, it will be looked upon in history as the legislation that finally bankrupted America.
Wow! A big gift from the Senate Dems! They plan to filibuster any bill that defunds Planned Parenthood!
The Repubs are off the hook now if the government shuts down! Dems would never shut down the government over fiscal responsibility but for abortion? It’s all out war!
Don’t get too excited Phil, the media arm of the DNC will still paint the Stupid Party as evil meanies. They’ll find a way to compromise, meaning the communists/Democrats get most of what they want anyway.
I’m more afraid of the “budget summit” Thursday. You just know the Reps will cave again. Nothing good ever comes out of these closed door meetings.
Look what happened in the lame duck session.
We aren’t even talking about rolling spending back to Bush levels anymore (and they were too high). The 100 billion was not nearly enough and now that’s being whittled down to something like 30 billion. By the time the Stupid Party compromises with the Evil Party, we’ll be financing The Usurpers re-election.
Oh, wait, he already covered that in the Stimulus Package.
The two-headed monster must be slain. The GOP is the weaker head.
GOP-RIP
Slay the GOP-head of the two-headed monster next year and even the Dems will be a more conservative party. No need to explain why the party that replaces the GOP will be conservative. They are called independents today. Everyone wants us now that we have abandoned the two-headed monster. They didn’t like us when we were members.
I believe that this budget summit was called because the GOP leadership has been forced into the background by Ryan, DeMint, Pence and Rubio.
We have got to get this stupid health care law repealed soon. Obama is doing everything he can to make this a socialist country, and he needs to be voted out next year.
What’s a constitution?
Government run healthcare is terrible, example number 1,396,437:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12964360