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Pelosi Promises to Replace ObamaCare's Mandate if Struck Down, Insists "You have to eat your veg
reason.com ^ | June 21, 2012 | Peter Suderman

Posted on 06/21/2012 11:02:37 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Answering questions from reporters today, Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi previewed her party's likely legislative response should the Supreme Court strike down ObamaCare's health coverage requirement, suggesting that Democrats will look for a functional alternative to the mandate — a way to mandate insurance coverage without running afoul of the Constitution:

You have to eat your vegetables — you have to have the mandate in order for this to work from a financial standpoint…If Americans like the idea that they and their children cannot be deprived for a lifetime of health care insurance because of a pre-existing health care condition, then that will require some other action if that is to happen. And what would that be? There could be something passed in the Congress, similar to what we had originally in the House bill, which was a surcharge on the wealthy to pay for aspects of that … States can take their own actions.

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To: circlecity; justiceseeker93; vette6387; mazda77; flat; unkus; gonzo; MamaDearest; Free ThinkerNY; ..

November 2012 should give her a clue that the American people are fed up with her Hitler approach.


21 posted on 06/21/2012 11:33:13 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Pelosi suffers under the illusion that she still wields some kind of super power.

She thinks she carries either a scepter or a magic wand.

22 posted on 06/21/2012 11:33:38 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“a surcharge on the wealthy to pay”

From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.


23 posted on 06/21/2012 11:34:48 AM PDT by CSM (Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Botox Bimbo strikes again!


24 posted on 06/21/2012 11:35:38 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

What’s the difference between the Panama Canal, and Nancy Pelosi?

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The Panama Canal is a busy ditch!


25 posted on 06/21/2012 11:36:19 AM PDT by Hugin ("Most times a man'll tell you his bad intentions, if you listen and let yourself hear."---Open Range)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

November 2012 should give her a clue that the American people are fed up with her Hitler approach.


Exactly!

Anyone not terrified of another 0bama term is not rational.


26 posted on 06/21/2012 11:36:34 AM PDT by unkus
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To: unkus

Nuttier than squirrel poo.


27 posted on 06/21/2012 11:39:09 AM PDT by kevkrom (Those in a rush to trample the Constitution seem to forget that it is the source of their authority.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY; Pride in the USA

28 posted on 06/21/2012 11:42:45 AM PDT by lonevoice (Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived)
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To: Gasshog

LOL!


29 posted on 06/21/2012 11:47:05 AM PDT by unkus
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To: Free ThinkerNY

...Nancy needs a nice bed in a hospital with a locked door and a lot of drugs to keep her sleepy...


30 posted on 06/21/2012 11:56:08 AM PDT by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers.....)
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Pelosi Promises to Replace ObamaCare's Mandate if Struck Down, Insists "You have to eat your veg

You and who else, Nancy?
31 posted on 06/21/2012 11:58:52 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: mosaicwolf
This woman needs a 12 step program of some kind.

Won't work...she can't count that high.

32 posted on 06/21/2012 12:04:13 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (My dream ticket for 2012 is John Galt & Dagny Taggart!)
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To: ExTexasRedhead
November 2012 should give her a clue that the American people are fed up with her Hitler approach.

Why would it...she thinks November 2010 never happened.

33 posted on 06/21/2012 12:07:22 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (My dream ticket for 2012 is John Galt & Dagny Taggart!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The reality is hitting home that Obamacare is going down, and panic is setting in.


34 posted on 06/21/2012 12:10:57 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: unkus
She’s crazier than bat guano.

Agreed. Only way to make this pass Constitutional muster is to structure it as a HUGE tax increase, offset by a big tax credit to rebate it once you buy insurance. Does she think she is going to get any Republican, or even half of the Democrats in the Congress to vote for that? Good luck with that, Nancy.

35 posted on 06/21/2012 12:11:53 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Free ThinkerNY

outside of San Francisco, she would be commited for being mentally ill and unable to care for herself....in San Franciso she is the leader of the wackos...in the land of the blind the one eyed man is king...


36 posted on 06/21/2012 12:37:54 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: unkus; socialismisinsidious; GailA; sheik yerbouty; Mr. Mojo; Yaelle; theothercheek; ...
She’s crazier than bat guano.

Have to confess I don't know exactly what "bat guano" is, but Pelosi really came up with a nutty statement today on another issue:

She accused the Republicans on Issa's Oversight Committee of trying to get Holder for contempt because civil libertarian Holder is the guy who is getting in the way of their schemes to suppress voter turnout!!!

37 posted on 06/21/2012 12:41:10 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Peloski is definitely a moonbat!


38 posted on 06/21/2012 12:52:23 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: ExTexasRedhead; All
November 2012 should give her a clue that the American people are fed up with her Hitler approach.

She should have got that message in November 2010, so I doubt she'll ever get it. That's why she still talks about redoing Obamacare even if the SCOTUS strikes it down, which looks more and more like they're going to do. She won't have a prayer of doing anything like ObamaCare in the next Congress, if it goes the way we think it will.

39 posted on 06/21/2012 1:05:10 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: Free ThinkerNY

You can’t be deprived of health insurance for a lifetime due to a pre-existing condition; just of coverage for that condition. And what to do about care for that uncovered condition? Pay for it yourself, get help from family, try holistic approaches, or apply to a private philanthropy. Or even (Gasp! Organ music!) become poor and get covered via Medicaid. Big deal.


40 posted on 06/21/2012 1:15:45 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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