Liberal law professor Jonathan Turley concerned about Obama's authoritarian streak in lieu of Obamacare.
"Well, you know, a system in which a single individual is allowed to rewrite legislation or ignore legislation is a system that borders on authoritarianism. I don't believe that we are that system yet. But we cannot ignore that we're beginning to ignore a system that is a pretense of democracy if a president is allowed to take a law and just simply say, 'I'm going to ignore this,' or, 'I'm going to shift funds that weren't appropriated by Congress into this area.'"
How can it be a law of the land if the President keeps adjusting it on the fly as he sees fit? This is not an example of pragmatism or tweaking or anything. A law is a law not a suggestion that can be amended willy-nilly.
It was argued that the GOP could not repeal Obamacare because it was 'settled law.' One can argue that it's no longer in its original form.
To progressives, I'm sure, the spin will be, "good, since the GOP won't play ball I'm cool with him abusing power!"
Obama in his own words:
Bypassing Congress unconstitutional. He's pretty good at it.
But expect him to own up to those words. He didn't say it. Remember the 'red line' assertion? He didn't set it. The world did.
The 'I didn't do it' President has some work to do to regain any semblance of trust and credibility by November I reckon.
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Check out the conditions to get a delay for the employer mandate.
Basically, what it says is "fuck you, if you cut jobs you must say it's not because of Obamacare."
This is an administration now in covering its ass mode.
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Aetna CEO has concerns about Obamacare.
"He said that so far, Obamacare has just shifted people who were insured in the individual market to the public exchanges where they could get a better deal on a subsidy for coverage. "We see only 11 percent of the population is actually people that were firmly uninsured that are now insured. So [it] didn't really eat into the uninsured population."
But he's a greedy corporatist so who cares what this thug thinks, right! What does he know about the family of four raising their kids on minimum wage? What does he understand about the new freedom bequeathed the people as a result of Obamacare?
Because capitalism.
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As if Obamacare hasn't exposed the utter incompetence and authoritarian streak in this administration, wait until he cracks down further on the press and opponents by using the IRS!
"What was shocking to those of us who favor a strong, independent -- and, yes, imperfect -- media as a constitutional check on government's power was the ranking of the United States, the world's largest economy and most enduring democracy.
The U.S. during the fifth year of Obama's reign plummeted 13 spots to 46th in the world, right between -- are you ready? -- Rumania and Haiti. The group based that embarrassing ranking largely on the Obama administration's unusually determined efforts to curb dissent and plug and track down leaks. (For the five countries deemed most free, scroll to the bottom.**)"
"Well, you know, a system in which a single individual is allowed to rewrite legislation or ignore legislation is a system that borders on authoritarianism. I don't believe that we are that system yet. But we cannot ignore that we're beginning to ignore a system that is a pretense of democracy if a president is allowed to take a law and just simply say, 'I'm going to ignore this,' or, 'I'm going to shift funds that weren't appropriated by Congress into this area.'"
How can it be a law of the land if the President keeps adjusting it on the fly as he sees fit? This is not an example of pragmatism or tweaking or anything. A law is a law not a suggestion that can be amended willy-nilly.
It was argued that the GOP could not repeal Obamacare because it was 'settled law.' One can argue that it's no longer in its original form.
To progressives, I'm sure, the spin will be, "good, since the GOP won't play ball I'm cool with him abusing power!"
Obama in his own words:
Bypassing Congress unconstitutional. He's pretty good at it.
But expect him to own up to those words. He didn't say it. Remember the 'red line' assertion? He didn't set it. The world did.
The 'I didn't do it' President has some work to do to regain any semblance of trust and credibility by November I reckon.
****
Check out the conditions to get a delay for the employer mandate.
Basically, what it says is "fuck you, if you cut jobs you must say it's not because of Obamacare."
This is an administration now in covering its ass mode.
***
Aetna CEO has concerns about Obamacare.
"He said that so far, Obamacare has just shifted people who were insured in the individual market to the public exchanges where they could get a better deal on a subsidy for coverage. "We see only 11 percent of the population is actually people that were firmly uninsured that are now insured. So [it] didn't really eat into the uninsured population."
But he's a greedy corporatist so who cares what this thug thinks, right! What does he know about the family of four raising their kids on minimum wage? What does he understand about the new freedom bequeathed the people as a result of Obamacare?
Because capitalism.
****
As if Obamacare hasn't exposed the utter incompetence and authoritarian streak in this administration, wait until he cracks down further on the press and opponents by using the IRS!
"What was shocking to those of us who favor a strong, independent -- and, yes, imperfect -- media as a constitutional check on government's power was the ranking of the United States, the world's largest economy and most enduring democracy.
The U.S. during the fifth year of Obama's reign plummeted 13 spots to 46th in the world, right between -- are you ready? -- Rumania and Haiti. The group based that embarrassing ranking largely on the Obama administration's unusually determined efforts to curb dissent and plug and track down leaks. (For the five countries deemed most free, scroll to the bottom.**)"
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