"Bullshit, outlay of $200 to replace all bulbs in house, electric bill dropped by about the same in the first month."

HOLY CRAP!!! You must have had a zillion lights running 24/7!!!!

"Starting in 2014, you can no longer find insurance that excludes mental health and substance abuse treatment."

Yes you can, you just have to pay a *"tax" if you choose to get one and not a government approved policy.

"These two acts have made professional mental health treatment accessible to most Americans now. We certainly have a long way to go, but things are a lot better today than they were 5 years ago."

Not to mention the joy it has spread in the purveyors of such "treatment" since they can get more people to use their services while getting others to pay. I wonder how those guys will vote next time.

* The "tax" can only be collected out of tax refunds so if your withholding is less than taxes owed, you can skip the "tax" and the IRS can't try to collect it.

The only rule that matters is:

5. Whoever has the power to enforce a claim, owns the claim.

The fine is pretty small compared to the cost of insurance and can only be collected out of refunds so the IRS can't come after you.

1)Adjust your withholding so you never get a refund.

2)Buy an insurance plan that isn't obamacare compliant like you used to get.

3)????

Pictures or it didn't happen.

If the law was recently and such posting was legal before the law then only people who posted such pictures after the law went into effect are breaking the law. (at least that is my understanding of how the law works in the US)

Why does the article bring up Sandy Hook? It has nothing to do with this issue.

Breaking into a house is a crime even if nothing is stolen.

Power brakes work on engine vacuum and should give a couple of normal pumps without any difference after the engine stops and then they will work un-powered and just require more effort.

Turn off your car and pump the brakes and you can see how this works.

Scarlet Blade

http://scarletblade.aeriagames.com/

Gotta love running around dressed like a ho. Go big or go home!

Kinda hard to buy votes from green lobby and help out your friends in the green industry if they follow your advice.

Mattress store. :-(

"The individual mandate was a Republican idea, but they weren't going to support it if they weren't going to get credit for it like they would have in the 90s when they were the party putting it forward."

So that would be the same reason the Democrats fought against the Medicare Prescription Drug benefit under Bush?

"They can't even support ideas they like!"

That they voted unanimously against the ACA would indicate that they don't like the idea.

That said, how can the way it ended up be in any way their fault? When it was clear that they wouldn't vote for it, why go with it and not something the Democratic Party wanted?

"So the bill is 100% Democrats-written. Whose fault is that?"

I get the point. It is the Republicans fault for not supporting something they didn't like.