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Monthly Archives October 2011

FIVE REASONS OCARE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

For a quick overview of the five major constitutional issues that have produced a tsunami of lawsuits challenging ObamaCare, Quin Hillyer provides the following summary:
1) The individual mandate:
Every one of the cases involves a challenge, on one ground or another, to Obamacare’s “individual mandate” forcing the purchase of health insurance. The argument is simple: Challengers […]

Posted 06 October 2011 † Catron § Constitutional BS § IPAB BS § Mandate BS § Obamacare BS ‡ Comments (0)

VIDEO: HERMAN CAIN INTERVIEW WITH WSJ

In this interview, Cain explains the differences between himself and Romney as well as the 999 plan. The interviewer tries to nail him on the math for lower income people but Cain makes him look like an idiot, showing that even people who pay no payroll tax now will still be better off under his […]

Posted 06 October 2011 † Catron § 2012 BS § Cain BS § Romney BS § Tax BS § Unemployment BS ‡ Comments (0)

HSIEH: DON’T BLAME CAPITALISM FOR HIGH HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS

Over at The Undercurrent, Paul Hsieh has a good column about the high cost of benefit mandates that states—and now the feds—impose on health insurance carriers:
State regulators currently require health insurers to include numerous “mandatory benefits,” whether customers wish to purchase them or not. The exact mandatory benefits vary from state to state, but might include services […]

Posted 05 October 2011 † Catron § Cost BS § Economics BS § Government BS § Insurance BS § Mandate BS ‡ Comments (0)

DEADLY VIDEO: OBAMA BY THE NUMBERS

The President’s broken promises and the economic effects of his policies are the best argument the GOP can use against him in 2012. As you will see when you watch this video (via Power Line), the juxtaposition of his words and his results is pretty damning:

Posted 05 October 2011 † Catron § 2012 BS § Economics BS § Obamacare BS ‡ Comments (0)

THE SUPREME ARBITER OF YOUR LIBERTY

My latest column for the American Spectator discusses the outsized role one man will play in deciding the fate of ObamaCare and your personal liberties:
Now that the Department of Justice has petitioned the Supreme Court to review Florida v. HHS … most experts believe the justices will take up the case this term and issue […]

Posted 05 October 2011 † Catron § Constitutional BS § Obamacare BS § Repeal BS ‡ Comments (0)

CBS POLL: HERMAN CAIN TIED WITH ROMNEY

According to a new poll from CBS News, Herman Cain has “the Big Mo,” as the senior Bush famously phrased it. A couple of weeks ago he was in the caboose with Ron Paul, et al. Now he’s tied with the establishment’s favorite candidate (and sure loser), Mitt Romney:
Herman Cain has moved into a tie with […]

Posted 04 October 2011 † Catron § 2012 BS § Cain BS § Public Opinion BS § Republican BS § Romney BS ‡ Comments (0)

BENDING THE HONESTY CURVE DOWNWARD

Milton Wolf’s latest column for the Washington Times exposes an ugly truth about the President and his “signature domestic achievement.”
Health insurance premiums rose in 2011 to more than $15,000 per family for the first time in American history. Not surprisingly, Obamacare itself is to blame for much of the increase.
And this happened because we were […]

Posted 03 October 2011 † Catron § Obamacare BS § Propaganda BS ‡ Comments (0)