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Obama’s Middle-Class Losers
Like most of President Obama’s policies, Obamacare has hurt Main Street Americans, lowering the incomes of everyone but the bottom 20 percent and forcing them to put off important treatments because of increased costs.
National Review, February 4, 2015 -
Government Blinks Again on Obamacare
In an effort to keep Americans from feeling the legislation’s full effects, Obamacare’s cuts to Medicare Advantage, its employer mandate, part of its individual mandate, and now its requirements for paying back excess subsidies have all been delayed, and none of them by law.
Bloomberg, February 2, 2015 -
The Pentagon’s Growing Army of Bureaucrats
A 7 percent increase in the military’s civilian workforce under President Obama, combined with an 8 percent decrease in active-duty military personnel, is leaving us with an Army of bureaucrats.
Wall Street Journal, January 29, 2015 -
Public Opinion Left Out of Picture in Immigration Drive
A recent Gallup poll finds that just 7 percent of Americans want to see immigration levels increased—highlighting the wide gulf on this issue between President Obama (and many Republicans) and Main Street Americans.
Washington Examiner, January 29, 2015 -
Instead of Obamacare
Each of the three major types of Obamacare alternatives has a different likelihood of political success, and conservatives should carefully examine which one provides them with the best chance to achieve full repeal.
The Weekly Standard, February 23, 2015 -
Obama’s War on Homemakers
Among his many unfortunate offerings in his State of the Union address, President Obama’s proposals aimed at parents and children vividly highlights his administration’s disconnect from the values and needs of Main Street Americans.
Bloomberg, January 22, 2015 -
Boehner: In This Congress, ‘There Will Be an Alternative’ to Obamacare
Speaker Boehner says House Republicans will produce an Obamacare alternative this Congress, but the real test will be whether they produce a well-conceived alternative in time for King v. Burwell.
The Weekly Standard, January 29, 2015 -
Doubling Down on Disaster
Far from increasing competition and choice in health care as President Obama promised, Obamacare has resulted in higher health-care costs and fewer options for Americans.
Washington Times, January 25, 2015 -
President Costanza’s Jobs Boom
With the release of a comprehensive new economic analysis that finds that cutting long-extended unemployment benefits led to “nearly all of the remarkable employment growth in the U.S. in 2014,” middle-class Americans have further proof that President Obama’s policies have failed them.
Wall Street Journal, January 27, 2015 -
Boehner, McConnell, and Lee on an Obamacare Alternative
Republican leaders don’t yet seem to have made any headway on an Obamacare alternative, but Republican voters must hold the party accountable for producing one.
The Weekly Standard, January 27, 2015 -
Obamacare Costs $50,000 in Taxpayer Money for Every American Who Gets Health Insurance
The CBO projects that Obamacare will cost $50,000 per newly insured person over the next decade — in addition to $200 billion in “penalty payments” from Americans who refuse to buy or provide federally mandated insurance — and will leave 31 million uninsured.
Daily Mail, January 28, 2015 -
As GOP Dawdles, Liberals Prepare Obamacare 2.0
“If Republicans fail to coalesce around an alternative” to Obamacare, “Democrats will inevitably wait for their next opening to build on the law, working incrementally toward their ultimate goal of a fully government-run…healthcare system.”
Washington Examiner, January 23, 2015 -
Don’t Give Up the Fight
Congressional Republicans should step up their efforts to rein in Obama’s lawless executive amnesty, not just because it is bad policy, but because it threatens the Constitutional order that is the foundation of our republic.
National Review, January 19, 2015 -
Oh My: 56 Percent Say Republicans Should Block Obama’s Executive Amnesty
Even in a poll in which President Obama gets a 50 percent approval rating, 56 percent of those same respondents are in favor of Republicans blocking his lawless amnesty when told how many people it involves.
Hot Air, January 19, 2015 -
Let’s Stop Pretending Obamacare Repeal Is the Big Business Agenda
This piece succinctly makes a point that those in Main Street America have sensed for a long time: health-care companies are fighting repeal efforts, not driving them.
Washington Examiner, January 14, 2015