So now your tax dollars are being spent, (to the tune of a million or so dollars), to seek out “Obamacare” success stories? And if that isn’t bad enough, we have to listen to sycophants like Juan Williams bashing anyone who criticizes the law, claiming all they want is for “Obamacare” to fail or worse yet, calling them simply racist. Well, let me start in the reverse and tell Williams he’s correct, I do want the law to fail, though I could care less what color the President is this week. “Obamacare” was ill-conceived, poorly written and slammed through Congress without a single opposition party member voting in the affirmative. Additionally, “the good things in the law” Juan points out, such as (students being able to stay on their parent’s plans, no consideration of pre-existing conditions, and premium caps), were always on the table, though no one knew exactly how to pay for them. Being an apologist for this president is one thing Juan, but promoting denial as a way off the sinking ship is just reckless. So once again AND FOR THE RECORD, I DO WANT THIS LAW TO FAIL! IT’S WRONG FOR OUR COUNTRY, AND IN THE END, IT’S WRONG FOR THE FOLKS WHO ACTUALLY NEED HEALTH INSURANCE!
Now backing up to the “Obamacare” success stories: Incidentally, if you all are wondering why I keep quoting “Obamacare”, it’s because the POTUS was so happy to have his name affixed to his signature law that at one point he was even using the title himself, hence the presidential quotation marks. Oddly however, he has gone back to calling it the “ACA” or the “Affordable” Care Act. Hmmm… Nevertheless, there is this whining from the Left about how the Right just wants to sabotage the ACA, and how Democrats should be promoting the successes of this unprecedented entitlement. Well, here’s the difference between the two efforts.
Firstly, the response from opponents of the ACA is predicated on some simple facts. The President was shall we say, less than truthful with “We the People” about what the law would mean for most Americans. = (He lied!) Just some examples:
1. There are NOT 40 million uninsured Americans who can’t afford coverage, there are approximately 15 million. The rest choose not to have coverage for whatever the reason and will likely pay the penalty and walk away. (This bankrupts the system as designed).
2. You may NOT necessarily keep your current plan if you like it.
3. You may NOT necessarily keep your doctor if you like him/her.
4. The average family plan will NOT go down in cost by $2500.00. (Not even close. As a matter of fact most will go up).
5. Healthcare exchanges have NOT streamlined and/or made the process of buying health insurance easier for the average American.
6. “Obamacare” is NOT “Romneycare”… Etc. Etc. Etc….
So now the Left would like for “We the People” to ignore these facts, as well as the abysmal roll out and enrollment numbers, and accept some tax-payer funded “re-branding” operation as a reason to be patient and have faith the law will “eventually” succeed. What an absolute insult!
Look, the truth is this president had no business being president in the first place. For a variety of reasons, pertaining mostly to a disgruntled and misinformed electorate, he was able to parlay zero executive experience, very limited political experience, and a community organizer’s resume, into two winning campaigns for the highest office in the land. Still not sure what that says about “We the People” in 2013, nevertheless I think folks are finally becoming more comfortable criticizing his efforts thus far. They are beginning to understand that this criticism has nothing to do with race, but rather everything to do with results. President Obama’s track record to date is one of missteps and failure which are clearly a manifestation of his inexperience and academic/ideological arrogance. The bigger problem however, is that these issues are monstrous and will have lasting effects far beyond the president’s last term in office. Putting aside an economy shrinking to fit a smaller and less skilled work force for a moment, “Obamacare” specifically, will adversely affect the quality and cost of healthcare for generations to come if allowed to roll out unchecked. The reality is the next ten years may not even be enough to undo the damage this president and his administration have done to our economy as well as our standing in the world. Consequently, the American people will have to decide what kind of country they want to live in going forward, and vote accordingly in the future. We will have to overcome much in terms of bias media misinformation. And a healthy understanding of what makes this nation special and necessary as the world’s dominant power would be a good starting point for the journey back to “truth and reason”. Recognizing and rejecting any revisionist ideologue who has only contempt for the nation which provided the formula for his/her success would be next…
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