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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (160993)	10/19/2013 10:58:54 AM
From: lorne	3 Recommendations Recommended By John locogringo TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224750

Kenny..."Obamacare has been such a fantastic success in he State of Washington because of efforts to publicize the program".... So how many are democrats and how many are illegals and how many are welfare career people? In other words how many are obamanite voters????

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (160993)

10/19/2013 11:12:56 AM

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HELPFUL CHART: Here's How Much You'll Be Paying For Health Care in the Obamacare State Exchanges

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I can summarize this chart in a single sentence: Obamacare is working just as well its website.

...Individuals in most states will end up spending more on the exchanges. It is true that in some states, the experience could be the opposite. This is because those states had already over-regulated insurance markets that led to sharply higher premiums through adverse selection, as is the case of New York. Many states, however, double or nearly triple premiums for young adults. Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, and Vermont see some of the largest increases in premiums.Click to Explodify

...The Obama Administration is desperate for younger people to enroll to prevent an adverse selection death spiral.

...Our findings confirm that younger populations see larger percentage increases in premiums. A state that exhibits this clearly is Vermont, where the increase for 27-year-olds is 144 percent and the increase for 50-year-olds is still 60 percent, but far less. All states exhibit this relationship.
Charles C. W. Cooke helpfully summarized the litany of (quite obvious) lies the President and his sycophants told Americans in order to jam Obamacare through Congress.

• “If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your health-care plan, you will be able to keep your health-care plan. Period. No one will take it away. No matter what.”

• “For people with insurance, the only impact of the health-care law is that their insurance is stronger, better, and more secure than it was before. Full stop. That’s it. They don’t have to worry about anything else.”

• "If you already have health insurance, the only thing that will change for you under this plan is the amount of money you will spend on premiums. That will be less.”

• "I want to be very clear: I will not sign on to any health plan that adds to our deficits over the next decade."

• "Health care reform will cut the cost of a typical family's premium by up to $2,500 a year."

Every major promise regarding Obamacare was a lie.

As Scott Johnson astutely observes, " If only we had a free press, Obamacare would be a bloody, unrelenting scandal, like Abu Ghraib, or Watergate. As it is, it is only business as usual for liberals and liberalism.."

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (160993)	10/20/2013 8:51:30 PM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo Woody_Nickels Respond to of 224750

Senator Cruz returns to Texas welcome after shutdown battle By Jim Forsyth ca.news.yahoo.com SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, a favorite of the conservative Tea Party movement, returned home to a rousing welcome in Texas on Saturday after his attempt to derail Obamacare with a shutdown of the federal government led to sharp criticism of his tactics as reckless and futile. "After two months in Washington, it's great to be back in America," Cruz joked in speaking to a crowd of about 750 people in a packed downtown San Antonio hotel ballroom. Cruz was greeted with an eight-minute standing ovation in an appearance organized by the Texas Federation of Republican Women. People in attendance, many of them wearing red to show their support for keeping Texas a conservative-leaning state, lined up to greet him. The speech and another talk earlier in the day at a panel in Austin marked Cruz's first public appearance in his home state of Texas since his part in the showdown in Washington over the rollout of Obamacare that resulted in a 16-day shutdown of the federal government that ended on Thursday. A related stalemate over the debt limit threatened to lead to a default on U.S. government debt until the Senate on Wednesday voted 81-18 to end the crisis and the House of Representatives followed with a vote of 285-144 to approve the plan, allowing government to open without defunding Obamacare. Cruz in his speech in San Antonio blasted Senate Republican leaders for "failing to stand with House Republicans against the train wreck that is Obamacare." He declined to criticize any Republicans by name. While he said the agreement to end the shutdown and extend the debt ceiling was a "lousy deal for the American people," Cruz said the battle he and other Republicans waged will end up helping his party. Cruz became a lightning rod for criticism from Democrats and even from key Republicans when he staged a 21-hour filibuster-style talk on the floor of the Senate last month, as part of his attempt to defund the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The Texas senator, who has been in office for 10 months since his election last year, received scathing criticism from Democrats, the White House and even some of his fellow Republicans in the Senate during the shutdown and the debate leading up to it. Senator John McCain from Arizona, a former presidential candidate, and Representative Peter King from New York have been two of the most vocal Republican opponents of Cruz's tactics, with McCain calling Cruz and his allies "wacko birds." Cruz also took a hit in the polls. A Gallup poll released on October 10 found he had gained significant name recognition, but the percentage of Americans with an unfavorable view of him has jumped to 36 percent from 18 percent in June. But the welcome Cruz received in Texas demonstrated his popularity among many Republican activists has grown. In an interview with Reuters after his speech, Cruz said there is "a lot to be encouraged about" after the battle in Washington. "We saw what can happen when the American people unite, when the American people stand up," he said. "What the American people want is economic growth and job creation. They are crying out for something that fixes all the enormous damage that Obamacare is causing."