I visited a Tea Party website. They apparently still think that Obamacare will somehow destroy America and that it can be stopped.
Sorry. The law is passed and will take effect on October 1 whether the House Republicans want to pay the money that the government already spent or not. It will take effect whether or not the Republicans default on the US debt in a month or so.
It's the law. It was passed. One house of Congress can't undo it.
Now here's the hopeful thing for Republicans. If it's as bad as they say it is, they will be sweep the 2014 elections. So if it's so bad, why not just let it happen? Because it's not going to be bad.
The next hurdle for Obamacare will be when the anti-Obamacare true believers who don't have health insurance refuse to buy any healthcare policy and face IRS penalties next Spring. But in order to be a true believer you'd have to give up your healthcare policy to be in violation of the law. It's hard to believe that there are many people who would give up their healthcare in order to stick it in Obama's face, but I'm sure there's a few.
But it's law. It was passed and there is nothing that Republicans can do to change it without getting the White House and both houses. And that's not happening. So the only question is how much the Republicans will try to destroy America by shutting down the government before they give up and return to reality.
