Fully realizing that politicians as a group contain very few Mensa members , probably none, I nonetheless hope that Republicans understand what they’ve accomplished due to the government shutdown.
Tuning into the news, reading posts on the web and in general conversation, I see supposed “experts” treating the shutdown as if it was some kind of contest wherein the winner was whoever prevailed in the end. However, that isn’t truly what happened at all.
As a practical matter, Democrats control two-thirds of government at present. Aside from that, the incumbent has veto power just about guaranteeing him getting his way. Consequently, it's quite remarkable that Speaker Boehner and Senator Cruz pushed the issues as far as they did.
But now, what did the Democrats really “win?”
I mentioned this yesterday, but think its worth repeating.
Democrats have now unquestionably saddled themselves as owners and supporters of a health care tax that will almost certainly implode. The more people that learn, especially young folks, about this burden placed on their backs, the more they realize that government now requires them to support elders. Despite the fact that they can’t even support themselves. This is taking the “American Dream” and turning into a socialist nightmare.
And if that isn’t enough, the incumbent and his loyal cohorts are now admitting once again that they can’t get the economy working as it should, requiring a raise in the limit on debt. While policy after policy, regulation upon regulation, and law upon law strangle the economy, these anti-business, anti-growth zealots simply want to spend all they can beg, borrow or steal without a care or concern about how, or when, or by whom it will ever be paid back. So long as it’s not them.
So, the key for Republicans is to simply sit back and patiently wait.
The clock keeps ticking, and one things for absolutely sure. Be they politicians, pundits, pollsters or any other kind of self-appointed expert there is, basic fundamentals don’t change because of rhetoric, they’re functional realities. Consequently, flawed, unmanageable legislation will deconstruct on its own, while a house built on debt alone will collapse without significant income growth to support it.
And, unfortunately for Democrats, none are financially sophisticated enough to grasp the inevitable outcome. Therefore, Republicans are going to prevail in the end, whether they even know it or not. All they really need do is have patience.
Along those lines, here’s another nail in the health care tax coffin I found this morning on Drudge by Christopher Weaver and Louise Radnofsky of MarketWatch.
“Insurers say the federal health-care marketplace is generating flawed data that is straining their ability to handle even the trickle of enrollees who have gotten through so far, in a sign that technological problems extend further than the website traffic and software issues already identified."
Emerging errors include duplicate enrollments, spouses reported as children, missing data fields and suspect eligibility determinations, say executives at more than a dozen health plans. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Nebraska said it had to hire temporary workers to contact new customers directly to resolve inaccuracies in submissions. Medical Mutual of Ohio said one customer had successfully signed up for three of its plans.”
So, if practically nobody has even signed up yet, what’s going to happen if these incompetent providers actually get significant numbers of applicants, or even worse, what does someone do who actually gets sick?
That's it for today folks.
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