Posted on 01/31/2011 12:29:05 PM PST by DeskCaptain
Why was Obamacare held unconstitutional, and more importantly, how could the Democrats have been dumb enough to waste all their time and political capital on a law that was going to be overturned anyway? The video explains it all. This will definitely save some effort and heated conversations.
Yes, but the political argument for opposing a complete opt-out of Obama-care bill is nearly nonexistent. An opt-out bill is a political winner. If they block that they lose the moral 'save the uninsured' argument that they are trying to use now. That leaves them with the lame argument that states that opt-out will increase the deficit per their phony CBO numbers.
It seems like Obama-care with the medicaid mandate expansion will bankrupt the states that want to stay in it, and drive jobs out of their states.
On another thread I posted that after the opt out bill passes, Republicans should offer a bill that increases Obama-care taxes on states that want to stay in citing CBO estimates on deficit reduction as Democrats do, throwing Democrats arguments back in their faces. Democrats know how to fight. Why dont Republicans?
Obamacare itself was a political stinker but Dems held on to it for dear life. All they had to do was get 60 senate votes one time, and it's really hard to kill legislatively. I hope that some of the rats jump ship this time, but they are pretty stubborn.
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