September 23, 2013

A Red Line We Must Support

The U.S. House of Representatives, finally, has stepped up to the plate and defunded the “Affordable Care Act” ; not a ‘government shutdown’, but a constitutionally viable rejection (power of the purse) of a program that polls show the American people both fear and do not want.

Contrary to democrat talking points, it is not the “law of the land” any more than Dred vs. Scott that supported slavery, or laws that forbid women to vote. The Supreme Court is made up of men (and now women) who are just as frail as you and I.

Liberals call it “legislative arson,” and “terrorism,” while hypocritically ignoring how ObamaCare is both adding fuel to our national indebtedness and forcing Americans (through 15,000 new IRS agents) into a top-down system that controls our most basic individual decisions on healthcare.

Economically and constitutionally the AFC is indeed a “train wreck” as described by Senator Max Baucus, who helped author the monstrosity. Insurance plans are currently being either lost or their cost increased by astronomic proportions. Thousands of jobs are being unfilled or cut back to part-time status, as employers dodge the train wreck.

President Obama has tried to dodge the argument by granting unconstitutional changes in the law (he is in the executive branch after all, not the legislative) by granting ‘exceptions’ to labor unions, congressional staffers, and corporate interests.

But there is hope.

President Obama backed down over whether killing Americans with drones was legal – he and Congress backed down over new draconian gun control legislation – both backed down on questions concerning NSA spying – and, most recently, the president backed down and tried to save face on whether we should support Islamist radicals by bombing Syria.

There was a general retreat on all of those issues when the American people raised hell and drew their own ‘red line’ through letters, emails, town meetings, and other petitions of redress.

At least for the moment.

The Senate must now grow a spine and follow suit, although bets are it won’t happen unless pressure from Americans continues.

Write, email, speak to your senators now – we see the “whites of their eyes” as one revolutionary commander told his troops. If they see American resolve (whether republican, democrat or independent), they will listen to save their jobs, if not constitutional integrity.

Should democrats defeat the measure in the Senate, it goes back to the house where the fight will continue.

Conservatives could then offer piecemeal legislation, fully funding veterans, social security recipients, airports, courts, etc. Democrats would then be placed in the impossible position of arguing against the basic funding of the needs of the American people vs. worshiping a program that is unworkable, economically unsustainable, unconstitutional, and against the will of the majority of Americans. The Left would be hard pressed to make the case they willing to ‘shut down the government’ to fund the holy grail of what will eventually lead to nationalized health care and eliminate one-sixth of the national private economy.

Many pundits continue to say Republicans will suffer if we have a shutdown, citing the 1995 shutdown as an example. Newsflash: Republicans gained two seats following that battle and lost only a small number of seats in the house (which they would argue were in weak seats that were vulnerable anyway).

Americans want leadership – as in 1995 – and Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee have given it, along with the current stand by the House.

It is now up to you, the citizen, who sees the train wreck coming – encourage the Senate to back the House, and if unsuccessful, back further efforts by the House to cut the cancer of ObamaCare from the body politic before any further damage is done to our nation.

This must be our ‘red line’, and unlike some politicians, we must stand firm with it, not to save face, but to save the future of our nation.

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