Shut Up and Take Your Obamacare -- The Weekly Standard, Geoffrey Norman

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Shut Up and Take Your Obamacare

The Weekly Standard
Geoffrey Norman
4/18/2014

Excerpt:

In his press conference yesterday, President Obama said that the debate over the Affordable Care Act is over, or should be … and will be if he and his party have anything to say about it.

As David Jackson and Kelly Kennedy of USA Today write, after insisting that:

"This thing is working.” Obama again criticized Republicans who want to repeal the law, saying it's time to "move on" and focus on jobs and the overall economy. He called for "a change in attitude on the part of the Republicans.”

The government can make just about anything “work.” Mohair subsidies. Corporate bailouts. The income tax code. You name it. The trick is to have unlimited money, plenty of time, and a monopoly on force. Then … piece of cake.

In a few years, if the president has his way, everyone outside of Washington will be complaining about the ACA, while inside the beltway, it will be a money machine for the fixers tinkering with the machinery and getting paid handsomely to do it.
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President Obama Encourages Democrats to Defend Obamacare: 'I Do Not Think We Should Apologize'

Breitbart / Big-Government
Charlie Spiering
4/17/2014

Excerpt:

"I think that Democrats should forcefully defend and be proud of the fact that millions of people like the woman I just described, who I saw in Pennsylvania yesterday, we are helping because of something we did," Obama said. "I do not think we should apologize for it. I don't think we should be defensive about it."

When questioned by reporters, Obama dismissed the idea that the law was deeply unpopular.

Obama admitted that there were still some who were adversely affected by the law but insisted that it was a smaller number than the amount of people who benefited from the legislation.

He also dismissed polls that showed that the law was still unpopular.

“The other side is just polling – what's the general opinion of the law – which is attached to general opinions about me or about Democrats and partisanship in the country generally," he said.
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