Posted on 07/03/2012 3:21:04 AM PDT by Kaslin
President Obama wasted little time giving his perspective on the Supreme Court's decision to uphold his sweeping health care law.
"This is a good day for millions of Americans who can continue to benefit from the protections and economic security provided by the Affordable Care Act," Obama said in an emailed statement Thursday, a few hours after the ruling.
But for millions of Americans, it was just another bad day without the economic security of a job. The unemployment rate has held above 8% for 40 straight months. It ticked up to 8.2% in May, and would actually be around 11% if labor force participation wasn't at record lows.
A recent Gallup survey found that 31% of Americans say the economy is their top concern. Another 25% cite unemployment. And health care? Just 6% say it's their No. 1 issue.
So the court ruling has thrown ObamaCare into the middle of a tight presidential race. It has motivated the GOP and Democrat bases, and will no doubt continue to provide fodder for cable news, talk radio and Twitter. But ObamaCare in all likelihood will not be the main issue of the election. Swing voters are far more concerned about jobs and the economy. And there's little to celebrate on that front.
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He hardly sounds triumphant when his reaction is “let’s not talk about it”; it has that creepy date-rape feel to it when the rapist sees his victim at a social gathering the next day.
How in the world does forcing people to buy insurance make it affordable? This isn't just about forcing people to buy; it's also about spreading expenses so that the healthy have to cover the not so healthy, or so the responsible have to pay for the irresponsible.
It is unbelievable that any of the Supremes could have found this monstrosity acceptible.
right on
Enjoy this battle win Obama, you will lose the war come November.
The R’s should say OK we won’t call it Obamacare or ObamaTax anymore we will call it the Taxable Health Care Act.
But how often do Marxist thugs lose elections?
“let’s not talk about it”;
How about that for transparency? ts almost a Soviet kind of clarity.
He doesn’t like the fact that his “signature” legislation (if it survives the challenges that are sure to come with attempted implementation, when everyone will have legal standing in court to challenge it) will cost him his job.
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