M2RB: David Bowie, featuring Nine Inch Nails
I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
I'm afraid of Americans
- Democrats
Smell the fear... Democrats are trying to suppress the confusion and hide the cost of ObamaCare
I don’t know if Members of Congress will be hearing about it in town
hall gatherings and other meetings back home over the Fourth of July
recess, but the rolling thunder of the approaching ObamaCare train can
be heard in the distance. Smart Democrats are beginning to get frantic
about the need to suppress the confusion and hide the cost of ObamaCare
between now and the 2014 midterm elections. We are just three months
away from the October 1st enrollment start date and so far, nothing
about the ObamaCare implementation process should be politically
encouraging for Democrats. In fact, the more people learn about
ObamaCare, the more frightened they become.
Right now, small businesses across America are making the final
determinations on how to reduce the working hours of their employees so
fewer employees qualify for the mandated, employer-provided health
insurance. Employers are also deciding whether it makes more economic
sense to pay a fine to the government or pay for healthcare benefits for
their employees. What this means is that hundreds of thousands – and
perhaps even millions – of Americans will learn that they are being
dismissed from their employer’s healthcare coverage.
The
negative effects on personal income and the overall economy will be
undeniable. Sometime next year, before the elections, the penalties
associated with not having or providing health insurance will begin to
pour in. Will the fines come in the mail? Will you be able to appeal?
What happens if someone doesn’t pay? No one knows. Or, no one who
knows is talking. The consequences of ObamaCare are being hidden.
Today’s Wall Street Journal article, “Health-insurance costs set for a jolt”
hints at the debacle that is to come. At some point soon, it’s going
to be undeniable that ObamaCare is nothing but another federal
entitlement, where those who are young and healthy bear the direct cost
of subsidizing those who are not.
In midterm elections, those who vote tend to be more engaged voters.
In other words, these voters will notice if they have health insurance
that is more expensive but offers less coverage than what they had
before ObamaCare. Some of the Democrats’ reactions will be predictable,
i.e. blaming Bush and blaming Republicans, or for a while, denying the
obvious. But that won’t work forever. One of the worst sins you can
commit in politics is to say something that’s different from what people
can see for themselves. There is no chance that Obamacare will perform
as promised and when it doesn’t, voters will be looking for relief.
Surprise!
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