The bottom line is there is so much confusion that Americans do not want the law enacted. According to Real Clear Politics' average of seven national polls, the gap between those who are in favor of the law (38.7 percent) to those who are not in favor of it (52.0 percent) is in double digits. In fact, 23 of the last 30 polls tracked by RCP on the subject have had a margin of at least 10 points with this against the law leading, going back to April 20th. The significance is that is the last time the gap was less than double digits for more than two consecutive weeks. As more of the details emerge, as more of the costs are revealed, as more jobs are lost or hours are cut, the disdain for the law grows.
And the worst part of all of this is that the law never did anything to attack the real problems in the first place. The problems lie, ironically, in the free market. Which is why I have said for years that a true democracy is an utter failure, socialism is an invitation to tyranny and dictatorships, and a simple system of basic capitalism where private oversight is essential in a few critical parts of the government and the economy is the only thing that will be effective. Oh, And lobbying is illegal.
It is impossible to expect a government to provide its own oversight and get any kind of effective result. At least not when those performing the oversight are either elected officials or are appointed by those same elected officials. I will get more into that at another time, but what it comes down to is this:
We have a law that less than two out of every five people actually want; that the President keeps changing at will with delays and exemptions, and claiming the other side is at fault for all the delays when the "other side" represents the majority of people who do not want this law in the first place; and we have a law that is being run primarily by the IRS -- a group that has been implicated multiple scandals already this year but has been protected from any and all legal action attempted by the Republican Party by the president and a Democrat-controlled Senate that (partially illegally) ramrodded through a law almost no one wants!
Basically, the entire Democratic Party has given a collective middle finger to more than 60 percent of the United States population, and then has blocked every attempt at legal action. And the Republican Party, whose leadership has a backbone made of Raspberry Jell-O, has said, "shame on you" and then stepped away from the podium. Darrell Issa (R), chairman of the Congressional Oversight Committee, has been the only one who has done anything, whatsoever, to stop the blatantly illegal tactics of the Democratic party. And as long as he has no help, we are all going to be stuck with a law that is going to result in "free" healthcare for millions -- many, many of whom have openly spent the last five years refusing to work because the government just keeps on giving them handounts like free (smart) cellphones -- that is actually anything but free. It will be paid for by taking even more from my paycheck to pay for their subsidies. Some say it is 51 percent, others say it is 53 percent. But let's split the difference here and say that the 52 percent who pay out all the taxes taken in by the IRS (again, the same group that is going to decide who gets what based on the ACA) should continue to be outraged.
Right now, I don't have a full plan on what I would do differently. But I can assure you this: it will start and end with attacking the problem, not the symptoms of those who would be most likely to vote for me.
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