Response Action Network Newsletter
Here is your weekly update on the politics and policies affecting our liberties.
D.C. REFUSES TO SHUT DOWN
Washington, D.C. is a very
strange place. The Constitution grants Congress considerable power over
the District, including having final say over its annual budget. This
has long irked local DC politicians. What happens if the federal
government shuts down? Much of D.C. government would, too, except for
essential
personnel. Sensing an opportunity to get a bit of publicity, D.C. 's
very liberal Mayor, Vincent Gray, decided last week that all city employees were essential, and he would not send a single
one of them home if Congress fails to adopt a new spending plan. Gray hoped he would be arrested
for his trouble - it's against federal law
for him to spend money without Congress having first appropriated it.
But as putting Gray in handcuffs would require Eric Holder to do
something
constructive with his time, the Mayor, instead, found a pot of money he
and the city council can use to keep the city's trash pick-up, libraries
and
parks going strong. OBAMACARE OFFICIALLY BEGINS
The health insurance
exchanges at the heart of Obamacare are set to open for business
Tuesday. No one expects things to go smoothly for the massively complex
computer
systems on opening day. Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso says the exchanges
are "are being held together right now with duct tape and chicken
wire." Even so, we may look back on Obamacare's first full day of operation as its high water mark. Some economists believe the
incentives built into the law will unavoidably lead to a "death spiral"
in insurance rates, where the healthiest
people simply refuse to buy coverage, despite the individual mandate and
its tax penalties. That would leave insurers and the government with
older,
sicker - and much more costly - policy holders. Costs then begin to
spiral out of control, and insurance becomes unaffordable for
anyone. Barrasso's " duct tape and chicken wire" may look pretty good
by then. SNL LAMPOONS OBAMACARE
It's no secret that
"Saturday Night Live" has treated President Obama with kid gloves during
his time in office. That ended this past weekend, when the show's
opening sketch took dead aim at Obamacare. If you haven't seen it yet,
you owe it to yourself to take a look (thanks to the Massachusetts Tea Party). THE MOST POPULAR QUESTION ABOUT OBAMACARE . . .
Is, according to
the official website, "how do I get an exemption from
the fee for not having health coverage?" NO HILLARY BIOPIC FOR CNN
Former Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton was supposed to be the subject of a "documentary" on CNN. It's been called off.
Republicans, fearing it would be a
fawning portrait of Clinton and a thinly-disguised attempt to help her
win the White House in 2016, threatened to exclude CNN from covering
the
2016 presidential debates. But it wasn't just Republicans who were down
on the idea of a Hillary documentary. Democrats were just as against
the
idea. Their fear? It would bring up all those inconvenient stories about
Hillary's shady past (and present), while also raising questions about
how
the Clintons worked their political connections to amass a fortune
estimated at more than $200 million. | Want to find out how you can fight back against our out of control government? Then visit any of these action pages: |
 | Now that ObamaCare is about to take effect, it seems like Congress and all of President Obama's friends
are receiving exemptions. I Want the President to Exempt Me, Too! Americans For Prosperity - Sign The Petition |
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