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Articles and discussions about Obozocare hurting Christmas sales has been avoided like noting the skin color of our leader.

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2013/11/05/is-the-obamacare-grinch-about-to-steal-christmas/

Supposing that the website gets fixed by the end of November as the brain trust now promises, those Americans suddenly able to shop for insurance face a deadline of December 15 to buy coverage that will kick in by January 1, which is when most of the canceled insurance plans die.

Merry Christmas! You get to pay more of your money for, in many cases, crappier insurance.

How much more? On average, about 41% more, according to Avik Roy.

You’ll be told that you should like it and that it fulfilled Obama’s clear promise! Who are you gonna believe, Barack Obama or your lying ears?

Believe whichever you want, but Obamacare sticker shock could have a big negative impact on the Christmas shopping season — the season that most retailers depend on to get them through the entire next year. The price increases could be enough to force millions of Americans to rethink how they’ll spend for the holidays.

Are we looking at a nasty sequence of events leading to the next economic downturn here?

Obamacare website starts working.

Americans losing their plans shop for insurance from the end of November through Dec. 15.

Sticker shock/weaker plans impact holiday shopping in its final 10 days.

Retailers take the hit, lay workers off after the lackluster holiday shopping season.

Economists report unexpected! job losses in January. Manufacturing slips due to dampened demand.

2014 begins with an economy circling the drain.