More Evidence of the Obama Regime’s Thuggery

The Silent Majority ^ | 09-14-10 | J.D. Longstreet

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HHS demonstrates its “gangster government” approach to regulating

A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet

Michael Barone has a piece at the Washington Examiner which is a “must Read” for those of you who felt I was overly critical of the Obama Regime in my article entitled: “ Groomed for a Socialist Dictatorship” (HERE). If you will read Mr. Barone’s piece, I expect you will see more evidence that what I was trying to say was, in fact, not strong enough.

Barone’s article is entitled: “Gangster government stifles criticism of Obamacare” and you will find it (HERE).

In his article, Barone says: “The threat to use government regulation to destroy or harm someone’s business because they disagree with government officials is thuggery. Like the Obama administration’s transfer of money from Chrysler bondholders to its political allies in the United Auto Workers, it is a form of gangster government.”

Barone quotes from a letter by Secretary Kathleen Sebelius of the Department of Health and Human Services to Karen Ignagni, president of America’s Health Insurance Plans — the chief lobbyist for private health insurance companies.

In the letter, Sebelius says the following: “”There will be zero tolerance for this type of misinformation and unjustified rate increases.” Secretary Sebelius, you see, is unhappy with insurance companies that have found it already necessary to raise their rates as a result of the added expense (costs) to them as a direct result of ObamaCare.

Sebelius also issues a threat. In the letter she states: “We will also keep track of insurers with a record of unjustified rate increases: Those plans may be excluded from health insurance Exchanges in 2014.”

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We will also keep track of insurers with a record of unjustified rate increases.
Wonder if they can do that same thing with taxes?
Socialist Dictatorship marches on.