The Obama Legacy

Obama's Core Principles

“One of my core principles is that I will never engage in a politics in which I’m trying to divide people . . . That’s a core principle — that’s not something I’d violate.” ~ Obama

He left out a few areas where he has repeatedly divided Americans:

If you:

• Are a Christian or 
• A Republican or
• Believe the Constitution should be adhered to (especially the Second Amendment) or
• Oppose gay marriage or 
• Are a member of a Tea Party group or 
• Are Pro-life or
• Are in the military or 
• Oppose his economic policy or  
• Are a police officer or 
• Live in the South or 
• Oppose his use of executive orders or
• Are wealthy or 
• Work on Wall Street or 
• Own a business or 
• Watch Fox News or 
• Oppose his foreign policy or
• Want real investigations into Fast and Furious, Benghazi, and the IRS scandal or 
• Want the borders enforced.

Besides that, his core principle, the one that he would not violate, is never to engage in politics "in which I'm trying to divide people."

Does Barack Obama Love This Country?

Earlier this week, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani questioned whether Barack Obama loves America. Since actions speak louder than words, let's examine Obama's actions. After reading the list, make up your own mind whether the President loves the country.

If Barack Obama loves this country would he:

• Call for its fundamental transformation? 
• Have toured the world apologizing for the ills of America? 
• Leave the borders open and encourage illegal immigration? 
• Run up the national debt 80% saddling future generations of Americans with astronomical financial hardship and/or the permanent devaluation of the U.S. dollar? 
• Constantly divide the country by race, gender, sexual orientation, and income and pit us against one another? 
• Have repeatedly ignore the Constitution? 
• Maintain economic policies that keep the real unemployment rate at 12% and the labor force participation rate at record low levels? 
• Have repeatedly lied to the American people in order to pass his signature piece of legislation? 
• Have allowed the IRS to harass groups who opposed his policies? 
• Have permitted his spokesmen to lie repeatedly to the American people about Benghazi? 
• Have repeatedly ignored the nation’s most pressing issues – Islamic terrorism, the stagnant economy, the rise of Russia and China, our debt, energy independence, unemployment, dropping median income, inflation - in favor of beer summits, jobs summits, terrorism summits, and golf? 
• Refuse to call our enemy what they are, radical Islamic terrorists?

 

Islam: Woven into the Fabric of America Since Its Founding

Obama said, "Islam has been woven into the fabric of our country since its founding." To prove his point he went on to say, "the first Islamic center in New York City was founded in the 1890s. America's first mosque, this was an interesting fact, was in North Dakota." 

Disclaimer: if this guy had not been presented to us by his supporters and the lamestream media as the smartest, most well-spoken politician in a generation, I would ignore these types of comments but since he is the antithesis of both, I can't help myself.

Do you remember when Michelle Obama said, "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation?" Well that is exactly what the President is doing!

But consider the idiocy of his comment:

The first Islamic center was founded in 1890.

THAT'S OVER 100 YEARS AFTER THE FOUNDING OF THE COUNTRY! 

 On top of that, the President failed to note that the first mosque in North Dakota was established in 1929!

Certainly does not sound very "woven into the fabric of the country" to me! 

It might also be worth noting that America's first real involvement with Muslims was fighting the Barbary Pirates from Africa who looted American ships and captured American sailors, holding them for ransom or selling them as slaves. That's where the phrase, "from the Halls of Montezuma, to the Shores of Tripoli" come from in the Marines' Hymn!

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/obama-islam-has-been-woven-fabric-our-country-its-founding

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/02/20/historian-david-barton-takes-apart-obamas-claim-that-islam-has-been-woven-into-the-fabric-of-our-country-since-its-founding/

America is an Idea!

America is an idea! Ireland and Great Britain are great countries but they are not an idea. America is an idea! An idea worth preserving! An idea worth defending! An idea worth spreading!

Think about that the next time Obama and other progressives and leftists apologize for America's transgressions. Think about that as you watch America self-destruct through steroid-like debt levels! Think about that as you watch the increased encroachment of the federal government on your life.

Wasteful Government Spending Citations From Pritical Thinking

Below is a list of citations used in the National Debt and Wasteful Government Spending chapter from Pritical Thinking:

Obama Has Now Increased Debt More Than All Presidents From George Washington Through George H.W. Bush

111^th Congress Added More Debt Than First 100 Congresses

                                                                    

Obama Says Adding $4 Trillion to the National Debt is Irresponsible and Unpatriotic

Why Government Spending Does Not Stimulate Economic Growth, Backgrounder

Christina Romer: My Plan Failed (Outgoing Obama Economic Adviser Admits Fiscal Stimulus Failed)

Washington Tops List of America’s Richest Cities

The Richest Counties in America

Press Release - Senator Coburn’s Annual Wastebook Highlighting Most Egregious Spending of 2013

Senator Coburn’s Duplicative Federal Programs

Senator Coburn’s Duplication Nation

Top 10 Examples of Wasteful Federal Spending in 2012

Debt Per American Under 18 Higher than Median Income and Cost of College

Historical Federal Receipt and Outlay Summary

Demographic History of the United States

Glory Days for Federal Employees

Want to See the Future of America? Look at Argentina

The Remarkable Recovery of Estonia – Austerity! Austerity! Austerity!

Balanced Budget Amendments Defeated in Senate

The Penny Plan

Cut Cap and Balance

Congressman Paul Ryan’s Roadmap for America

Senator Rand Paul Introduces Five-Year Balanced Budget

Real Federal Deficit Dwarfs Official Tally

The Obama Slippery Slope

Since the Democrats have no problem with Obama using his pen and his phone to trample the Constitution by making dozens of changes to the Obamacare law, rewriting immigration law, using the EPA to regulate us to death, and cover up scandals that would make Nixon blush - IRS/Tea Party, Fast and Furious, Benghazi, NSA (to name a few), I am looking forward to the day when the next unprincipled, narcissistic, radical, agenda-driven, thin-skinned, asshole Republican President takes over the White House.

We can assume that Democrats will have no problem when the new GOP President uses his pen and phone to:

• Reverse dozens of Obamacare provisions.
• Cut all welfare payments for able-bodied recipients after 90 days.
• Outlaw all abortions.
• Cut the corporate income tax to 11%.
• Fire the Federal Reserve Chairman and appoints someone who will stop the perpetual quantitative easing.
• Abolish the Departments of Education, Transportation, and Commerce, HHS, the TSA, the EPA, the IRS, Homeland Security, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the USDA.
• Order the military to the southern border.
• Increase military spending by 50%.
• Reverse whatever amnesty executive order Obama is about to hand down. 
• Cut the budgets of all remaining government agencies by 20%.
• End the practice of employers' withholding of income taxes. 
• Privatize Social Security.
• Sell 75% of all federal land owned in western states.
• Fund the drilling for oil and natural gas in all 50 states.
• Abolish the federal minimum wage.
• Implement a flat tax. 
• Withhold payment to the United Nations.
• End all foreign aid with the exception of Israel and African nations.

What About the Baby?

In commemoration of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling, President Obama said the following yesterday. 

"Today, as we reflect on the 41st anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, we recommit ourselves to the decision's guiding principle: that every woman should be able to make her own choices about her body and her health.  We reaffirm our steadfast commitment to protecting a woman's access to safe, affordable health care and her constitutional right to privacy, including the right to reproductive freedom.  And we resolve to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies, support maternal and child health, and continue to build safe and healthy communities for all our children.  Because this is a country where everyone deserves the same freedom and opportunities to fulfill their dreams."

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Something is missing. Did you catch it?

What about the baby’s choices about his/her body?

What about the baby’s access to safe, affordable health care?

What about the baby’s constitutional right to LIFE, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?

What about the baby’s right to be born?

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When you read between the lines, what you see is a very sick and twisted perspective on life:

“We resolve to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies”

By killing all unwanted babies?

                                                    

We will “build safe and healthy communities”

By killing off millions of babies and instilling a sense of irresponsibility on the part of sexually active men and woman?

“This is a country where everyone deserves the same freedom and opportunities to fulfill their dreams”

Unless you are an unborn baby in the womb of a women who does not want you!

The fact that these obvious omissions are not even called out in a mainstream manner, says more about the decline of morals in America than anything I can imagine short of executing undesirables – i.e. Nazy Germany.

http://cnsnews.com/mrctv-blog/craig-bannister/obama-we-recommit-ourselves-roe-v-wades-guiding-principle

GDP Growth - Obama, Reagan and Bush

Last week, the Commerce Department announced second quarter GDP growth of 1.7% and they revised down the first quarter numbers to 1.1%.

For some perspective on just how economically hapless the Obama Administration is, consider his record against George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan at the same point in their eight year terms as President. The charts below tell you everything you need to know.

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Is it just me or does the Democratic Party seem to stand against every principle that this country was founded upon?

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

LIFE
Rather than taking a Judeo-Christian approach to life, the Democratic Party is obsessed with death. Clearly abortion is a pillar of their agenda. Add to that their support of doctor-assisted suicide and the inevitable rationing and/or withholding of care for the very sick and the elderly that occurs under all socialized medicine schemes and the culture of death is complete.

• The advocate strongly for abortion on demand preferably paid for with tax-payer dollars. Consider the continuous glorification of Planned Parenthood by Democrats. Consider the forcing of religious employers to offer abortifacients in their health insurance plans. Consider their preference for minimal, if any, parental notification for abortion. Consider the systematic demonization of anyone who speaks about Pro-Life. Consider their opposition to all efforts to teach abstinence in the public schools. Consider applauding of the FDA's approval of over-the-counter morning-after pills. Consider Barack Obama's own words: "I don't want my daughters punished with a baby."
  
  Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Democrat from New York, in reference to the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797) which will ban abortions after five months of pregnancy exemplifies the Democrats decades-long, pro-abortion stance when he said, “Every single year we have to go through the same nonsense with the same morally presumptuous, morally arrogant attitude that we know better. ‘We know better than women and their doctors. We know better about their health care. We know better about their moral choices in very personal decisions.’” Notice there is no mention of the baby that is being killed! I bet Congressman Nadler is glad his mother “choose” to give birth to him!

• Partial birth abortion - Obama argued against a bill to ban partial birth abortions while in the Illinois State Senate. The mainstream media ignored the recent murder trail of the abortionist monster Dr. Gosnell in Philadelphia.
• Death panels in Obamacare - All socialized medicine plans ration care. Obamacare is no different. In order to keep costs under control, the Obamacare law has in it a panel which will make healthcare decisions on behalf of the government who, under a single-payer system, has a vested interest in how the dollars are spent. Obama himself said this during a town hall meeting when asked how his healthcare plan would evaluate a 105-year old mother who was facing a need for a pacemaker. Obama considerately said, "Maybe your better off not having the surgery. Maybe your better off taking a pain pill." Consider how HHS Secretary Sebellus callously responded to the 10-year Philadelphia girl who needed a lung transplant, "some people live and some people die." 
• Obama's home town of Chicago is the murder capital of the country. Not much concern over life there!
• The four people killed in the consulate attack in Benghazi, Libya. The Obama Administration and the Democratic Party have done nothing but blame an obscure video for the attack and hamper all efforts to investigate. No consideration for the loss of life.
• The Fast and Furious debacle resulted in the death of a border patrol agent and hundreds of Mexican citizens. What was Obama and the Democratic Party's response? Delay, divert and demonize those who wish to get to the bottom of the scandal. 
• Margaret Sanger - Founder of Planned Parenthood and proponent of eugenics is a named hero of Leftists like Hillary Clinton.
• The DDT ban has resulted in the deaths of millions of people based on junk science presented by Rachel Carson in 1962. The EPA banned the life-saving chemical for decades. All in the name of the junk science known as "environmentalism". Again, no consideration for the loss of life that resulted from their baseless ban.
• CAFÉ standards have resulted in lighter vehicles, which results in more vehicular deaths.
• In the wake of the Zimmerman trial, we are now being told by The Left that we have a duty to retreat in the face of an attack. 

LIBERTY

• The Democratic Party is the Party of higher taxes. Every tax dollar out of your pocket restricts your liberty because you are no longer at liberty to spend those dollars as you see fit. 
• The Democratic Party is constantly trying to dismantle the 2nd Amendment: Every shooting comes with cries for gun control restrictions.
• Obamacare is the ultimate liberty-limiting tool as you hand over your healthcare decision making to the government.
• Civil Rights – Which political party opposed civil rights legislation? Which political party imposed Jim Crow laws?
• Thousands of regulations are created and enforced by unelected bureaucrats – IRS, EPA, FDA, NLRB, HHS - all of which are tools used by the Democratic Party to punish their political opponents.
• The Democratic Party is opposed to every effort to institute school choice and/or school vouchers. This is done so the teacher unions can continue to prosper and donate to Democrat candidates. One of Obama's first acts as president was to abolish a successful voucher program in Washington, D.C.'s public school system.
• Global warming’s junk science comes with the requirement that we abandon many of the creature comforts of modern society and pay carbon taxes (see high taxes above).
• Failure to prosecute blatant voter intimidation case in 2010 in Philadelphia. The liberty of legitimate voters was violated that day!
• Liberty is restricted when risk is transferred from the private sector to the tax-payer – FDIC, national flood insurance, Fannie and Freddie bailouts, etc.
• IRS targeting groups with political differences than the Democratic Party.
• Restrictions on domestic drilling for oil unnecessarily raises the cost of gas, taking dollars out of our pockets (same as a tax increase - see above).
• Employee Free Choice Act (Card Check) – Why would you need the liberty of a secret ballot?
• Freedom of Speech: Consider Chick-fil-A and the gay marriage controversy. Consider the Fairness Doctrine, which is proposed to reign in conservative talk radio.
• Freedom of Religion: Today’s liberals argue for freedom FROM religion. They believe religion in general (Christianity specifically) must be banned from the public square lest someone become offended.
• Freedom of Association: As long as you are not a gun owner, an NRA member, a donor to a Republican candidate, or a Tea Party organization trying to secure non-profit status, you should have no problems. Otherwise, newspapers will publish your address, the media and members of the Democratic Party will denigrate you, SWAT teams will swarm your workplace (Gibson Guitar), and the IRS will target and harass you.

PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
In the Declaration of Independence, the pursuit of happiness refers to citizens' right to private property, which is a pillar of our society. Here again, the Left is not a big fan because it means the people are in control; not the government. For the purposes of this essay, I am broadening the definition of pursuit of happiness as outlined below.

The only consistent definition of pursuit of happiness that I have found in the liberal dogma is sex. They oppose abstinence education. They want to teach our kids sex education at ridiculously early ages. They want everyone, including our kids, to have access to "free" contraception and, of course, if you do get pregnant, they want "free" abortions. Finally, they continually excuse perverted actions and repeated adultery by Democrat politicians and left-wing nutjobs (see Bill Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Anthony Weiner, Senator Bob Menendez, Jesse Jackson, Idiot Spitzer, and Al Sharpton).

The way the Democratic Party has inflicted the most damage on the United States in regards to the pursuit of happiness is by constantly segmenting the populace into competing groups. Franklin Roosevelt mastered the art of segmentation only to be perfected over the ensuing decades by each new generation of Democrat candidates. Liberal / Progressive doctrine argues that you cannot be happy if someone else has more than you. When they do not have the law or the people on their side, they turn to the courts to implement and enforce their agenda.

• Debt and deficits: Debt is the biggest roadblock to our nations future pursuit of happiness. It forces us to pay more in taxes, limits our upward mobility, and enslaves future generations. 
• Perpetually high unemployment - What is more restricting of the pursuit of personal happiness than being unemployed for a long period of time? Whose policies have resulted in more prolonged periods of unemployment, lower standards of living, and malaise? Think FDR. Think Jimmy Carter. Think Obama.
• The welfare state. The third pillar of the Democratic Party after abortion-on-demand and tax hikes is an ever-expanding welfare state. Their theory is the more people who are on welfare and, thus, dependent on the government, the more likely they will be to vote for Democrats who promise more of the same. 
• Amnesty for illegal immigrants directly impacts the pursuit of happiness of LEGAL citizens by stealing jobs, stealing our tax dollars, etc. There are some short-sighted and misguided Republicans who support amnesty but this is a liberal/progressive policy as its aim is to put more voters on the public dole.
• Spread the wealth around. On its face, this policy stifles the pursuit of happiness of the person from whom wealth is being confiscated from. 
• Free market capitalism is the nature order. It is based on natural law where each individual pursues their interests by serving others and, therefore, getting paid to do such. Which political party consistently advocates for the building of barriers through regulations, bureaucracies, and new agencies that subdue or kill an individual’s ability to pursue happiness.

Pushing an Agenda

How do you gain and maintain power when your agenda conflicts with the majority of the population and you cannot win the debate on its merits? You lie, cheat, intimidate, and bribe.

Lies: Benghazi cover-up. Obamacare is not a tax, your premiums will go down, and it will lower the deficit. Global warming. Claim your opponents are racists, bigots, and homophobic. Fast and Furious. Consequences of sequester cuts. 

Cheating: IRS scandal. Voter intimidation. Illegal voter registrations. Recess appointments. Chrysler bondholders during the GM bailout. 

Intimidation: Gibson Guitar raid. NLRB and Boeing. Occupy Wall Street. Union thuggery. EPA regulations. Fox News reporter James Rosen. Releasing the names of Romney donors on Obama reelection website (some were also audited by the IRS).

Bribery: Record numbers of people on disability and food stamps. Millions receive perpetual welfare payments, housing subsidies, and cell phones. Corporate welfare and bailouts. Crony capitalism.

Remember when

Remember when during the Bush administration one of our Ambassadors was assassinated?

Then we found out that the Bush administration sent multiple stand-down orders to Special Forces forbidding them from launching a rescue attempt. 

Then we found out that, despite the fact that Bush’s State Department knew the assassination was carried out by terrorists, they told the world that the attack was caused by an obscure YouTube video.  

Then we found out that people who were actually at the scene of the attack were told by the Bush administration NOT to cooperate with congressional investigators? 

Then we found out that the official investigation conducted by the Bush State Department failed to interview one of the key players from the night of the attack. 

Then we found out that whistle blowers were demoted by the Bush administration. 

Then, during the congressional hearings, we watched party hacks from the Republican Party blame budget cuts and say stupid things like, “death is a part of life, so often we have to find a way to make life a part of death .”

Of course none of that happened during the Bush administration nor did the congressional Republicans do any such thing but the Obama administration and his State Department did every single one of these things in regards to the attack on the Benghazi, Libya consulate. 

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/05/08/here-are-the-5-key-things-to-take-away-from-wednesdays-benghazi-hearing/

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/05/08/dem_congressman_at_benghazi_hearing_death_is_a_part_of_life.html

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/primary-player-benghazi-was-not-interviewed-state-dept-review-board

Minimum Wage and Four-Year-Olds

Due to overwhelming demand for more public school education, Obama now wants to enroll four-year-olds! After all, our public school system has served our children so well with improving test scores, curriculum choices, and environments conducive to learning (sarcasm intended). 

Given the diminishing returns that tax-payers receive on the record levels of spending on public education, it only makes “Obama-sense” to expand it. After all, the Head Start program has been an overwhelming . . . failure. The United States currently spends more per pupil than any other country with one exception, Switzerland, yet our international competitiveness lags dramatically. 

Adding four-year-olds to the system will certainly require another layer of education bureaucrats and more dollars set aside for teachers’ pension benefits! As a society, we cannot afford to let parents raise or educate their own kids; they belong to the community! They must be pushed into the unionized school systems as soon as possible!  (sarcasm intended)

This debate is no different than the minimum wage debate. If you want to raise the rate to $9 or $10, why not $20 or $50 or $100? 

If you want to force four-year-olds into the failing public school system, why not three-year-olds? Two-year-olds? Why not let “the state” raise our children from birth (assuming they aren’t aborted)! 

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-put-nations-4-year-olds-public-preschool-will-save-child-care-costs

Obama's Hard-Hitting Interview with Entertainment Tonight

In another hard-hitting interview, President Obama sat down with Entertainment Tonight earlier this week.

Obama had this glorious quote:

"We're going around the country, talking about, ‘How do we put people back to work? How do we improve our schools? How do we make sure that we're producing American energy? How do we lower our debt in a responsible way?' And I don't think you or anybody who's been watching the campaign would say that in any way we have tried to divide the country. We've always tried to bring the country together" 

ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS: 

How do we put people back to work?

• By continuing to extend unemployment benefits so those on the program are less likely to look for work and develop their skills.
• By increasing the number of people on food stamps.
• By making it easier for long-term unemployed to file for disability. 
• By removing the Clinton-era welfare work requirement.

How do we improve our schools?

• By spending more per pupil than any country in the world (except Switzerland) and getting no results.
• By bowing to the teachers’ unions rather than holding them accountable for educating our children.
• By opposing school choice and competition - home school and charter schools. 

How do we make sure that we're producing American energy?

• By opposing the Keystone XL Pipeline.
• By instituting a drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico.
• By residing over a 100% increase in gas prices.
• By disallowing drilling for oil on federal lands. 

How do we lower our debt in a responsible way?

• By increasing the national debt by almost 50% since he took office.
• By passing a failed stimulus bill.
• By increasing our deficit by almost 200% since he took office.
• By increasing entitlement spending.
• Remember this beauty? “if I don’t have this done in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition.” 

And I don't think you or anybody who's been watching the campaign would say that in any way we have tried to divide the country. We've always tried to bring the country together

• Rich vs. Poor: "Fat cats on Wall Street", the rich don't pay their "fair share", and endorsing Occupy Wall Street as a mainstream movement.  
• Black vs. White: By not ordering attorney general Eric Holder to prosecute the New Black Panthers in the voter intimidation case.
• Free market capitalism vs. Socialism: “The private sector is doing fine” and “You didn’t build that”
• Senior citizens vs. Younger generations: By lying to the voters about Paul Ryan’s plan to cut medicare (while his plan actually does it).
• Gays vs. Straights: Repealing 'Don't Ask Don't Tell and conveniently evolving his position on gay marriage just in time to fund-raise for reelection.
• Citizens vs. Illegal immigrants: By allowing the backdoor amnesty of illegal aliens.
• Christians vs. Non-Christians: By forcing faith-based organizations to provide contraception coverage in the health insurance plans.
• Obama supporters vs. Obama detractors: Green energy company subsidies and crony capitalism (i.e. General Electric) versus GM dealerships put out of business during the bailout (only those owned by Republican donors).
• Those who believe in the rule of law vs. Those who believe to the winner goes the spoils: Bondholders in GM bailout

What's the Big Deal About Obamacare?

Updated: March 25, 2013
There are four things wrong with Obamacare:

#1 - The way the law was drafted
#2 - The way the law was passed
#3 - The way the law was upheld by Supreme Court 
#4 - The effect 

#1 - The way the law was drafted and sold to the American people:

• Obama and the Democrats lied about virtually every component of the bill - the cost (to the nation as a whole and to individuals), the coverage, its impact on the deficit, its impact on level of care, its impact on the private insurance industry, and its impact on the most innovative healthcare system in the world. 
• The entire bill was drafted without Republican input and behind closed doors despite Obama’s repeated promise to broadcast the debate on CSPAN.

#2 - The way the law was passed:

• Bribes and kickbacks of senators in return for their vote.
• “We have to pass the bill to see what’s in it” Nancy Pelosi.
• Not a single Congressman read the bill before they voted on it (and I would venture a bet that few have read it since).

"I love these members that get up and say 'READ THE BILL.' What good is reading the bill if it's a thousand pages, and you don't have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you've read the bill?" -- Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)

“It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood. . . ” - James Madison, The Federalist #62

• Obama emphatically denied it was a tax. He knew it would never pass if it was represented as a tax.

“How is that not a tax?" George Stephanopoulos 

"A responsibility to get health insurance is not a tax increase," Obama 

• The bill was ultimately passed using a budget reconciliation method rather than a full vote on the House floor.

#3 - The way the law was upheld by Supreme Court:

• Despite repeated promises that this bill was not a tax, one of the administration’s arguments before the Supreme Court was just that, “it IS a tax”, therefore it is constitutional under Congress’ right to levy taxes.
• Instead of sending the bill back to Congress, Chief Justice John Roberts essentially re-wrote the law circumventing Article I, section 7 of the Constitution - "All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives". The Obamacare bill was originated in the Senate! Judicial activism at its worse.

#4 - The effect:

• Over 1,000 Obamacare waivers were granted within several months of the bill's passage, mostly to Democrat constituents (at one point 20% of the waivers were provided to Nancy Pelosi’s district). If this is the greatest piece of legislation in history why are waivers necessary? Why are senatorial bribes necessary?
• It is estimated that 20 million people will lose their current health insurance because it will become too expensive given all of the mandates.
• The private insurance industry will die leaving only the government (single-payer). Think of your doctor’s office as a national DMV.
• It gives the federal government essentially unlimited taxation power and amounts to the largest tax increase in world history.
• Obama promised insurance rates would decline by $2,500 a year. As of the last update of this post, studies show rates are up an average of $2,500 a year.
• Obama promised the bill would lower the deficit and cost no more than $1 trillion. Both claims have been proven false. 
• Ultimately, the quality of healthcare will decline as thousands of doctors retire because they can no longer make a living serving more patients for less money, Medicaid will get dropped by doctor’s offices due to low and delayed reimbursements, rationing of care will occur just like it does in every country that has socialized medicine, bureaucrats will make healthcare decisions for us, death panels will be established for end-of-life decisioning (yes it’s in the bill) and a massive bureaucracy will reign over us (you thought the TSA was big).