Obama set to postpone painful start of an Obamacare mandate AGAIN
You gotta hand it to Obama and the Democrats: After they bribed senators and reps and twisted every arm they could find to ram Obamacare into law--including the use of the charming phrase "deemed passed"--without allowing a single GOP amendment, it slowly dawned on 'em that what they'd done would be *really* unpopular with over half the electorate.
Oooh, what to do? Obama to the rescue: Let's just issue decrees as desired to delay the start dates of the painful parts until after the November election!
Yep. Last year Obama unilaterally ordered that the "employer mandate" that would force all employers to implement Obamacare would be delayed by a year--pushing it safely past the November election.
Ain't it wonderful what a dictator can do? Yes, I said dictator, because--brace yourself--THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT ALLOW THE PRESIDENT TO UNILATERALLY WRITE OR CHANGE LAWS.
Those of you educated in our abysmal public schools may not know that that core principle is in the Constitution.
Eh, no matter. He has good intentions, right?
Ah, but what a tangled web when you start doing things dictatorally. Turns out the Obamacare law also contains a provision ordering insurance companies to *notify* customers of any known changes to their policies 90 days before such change would take effect.
As a result, tens of millions of voters would be getting such notices just a few weeks before the November elections.
Ooooh, ya think that might cost Democratic candidates a few votes?
But no problem: If the first Obama order didn't fix things enough, just issue another one! Yep, he's set to announce a *second* postponement of the same mandate--this time pushing the start date back far enough so that voters won't get the politically damaging notices until *after* the election.
Ain't it cool what a dictator can do? SOoo much neater and faster than having to try to get actual amendments through a "gridlocked" congress, eh? And what's all this talk about a Constitution? It's just some old piece of paper written by old white guys, so it can't possibly have any relevance to us cool, modern leaders. So would you bitter clingers stop with the whining about "the Constitution" like it's something important?
We'll tell you when something's important. Cuz we're a lot smarter than you are.
Wheee! "Vote Democrat--the flexible party!"
Oh, for those of you who are absolutely convinced this is a libelous fiction from Faux News: Click the link above. Hint: It's from a staunchly liberal source.
Oooh, what to do? Obama to the rescue: Let's just issue decrees as desired to delay the start dates of the painful parts until after the November election!
Yep. Last year Obama unilaterally ordered that the "employer mandate" that would force all employers to implement Obamacare would be delayed by a year--pushing it safely past the November election.
Ain't it wonderful what a dictator can do? Yes, I said dictator, because--brace yourself--THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT ALLOW THE PRESIDENT TO UNILATERALLY WRITE OR CHANGE LAWS.
Those of you educated in our abysmal public schools may not know that that core principle is in the Constitution.
Eh, no matter. He has good intentions, right?
Ah, but what a tangled web when you start doing things dictatorally. Turns out the Obamacare law also contains a provision ordering insurance companies to *notify* customers of any known changes to their policies 90 days before such change would take effect.
As a result, tens of millions of voters would be getting such notices just a few weeks before the November elections.
Ooooh, ya think that might cost Democratic candidates a few votes?
But no problem: If the first Obama order didn't fix things enough, just issue another one! Yep, he's set to announce a *second* postponement of the same mandate--this time pushing the start date back far enough so that voters won't get the politically damaging notices until *after* the election.
Ain't it cool what a dictator can do? SOoo much neater and faster than having to try to get actual amendments through a "gridlocked" congress, eh? And what's all this talk about a Constitution? It's just some old piece of paper written by old white guys, so it can't possibly have any relevance to us cool, modern leaders. So would you bitter clingers stop with the whining about "the Constitution" like it's something important?
We'll tell you when something's important. Cuz we're a lot smarter than you are.
Wheee! "Vote Democrat--the flexible party!"
Oh, for those of you who are absolutely convinced this is a libelous fiction from Faux News: Click the link above. Hint: It's from a staunchly liberal source.
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