Obamacare cost...

[venkman]

I remember Obama lamenting a few years ago to a supportive crowd that he was the president, not a dictator. I think he's gotten over that constitutional barrier, at least in his mind. Congress appears to be rolling over.

[snowcat]

Losing support of the left.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/white...acare-20140211

It's getting difficult and slinking toward impossible to defend the Affordable Care Act. The latest blow to Democratic candidates, liberal activists, and naïve columnists like me came Monday from the White House, which announced yet another delay in the Obamacare implementation.

[imanihonjin]

I love how the Obamacare tax is now phrased as "shared responsibility payment" rather than a tax. I think the administration should embrace calling it a tax since it was Robert's distorted opinion claiming it was a tax that saved the ACA.

[Uncle Ted]

I love how the Obamacare tax is now phrased as "shared responsibility payment" rather than a tax. I think the administration should embrace calling it a tax since it was Robert's distorted opinion claiming it was a tax that saved the ACA.

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I like it. It has a nice Orwellian ring to it.

[Uncle Ted]

Hours Cut for 200 North Carolina Teachers Due to Obamacare

"Substitute teachers are trying to find ways to substitute their incomes after recent cuts," says one local anchor.


"Yeah, it's been a month since we first told you that the school districts would limit work days for subs to under 30 hours a week, all because of the affordable health care act. So what is the impact that it's having? One sub says she's now wondering how she will continue to survive and make ends meet without that income," the other anchor on set adds.


A school spokesman blames Obamacare and says, "The cost for us would be to provide health insurance for everyone, we're looking at just over a million dollars, is what I'm told, and that's the lowest cost to this school system."
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The local reporter adds, "So the solution was to cut their hours. ... Well, the school district says the penalty for not paying health care insurance for those who work fulltime hours would be steep, more than 6 million dollars. Money the district, he says, can't afford."

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/...re_786057.html


Those unionized teachers should go on strike!

[cowboy]

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/...re_786057.html


Those unionized teachers should go on strike!

In our last meeting, our school board decided to do the same thing. We can't afford any other option.

[The_Tick]

I am trying to figure out why everyone always dumps on teachers...

[imanihonjin]

I am trying to figure out why everyone always dumps on teachers...

I would guess that big reason for dumping on teachers is because crappy teachers get paid for being crappy and it is impossible to get rid of a crappy teacher just because they are crappy. I had some amazing teachers growing up but they were in the vast minority to the mediocre and horrible teachers.

[byu71]

I am trying to figure out why everyone always dumps on teachers...

If they are, I would say they are subsituting teachers for their real target, union leaders and perhaps administrators.

There must be plenty of teacher that are fans of their unions, most of the teachers (admittedly not a large number) I know are not fans of their unions.

They are also not fans on being judged on the class as a whole and yet forced to move the class at the pace of the slowest student. Often a student who can't speak English or one who should be in a special class but the parents refuse.

[The_Douger]

I am trying to figure out why everyone always dumps on teachers...

Me too. My wife is a teacher and a damn good one.

[imanihonjin]

Me too. My wife is a teacher and a damn good one.

It's a shame that she is paid the same, or even less, than horrible teachers.

[Uncle Ted]

I am trying to figure out why everyone always dumps on teachers...

Yes, why do Obama and those Dems hate teachers?

[imanihonjin]

This is a very good article by Peggy Noonan

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/...d%3Dhp_opinion

[All-American]

Sebelius is gone.

[myboynoah]

She goes out on top.