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What is the cost of ObamaCare? ObamaCare, also known as the American Health Care Plan, is said to have a massive cost for the American government and is estimated at up to $2 trillion dollars in the next 10 years.

Summarizing the failures of President Barack Obama's 2,700-page healthcare bill in 400 words is no simple task. But here are some of the reasons why it is fatally flawed—and why it must be repealed.

For starters, the law is driving up costs. President Obama promised to reduce annual premiums by $2,500 per family, but those premiums have actually risen by $2,393, and Obamacare is expected to force them even higher.

Those costs don't even tell the whole story. There is a much bigger price tag—and that's what Obamacare is doing to our economy. The law is fiscally reckless and will only add to our nearly $16 trillion in debt. Worse still, it fails to address the long-term drivers of our debt crisis: the rapidly spiraling costs generated by entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid. The law is also undermining our economic recovery. Its complexity is causing tremendous uncertainty, and in the coming years, it will raise more than $500 billion in taxes. That's a toxic combination that harms investment and job creation. In fact, in one recent survey, 75 percent of small businesses said Obamacare is making it harder for them to hire.

As if Obamacare's fiscal flaws aren't enough, the president has also broken his promise that "if you have insurance that you like, then you will be able to keep that insurance." Instead, his law will force millions of Americans, including seniors, to lose the insurance coverage they have. And Obamacare puts the federal government between patients and their physicians—and empowers bureaucrats to make our healthcare decisions. Take the "Independent Payment Advisory Board" as an example. Through it, 15 unelected bureaucrats will effectively be placed in charge of Medicare—able to make cuts without consent from Congress or those who have paid into the system and rely upon it for their medical care.

Everyone agrees that our healthcare system faces significant challenges. The cost of coverage is too high and access to care is too low. But Obamacare does not solve those problems; it will only make them worse. The law must be repealed so that real reform—carried out in a transparent manner, consistent with the priorities of the American people, and capable of solving our healthcare challenges—can finally begin.

We will?

Most people already give enough of their income to the government to pay for taxes. After taxes there's barely enough left over to cover other necessities like car, rent, electricity and other more important things to worry about. Eventually, the people will run out of money to foot the bill. And then what happens?

Secondly, this law is supposed to give health care coverage to every citizen in the United States via other people's money. Why should MY money go and cover someone else's misfortune? Why should someone else's money go and cover my misfortune? What if some moron decides to cut himself and gets infected? Why should I have to pay for his ignorance? Not to mention some people who don't even pay taxes to begin with will get coverage. What about the people who simply refuse to work and be dependent on government all their life? I know several people who don't work because of unemployment payments and welfare and the like.

Thirdly, every other country that has already tried something like this is failing and has terrible health care. Take Cuba for example. They supposedly have the "best healthcare in the world" yet they are so poor. Just look at the devastating results of "universal healthcare" in Cuba. http://www.therealcuba.com/Pa...

I also know several people from Canada and Britain who have been covered under universal healthcare. They say that by far the American system of healthcare before Obamacare is superior to their own country's healthcare.

I think parasite is the wrong insult to use on me. You see, I don't plan on taking benefits from the government while doing nothing but smoking pot and drinking alcohol all day long. I am not a parasite.

US high earners haven't paid their fair share in taxes? what would you consider "fair share?" 86% of all income taxes are paid by the top 25%. What about all the people who get a welfare check and food stamps and all these wonderful variety of other benefits and don't work, therefore don't pay a single cent? Why aren't you getting on these people's backs and tell them to pay their fair share of taxes? I've never heard anyone mention anything about the parasite welfare recipients who don't pay a single dime in taxes.

You forget that Ronald Reagan had the threat of the Cold War to deal with, so he increased the defense budget drastically.

As for GW, that guy is a fiscal socialist. Just because he was a republican doesn't mean he's all about no-spending. Our debt problem isn't because we haven't taxed enough, it's because we spend too much money.

I've never heard of any republican advocating the idea that you don't have to pay taxes. What is this rubbish you're bringing up?

And don't go attacking the Republicans in the assumption that, just because I oppose Obamacare, I'm a republican. You're sick of right wing greed causing damage to the country?

You should know that it's the conservative ideals of limited government, free enterprise, individual and states' rights, and popular sovereignty that made our country the wealthiest in the world.

I agree, that we may pay taxes for things we might never use. But what about the people who use such benefits but never pay taxes?

I don't know why you're bringing my religion into this discussion, when it doesn't really have anything to do with what I said.

No, we don't want to eliminate all taxes. We feel that people, individuals and businesses work better when taxes are lower, so that they have more money to invest in a new product or service or expand an already existing business. So that families have more money to spend on what they want to spend it on, to spend time with each other like going to a water park or watching a movie. Or maybe simply just pay bills. If they are taxed excessively, that means less money to pay bills or spend on their own wishes.

The main reason that Reagan spent a lot of money during his administration is to try to build up our Armed Forces so that we can combat the communist Soviet Union and, if was necessary, protect our land and people should an all-out war have risen.

Why are you attacking George Bush?
Answer: You are attacking the former President on the premise that I will come and try to defend him. I am not, nor will I. George bush was not a fiscal conservative in any way, shape or form. So, now that we have settled this, stop attacking George Bush because it doesn't matter what he's done.

Do you know what a parasite is? You must not have the slightest idea, do you? A parasite is someone who exploits others without doing anything in return. A parasite is someone who lives of government hand-outs all their life and don't pay a dime in taxes, while stuffing their face with beer and smoking marijuana all day long.

When the TEA Party people say "Taxed enough already" it doesn't mean we want to throw out all taxes. NO, we understand that taxes are necessary. It's because we are being taxed far too excessively. We are being taxed too much.

You're actually right. Liberals by definition do support small government and free enterprise, but you are not a liberal.
You, you're just a radical socialist who wants everything handed to you on a silver platter without doing anything to work for it, you lazy bum. Why don't you get out and stop living off of welfare and expecting the government to take care of you from cradle to grave.

Do you know what a parasite is? You must not have the slightest idea, do you? A parasite is someone who exploits others without doing anything in return. A parasite is someone who lives of government hand-outs all their life and don't pay a dime in taxes, while stuffing their face with beer and smoking marijuana all day long.

“We feel . . . “

There you go. You have zoomed in on the quality that delineates right wing nut jobs and other extremists.
You “feel.” You don’t think. You feel. That is the most accurate observation in your entire post.

Obviously taxes are not arbitrarily established to annoy people. Taxes serve a purpose. They are this nations primary source of revenue. And without taxing at an appropriate level, this nation will NEVER balance the yearly budget, let alone pay down its debt.

And yes, lower taxes along with government spending (look up fiscal policy) can in fact stimulate the economy. But of course, there is a downside. High debt. Pretty simple, huh? We can’t focus on just stimulating the economy and ignore the harmful consequences.

That’s something that you Feeling people just can’t quite understand.

And yes, I know exactly what a parasite is. Ronald Reagan, GW Bush, and the irresponsible people who still mimic them are parasites.

Right Wing Nut Jobs are parasites. This generation, because of RWNJ influence, is parasitical.

We have built up a huge national debt because of RWNJ malfeasance, and now you FEELING PEOPLE refuse to do your duty as citizens and pay down that debt.

Instead, you choose to pass that debt, spiraling higher even now because of accumulating interest alone, down to future generations and let them deal with it.

YOU and your kind DEMAND that we parasitized future generations.

Do you know what I mean now ? . . . PARASITE

You parasites disgust me. And your grandchildren will look back on their RWNJ granddaddy with pure disdain.

I only said "we feel" just for the sake of saying that. The fact of the matter is, we KNOW that people work better when taxes are not so excessive.

I've said it many times before, and I'll say it again. The TEA Party and Conservatives know that taxes are important. They fund important things like police departments and build roads and whatnot. So don't tell me that that we think that taxes are not important. That is absolutely wrong.

It doesn't matter if we raise taxes to 100% on all people. That money will be spent by this socialist president within a year.

You want to balance the budget and pay off the debt? you start by cutting spending. We could cut all federal executive departments by 20%. We don't have a high debt because we don't tax enough. It's because we spend too much.

Before we even think about cutting taxes, we should cut spending. You don't cut your revenue before cutting spending. That will only lead to more debt and more borrowing from other countries. We should cut spending before taxes.

Ronald Reagan didn't want to create a nation of parasites. He wanted to get people off of welfare and get them to make money and support themselves, living independently of the government.

Conservatives are not parasites. We don't steal other people's hard earned cash and spend it on our needs, while giving nothing in return. We want to make our own money and live independently from the Government. Thus, Conservatives are NOT parasites.

We don't want to quit giving taxes that are necessary to this country. We want fiscal responsibility and to cut excessive and unnecessary spending. Cutting spending is the first major step to cutting our debt. Lower taxes comes AFTER spending cuts.

It is the radical socialist who want to keep spending money we don't have giving illegal aliens who don't belong in this country a gold-plated medical insurance and education benefits. This reckless spending is what causes our debt.

Conservatives don't want the future generation of Americans to be ever more dependent on government hand-outs. We want our kids to be able to live independently from government. We do not want the next generation to be parasites.