Morning Briefing
For July 25, 2013
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1. Defund Or Be Challenged
Moderate
Democrats are retreating from Obamacare, according to the Washington
Post. Hospitals are retreating from Obamacare. Americans broadly doubt
Obamacare will help them. Consumers in most states won’t see reductions
in premiums for their healthcare, contrary to what the Democrats
claimed. In fact, there are twenty-seven ways in which Obamacare will
increase the costs of your healthcare. In the meantime, Obamacare is
costing jobs in Ohio and elsewhere. The restaurant industry is reducing
hours of employees and cutting full time workers.
Why would Republicans keep funding a law that hurts so many people and is so unpopular? Why would they do that?
Republicans
in Congress have a choice this fall with the latest continuing
resolution. They can choose to not include funding for the
implementation of Obamacare. Negotiate everything, but make that their
line in the sand. If the Democrats choose to shut down the government
over an unpopular law that hurts people, it is their choice. Republicans
should not fund Obamacare.
Any
Republican who chooses to fund Obamacare should be primaried. The
advertisements write themselves. Republicans, by voting to fund
Obamacare, are putting people out of work, driving up healthcare costs,
and hurting families. Republicans are not listening to voters who hate
the law if they fund Obamacare.
Right now
in the Senate there are fifteen Republicans who have signed a letter
saying they will not vote for any continuing resolution that funds
Obamacare. They would rather the Democrats shut down the government than
destroy lives by funding this legislation. Call these Senators today
and tell them thank you and tell them to hold strong.
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SENATOR
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STATE
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PHONE NO.
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Marco Rubio
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Florida
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(202) 224-3041
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James Risch
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Idaho
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(202) 224-2752
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Mark Kirk
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Illinois
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(202) 224-2854
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Chuck Grassley
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Iowa
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(202) 224-3744
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Rand Paul
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Kentucky
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(202) 224-4343
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David Vitter
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Louisiana
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(202) 224-4623
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Roger Wicker
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Mississippi
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(202) 224-6253
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Deb Fischer
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Nebraska
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(202) 224-6551
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Jeff Chisea
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New Jersey
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(202) 224-3224
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James Inhofe
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Oklahoma
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(202) 224-4721
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John Thune
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South Dakota
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(202) 224-2321
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John Cornyn
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Texas
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(202) 224-2934
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Ted Cruz
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Texas
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(202) 224-5922
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Mike Lee
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Utah
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(202) 224-5444
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Mike Enzi
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Wyoming
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(202) 224-3424
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2. For Paul Krugman, Everything’s An Exception
The
failure of Detroit is only the latest dramatic illustration of the
practical failure of liberal-progressivism, standing in contrast to the
great successes of free markets and conservative governance. If you are
Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning New York Times columnist, this
sort of thing ought to give you pause about the connection between your
big-government ideas and reality. Instead, it is only the latest example
of how Krugman simply writes off any facts he finds inconvenient. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. Planned Parenthood Committed Medicaid Fraud
Planned
Parenthood has begun shutting down facilities in Texas. It would have
you know that it would rather not comply with regulations to ensure the
safety of its patients than spend money upgrading facilities. Never mind
all the money Planned Parenthood has.
Turns
out that some of that money is due to over billing Medicaid. According
to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, Planned Parenthood has just
agreed to settle with Texas in a Medicaid investigation. It will pay
back $1.4 million for “fraudulently bill[ing the] Texas Medicaid program
for products, services either not provided or not necessary.” . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
4. Union Allegations Of Teamster Forgeries Being Investigated By Obama’s ‘Other’ Labor Board
With all
of the attention focused on the National Labor Relations Board these
days, many people may not realize that there is another labor board that
governs labor relations exclusively in the airlines and railroad
industries. That labor board is the National Mediation Board (or NMB)
and serves to enforce the 1926 Railway Labor Act.
Right
now, the NMB has its hands full with an ugly fight between unions that
has just gotten uglier amid allegations of one of the unions forging
signatures as three unions fight for which union(s) gets to claim $15
million per year union dues. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
5. Reign of the man-child
There’s a
common thread running through Anthony Weiner’s latest sexting
escapades, Barack Obama’s 19th pivot to the economy, and much else
that’s going wrong in America today. This is the reign of the man-child, the era of perpetual teenage indulgence. Nothing is my fault, man. Nobody understands me. Everyone keeps hassling me about little stuff. Nobody can see the superhero I really am. Consequences are a drag, so quit living in the past.
Anthony Weiner, working under jokey pen names like “Carlos Danger,” is the perfect arrested adolescent. He’s
a married man pushing 50 with a young child, but he carries on with
20-something girls like a drunken frat boy emailing pictures of his junk
from a kegger. It’s virtually impossible to quote any of the “Carlos Danger” messages without offending the sensibilities of a mature audience. Does it date me to put it that way? Nowadays
when you hear mention of “mature audiences,” you think cable TV is
about to run something with salty language and frontal nudity. But
a truly “mature” audience is offended by such crude displays,
especially when they emanate from the cell phone of a man running for
high office. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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