Want to know why top-down rule by a privileged ruling class is a bad idea? This video from Bill Whittle provides one of the clearest explanations you will ever hear:
First, it is anti-democratic. Second, the elites will steal money (i.e. taxes) from the serfs (i.e. you) and give it to the new nobility (i.e. themselves). Third, it just […]
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VIDEO: WHY ELITIST GOVERNMENT STINKS
HHS LAUNCHES $3 MILLION OBAMACARE AD CAMPAIGN JUST IN TIME FOR THE MIDTERMS
Kathleeen Sebelius has been assaulting the First Amendment, as it applies to opponents of ObamaCare, but spends millions of taxpayer dollars to promulgate lies about the “benefits” of “reform.”
The Obama administration has spent approximately $3 million on TV ads discussing the benefits of health care reform this month –three times what was spent by pro-reform candidates and groups but […]
OBAMACARE RULING: LEGAL SCHOLARS REACT
Thursday’s ruling, by U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, that the constitutional challenge to ObamaCare will proceed to trial has caused quite a bit of comment by constitutional scholars. Hadley Heath has a good round-up:
Stephen B. Presser, Professor of Legal History, Northwestern University School of Law:
In Judge Vinson’s extraordinarily-detailed and thoughtful opinion he has concluded that the plaintiffs in the […]
FLORIDA JUDGE ROGER VINSON RULES THAT ANTI-OBAMACARE LAWSUIT CAN GO FORWARD
UPDATE ADDED BELOW ON JUDGE VINSON’S JANUARY 31 DECISION TO STRIKE DOWN PPACA
U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson has dealt the Obama DOJ a major defeat in the case brought by twenty state attorneys general challenging the power of Congress to pass a law requiring everyone to buy health insurance.
One of the most important parts of […]
VIDEO: JACK BLACK THE HACK
If there were an academy award for “most asinine ObamaCare ad,� this effort would earn Jack Black an Oscar. In this video, he and America Ferrera plumb the depths of dumb in an effort to sell this big-government boondoggle to the American people. Good luck with that!
[ht Doug Powers]
OCARE VOTE-SWITCHERS FACE THE POLITICAL DEATH PANEL
The New York Times reported today that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has provided some end-of-life counseling for three more candidates:
Representatives Steve Driehaus of Ohio, Suzanne M. Kosmas of Florida and Kathy Dahlkemper of Pennsylvania were among the Democrats who learned that they would no longer receive the same infusion of television advertising that party […]
VIDEO: SEIU MEMBER SPEAKS OUT AGAINST UNION GIVING HIS DUES TO DEMS
One of the worst features of the unholy alliance between Democrats and the unions is the corrupt practice of taking union dues from workers and giving the money to politicians they don’t support.Â
In this video, a courageous member of the SEIU comes out in the open with a complaint that many have been afraid to voice aloud. He will probably be fired […]
VIDEO: DEM REP TRIES (AND FAILS) TO EXPLAIN WHY OCARE MANDATE IS CONSTITUTIONAL
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) is asked to explain the constitutional basis for ObamaCare’s individual mandate. She provides the usual straw men involving roads and the post office, but never addresses the real question: What gives Congress the right to force anyone to buy a product or service?
[ht Hot Air]
ANYONE UP FOR HIGHER HEALTH COSTS?
Sorry. It doesn’t really matter what you’re up for. Thanks to ObamaCare, higher costs are what you’re going to get:
Mercer [the HR consulting firm] says the new benefits from the health overhaul add about 4% to premiums.
Oh, and you’ll have a higher out-of pocket bill as well:
Many [companies] are finding that they have little choice […]
VIDEO: UVA STUDENTS SAY NO TO OCARE DEBT
DeFundIt.org provides a response to this puerile propaganda video by Campus Progress. It’s a series of short interviews with University of Virginia students who want no part of the debt ObamaCare will inevitably pile on them:
The only thing ObamaCare will cover my generation with is endless debt.