Joe Doakes from Como Park emails<\/p>\n
. President Obama famously promised: \u201cIf you like your health insurance, you can keep it.\u201d Turns out that was a lie. You can\u2019t keep your policy if you have a \u201cjunk policy\u201d that doesn\u2019t cover things which we now pay for. To keep medical costs down, we\u2019re forcing you to shift to Obama-Bronze which leaves less in your pocket, but it\u2019s for the Good of the Nation so suck it up.<\/p>\n
The problem with the lie isn\u2019t that it\u2019s a lie. The problem is it enabled Democrats to win election to protect Obama-care from repeal. And once Obama-care is up and running, it becomes the universal justification for all Nanny State intrusion into our lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you like your job, you can keep it.\u201d Well, no, you can\u2019t. You work a blue collar job. Your job has high risk of injury, which requires medical care, which we now pay for. So to keep medical care costs down, we\u2019re forcing you to shift to janitor which leaves less in your pocket, but it\u2019s for the Good of the Nation so suck it up.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you like your hobby, you can keep it.\u201d Well, no, you can\u2019t. You jog. Your hobby has high risk of injury, which requires medical care, which we now pay for. So to keep medical care costs down, we\u2019re forcing you to shift to collecting Hummels which leaves less in your pocket, but it\u2019s for the Good of the Nation so suck it up.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you like your home security, you can keep it.\u201d Well, no, you can\u2019t. You have a dog or a gun or both. Your home security set-up has high risk of injury (to yourself and also to burglars), which requires medical care, which we now pay for. So to keep medical care costs down, we\u2019re forcing you to shift to a police whistle which leaves your family vulnerable, but it\u2019s for the Good of the Nation so suck it up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reader challenge: think of an activity in your life where Democrats could NOT justify intruding on this basis.<\/p>\n
Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Correct though Joe is in\u00a0 his simile, I’m behooved to announce “this post was brought to you by a grant from the American Troll-Bait Council”.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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