Let's get this Right
On Monday (Sep 30th) the Senate voted 54-46 to strip language from a House funding bill that delayed ObamaCare which resulted in the government shutdown. That last time this happened was December 1995 when the government was closed for business for 21 days.
OMG the sky is once again falling... Not Really....
I've said repeatedly I don't agree with what the GOP is doing. It's not good politics regardless on how this plays out Republicans will be blamed for the pain associated with the shut down and voters will remember. Although I support the principled argument of those wanting to shut down the government I can't figure out why the GOP continues to fall on a live grenade with a smile.
It's also important to note that this last House vote was to delay the Affordable Health Care Act, not defund. This delay vote was widely reported as trying to defund the Affordable Health Care Act, but just like the President delaying the employer mandate the Republicans, albeit at the last minute, compromised and just attempted to delay the personal mandate.
Let's make this clear... The House Continuing Resolution (CR) was asking for a one year delay in the individual mandate and the reversal of the medical device tax.
A few things to remember:
CBO now projects that the insurance coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act will have a net cost to the federal government of $1,363 billion over the next 10 years and you can bet that's an understatement.
In 2012 the federal government collected $2,902 billion in taxes (all time record) but spent $3,803 billion.
That has us spending $901 billion a year or $17.3 billion a week we don't have.
That's roughly what it would cost to build three nuclear aircraft carriers... Every week.
The TEA Party Republicans of the House... All 49 of them... have taken a stance against government expansion. They have alienated themselves with their party, the media and likely the American public but I for one support their efforts even though I don't agree with their methods.
My views are more inline with my Congressman Scott Rigell:
representative-scott-rigell--republican-traitor
*** UPDATE ***
The one year delay of the personal mandate requested by the House Republican's which is what actually closed the government... Well the President, through executive mandate, ordered a one year extension for the personal mandate. How do I know? I was one of the people who took the President up on this and had affordable, substandard, health care insurance for an extra year.
ARGGGGGGGG!!!!!!
