Saturday, July 13, 2013

Pelosi Denies that Obamacare Employer Mandate Was Illegally Delayed

Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 12 July 2013 | John Semmens

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) rejected accusations that the Obama Administration's postponement of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act's “employer mandate” is an illegal delay.
“First of all, a 'postponement' is not a 'delay,'” Pelosi insisted as she attempted to make her point using a football analogy. “In football, a team can be assessed a penalty for 'illegal delay of game' if they don't get a play underway within the allotted time limit. However, a football game can simply be rescheduled to an entirely different day without penalty. What the President did was reschedule the employer mandate to an entirely different day. That is not illegal and no penalty should be assessed.”
“And on the matter of whether President Obama is entitled to reschedule the implementation—isn't he, in effect, the quarterback of 'Team America?' Pelosi asked. “The voters elected him to be their leader. Congress may have sent in a play by enacting the Affordable Care Act, but shouldn't he be able to call an 'audible' if, in his judgment, the provisions of that Act need revision to be most effective?”
Pelosi rebutted GOP arguments that if the employer mandate is delayed, so too should the individual mandate. “It's an entirely different situation,” she maintained. “If the President thinks the individual mandate should go ahead as originally planned who are we to second guess him? So far, he's been right far more often than he's been wrong. After all, he was reelected. I say we trust him and follow his lead wherever it takes us.”
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/138050-2013-07-12-semi-news-a-satire-of-recent-news-july-14-2013.htm

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