Obamacare, where the liberal dream crashes and burns

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-de ... e15798546/

"On Wednesday afternoon, a bunch of twentysomethings were summoned to the White House to hear an infomercial from Barack Obama himself. He was pitching health insurance.

“The product is good. It’s affordable,” the President told them. “… We’re going to keep working through any glitches, problems that may come up.” He urged them to spread the word. “So if you’re a student body president, set up a conference on campus … If you’re a bartender, have a happy hour … Post something on your Facebook or Instagram.”...


..."The Affordable Care Act was going to save the world. But now, the law’s supporters will be happy just to save the furniture. They used to talk about transformation. Today they’re simply hoping for survival.

The botched website was an unforced catastrophe. But that’s not the real problem with Obamacare. The real problem, as dozens of thoughtful commentators have concluded, is the law itself. Obamacare is a massive policy experiment that seeks to remake one-sixth of the U.S. economy – a body that’s so fantastically complex, with so many players and so many moving parts, that nobody can possibly understand how they all interact. Tweak one part, and other parts will behave in unpredictable ways. Pull on a thread and half the sweater may unravel. Even Max Baucus, the Democratic Senate finance chairman, has warned that implementing a law so complicated could be a “train wreck.”

The biggest threat to Obamacare is not Republicans. The biggest threat is Murphy’s Law, along with its corollary,"...


..."But Obamacare is much more than a test of a presidency. It’s a test of whether big government can solve big problems. And so far, the answer is very bad for the entire liberal enterprise. As venerable left-leaning pundit Thomas Edsall wrote in The New York Times, “Cumulatively, recent developments surrounding the rollout of Obamacare strengthen the most damaging conservative portrayals of liberalism and of big government – that on one hand government is too much a part of our lives, too invasive, too big, too scary, too regulatory, too in your face, and on the other hand it is incompetent, bureaucratic and expropriatory.”

This is a cautionary tale for Canada, "...

Obama to the youth: OK, so I lied to you about being able to keep your insurance. And I lied to you about being able to keep your doctor. And I lied to you about how it would be easy to sign up for. But this time, I am telling you that it will be inexpensive to buy...

But Fred, why buy insurance when you can stay on Mom and Dad's policy until you're 26? I guess even Barry forgot about that... Or are the "invincible" young Americans defined as kids over 27? Did "kids" who voted for Barry last time just get a little bit smarter now that their decisions are coming back to haunt them?

In your sick twisted dreams....

And your point is what? Aside from the one in the middle of your forehead, your post is nothing more than what I would expect from the average Obamabot; someone posted an anti-Obama remark - ATTACK!!! How about coming back with some facts instead?

You wouldn't know a FACT if it bit you, so why bother? You haven't posted any FACTS in years...Just more Neo-Fascist-bot ODS-attacks.


I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.





Conservatism is a mental-illness....

Why am I wasting the keystrokes to reply? Enjoy your life in your own "special world" where Barry rides unicorns and you you inhale the farts.



You voted for it, enjoy it and all of the wonderful consequences that come with it!

Every week/day we find out something new and painful that Obamacare is bringing us. LJ will continue to dodge any kind of debate because this clusterF##k is indefensible. There are no cut and paste articles for her to post, there are no great headlines she can bold and underline... all she has left is her go-to insults. Keep doin what you're doing LJ, the only good that is coming out of Obamacare is the entertainment you provide for us!

I predict that no matter how bad govt programs do, they will not be eliminated on that note.

They will only be replaced by a bigger govt program.

Liberals are not crashing and burning, they are voting and beating and jailing their way to total control and nothing seems to stop them. Since the Republicans in govt are really just liberal puppets using the same tactics, just a different color flag, there is really no alternative.

Read the huffpost, this is the age of govt price fixing, vagina worship and divorce....and it is all GREAT.