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First Lady Says Obamacare Needed to “Save Young People from Their Own Stupidity”
Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 22 Feb 2014 | John Semmens

Posted on 02/24/2014 10:03:53 AM PST by John Semmens

In an interview on the Tonight Show, Michelle Obama unveiled the latest effort of the Administration to induce young and healthy adults to sign up for health insurance by pointing out how stupid this target cohort is.

“If you look at how young people behave it’s clear that the vast majority of them are knuckleheads,” she asserted. “They can’t be trusted to do this simplest tasks—like making a sandwich—without hurting themselves. Their choices for leisure activities are typically dangerous and irresponsible—you know, smoking dope, getting drunk and then getting behind the steering wheel of a car. We’re trying to get the message to these youngsters that they need the insurance the Affordable Care Act requires them to buy.”

Michelle admitted that “the low enrollment rates for this group are a cause for concern. In hindsight, our expectation that these folks could be compelled to sign up of their own volition under threat of a penalty was probably overly optimistic. Educating them about their responsibility is a difficult and likely hopeless undertaking. We really need to find some way of making the sign-ups and the extraction of fees automatic.”

Perhaps, though, these young adults aren’t as clueless as the Administration thinks. True enough, they voted overwhelmingly for Obama. On the other hand, in a recent study, researchers from the Stanford University of Medicine found that among those suffering traumatic injuries, uninsured patients get better care than those who are insured. It seems that those with insurance are routed to hospitals on their plan while those without insurance are taken to the nearest trauma center.

if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...

http://azconservative.org/2014/02/22/fcc-chairman-says-critics-are-overreacting-to-new-plan/


TOPICS: Government; Health/Medicine; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: michelle; obamacare; satire; youths
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1 posted on 02/24/2014 10:03:53 AM PST by John Semmens
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No Ms Obama, most young folks are not as stupid as your husband... Hate to break that to you.


2 posted on 02/24/2014 10:05:33 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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“If you look at how young people behave it’s clear that the vast majority of them are knuckleheads,”

So what you are saying Moochelle, is that, the public school system is a huge failure?

Would I be correct in my assumption?

3 posted on 02/24/2014 10:06:41 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: John Semmens

Save young people from their own stupidity. come now who is going to save America from the stupidity of those whom elected him.


4 posted on 02/24/2014 10:10:01 AM PST by hondact200 (Candor dat viribos alas (sincerity gives wings to strength) and Nil desperandum (never despair))
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To: John Semmens

Isn’t it a No No to call the useful idiots knuckleheads to their own faces?


5 posted on 02/24/2014 10:10:09 AM PST by GraceG
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To: John Semmens
She'd certainly know a lot about stupidity.

How many thousands did you spend on your dress today, Mooch?

6 posted on 02/24/2014 10:10:37 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (If Barack Hussein Obama entertains a thought that he does not verbalize, is it still a lie?)
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To: John Semmens

“Save Young People from Their Own Stupidity”

Yes, isn’t that the purpose of most socialist and fascist government policies, to save citizens from their own stupidity?

Thanks, mom.


7 posted on 02/24/2014 10:10:46 AM PST by cuban leaf
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Most young people arent married to you MOOCH! thats a big plus in and of itself!

meanhwle your drooler husband is out on the streets trying to enroll young "blacks" into his signature healthcare fiasco....




8 posted on 02/24/2014 10:11:05 AM PST by MeshugeMikey (Where are The Weapons Of Mass Global Climate Change Destruction?)
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To: John Semmens

In this world, not having health insurance is not necessarily stupid.


9 posted on 02/24/2014 10:11:18 AM PST by cuban leaf
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My goodness, just imagine the enormity of the government program needed to save us from her stupidity.


10 posted on 02/24/2014 10:13:03 AM PST by RS_Rider (I hate Illinois Nazis)
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To: John Semmens

Admitting that the young are stupid is exactly why the left is covetous of their votes.


11 posted on 02/24/2014 10:13:23 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
It's satire, people ...

... or at least it's supposed to be ...

12 posted on 02/24/2014 10:13:52 AM PST by x
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She called them "knuckleheads" which is why they needed to be forced to pay for Obamacare.

Satire is when something isn't true. This is fake but accurate.

13 posted on 02/24/2014 10:16:32 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (If Barack Hussein Obama entertains a thought that he does not verbalize, is it still a lie?)
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To: John Semmens

It’s TOO LATE!The Little A$$H*LES Elected Obongo TWICE!!!!!


14 posted on 02/24/2014 10:18:24 AM PST by bandleader
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To: John Semmens

They proved their stupidity when they voted for your bisexual husband. Now many of them have started realizing just how stupid they were.


15 posted on 02/24/2014 10:19:02 AM PST by jsanders2001
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John doesnt write satire anymore. He’s a fortune teller.


16 posted on 02/24/2014 10:20:44 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: John Semmens
Moochy is another one of those; It Takes A Village Idiot
17 posted on 02/24/2014 10:20:51 AM PST by drypowder
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Satire, but...I always have told my students that the essence of liberalism is that they think we are to stupid to make our own choices and that the government needs to make the choices for you.
18 posted on 02/24/2014 10:21:26 AM PST by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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19 posted on 02/24/2014 10:21:55 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: John Semmens

Yessum, mizz moochelle. We bow down to you and your media generated beauty. That means you must know more than us.


20 posted on 02/24/2014 10:22:59 AM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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