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The Sheer Arrogance of Obamacare

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  • You mean corporatism. I mean, it's going to be that that fucks you up the ass sans lube.
    • Of course corporatism, since that's what fascists have always advocated.

      Okay, maybe that was a *little* harsh, but only a little. The reality is you can't fix a broken system by adding another broken system, and that's what the current proposals do.

      ... and also encourage the working poor (to whom $750 is a lot of money) to say "screw it" and stop working.

  • ...is to get something open-ended passed, while they have the control of the congress and whitehouse. Then they can start implementing at their leisure what they're really after, *without debate*. Like the EPA deciding that what plants and trees need to consume to live is a "pollutant", this health insurance "commissioner" (darn, the name they used to use for powerful and unelected and unaccountable overlords, "czar", was much shorter to type) will begin quietly implementing things behind the scenes once th

    • by Shakrai ( 717556 )

      That does seem to be the final goal, doesn't it? Who cares if this health care "reform" is effective or not. Once you set the precedent for government control of health care you can tweak it to do whatever you want at a later date. My favorite little trick they've employed is starting the new taxes and fees right away but not starting any of the spending until a few years down the line. Much easier to get a good CBO score when you have 10 years of revenues and only 6 years of expenses. I wonder if I co

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