In
2013, Debbie Wasserman Schultz responded to criticism by Michelle Malkin on
ObamaCare saying she would be eating her own words, then put the hashtag
GetCovered. Since Schultz's comments, the Obama administration has decided to
extend those plans that were to be outlawed under Obamacare, allowed insurance exemptions
for universities, and financial incentives for insurance companies who are
going to experience hardship under ObamaCare regulations. Everything has been a
disaster with this law. One of the only benefits of the law that Democrats
actually get behind is that kids can be
covered up to age 26 on their parents plan. It seems that Schultz is eating her
own words here.
Rand
Paul wrote on op-ed in Time Magazine in response to the Russian 'invasion' of
Crimea. He boasts that he wouldn't let "Putin get away with it." He
calls only for specific economic sanctions and deregulation to help deal with
the likelihood of a gas shut off from Russia. With the development of the
Keystone Pipeline and the shipment of oil to Europe, he believes that this
would counter Russia closing off its gas supplies to Europe. Also, he is
calling for an end to sending money to Ukraine because it can be used to pay
off its debts to Russia. So we would effectively be "borrowing from China
to give to Russia." The use of sanctions appears to be the common policy
objective in handling Putin. These policy prescriptions are just about the same
as the President has called for. So far, Russia is only in Crimea, they have
yet to invade through military might the rest of Ukraine. Also, there are calls
for Russia to let Ukrainians decide their own fate, but Crimea voted to join
Russia and it was ignored. Now it's likely that there was political influence
from Russia, but the people in Crimea are not revolting against this vote. And
it's not like the West isn't influencing Ukraine to join the west.
The Crimean
Parliament voted to join with Russia. With this vote, President Obama also
called for sanctions against the illegal seizure of Crimea. It's kind of funny
when Russia literally just walks in and claims the area with no bloodshed, then
Crimea votes to join with Russia and then the US tells Russia they are going to
be sanctioned for this action. The US and Western European nations make it
sound like Russia has forcibly taken this part of Ukraine, when it appears they
are content with being Russian. President Obama is calling for the sanctions
because the 'invasion' is against the Ukrainian constitution. Is that document
still valid since there is now a revolutionary government in place? It comes
down to this, the previous Ukraine government was pro-Putin, a revolution occurred
that changed it to be pro-West. So when Russia acts to keep them pro-Russia of
course the West is going to step in. So this is really a battle between the
West and Russia, not the 'sovereignty' of Ukraine. If there was a revolution in
say Germany that was Pro-Putin, of course we would be saying that the
government wasn't legitimate. It's all about national interest. The claims put
forward by the nations of the world are all hypocritical. What is the big deal
about Ukraine and why is it so important to the US? This issue needs to be left
to those who inhabit Ukraine. It should be of no concern to us. We have
elevated the US to protector of the world, a position that it was never meant
to take.
A union
that represents some 300,000 hospitality workers has come out against ObamaCare
due to the high cost of insurance. According to the union, Unite Here,
ObamaCare will effectively reduce wages by up to $5 per hour due to the
burdensome costs of the health law. With the increase in benefit cost and the likelihood
of businesses cutting back on hours, the cost to low and middle income
Americans will be substantial. It's time for Americans to wake up and realize
that the PPACA wasn't for the benefit of the Middle and Lower class, but for
special interest groups and large insurance companies. Large insurance
companies were pretty much guaranteed customers by the federal government.
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