The dems are getting away with claiming that obamacare was 100% patterned after the bill Romney put in place in MA. To my understanding, only ONE aspect of it is the same - the mandate; the penalty. Did Romney also put into place all the taxes that are in obamacare?
Did he increase state payroll taxes?
Did he increase the state rate of tax on capital gains? Did he claim a % of profits on the sale of a home over a certain amount?
Did he increase the state tax rate for charitable hospitals?
Did he tax tanning salon patrons?
Did he require health insurance premiums provided by employers to be reported as earnings requiring an employee to pay taxes on the benefit?
Did he attach a tax to capital gains at a state rate?
That list is far from complete but it should be at least the starting point to dispel the “obamacare is the same as romneycare” argument...and congressional members and TV reporters should be shoving it back in liberal faces. I’m tired of what they are allowing them to get away with.
As in an earlier thread this morning where Valerie Jarrett was quoted as saying, “You’ve all heard the president say blah blah blah” - as tho’ the man has never and will never speak an untruth! Doesn’t anyone get it? They LIE!
Sorry for the rant but the days are becoming more and more difficult to get through with this baloney going on!
So, why didn’t Romney defend himself with all that stuff last week?
Simple answer: It’s way too complicated to get into a 30 second commercial or a 5 second soundbite.
Santorum was right. RomneyCare has ruined Republican’s chances to hit ObamaCare with anywhere near the force they could if someone other than Romney were the nominee.
Romney might well pull this out due to the terrible jobs market, but it’s sad that the republicans have lost the ObamaCare issue.