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To: i-node who wrote (36776)	5/20/2014 7:34:49 PM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Recommended By Brumar89 Respond to of 42652

Employees of an Obamacare contractor in a fourth state have now stepped up to admit that they’re doing no work while being paid taxpayer dollars, according to Missouri’s KOLR. Now Serco offices in Arkansas are being added to the list of states where Obamacare contractors are being paid to do nothing, including Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. (RELATED: Document Requests Stalled On Obamacare Contractor With No Work To Do) Serco is an Obamacare contractor being paid over $1 billion to process any paper Obamacare applications. Anonymous workers, who wished not to be named to avoid retribution, told Chris Nagus of KMOV in Missouri that they don’t have enough work to fill their time and are required to stay on the clock after work hours. One worker said that he processed just 40 Obamacare coverage applications over six months, a similar situation to the Missouri office. A Missouri Serco employee named Lavonne quit her job with the company over frustration at the lack of work. “I think for the entire month of December I processed six applications and that was pretty good,” Lavonne previously told Nagus. In the Rogers, Arkansas office, workers are required to be on the clock, getting paid, but aren’t allowed to do any work. One worker told Nagus that employees aren’t allowed to make any outbound calls after 9 p.m. — but are required to stay on the clock until midnight. “So why even be there until midnight,” Nagus asked the anonymous employee. “I don’t know,” the worker responded. “Good question.” “So they make the calls stop at 9, so from 9 to midnight are the callers kind of bored?” Nagus asked. “Yeah, there’s nothing going on,” the worker concluded. But the employees are required to stay for the entire shift. Even worse, the Rogers, Arkansas office is still hiring. Watch the video report here. Read more: dailycaller.com

To: i-node who wrote (36776)	6/5/2014 12:35:55 AM
From: greatplains_guy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

We are not living in an era of Constructionist Judiciary. This is not to say that it could not recur at some point in the future. Another twelve year period of Republican Presidents (not RINO Presidents) could restore some balance to the courts. "I believe Roberts truly believes in the Constitution, although I cannot explain his roundabout decision in the previous case." The SCOTUS has a long history of responding to the will of the people, even over their sworn duty to uphold the Constitution. If you remember democrats from Obama down and leftist media were screaming that it had to stand. The voices from center-left right merely said quietly that it could not stand. The cacophony of screaming sounded louder than the quit murmurs of Constructionist thought. One wonders if Roberts knew then that 2/3 of Americas hate it if he would have ruled more rationally. He might appreciate an opportunity to make it right to the American people. "If the law isn't thrown out on this basis, the Constitution should be put in a paper shredder, because there will be nothing left of it." You have a point; they don't seem to be using the Constitution any more. Maybe at some point in the future the Constitution will come back into common usage. History is filled with examples of governments and societies collapsing after they stop acting restrained. I cannot think of a single one which came back from the brink. Well Britain sort of did come back from almost pure socialism under the labor party before the Iron Lady.