Obama: King v. Burwell 'Easy Case' That Supreme Court Probably 'Shouldn't' Have Taken Up - “I agree with the president that the case should be ‘easy’ to decide since by the letter of the statute, tax credits are available only to those who purchase insurance on an exchange ‘established by the State,’ not to those who purchase insurance through the federally-run exchange,” he said. “When Congress passes a law that says one thing, the administration should not be able to ‘interpret’ that law so as to argue that Congress really meant the exact opposite of the plain language contained in the statute they passed.”…
How Much Would You Save If Congress Removed Obamacare's Insurance Regulations?- Every day there seems to be another article focused on how many individuals might lose their subsidies if the Supreme Court rules in favor of the plaintiffs in the King v. Burwell case. Yet, an even bigger group of individuals harmed by Obamacare has an equally good claim for relief that hasn’t gotten as much attention—the people who, thanks to Obamacare, must pay more for health insurance but who never got subsidies. The Obamacare subsidies were intended, in part, to hide the law’s unpopular effects. At their root, Obamacare’s costly regulations, dictating what insurers can sell and what individuals and employers can buy, have resulted in premium costs going up, not down. In the 34 states potentially affected by the Court’s ruling, those regulations have driven up costs not only for the estimated 6.4 million receiving coverage subsidies, but also for at least another 15 million who have been forced to pay more for their health insurance without getting any subsidy.
The New Congressional Plan to Repeal and Replace Obamacare - Lawmakers released the plan Thursday as the GOP-led Congress prepares to attack the Affordable Care Act. Both houses of Congress have already signaled their intentions to repeal Obamacare by a simple majority vote using the reconciliation process—just as the law was passed in 2010. The new GOP plan, American Health Care Reform Act, was written by Reps. Phil Roe of Tennessee and Austin Scott of Georgia. It has the backing of the Republican Study Committee, a caucus made up of nearly 170 members of the House of Representatives…..
Rocky Mountain High Producing Some Undesirable Side
Effects – De Beque, Colo., is little more than an outpost
nestled along I-70 as it winds its way through the rugged hills of western
Colorado. Clearly visible from the highway is the quirky façade of Kush
Gardens, the first recreational pot shop to be approved in Mesa County….
4 Liberal Myths About Ronald Reagan Debunked - Presidential
historian H. W. Brands’ new biography of Ronald Reagan and his conclusion that
modern American politics is best seen as “The Age of Reagan” has aroused
liberals to circulate once again the hoariest myths about the man and his
presidency, including the malicious charge that Reagan was deliberately
indifferent to the lot of African-Americans and other minorities. Liberal
Myth No. 1: Reagan’s
dangerously belligerent foreign policy had little to do with the disintegration
of Soviet Communism. Mikhail Gorbachev was the leader most responsible for
bringing the Cold War to a non-nuclear conclusion…..
Campolo Accepts Sodomy Because He Rejects Scripture - When we come to any issue, as
Christians, there should always be this question that pops into our head. What
does the Bible say? So whether we are asking a question concerning business,
family relations or sexual morality, we should always seek the wisdom of the
word of God. Now, this is the attitude of many Christians, but for those who
are only Christian in name, this is not an option. So, when someone like Tony
Campolo declares his acceptance of sodomite couples into his fellowship, we
should not be surprised. He can make this decision because he has rejected
Scripture. Christian News reports …..
Movie
Night at the State Dep't: 'Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine' - June 12 is movie night at the U.S.
State Department, where the push for global homosexual "rights" has
never been stronger. In conjunction with
the Council for
Global Equality, the Obama State Department plans to screen the award-winning
documentary, "Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine." "This film powerfully shares the story
of University of Wyoming student, Matthew Shepard, who was beaten and killed
for being gay," the State Department announced……The Obama administration has
made "gay rights" both a domestic and a foreign policy priority."Defending
and promoting the human rights of LGBT persons is at the core of our commitment
to advancing human rights globally -- the heart and conscience of our
diplomacy," Secretary of State Kerry said this past February, when he named
Berry as the nation's first envoy for gay rights...
The
“What’s Next” of Homosexuality and Transsexuality is here, and it is Worse than
You Thought - With all the new isms and sexual variances
popping up in our society, clamoring to be heard and given special rights, we
have focused solely on the sexual sin and the direction that things could move.
Many have been warning that the Homosexual rights movement was not the end.
Many have been saying that bestiality and multi-couples were just over the
horizon. The fear being that if the people of the same sex can marry, then why
can’t a man marry his dog? What is wrong with four people marrying each other? As frightening as
these possibilities are, they may pale to what is coming out of Canada. Breitbart reported….
Unions Hate Fast-Track So Much, Even Worker Protections Are Worth Sacrificing - Unions
are praising House Democrats for killing a program meant to help workers
negatively impacted by international trade Friday in an effort to damage
another measure that could grant President Barack Obama unilateral trade
powers. “In rejecting the Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA) portion of the trade package this afternoon, a resounding
bipartisan majority of lawmakers agreed that workers don’t want to be retrained
for a new career,” Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said in a statement. “They want
to keep the good middle-class jobs they have now. Despite the fact the House
also approved the fast track portion of the package doesn’t change that. The
House considered the same joint legislation that the Senate passed last month
and said no.” …..To Read More…..
New
Jersey Supreme Court Allows Christie's Cut in Pension Contributions - The
Supreme Court of New Jersey ruled in a 5-2
decision today in favor of the Chris Christie administration, reversing a
lower court’s ruling that found Gov. Christie’s roughly $1.6 billion cut in
2015 pension contributions violated an enforceable contractual obligation. The
state’s high court ruling effectively allows that and future proposed cuts to
stand. This is welcomed news for Christie and the state of New Jersey as an
unexpected decline in revenue means the state has no money to make the
contributions…… Hopefully this decision will spur New Jersey to action and
fiscal sanity rather than allowing the state to kick the can down the road. New
Jersey faces significant fiscal woes, and massive unfunded public pension
obligations are a huge part of those woes. Every bill that is not paid and
every pension contribution that is not made will be added, with interest, to
future taxpayers’ bill...
CNN Anchor HatesPolitical Correctness thinks Liberals are “Least Tolerant”! - CNN’s Don
Lemon is a popular personality on their daily TV programming. While he is
African-American and homosexual, Lemon can often be counted on to express
opinions that run counter to liberal orthodoxy, and for that he is generally
respected on both sides of the political aisle…..
Hillary Clinton Battered by
Awesome Republican Attacks - How will She Make it Through the Campaign?
- Carly Fiorina and the Republican National Committee released dueling ads on
Thursday that take a few good swings at the presumptive Democratic Presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton. Here is the RNC’s excoriating ad which paints a
bleak picture of Hillary Clintons moral fiber and of her willingness to dirty
her hands in some contemptible practices……
Let
America Fix the Highways Washington Broke - Sen. Mike Lee and Rep. Ron DeSantis want to give the
states, not Washington, control over highways and slash the gas tax from 18
cents a gallon to 4 cents.
Ex-Intelligence Chief: “Iran Has EveryIntention to Build an ICBM and a Nuclear Weapons Program” - The former chief of the Defense Intelligence Agency delivered a stinging
critique of the Obama administration’s Mideast policies on Wednesday, slamming
its refusal to define the enemy as Islamic extremism, arguing that its approach
towards Iran amounts to “wishful thinking,” and saying the U.S. has lost the
trust of its allies in the region. In oral and written
testimony on Capitol Hill, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said he believes Iran
has every intention of building a nuclear weapon, and warned that the ripple
effects of that outcome would shift the global balance of power….
Nonproliferation Expert: Iran Nuclear Deal ‘Will Be a
Historic Blunder,’ ‘Strategic Mistake’ - The
emerging nuclear agreement with Iran would be a “historic blunder” that
eclipses other foreign policy debacles in recent decades, a former undersecretary
of state for arms control and international security told lawmakers on
Wednesday. "In my view, if there is an agreement along
the lines that has been described by the White House and by the Iranian
leadership, I believe it will represent perhaps the single greatest strategic
mistake in the national security area in the past 35-plus years of my career,”
said Ambassador Robert Joseph. “And this
includes some real blunders,” he continued, citing the Carter administration’s
botched attempt to rescue U.S. hostages in Iran in 1980; the 1994 “Agreed
Framework” nuclear deal with North Korea; the Obama administration’s attempted
Russian “reset” in 2009; and the 2013 Syrian chemical weapons “red
line debacle.”….. “Ballistic missiles are not a separate and secondary
issue, but part and parcel of Iran’s nuclear weapons infrastructure,” he said.
“That’s why Congress has targeted Iran’s missile program with sanctions right
alongside its nuclear program.”
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