Of Mice and Men: “Tell me about the rabbits, Barry”.
Was it just me, or did anyone else feel overwhelmed and powerless by the onslaught of liberal legislation that was thrust upon America by this current administration and Congress in the first two years of the President’s term? After Barack Obama took office on January 20, 2009, a cavalcade of lengthy and complex Bills was offered to Congress. Portrayed as having the intent of “saving America” from certain economic doom, (but upon more serious scrutiny and after they were voted into law, were simply a redistribution of wealth of unprecedented proportions), these Bills were rammed through the Legislative Branch in breath-taking fashion. Emboldened by a super-majority in the Senate, and a comfortable majority in the House, Obama signed into law the ARRA, the Finance Reform Bill, two pork-riddled omnibus packages and a Health Care Reform Bill that cannot be viewed in any other light, but that of “taking from the rich, and giving to the poor”. All of the Bills mentioned were never read by those that voted them into law, and, in the case of the Health Care Reform Act, H.R. 3962, could not have been dissected and comprehended by anyone, even if they had two months of time prior to the vote. Forget the fact that some seriously underhanded methods of payoffs, vote buying, unkept promises and legislative shenanigans were utilized in order that the liberals passed ObamaCare. At a time in America when federal government spending is off the charts, unprecedented debt and deficits and borrowing from China with no end in sight, it was a Law we simply could not absorb financially.
The liberals touted H.R. 3962 as vital for our economy, intended to decrease the deficit while offering health care coverage for all citizens. In actuality, it buries this country in more unsustainable debt as the huge entitlement programs increase in scope and size. Oh yes, I know what the Congressional Budget Office, (CBO), predicted, with their new estimates of increased debt if the Law is repealed. But one must look past the “cooked” numbers, initially fed to the CBO by proponents of the Bill, and use common sense in evaluating this issue for themselves. Of course we can all agree that health care reform was required, but does anyone REALLY believe that adding 30 million subscribers will bring the cost of health care down without having to “rob Peter to pay Paul”? Does anyone REALLY believe that in a system that is already short of primary care physicians, that an additional 30M patients will improve access to quality care? Has anyone from the current administration been able to adequately define why mandated health care insurance waivers are prudent and necessary if the Law is such a good thing for all Americans? And perhaps most importantly, how many people honestly believe that Health Care is a right bestowed upon us by the Constitution? When then Speaker, Nancy Pelosi was asked this question, her response, “are you kidding me”, was an insult to our intelligence and a sobering, but scary reminder that she was two heart beats away from the Presidency. The far left has again shown to this writer that they believe we’re pretty stupid people, easily manipulated and analogous to Lennie in Steinbeck’s novel, “Of Mice and Men”.
The fact that 26 States, over half, are challenging the new federal law’s constitutionality, means that not only was Pelosi ignorant of the facts, but that the writers of the Bill either didn’t care, or were also ignorant of the intent and expressed purpose of the Commerce Clause, Article 1, Sec. 8, Clause 3. Which brings us to Barack Obama, a constitutional lawyer from Harvard Law School whom was touted by the media and liberals for his incredible intelligence, (never mind that he was a “C” student at Occidental College), aptitude in legal matters, and was President of the Harvard Law review. We heard these scholastic achievements ad infinitum, ad nauseum in the run-up to the election in 2008. So how does a Harvard Law review President sign a document that, in my humble opinion, will be shot down in the Supreme Court of the United States by a 5-4 or 6-3 vote? Please…tell me about the rabbits, Barry.
