Friday, December 20, 2013

Story of the year

Political Cartoons by Chip Bok
Charles Krauthammer  "The lie of the year, according to Politifact, is “If you like your health care plan, you can keep it.” But the story of the year is a nation waking up to just how radical Obamacare is — which is why it required such outright deception to get it passed in the first place.
"Obamacare was sold as simply a refinement of the current system, retaining competition among independent insurers but making things more efficient, fair and generous. Free contraceptives for Sandra Fluke. Free mammograms and checkups for you and me. Free (or subsidized) insurance for some 30 million uninsured. And, mirabile dictu, not costing the government a dime." ...
Political Cartoons by Michael Ramirez
This administration promised us: " Don’t worry. You’ll be left unmolested. For you, everything goes on as before.
"That was a fraud from the very beginning." ...
Political Cartoons by Nate Beeler
And we must ask Harry Reid and his Senate majority, who are the watchdogs of the Constitution:
On what authority does a Cabinet secretary tell private companies to pay for services not in their plans and cover people not on their rolls? Where in Obamacare’s 2,500 pages are such high-handed dictates authorized? Does anyone even ask? The bill itself is simply taken as a kind of blanket warrant for HHS to run, regulate and control the whole insurance system.
 
Full article here. 

There seems to be a theme in these 'toons:
Political Cartoons by Lisa Benson
 
Political Cartoons by Gary Varvel

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