Armies of Hate

ObamaCare supporters who claim that opposition toservice in Britain resulting from regulations enforced
the recently passed health care legislation isby the National Institute for Health and Clinical
motivated by hatred of empowered minority groupExcellence
members are right about one thing. Those who- The decline in rates of drug and medical device
oppose the bill and want it repealed are in factdevelopment in countries that nationalize health care,
motivated by hate.and the frequent use of the U.S. health care system
They hate a lot of things they've witnessed over theby foreign travelers who can afford it
past year, none having anything to do with African- The spiraling costs that follow the addition of a
Americans, Latinos, or women wielding power inmassive entitlement program to a precariously
Washington.debt-laden economy
Among other things, they hate:Politicians' refusal to listen to the will of the American
The health care bill:people:
- Its unconstitutional individual mandate and general- Their shunning the results of polls that for months
abridgment of libertyhave shown a majority of Americans opposing the
- Its ban on non-government-sanctioned health carebill, and far more Americans strongly opposing than
plans, including catastrophic coverage that manystrongly supporting it
young people prefer, and its usurious taxing of- Their avoidance of constituents at townhall
"Cadillac plans"meetings and their evasion of constituents' questions
- Its boneheaded enforcement mechanism which, in- Their attempt to obfuscate the public's
addition to being miswritten, would simply lead peopleunderstanding of the bill by blurring the definitions of
to pay a relatively piddly fine instead of buying healthsuch terms as "tax," "preexisting condition," "profit,"
insurance until they needed itand "government-run healthcare"
- Its paying only six years of benefits while levying- Their insulting the public's intelligence by claiming that
ten years of taxes and claiming to be a deficitthe bill will provide insurance to 32 million more people,
reduceryet somehow save money
- Its stubborn and complete absence of free market- Their disingenuous protestations that they are not
reforms, such as malpractice tort reform, removal oflooking to expand government control of health care
the ban on selling insurance across state lines, andto a single-payer system in the future
health insurance tax credits for the self-employed- Their condescending lecturing and patronizing
- Its excessive length and complexity, and theattempts to explain and sell the bill to us thickheaded
insufficient time the public and even Congress hasconstituents
been given to read and understand its various- Their paternalistic insistence that they know better
iterationsthan us what we need, and that we'll like the bill once
The way in which the bill was passed:we find out what's in it
- The stipulation of repeated, and repeatedly missed,The ugly mischaracterization of ObamaCare
arbitrary deadlines for holding this or that vote,opponents:
including the infamous Christmas Eve session, for no- As "teabaggers," a vulgar term never used by any
reason other than political expediency for theTea Party patriot
Democrats- As simpleminded, emotional, easily manipulated fear
- The abuse of the Congressional Budget Office'smongers and rabble rousers
authority, whereby Democrats fed the CBO- As racists who supposedly shouted the n-word and
misleading parameters, then bragged to the publicspat at black lawmakers marching to Selma-er, to the
that the bill saves money, based on the evidenceHouse vote
that the CBO was forced to say so, according to theApparently unnoticed by the mainstream media is the
Democrats' rules of the gamefact that numerous, prominent, pasty white males
- The shady deals made to bribe reluctanthave been instrumental in getting ObamaCare passed,
Congressional Democrats to support the billincluding Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Vice
- The use of a phony, unenforceable, last-minutePresident Joe Biden, and most of the Democrats in
executive order banning federal funding of abortions,Congress, not to mention the cheerleaders at
which contradicts the text of the bill, in order to getMSNBC, The New York Times, and every other
the last few votes needed for passage in the Houseleft-leaning news organization in the country.
- The inappropriate use of the budget reconciliationAmericans are indeed starting to mobilize peaceful
procedure to get the bill over the finish linearmies and reload for another round of the fight
Politicians' willful ignorance of the consequences ofagainst the bill they hate. But their motivation is not
socialized medicine elsewhere, including:to stigmatize supporters of Obamacare. It is to stop
- The horrific rationing of care and substandardthem.