tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post3385423974165464059..comments2024-03-19T02:21:47.437-04:00Comments on Viking Pundit: It's never the dog foodErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-20374460338530478832014-08-04T08:15:26.417-04:002014-08-04T08:15:26.417-04:00Popular changes (off the top of my head):
1) Elimi...Popular changes (off the top of my head):<br />1) Eliminate medical device tax<br />2) Eliminate "community rating" that fixes the premium ratio, hurting younger workers<br />3) Eliminate employer mandate (pretty much done already)<br />Ericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-40231903765553313982014-08-03T22:36:07.658-04:002014-08-03T22:36:07.658-04:00the employer mandate - the same one that Obama is ...<i>the employer mandate - the same one that Obama is </i>conveniently<i> delaying until after the midterm elections</i><br /><br />The law is terrible... and such small portions! <br /><br /><i>Obamacare can't be re-legislated because Republicans would demand all sorts of (popular) changes.</i><br /><br />Such as? Making it unfunded like Medicare Part D, and what else? <br /><br />It’s Woofnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-80702990359928276912014-08-03T22:18:33.455-04:002014-08-03T22:18:33.455-04:00... the "problem with Obamacare" is that...<i>... the "problem with Obamacare" is that this Congress has chosen not to amend and clarify its own legislation, as previous Congresses have commonly done.</i><br /><br />Whoa. First you acknowledge that those who understand Obamacare want it repealed, and now you call for Republican participation in whatever revisions get done to it. <br /><br />What is happening to you?Whiffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-29569210870753465482014-08-03T19:48:34.136-04:002014-08-03T19:48:34.136-04:00No, I don't think that's accurate.
For ex...No, I don't think that's accurate.<br /><br />For example, there's been significant pressure mounting from both sides of the aisle to jettison the employer mandate - the same one that Obama is <i>conveniently</i> delaying until after the midterm elections. So with bipartisan agreement, why not re-write the law to remove this requirement?<br /><br />The reason is because this Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-6941357260963254192014-08-03T17:04:44.781-04:002014-08-03T17:04:44.781-04:00OK, so 60% want the law changed in some way. Why n...<i>OK, so 60% want the law changed in some way. Why not do that?</i><br /><br />Because 60% of House Representatives refuse to do that. <br /><br /><i>The problems with Obamacare can only be addressed by the legislative process</i><br /><br />This is not true as a matter of law, or as a matter of practical precedent. Especially since the legislative process is otherwise occupied, concocting a Woofnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-63595059876098755732014-08-03T15:28:41.324-04:002014-08-03T15:28:41.324-04:00OK, so 60% want the law changed in some way. Why ...OK, so 60% want the law changed in some way. Why not do that? The problems with Obamacare can only be addressed by the legislative process, not by the President deciding that "January 1st 2014" means "whatevs."<br />Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-48030868412017750772014-08-03T15:05:17.410-04:002014-08-03T15:05:17.410-04:00The correct poll numbers, leave them alone, they&#...The correct poll numbers, leave them alone, they're perfect. The wrong numbers from the same poll, well, who among us can hope to pierce the mind of man to know what people are <i>really</i> thinking? What number can ever capture the human heart? <br /><br />After all, "improved" might actually mean total repeal followed by impeachment and beheading. Or it might mean expanding Woofnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-72810861811771532742014-08-03T10:20:07.300-04:002014-08-03T10:20:07.300-04:0060% want their Congressman to try to improve the l...<i> 60% want their Congressman to try to improve the law, while only 35% want to see it scrapped. </i><br /><br />"Improve", in the minds of those being asked, can mean anything from changing the law so it allows subsidies for federal exchange policies, to essentially rewriting the law. So in reality "repeal" is more like a continuum than a yes/no question.<br /><br />You don&Whiffnoreply@blogger.com