Posted on 09/27/2012 10:57:50 PM PDT by Nachum
On May 7th, it was revealed that the Obama administration spent $8.35 billion on a “demonstration project” designed to postpone the vast majority of Obamacare’s Medicare Advantage cuts until after the election. On July 31st, it was revealed that the Labor Department warned defense contractors against notifying workers of impending layoffs before the election as well, despite the fact that it would require violating the law to do so. On September 21, it was revealed that a report on the Greek bailout will also be postponed until after the U.S. election. On September 13th, Fed Chief Ben Bernanke announced that he will be pursuing a third round of Quantitative Easing (QE3), once again under the auspices of “stimulating” the economy. The over-arching theme here is clear: anything that constitutes an “inconvenient reality” for this president, especially with respect to economics, will be delayed until after the election.
Thus, the president can continue to campaign on the “heartless” cuts a Romney administration will administer to healthcare in general, and seniors’ healthcare in particular, even as those same seniors remain oblivious to the reality that $7.4 billion will be cut from the Medicare Advantage program in 2013. As a result, enrollees will lose an average of $515 in benefits. Americans remain equally oblivious to the reality that family health insurance premiums have gone up by an average $2,730, despite a 2008 promise Obama made to lower premiums by $2500 by the end of his first term.
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You are correct, but also unleash our energy! Coal, gas, oil and fracking, not to mention the Keystone pipeline!
That alone will raise this nation’s status in the world beyond measure. Revenues will be up, the stock market will be up, unemployment will be down, the economy will stabilize and Obama will be viewed as he should be viewed, as an abject failure.
You are correct, but also unleash our energy! Coal, gas, oil and fracking, not to mention the Keystone pipeline!
That alone will raise this nation’s status in the world beyond measure. Revenues will be up, the stock market will be up, unemployment will be down, the economy will stabilize and Obama will be viewed as he should be viewed, as an abject failure.
The key thing about a first Romney term, to me, is the liklihood of Scalia and Kennedy, and maybe even Ginsburg, leaving the Supreme Court. Who knows who Romney would nominate, but we have a better shot at Conservative (or at least not socialistic progressive) justices with him than with Obama.
Personally, I don’t think a President Romney will get 1/10 of his plan through the inevitable Senate filibusters. But keeping the Dems from securing the Court for the next 20-30 years is critical.
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That has been my point for months and nearly got me banned...but you miss the true nature...it would not be 20-30 years...it would be forever due to the trashing of the constitution and the demographic changes (amnesty upheld) that would occur under CJ Sotomayer...America as we know it even today would be gone forever.
The 20-30 year figure is the length of time before a “hard reset” occurs. By hard reset I mean complete socio-economic collapse. Imho the current system can be strung along through increased taxes (targeted for gradual implementation to split taxable groups off slowly and incrementally) but eventually the money WILL run out, most likely coinciding with the tail end of the baby boomer retirements.
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