In other words....They wanted to shove this whole mess to the states and the Feds would simply collect the fines for people not signing up.
Is that the gist of it?
“We don’t need no videos. You don’t have to show us any stinking videos.” — John Roberts, sometime in 2015.
That was then and this is now. Now that they’ve passed the bill, what they said before doesn’t matter. Just keep expanding the entitlement until it consumes the entire market.
Thanks to Bill Clinton it is perfectly okay to lie like hell if you get caught being truthful and it doesn’t pan out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_King_of_England
Before Runnymede and the signing of the Magna Carta, John was fond of saying, "The law is in my mouth."
Apparently, President Simba, the Lyin' King, thinks he's the reincarnation of King John of England.
Not much will come of this, but it’s a classic example of Rule #1: Progressives Lie. You simply can’t believe a word that comes out of a Progressive’s mouth, and the 2012 tape is an excellent illustration of that fact.
Except maybe when you put them under oath. Then, as with Lerner, they might tend toward taking the 5th instead. Operative word there is “might.”