{"id":10541,"date":"2012-06-28T10:09:18","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T17:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=10541"},"modified":"2012-06-28T10:09:18","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T17:09:18","slug":"responses-to-the-nazgul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/28\/responses-to-the-nazgul\/","title":{"rendered":"Responses to the Nazgul"},"content":{"rendered":"

So how did you react when you heard the woefully misnamed Supreme Court had upheld Obamacare?<\/p>\n

I first felt a flat, cool anger — without passion because it was so without surprise.<\/p>\n

I had expected the court would shoot down the individual mandate while leaving the rest — a recipe for economic disaster, of course, since the individual mandate pays for the whole — but a snarkily satisfying slap in the face and at least a small nod in the direction of the Constitution. But nothing those government supremacists do could surprise anybody who’s observing carefully.<\/p>\n

Their actual decision is one of those that reminds us (no offense to the Oregon Law Hobbit) why 20,000 lawyers at the bottom of the sea is “a good start”: While it’s a violation of the interstate commerce clause for the federal government to require everyone to buy insurance, it’s perfectly okay<\/i> to fine<\/del> tax us if we don’t<\/a>. There’s no mandate, there’s simply a choice<\/i>! <\/p>\n

And naturally an alleged “conservative,” a Bush appointee, gave nanny-gov fans their deciding vote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Make that 100,000 at the bottom of the sea. And counting.<\/p>\n

Then I heard Romney’s response and flat-out laughed. He<\/i> promises to repeal Obamacare and replace it with — every big provision of Obamacare except the hated (but absolutely necessary to the rest) individual mandate. Somehow, this is going to prevent those very useful “future generations” from being stuck with the bill. Sorry, I have no info for you on exactly how imposing Obamacare with no built-in payment mechanism “saves” you poor guys in the “future generations.”<\/p>\n

Romney’s campaign reported an immediate spike in donations<\/a> upon the court’s announcement. And now, too, he gets to keep his #1 applause line.<\/p>\n

So yay hooray, both Ds and Rs win the day. <\/p>\n

Government 2, the people 0. But hey, all you younger folks who are going to end up paying, whether through Obama’s not-a-mandate or the R’s everything-but-a-mandate … well, do any of these politicians really believe you’ll quietly spend the entire rest of your lives forking over the dough for their grandiosity?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So how did you react when you heard the woefully misnamed Supreme Court had upheld Obamacare? I first felt a flat, cool anger — without passion because it was so without surprise. I had expected the court would shoot down the individual mandate while leaving the rest — a recipe for economic disaster, of course, since the individual mandate pays for the whole — but a snarkily satisfying slap in the face and at least a small nod in the direction of the Constitution. But nothing those government supremacists do could surprise anybody who’s observing carefully. Their actual decision is…<\/p>\n

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