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POPSPresident Whatever Finds Things Not Going His Way
The deal will substantially reduce spending below levels that he and leading Democrats used to call unacceptable. Speaker John Boehner was criticized by some on the right for not pressing for deeper and more permanent cuts in spending than the $38 billion he claimed. But the deal nonetheless passed both houses by wide margins, and it contains some details that threaten to undermine the policies of the Obama Democrats in the future. Most important, it requires the General Accountability Office to conduct an audit of the waivers from the Democrats' health care bill that are being issued in large numbers by the secretary of Health and Human Services Department. This will raise an uncomfortable question. If Obamacare is so great, why are so many trying to get out from under it? And, more specifically, why are so many Democratic groups trying to get out from under it? The fact is that HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has granted more than 1,000 waivers from Obamacare. . .
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POPSRep. Anthony Weiner "Waivers for Favors" At a speech before the George Soros-supported Center for American Progress, as reported by Politico.com, Weiner revealed that he's "in the process now of trying to see if we can take (President Barack Obama) up on" a favor waiver and is "taking a look at all of the money we spend in Medicaid and Medicare and maybe New York City can come up with a better plan." Echoing all the Republican critics of Obamacare who objected to top-down rules that override local variations in health care expenditures, Weiner explained: "I'm just looking internally to whether the city can save money and have more control over its own destiny." More local control over taxpayers' destiny, eh? Give that man a "Hands Off My Health Care" sign, a Gadsden flag and a tea party membership card ASAP! I kid, of course. The ultimate agenda of many waiver-seekers is to create a wormhole path to even more radical restructuring of the health system. Weiner has brazenly called for a single-payer "public option" . .
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POPSWeiner seeking Waiver 4 NY on ObamCare The utter hypocrisy from this simpering whiner. Sen. Weiner (or is it Wiener?), one of the health care law’s biggest supporters; during the debate leading up to reform, he was one of the last holdouts in Congress for the public option, now feels New York should be considered for Waiver form the regulations of ObamaCare. Looks like the hot dog is seeking a bid for New York City mayor. Still can't figure who will fund this monstrosity if all the Waivers are granted, Over 1,000 so far.
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