Meet Butch Matthews, A Republican Who Came To Love Obamacare After Realizing It Will Save Him $13,000

[himher 634]

You can have all the determination you want, sport, but you have failed so far and will continue to fail in that effort. You guys are failures all around.

We haven't even started. Even the unions oppose this law.

Right now only 26% of people believe that this law is a good one, and 12% think it needs to be expanded. 62% believe it should either be overhauled or repealed altogether.

Doesn't really put your views in a good light does it.

Summary: "We guys" haven't even gotten started yet. The enrollment started a week ago and 2/3 of the people who it was supposed to "help" have come to believe that maybe it wasn't such a good idea.

Looks like your optimistic views on this silly program are as out of touch as your optimistic views on new gun laws.

NOTE: Only 26% of those polled identified themselves as Republican.

Edited October 6, 2013 by himher

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

We haven't even started.

Keep telling yourself that. Fact is that you right wingers have failed and you will continue to fail. You guys are failures.

[himher 634]

Keep telling yourself that. Fact is that you right wingers have failed and you will continue to fail. You guys are failures.

We are in charge of the House sport. You know, where the budget originates?

Losing the house was a failure. Last time "right-wingers" in the House shut the government down they came out of it with 4 straight years of surplus budgets. That was a win.

This will also be a win.

Endless borrowing and spending cannot be sustained and it's unacceptable policy. It's time you libs learned that. Noticed your lack of comment on the polls. Guess your name calling must mean you know that those polls are true and the more people get into this healthcare thing the fewer support it. You think we will have any consequences when we want a law that over 60% of people want eliminated or changed? Dream on.

Edited October 7, 2013 by himher

[RGinWA 816]

Keep telling yourself that. Fact is that you right wingers have failed and you will continue to fail. You guys are failures.

Republican's don't believe in labeling their results as utter failure. They prefer the designation of achieving a predetermined and expected negative outcome by defeating the threat of possible impending success.

I would equate it to banging your head against the wall over and over and then taking issue with your barber regarding the uneven curvature of your now misshapen cranium.

Their ability to disregard facts in lieu of talking points has become legendary.

Our only hope is to truly educate their young and break this cycle of these modern day nattering nabobs of negativism.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Democrats are always stupified to find a Republican that is WRONG. Amazing. Republicans are often wrong, though Democrats think everything they say is right. I sometimes wonder why they even vote for Democrats when they always look to Republicans to be right. Weird.

When someone "saves" $13,000 under Obamacare....someone else pays $13,000 more.

I wonder why Arkansas did not already have a health care system in place and receive a waiver from Obamacare? Are the people in Arkansas too stupid to do that themselves?

Must be. If they think having Boehner enabled to block their healthcare is a good thing, I mean that IS pretty stupid. Why would anyone give something important to a bunch of monkeys to play with?

Edited October 7, 2013 by Gary and Alla

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

We are in charge of the House sport. You know, where the budget originates?

Losing the house was a failure. Last time "right-wingers" in the House shut the government down they came out of it with 4 straight years of surplus budgets. That was a win.

This will also be a win.

Endless borrowing and spending cannot be sustained and it's unacceptable policy. It's time you libs learned that. Noticed your lack of comment on the polls. Guess your name calling must mean you know that those polls are true and the more people get into this healthcare thing the fewer support it. You think we will have any consequences when we want a law that over 60% of people want eliminated or changed? Dream on.

Unions are businesses. They make millions of dollars, billions actually...on their "benefits programs" They are collecting billions in interest on the money deposited with them by employers for medical benefits for their members. Do you think they want their members buying healthcare directly from the exchanges? Do you think they want to reduce what they keep for themselves? Companies I work for pay $11 per hour for each union employee's benefits in addition to the hourly wage paid to them and payrol taxes. That's $23,000 per employee per year the unions get to "hold" and earn interest on. Yeah, like they are going to be in favor of Obamacare.

Obama gave them a one year waiver.

Do you think that Walmart wants to pay for this? Do you think the Democrats want hundreds of thousands of workers at Walmart to lose their full time jobs? Not to mention Target, Home Depot, Lowe's, Red Lobster, and on and on...all BEFORE the 2014 congressional elections? Obama gave mega corporations a one year waiver.

Congress objected to participating in Obamacare. The people earning $174,000 per year could not afford to pay the premiums. Obama gave them a one year waiver and a subsidy YOU will pay for. The people that imposed this on YOU do not want it for themselves.

Why will he not give YOU a one year waiver?

[Jacque67 7,328]

Unions are businesses. They make millions of dollars, billions actually...on their "benefits programs" They are collecting billions in interest on the money deposited with them by employers for medical benefits for their members. Do you think they want their members buying healthcare directly from the exchanges? Do you think they want to reduce what they keep for themselves? Companies I work for pay $11 per hour for each union employee's benefits in addition to the hourly wage paid to them and payrol taxes. That's $23,000 per employee per year the unions get to "hold" and earn interest on. Yeah, like they are going to be in favor of Obamacare.

Obama gave them a one year waiver.

Do you think that Walmart wants to pay for this? Do you think the Democrats want hundreds of thousands of workers at Walmart to lose their full time jobs? Not to mention Target, Home Depot, Lowe's, Red Lobster, and on and on...all BEFORE the 2014 congressional elections? Obama gave mega corporations a one year waiver.

Congress objected to participating in Obamacare. The people earning $174,000 per year could not afford to pay the premiums. Obama gave them a one year waiver and a subsidy YOU will pay for. The people that imposed this on YOU do not want it for themselves.

Why will he not give YOU a one year waiver?

Because there are no powerful lobbyists representing the average Joe in Washington.