Morning Briefing
For October 15, 2013
- Reject This
- Fighting Obamacare: The Difference Between Cutting Spending and Limiting Harmful Government
- #Obamacare exchanges: June myth versus October reality.
- Debt default: global threat, or greatest stimulus plan ever?
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1. Reject This
The basic framework of the deal Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid have hammered out is coming to light.
The provision the GOP is crowing over — that
the Obama Administration will check the income levels of those who
receive a subsidy — is already the law. Meanwhile, the GOP will
let the rest of the year proceed above sequester level spending, give
the unions another carve out of Obamacare, and extend the debt limit to
February.
I’m sure at the last minute they’ll also
delay the medical device tax so it looks like Harry Reid caved on
something. Really, it’ll just be so McConnell’s and Boehner’s staffers
on K Street get something out of the deal. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
2. Fighting Obamacare: The Difference Between Cutting Spending and Limiting Harmful Government
As Mitch McConnell puts the finishing touches on his terms of surrender, here are some thoughts to ponder.
Republicans and conservatives have spent the
past few years messaging their platform to the American people built
upon budget-speak. It’s all about the debt and cutting spending.
In reality, we don’t have a spending problem per se, we have a big and harmful government problem. The two are not always the same. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. #Obamacare exchanges: June myth versus October reality.
Here’s a fun game: see how far you can get in
this Atlantic Obamacare puff piece from June 2013 before you erupt in
involuntary laughter! . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
4. Debt default: global threat, or greatest stimulus plan ever?
The
World Bank and International Monetary Fund declare themselves deeply
troubled by the U.S. government shutdown crisis, and the looming
possibility of “default.” There is absolutely zero possibility of actual default, mind you. Such
a thing would only happen if President Barack Obama explicitly directed
it, because there is a vast amount of spending the federal government
could cut before it became necessary to think about defaulting on our
sovereign debt obligations. If
Obama gave such an order, he would be immediately removed from office,
leaving his media cheerleaders to gape in shocked amazement. But
he’d never give the order, because he knows that not even the most
biased media imaginable could pin it on anyone else, and the President
really does not want to live with the aftermath of the crisis he would
be deliberately provoking. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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Erick Erickson
Editor-in-Chief, RedState
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