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April 4, 2014
It’s one thing to spike the football when you actually score a touchdown, but why is Obama celebrating in the end zone when he just got tackled for a safety?
What on earth is this man boasting about? Boasting is obnoxious enough when the braggart in question has accomplished something, but how many people do you know who brag when they’ve hurt millions?
Under the goal posts in the Rose Garden, Obama said: Obamacare “is doing what it’s supposed to do; it’s working. … The debate over repealing this law is over; the Affordable Care Act is here to stay. … I’ve got to admit, I don’t get it. Why are folks working so hard for people not to have health insurance? Why are they so mad about the idea of folks having health insurance?”
This is outrageous, even for him.
Is that what Obama means by “it’s working”? Is this what he envisioned that Obamacare would do?
If not, then why is he all puffed up? Why aren’t Democrats sharing in his triumphant bliss? Why is he attacking those who are rightly criticizing this policy?
Obama looked us in the eye and said 7.1 million people have signed up for Obamacare, which is apparently close to the projected number of enrollees necessary to fund this boondoggle. But for that number to work — even if you assume it is legitimate — it has to be a net number.
What Obama didn’t tell us is that this figure, in the abstract, means nothing. By throwing out 7.1 million as if it means the administration has met its goal, he is deliberately and brazenly deceiving the American people, because he knows it has not come close. The fact that he would take no questions on this matter is proof that he has something to hide.
It’s as if Obama and his advisers were sitting around the table — or the putting green — and he told them, “Hey, we’ve almost reached the magic number of sign-ups.” One of his advisers might have said, “Yes, but we’re miles away from our goal.” And Obama might have said: “Who cares? This is enough for a sound bite. This is enough for a press conference. This is enough to dupe the American people. Don’t question me. Schedule that press conference. I’m the president.”
In order for Obamacare to work, it needed some 7 million net new enrollees, at least 38 percent of whom would be young and healthy enough to subsidize the others, according to liberal projections.
But what did he get?
Read the rest here:
Obama Tackled in the End Zone | Right Wing News
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