[Bernard]

Listening to the Fox and CBS panels (And I prefer Major Garrett to Ole' Bob, by the way) there is too much settled science in the discussions.

1) Comprehensive Immigration Reform. I have never heard anybody explain what, other than we don't enforce them, is wrong with the current immigration laws that requires a comprehensive reform.

2) 94% of the small companies affected by the employer mandate already provide insurance to their employees, so there was no need to delay implementation of the employer mandate. Of course, that will be dramatically affected by the % of small businesses that do pay the penalty rather than continue the insurance programs, or reduce full-timers to part-timers, or who only hire 29-hour employees, but recognizing that would require more knowledge of business than a reporter can gain watching newspapers run their business model to prosperity.

[PaleoBob]

2) 94% of the small companies affected by the employer mandate already provide insurance to their employees, so there was no need to delay implementation of the employer mandate. Of course, that will be dramatically affected by the % of small businesses that do pay the penalty rather than continue the insurance programs, or reduce full-timers to part-timers, or who only hire 29-hour employees, but recognizing that would require more knowledge of business than a reporter can gain watching newspapers run their business model to prosperity.

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And John Roberts ruled this was a “tax.” So, can the president simply end any or all taxes by decreeing they are “delayed” or some such—?? Isn’t Obamacare the law? BTW, whatever happened to the law?

[TomGuy]

1) Comprehensive Immigration Reform. I have never heard anybody explain what, other than we don't enforce them, is wrong with the current immigration laws that requires a comprehensive reform.

Well, we need a new 1000 page bill with a 900 page amendment. Why? Because the Gang of 8 have been trying to get it passed for a decade. Why? Because we need it. Why? Because it has stronger border enforcement -- 5 or 10 years down the road. [/s]

Like Obamacare, the real scare is in the details and apparently few, if any, have read the full document.