Obama Risks $100 Billion If Catholic Hospitals Close

The Fiscal Times ^ | March 1, 2012 | EDWARD MORRISSEY

[Mrs. Don-o]

I'm actually glad the USCCB didn't manage to get a custom-made loophole constructed for Catholic institutions tout court. The most serious danger to all of us would be the bishops managing to finesse this thing for church-related healthcare only, while leaving the rest of us stuck with this hellacious perversion of a government-corrupted system.

It's not just a problem with "the HHS mandate." It's certainly not just a matter of "Church institutions." The larger filthy tyranny --- Obamacare itself --- has to be taken down completely.

We live in interesting times.

[Mrs. Don-o]

FYI

Oremus.

[gorush]

A hundred billion here, a hundred billion there, pretty soon your talking about some real money. With apologies to Everette Dirksen for paraphrasing.

[MNDude]

I just was just wondering today what would happen if the church decided to go Galt.

[BfloGuy]

Obama doesn’t risk a cent. We do. Big difference. Like he cares.

[HiTech RedNeck]

There are a lot of evangelical Christians who wouldn’t be happy with a “Catholic church only” exemption in Obamacare, and would continue to get on Obama’s case about it. And that’s just for starters.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Risking taxpayer funds means zilch to Obama. If it hurt his perpetual re-election campaign that might be another story.

[Pat4ever]

Earnest prayer and supplication on this one. Already praying for protection for our country. This tyranny must be defeated.

[SumProVita]

“Oremus.”

Indeed ... with fasting.

[funfan]

I don't think Obama cares if the hospitals shut down
as a matter of fact he would love that. They are going to ruin the whole private insurance industry as well then guess who takes over? The Government will insure you and the government will provide doctors for you well at least for the ones who are not too young or too old or too sick everyone else Obama will take care of you.

[Rashputin]

The guy went ten TRILLION in the hole to payoff pals and hide the true state of the economy.

What's a hundred billion to a guy who doesn't even keep count of anything except the number of strokes his ego gets every day? Besides, it's pretty obvious that bankrupting insurance companies and closing hospitals is one of the goals of Barry Care. Catholic Hospitals closing is just a good start in his opinion.

[umgud]

We have 5 major hospitals in my area. Three of them are Catholic.

[Irenic]

Obama has a way of summoning Galt gremlins.

[NYer]

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[Lexington Green]

The Catholics talk the talk. Will they walk the walk?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Obama would be overjoyed if the Catholic Church shut down all of their health care facilities.

Obamacare was NEVER about health care.

It was about overwhelming the system.

Cloward-Piven Mission Accomplished.

[oldbrowser]

What would that mean to the U.S., and to Obama's health care reform mandate? Put simply, it would create a disaster for the delivery of health care in the country, and rapidly escalate the public costs of health care.

I believe that is precisely what Obama wants. He would then nationalize the hospitals for the good of the people.

Maybe even declare that Catholic and certain other subversive churches would no longer enjoy "loopholes" in the IRS tax code.

They would henceforth be subjected to certain restriction in the interest of fairness and to make sure they were doing their fair share with their immense wealth.

[SumProVita]

There is an EXCELLENT response made by Bishop William Lori in response to the liberals who run America magazine....and who took the Bishops to task in an editorial for not accepting the *accommodation.* It has to do with the DETAILS of the HHS Mandate. I share the ending to his letter.

“Oh, and as Detective Colombo used to say: “Just one more thing.” It’s the comment in the editorial about when we bishops are at our best. Evidently, it’s when we speak generalities softly and go along to get along, even though for the first time in history the federal government is forcing church entities to provide for things that contradict church teaching. Maybe Moses wasn’t at his best when he confronted Pharaoh. Maybe the Good Shepherd was a bit off his game when he confronted the rulers of his day.

But those are just details.”

Most Reverend William E. Lori

Bishop of Bridgeport

Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty
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Here it is in its entirety:

http://www.splendoroftruth.com/curtjester/2012/03/but-those-are-just-details

[rockrr]

Oh goodie - another brave “line in the sand” that the right can back-step away from.

[Argus]

Just as the Obama Democrats are instituting a sort of soft fascism, should we also prepare for “soft martyrdom”, in which it’s not your physical life that’s threatened, but your soul? It’s not a matter of burning incense to the Emperor’s divinity, or anything as crude as that, but just including free birth control pills in your insurance package. And the penalty for refusing is not that you get thrown to the lions or crucified upside down - you just pay a big fine and lose your license to practice medicine. The tyranny will be imposed incrementally, boiling the frog on low.