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To: sickoflibs
I like the opt out idea because I think it it is arrogance for the Federal government to micromanage states. If lib states want Obama-care, who are we to say stop them? and vice versa for conservative states wanting out? If CA wants more poor, let them put up the welcome signs.

I agree 100%. I would be great if that became law (without a poison amendment), since it would allow people to choose not only via state elections, but via moving to states they liked. Also it would allow a comparison between freedom and Obamaism.

My point was that leftists would not allow (using filibuster or veto) states to escape for several reasons, one of which was Obamacare states would not be able to pay for their big government scheme.

40 posted on 02/02/2011 4:55:45 PM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Budget sins can be fixed. Amnesty is irreversible.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; calcowgirl; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne; rabscuttle385; mkjessup; ...
RE :”My point was that leftists would not allow (using filibuster or veto) states to escape for several reasons, one of which was Obamacare states would not be able to pay for their big government scheme

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?

41 posted on 02/02/2011 7:29:22 PM PST by sickoflibs ("It's not the taxes, the redistribution is the federal spending=tax delayed")
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