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Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, July 22, 2013, 10:39 PM
Former assistant U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services Ben Sasse warns that the Obamacare battle is no longer about healthcare, the US Constitution is at stake.
Sasse is considering a run for the US Senate seat vacated by Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns.
Ben Sasse gets it.
Omaha.com reported:
The author has served as chief of staff for the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Legal Policy and as assistant U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services under President George W. Bush. Currently president of Midland University, he has been exploring a U.S. Senate candidacy.
Obamacare is a ticking time bomb for Democrats in the 2014 elections. Nobody knows this better than President Barack Obama, which is why over the Fourth of July holiday weekend he unilaterally decided to delay its controversial employer mandate provision until after the midterm elections.
No wonder: The $2,000 per-worker fine is disastrously unpopular. Already, employers are laying off workers and dramatically cutting others’ hours in an effort to skirt the new penalty. The fact that this perfectly predictable development surprises many in Washington only underscores that they didn’t really read this 2,300-page monstrosity before they passed it.
Desperate for any appearance of victory, Republican leaders have decided to match the president’s delay with one of their own: proposing legislation to delay for a year the mandate for individuals. Perhaps useful, perhaps not. Well-meaning people can differ about legislative strategy.
But if Republicans don’t have a larger plan to actually oppose this unprecedented power grab in a way the American people will understand, then they will have given up
ALL of it here
Former Top HHS Official: The Obamacare Battle Is No Longer About Healthcare, the Constitution Is At Stake | The Gateway Pundit
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Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, July 22, 2013, 10:39 PM
Former assistant U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services Ben Sasse warns that the Obamacare battle is no longer about healthcare, the US Constitution is at stake.
Sasse is considering a run for the US Senate seat vacated by Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns.
Ben Sasse gets it.
Omaha.com reported:
The author has served as chief of staff for the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Legal Policy and as assistant U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services under President George W. Bush. Currently president of Midland University, he has been exploring a U.S. Senate candidacy.
Obamacare is a ticking time bomb for Democrats in the 2014 elections. Nobody knows this better than President Barack Obama, which is why over the Fourth of July holiday weekend he unilaterally decided to delay its controversial employer mandate provision until after the midterm elections.
No wonder: The $2,000 per-worker fine is disastrously unpopular. Already, employers are laying off workers and dramatically cutting others’ hours in an effort to skirt the new penalty. The fact that this perfectly predictable development surprises many in Washington only underscores that they didn’t really read this 2,300-page monstrosity before they passed it.
Desperate for any appearance of victory, Republican leaders have decided to match the president’s delay with one of their own: proposing legislation to delay for a year the mandate for individuals. Perhaps useful, perhaps not. Well-meaning people can differ about legislative strategy.
But if Republicans don’t have a larger plan to actually oppose this unprecedented power grab in a way the American people will understand, then they will have given up
ALL of it here
Former Top HHS Official: The Obamacare Battle Is No Longer About Healthcare, the Constitution Is At Stake | The Gateway Pundit
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