ObamaCare Bill Top Ten

For those who fell into a state of depression last week immediately following the news of the passage of the ObamaCare health bill by the U.S. House of Representatives, here are the top ten reasons to look on the bright side:

The Top Ten Reasons You Should Celebrate House Passage Of The Healthcare Bill

10) A nation that can afford trillions in deficits as far as the eye can see can surely afford hundreds of billions more. Right?

9) While many of Bart Stupak’s pro-life constituents might feel he has betrayed his pledge to guard the sanctity of life, they will be getting some nice new runway lights, which is kind of the same thing.

It’s for the children. The 27-year-old children.

7) New taxes on interest income, dividends, and capital gains will surely spur a renaissance in job-creating investments.  As Paul Krugman might say, it’s textbook economics.

6) This is NOT a government takeover of health care.  Those 2700 pages?  Mostly a large type edition of “The Wealth of Nations.”

5) The legislation will help to “bend the cost curve” by increasing individual insurance premiums by double digits.  (No one ever said which way the cost curve had to be bent.)

4) Deficits?  Isn’t that what grandkids are for?

3) Besides, there won’t be deficits as long as you leave out the $200 billion doc fix needed to reform Medicare which only makes sense since the bill is meant to reform Medicare.

2) Will surely create thousands of jobs.  For lawyers.

1) Confirms that health care is a right, meaning people have a right not only to their own property, but to everyone else’s too.  That’s better, isn’t it?

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