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Good News: Obama Admin. Diverts $500 Million To IRS For Obamacare
9 Apr 2012 9:20 am William Teach

Remember, though, that Obamacare is somehow going to save the American people lots and lots of money
(The Hill) The Obama administration is quietly diverting roughly $500 million to the IRS to help implement the president’s healthcare law.
The money is only part of the IRS’s total implementation spending, and it is being provided outside the normal appropriations process. The tax agency is responsible for several key provisions of the new law, including the unpopular individual mandate.
Wait, back up: “only part of the IRS’s total implementation spending”? This begs the question “how …

Here We Go: “Being Uninsured Is A Mandate, Too”
4 Apr 2012 7:08 am William Teach

It seems that, in Democrat World, the fact that the majority of American citizens are dead set against the individual mandate, and Obamacare, matters little, because Democrats know what is best for you stupid citizens, and you should be thanking them for forcing you to either purchase health insurance or pay a fine. Dem supporters have tried many different tactics in the wake of the Supreme Court hearing as we await their decision: comparing it to Bush v. Gore, calling a ruling that shoots the law down as “judicial activism”, …

Obama Weighs In On Possible Mandate Ruling With Typical Pomposity
3 Apr 2012 9:18 am William Teach

It’s hard to believe this guy was ever a Constitutional teacher…..well, maybe the constitution of Russia or Venezuala. But, then, it’s hard to believe someone with so little real world experience who authored no legislation would be elected President
(Fox News) President Obama, employing his strongest language to date on the Supreme Court review of the federal health care overhaul, cautioned the court Monday against overturning the law — while repeatedly saying he’s “confident” it will be upheld.
The president spoke at length about the case at a joint press conference with …

Politico Hyperventilates Over What Might Happen If Obamacare Mandate Falls
1 Apr 2012 9:20 am William Teach

So far, Liberals have been attempting to position who’s to blame if the Mandate falls, and the blame doesn’t include “it’s unconstitutional” and “people really hated it.” They’ve also pushing the notion that if the Mandate is ruled stupid, er, unconstitutional, then single payer should be instituted, what I think of as the “if you hate the current health destruction law passed in 2010, just wait till we ram this overbearing notion down your throat for “your own good”” defense. They has also been some talking points, mostly occurring in …

If ObamaCare Falls, The Obvious Answer For Replacement Is….Single Payer?
30 Mar 2012 8:11 am William Teach

The Stateists are really, really worried about the fate of ObamaCare. They’ve already started throwing around blame and coming up with excuses, said excuses not including “hey, it was unconstitutional” and “people really, really hated the Mandate.” And they’ve also decided to push something else if Obamacare goes down. Witness Eugene Robinson
In arguments before the Supreme Court this week, the Obama administration might have done just enough to keep the Affordable Care Act from being ruled unconstitutional. Those who believe in limited government had better hope so, at least.
If Obamacare …

E.J. Dionne Works Hard To Spin A Possible Defeat Of The Individual Mandate
29 Mar 2012 8:54 am William Teach

As we await the decision from the Supreme Court regarding the Mandate, and perhaps even the striking down of Obamacare, liberals are searching hard for ways to show that the problem wasn’t the law, but with the people who rule on the law. I highlighted a bit of that yesterday. And here comes ultra-liberal E.J. Dionne, who attempts to paint the conservatives on the court as “activists”
Three days of Supreme Court arguments over the health-care law demonstrated for all to see that conservative justices are prepared to act as …

Liberals Already Looking For Excuses If Mandate Goes Down
28 Mar 2012 8:10 am William Teach

After a horrendous day for Obamacare’s chief council in front of the Supreme Court, one in which the far left justices had to remind him of his talking points, liberal supporters of this unconstitutional extension of the Central Government’s power are desperately reaching for any rationale to shift blame. Here’s James Carville
“I think this will be the best thing that has ever happened to the Democratic Party,” Carville said Tuesday on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.”
Carville, who gained fame working on Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential …

Comparison: Politico Lauds ‘Forceful’ Gov’t Obamacare Argument, Fox Notes it was Laughed At
28 Mar 2012 7:00 am Warner Todd Huston

The first arguments by the government in support of the already wildly over budget Obamacare law were heard at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday and there is an interesting lesson in media bias that can be seen in the reporting of the day’s presentation. The difference between how the government’s opening arguments was reported by Politico and Fox News is an instructive case of media bias.
First let’s look at how Politico’s Josh Gerstein and Carrie Budoff Brown reported how the government’s arguments were received by the court.

Solicitor General Donald …

SCOTUS To Hear Core Arguments On Mandate Today
27 Mar 2012 9:41 am William Teach

Monday was the preliminarily remarks, attempting to set certain boundaries and assess a few basic questions. Politico provides 5 takeaways, which include
The feds’ taxing power argument may be D.O.A.
The justices don’t seem willing to let the Obama administration have it both ways on the tax argument — a point that one of the conservative justices jumped on.
Ruth Bader Ginsberg wasn’t buying what the defenders were selling, either. So, Obama’s politicized DOJ lawyers will have to argue that the Mandate is a penalty. Also argued was the law which states that …

AP Asks Cheney’s Doctors if They Stopped Beating Their Wives Yet
26 Mar 2012 3:40 pm Warner Todd Huston

Like Jerry Seinfeld, the Associated Press did a masterful job of making a story out of nothing this weekend after news broke that former Vice President Dick Cheney was the recipient of a heart transplant.
In fact, APs first paragraph is one of those masterful bits of psychological manipulation along the lines of the old rhetorical trick that goes: “when did you stop beating your wife?”
With its first paragraph the AP cast doubt on the propriety of Cheney getting a heart transplant, raised the specter of Cheney getting “special treatment” (even …

Politico: 5 Things To Watch In ObamaCare Hearing
26 Mar 2012 8:41 am William Teach

That’s right, today is the day the oral arguments start over the constitutionality of Affordable Care Act. Perhaps they should start with the name, since the legislation is anything but affordable. Anyhow, the NY Times points out that day 1 will be excruciatingly boring, as it will be a discussion over whether the High Court can even hear arguments, or has to wait till people are actually taxed first.
(Politico) How will politics enter the chamber?
Overt politicking in front of the justices is unusual, but they can hardly ignore the …

In Debunking Myths About Obamacare, Washington Post Forgets To Debunk Them
25 Mar 2012 8:19 am William Teach

They’re just “challenging everything you know”, and essentially proving you, meaning those who understand Obamacare, rather than simply being cheerleaders for a bill you didn’t read, 100% correct
(WP) 1. The “individual mandate” forces everyone to buy health insurance.
The law states that, beginning in 2014, individuals must ensure that they and their dependents are covered by health insurance. Taxpayers who do not meet this requirement will have to pay a penalty that the law calls a “shared responsibility payment.” It begins at $95 for the first year …

DOJ Argues No Severability With ObamaCare Mandate
23 Mar 2012 8:30 am William Teach

With Obamacare, the 100% Democrats who wrote this intrusive and hated law forgot to put severability within, and there has been much discussion, even within court cases, that if the mandate to purchase health insurance or pay a fine/tax goes down, so does the whole bill. The DOJ accidentally makes a mistake in arguing that there is no severability
(Politico) No broccoli? Then no dessert.
That’s the scenario the Obama administration is presenting to the Supreme Court on health reform’s individual mandate. If you want to get rid of the …

Obama Not Too Excited To Celebrate Two Year Anniversary Of ObamaCare
22 Mar 2012 10:14 am William Teach

He hasn’t been too excited to discuss it in public, either, mostly mentioning it during fundraisers with the 1%, who can already afford really good insurance plans. He rather failed to discuss it during the State Of The Union. He avoided the subject during the run up to the 2010 midterms. He must really be proud of his signature legislation, signed March 23, 2010
(The Hill) President Obama will not mark the two-year anniversary of his signing of the healthcare law — which takes place days before the Supreme Court …

On Contraception Mandate, HHS Runs More Rules Up The Flagpole
17 Mar 2012 8:02 am William Teach

Far left liberal blogs, pundits, and elected lawmakers may think that the GOP opposition to the HHS contraception, sterilization, and abortifacient mandate on religious organizations is a “war on women”, but, even HHS and the Obama admin are starting to realize that the longer this debate goes on, the more the American public will come to realize that the mandate is tyrannical and violates the 1st Amendment religious clause. HHS also realizes they may have dug themselves a hole, so, they attempt to throw some ideas against the wall and …

More obamacare Lies
16 Mar 2012 5:24 pm Michael Fell

“obamacare” was sold on a lie and passed against the wishes of the majority of Americans.
To make matters worse, in an unprecedented move, the man who administers Medicare and Medicaid was appointed in a clearly obvious move to bypass the Constitutional provision for Legislative oversight.
You won’t be keeping your healthcare and your doctor if you like them. There’s going to be a single payer system complete with rationing. It was sold as “a robust public option” because that sounds so much better than death panel. However, if you listen to …

CBO: Cost Of ObamaCare Way Up, Those Covered By Private Insurers Way Down
14 Mar 2012 6:21 am William Teach

Reuters is spinning hard, but, can’t quite get away from the dismal numbers, written to be as confusing as possible. The Washington Examiner’s Philip Klein is having none of it
President Obama’s national health care law will cost $1.76 trillion over a decade, according to a new projection released today by the Congressional Budget Office, rather than the $940 billion forecast when it was signed into law.
By my math, that’s, well, a lot of money. Almost double the previous projects. And that is the full 10 year cost per the CBO, …

HHS Ruler With Unfettered Power Tells Us Why ObamaCare Is Grrrrrr-reat!
12 Mar 2012 7:47 am William Teach

I wonder if Kathleen Sebelius has considered that she won’t always be the head of Health and Human Services, and that a Republican President could put a Republican in place who will have the same unfettered power to change everything up. Anyhow, she pens an op-ed for the Politico, telling us why the legislation that a clear majority of Americans want repealed is super awesome, in light of it going before the Supreme Court in two weeks
When the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the Affordable Care Act later this …

Team Obama Really Excited To Treat Women As An Uninformed Voter Block
11 Mar 2012 9:04 am William Teach

Whether or not this contraceptive/abortifacient mandate rule was intentionally passed to shift the focus from Obama’s pathetic record on the economy, deficits, debt, energy prices, wasting money, etc, that has been the upshot, with his buddies in the MFM falling right in line, such as this front page NY Times article: Obama Plans Big Effort to Build Support Among Women
President Obama’s re-election campaign is beginning an intensified effort this week to build support among women, using the debate over the new health care law to amplify an appeal that already …

White House Quietly Works To Shape Debate On ObamaCare
9 Mar 2012 8:56 am William Teach

Interestingly, Obama still mostly avoids any mention of ObamaCare in his campaign speechs (which is pretty much every appearance he makes), but, he puts his only real knowledge, community agitation, er, organizing, to work
(NY Times) The White House has begun an aggressive campaign to use approaching Supreme Court arguments on the new health care law as a moment to build support for the measure seen as President Obama’s signature legislative achievement, hoping to shape public opinion on an issue at the center of the battle for the White House and …

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