Posted on 08/16/2010 7:04:59 AM PDT by GailA
To turn a phrase, there ought not to be a law; Obamacare should be booted from the U.S. Code and onto the ash heap of history.
Think it can't be done? Guess again -- Congress has reversed course on health care reform before.
On July 1, 1988, Congress passed the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act and raised premiums on seniors to finance this new benefit. Retirees went ballistic, and in one of the most memorable pieces of news footage ever, an angry mob of elderly Americans confronted then-House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, a Democrat from Illinois. They literally surrounded his car, smacked his hood with picket signs, and chased him down the street on foot.
You really know how to post a mood elevator!
Or a reminder of what Nov will require of us. Our liberty is only ours if we are careful to preserve it.
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