Nobody asked me, and it’s a good thing, because I really don’t understand why Republicans are crying about the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act.
I hear them saying that the government is usurping American’s personal freedom by requiring everyone to have health insurance.
Nobody asked me but most folk missed a key lesson in Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s holding onto his job in the recall election held early in June.
Gov. Walker and other Tea Party darlings may well be reveling (for now) in the strength that money wields at the polls. But, they are missing an ominous warning.
Nobody asked me, but when she was stumping for the Democratic Presidential nomination, back in 2008; I remember Hillary Clinton saying, “We are facing a right-wing conspiracy to take over the country”.
Those words seemed a bit alarmist to me then. Now they do not.
Republicans, in this Presidential election, say they want to focus on the economy. They would prefer that you not focus on the state of the economy that was left to President Obama when he took office. In fact W handed over the problem even before the inauguration. I believe we can expect the economy to stall until November. Problem is; the same corporations that are now “people”; thanks to the Supreme Court, have the capacity to stall the economy without appearing to or shouldering the blame for it. They have pockets deep enough to withstand 6 months of “hardship”. This is particularly so, if their payoff is lifting all forms of regulations and allowing them to move jobs overseas and cut wages and benefits here at home. They will spend obscene amounts of their $$ blaming Obama and obscuring his considerable accomplishments.
Nobody asked me but the full effect of the Supreme Court decision, on Corporations are people too, has not been seen yet. The amount of money that will be spent on political TV ads over the next 5 months or so is going to be dizzying. Prepare to be inundated and disgusted by a swarm of artfully packaged, outright lies.
But, if you had higher hopes than have been realized by your President’s performance thus far, here is your chance. Imagine Barack Obama when he has no reason to be concerned about his reelection prospects. In his second term, he will have the opportunity to make as many as two Supreme Court appointments. This is of great importance when you consider the impact this conservative court has had on the body politic.
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