Obamacare Is Here to Prey

American Spectator ^ | 6/29/2015 | David Catron

[rootin tootin]

Saturday morning, fresh from his latest victory over the rule of law, President Obama delivered his weekly address to the bored technicians and sycophantic aides who make up most of the audience for this anachronistic performance. His theme was as predictable as it was Orwellian: “The Affordable Care Act is working, and it is here to stay.” The first half of this assertion fails to pass the laugh test. And, for those who believe that the whims of the Supreme Court are somehow permanent, I recommend a little research into another SCOTUS ruling much celebrated by Democrats—Plessy v. Ferguson.

But Obamacare is not harmless. That it is a failure by every standard set forth by its apologists is of no importance to the President or his fellow Democrats. They never cared what effect the law would have on the cost, quality, or availability of American medicine. It was never really about health care. This is why they have been willing to revise it more than 50 times to keep it alive. What they wanted was power over our daily lives, and they knew that gaining control over our medical system was the fastest route to that destination. It was easy to sell as a human right and offered a handy pretext for trampling genuine rights.

And the President’s minions are making full use of that pretext.

[48th SPS Crusader]

“The Affordable Care Act is working, and it is here to stay.”

That is what was said about slavery when they Supreme Court ruled it Constitutional several times in the 1800’s. That is what they said about Prohibition when they made that law, it was eventually repealed. Laws do change..........