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1st Word Just the lies, maam. 3

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Last WordThe Failure Five-Step

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Due ProcessCan-Ban hijinks, and of course,Rathbun vs Scientology.6

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Another Five-HeadedBaby ScamIm pleased to announce that

City Hall is finally accepting

emails from the TX Citizen

again, allowing us to actually

ask questions of City Council and

Staff via the electronic mail. According

to the bounce notifications that we kept, our

emails to City Hall, City Council, and the

police and fire departments have been getting

bounced at least as far back as May of 2013.

Weve complained about this quite a bit,

given that locking the press out of email contact

with a government is probably actionable and

certainly un-American, but were guessing

that it was the mention that Nick Rogers gave

the situation in his column in our January 30

edition that finally prompted the change.

We look forward to staying in very, veryclose touch with all the folks at City Hall from

here on out, without having to come up with

new gmail addresses every time we want to

contact them.

Now, lets talk lies.

As you may remember, the recently-

declared-unconstitutional Disposable Container

Ban was sold to the public as a litter-control

measure. We know that wasnt the actualmotivation for writing it, as it was put forth by

the same people that attempted to ban alcohol

from the river several years prior, successfully

banned coolers over four gallons in capacity

from the Comal (law since overturned), and

constantly complained about the crowds of

visitors to the rivers. These attempts, these

bans, and these complaints all originated with

the same small group of riverfront property

owners and their friends people who would

like the rivers to themselves.

You may also remember that the

spokesmodel for the Can-Ban, Kathleen

Krueger, made claims about the litter

collection that were patently untrue, such

as the fact that if all the cans collected from

the river were laid end to end from thedowntown squircle, they would reach Ft

Worth. I personally did the math while I

was still in the newsroom at KGNB,

found out that those cans would

actually stretch from here toSan Marcos, and was told by

Krueger that, well, thats still

too many.

Last week I talked about the

five-headed baby, and how if I go

to the carnival and buy a ticket to see a five-

headed baby, Id damn well better see a five-

headed baby. If I go into the ten-in-one and

see a two-headed baby, Im going to be upsetthat Ive been lied to. If the barker says Ok, it

doesnt have five heads, but two heads is still

a lot for a baby, Im going to punch him. You

have cans that stretch to San Marcos? Then

youd better not say Ft Worth. I mean really.

What if you were told you had a to ride a bike

to San Marcos and then found out you really

had to go to Ft Worth? Youd go UNSANE.

Honesty, yall. It keeps you out of trouble. The

fact that anybody started looking into this story

at all springs from that first disingenuous claim.

Krueger and her crew could possibly

have gotten away scot-free on this entire

scam, even avoided the court challenge,

had no one noticed they were inflating the

numbers. There would most certainly not

have been a TX Citizen, and I would havemoved on from KGNB, because I enjoy things

like money and food and sleep and money,

and nobody would have been the wiser. She

fudged the numbers to impress and frighten

the public, I caught her, and all Hell broke

loose. Good times.

Anyway, a little more digging revealed the

good stuff that then-River Manager Nathan

Pence had been reporting bags of trash that

were perhaps one-quarter full, as completely

full, 60 gallon bags. Oops. Thats up to a

400% exaggeration. Then we found out

that the river litter numbers he was issuing

to the pressincluded all the properly disposed

of waste from all of the trash cans in the river-

adjacent parks. In other words, not litter at all.

Oh dear. So much deception.

Continued on next page.

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Continued from previous page.

Then there was Mayor Gale Pospisil. When I

presented her with the actual figures, her response

to me was The numbers dont really matter. To

which I responded, Then dont use numbers to

sell your point. Actually I didnt respond. But I

thought it in a really powerful voice in my head.

I ran a piece on KGNB which reported the

amount of cans in pounds rather than gallons.

After hearing that story, the Mayor sent an email

to then City Manager Michael Morrison, letting

him know that she wanted the litter reported in

gallons, and not pounds, because the gallon

figures required substantially higher numbers.

Hey, it wasnt Morrisons fault. I figured that out

all by myself! Give the man a break.Since the judge in the Can-Ban case has

stated that he intends to strike down the ban

as unconstitutional, the Pro-Ban machine has

been out in force right back to threatening

businesses and sending out misleading data.

Well get to that in the upcoming weeks, but

for now lets check up on a couple of the

Mayors recent statements and see how they

look in the harsh light of day:

Appetizer To the Houston-owned Herald-

Zeitung, regarding the vote to establish the

Can-Ban: We have to remember that 62

percent of the citizens who voted, voted to

ratify the ordinance,

FALSE

It was 58% of the vote. And yes, the

numbers do matter. If they didnt matter,

she wouldnt have cited any. The HZ didnot correct her.

Main Course) Now this one this

ones really good. Also from an HZ

interview, and intended to bolster the

case for appeal: Another strong reason

to appeal, the mayor said, is because the

city has already won on appeal lawsuits

challenging its river ordinances regulating

Jell-O shot s and beer bongs.

FALSE. OH SO VERY FALSE.

EMBARRASSINGLY SO. WE ARE MORTIFIED.

The beer bong and Jell-o shot

ordinances never went to trial.As such, they

have never been appealed. AS SUCH, the

City has never won an appeal on those cases.

The HZ did not correct her.

Dessert If you re wondering why the

HZ goes ahead and distributes the Mayors

misinformation without correction, the Citys

check register has a few answers, 38,159.36

of them to be exact. Thats how much, in

American dollars, City Hall spent with the

Herald-Zeitung in 2013. (I should have said

it was a million dollars, because, you know,

numbers dont matter.)

Anyway, If I had a client dropping that

kind of dough I wouldnt want to correct

them either. Which is why its a good idea

for newspapers and governments to not do

business together. So far, so good on our end.

#theyhateus

Gallagher Addresses Council Grown Men WeepWere not kidding about the weeping part,

either. Local attorney and Mayoral candidate

Greg Gallagher dropped an oratory bomb

regarding any potential Can-Ban appeal

at Monday nights Council meeting. Weve

got the text here, but to really appreciate

the speech, complete with ad-libs and

emotion and whatnot, you need to check

out the video. That video is posted on the

Citys website at tinyurl.com/nbcc21014.

Gallagher comes in at 49:30.

Although I opposed the river

ordinances passed over the past few

years, Ill be the rst to say our rivers

are cleaner and safer. However, we

must ask ourselves, at what cost? Did

the ends truly justify the means? Our

city has been polarized and neighbor

has been pitted against neighbor.

Tourism is down. Businesses have lost

revenue and many, unfortunately,

have shut their doors. You boast and

take personal credit that H.O.T. tax

revenue is up, yet thats not your

doing. Thats a natural result of an

improving economy, not a result of

your misguided ordinances.

Worst of all, your so called

leadership got us, the taxpayers,

involved in countless litigation

that ate up tax revenue that could

have been used to hire more police

ofcers and reghters and give both

these rst responder groups a much

deserved raise.

As a licensed Texas attorney I the same group of wealthy river of New Braunfels to support you

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As a licensed Texas attorney, I

believe the Judges ruling is correct

and based on sound legal principals

and our Texas Constitution. The river

outtters and all of our towns tourist

related businesses should now be free

to go about their business without

further government interference.

You know, the tragic irony is, we

pride ourselves on being a very

red county, in a very red state, yetthis council, every Monday night,

sits here and breaches the most

fundamental tenant of conservative

Republican principles: you all, our

citys government, meddle in most

mundane aspects of our daily lives

to our detriment. When a municipal

government regulates how a child

should eat a fruit cup on a Texas

river, Ayn Rand spins in her grave.You should not appeal this

ruling. If you dont understand

it, please ask your attorneys to

explain it to you. Better yet, Google

Texas Constitution and read it.

Oh, I know Mrs. Mayor, an alleged

overwhelming amount of e-mails

from unknown and unnamed citizens

support an appeal. That may be true.

However, theyre wrong and probably

the same group of wealthy river

homeowners that got us into this

mess in the rst place. Dont listen

to them. I repeat; they are wrong.

Its not their money at stake and

their personal agenda is in conict

with the 21st century growth of New

Braunfels and the reality that we live

in Texas No. 2 tourist destination

behind San Antonio.

So, what should we do ifwe dont appeal? Well, thats

easy. First, we end this litigation

madness! Then, we go back to the

drawing board and craft a solution

free of special interest groups and

back room conversations. This time

we should work together and come

up with reasonable solutions that

favor tourism and serve the needs of

everyone in our city and not just anelite few. We are all very passionate

about this issue because we all love

our town and we all want the same

thing two clean, safe rivers that

promote tourism while balancing

the need for a quiet and peaceful

existence for those, like me, who live

on or near our two amazing rivers.

Mrs. Mayor, Council members,

you will soon ask us, the citizens

of New Braunfels, to support you

in your desire to appeal Judge

Burgesss ruling. I hope you dont

get that support. Your policies have

failed and we have squandered three

years of economic opportunity. In 90

days three new faces will grace this

chamber. Let new leadership, elected

by the people, decide how we should

move forward. Your time is over,

youre done. Instead of using thisremaining time on this council to ask

for approval of the status quo, you

should instead be asking all of us for

our forgiveness.

Bravo.

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Update: Can-BanThe specter of appeal lurked in thecourtroom during a brief hearing concerning

the lawsuit in the disposable container andcooler size ordinances.Visiting Judge Don Burgess, who had

already ruled that the ordinances wereunconstitutional and unenforceable, listenedMonday as lawyers for the plaintiffs and theCity of New Braunfels disputed the legal rulesregarding attorney fees. The judge said hewants to make sure all issues are well resolved.

I got a feeling that this case isnt endinghere, Burgess said. My job is to prepareas precise a package, both formally andlegally, as I can so parts of this case donthave to be done again.

I dont want to send something to Austinthat has error, he said.

William McKamie, who represents theCity in the lawsuit, and City Attorney ValAcevedo indicated they intend to recommendthe City appeal. Whether the Council willagree remains to be seen.

A proposed order to invoke a permanentinjunction on the City from enforcing theordinances has yet to signed by the judge, ashe waits for the issue of fees to be resolved. Herecessed the hearing until March 21 to giveboth sides more time to go over the fees.

Jim Ewbank, who represents the collectionof businesses that sued the City over theordinances, said the judge made the right call,saying he didnt provide the defendants with

his bills until last week. Ewbank said his feesare about $255,000 while McKamies feesare at about $350,000.

McKamie, however, argued that sincethe businesses only sought injunctive relief, theCity is not required to pay any attorneys fees.Ewbank took exception with that view.

The injunction is the relief, he said. Thefees are the resolution.

Those fees will certainly continue to rise if the

decision is appealed and Ewbank said hes readyto continue to fight if thats the case, although hewould prefer that the City decide otherwise.

We want to get the order in place andbegin working with the City to find a resolution,Ewbank said. Education and enforcement isthe best way. Theres a lot that can be done thatachieve the goals of the City, the citizens andbusinesses short of an appeal.

Once the final order is signed, the Citywill have 30 days to appeal.

Mayor Gail Pospisil has said NewBraunfels will continue to enforce theordinances. Even though the judge had

ruled the ordinances as unconstitutionaland unenforceable, McKamie said they arestill in force until the judge signs the order.Ewbank, however, advised that the City stopenforcement. The proposed order simply saysthat the judge decides for the plaintiffs.

(Burgess) wanted the order to be verygeneral, Ewbank said.

Also to be decided is the amount of bondthat the businesses involved in the suit willhave to take out. The bond is in case the Citysuffers damages while the case is on appeal. IfCouncil refuses to vote for an appeal, the bondwill be returned to the plaintiffs.

Update:Rathbun vs ScientologyLawyers for a Comal County woman arguedon Feb. 4 that her lawsuit against the Church ofScientology International (CSI) does not violatethe Churchs First Amendment rights.

The Church had filed an Anti-SLAPPmotion that claims the lawsuit infringes uponits rights and should be dismissed.

Monique Rathbun is suing the Church,its leader and others for what she says was acampaign of harassment and spying against her.Her legal team argued that the Church cannotprove that her suit is damaging the rights of CSI.

This lawsuit is not based upon, relatesto or (is) in any way a response to thedefendants First Amendment rights, attorneyMarc Wiegand argued. He also argued thatthe Churchs behavior crossed any line that

would have been considered protected.In his rebuttal, the Churchs attorney,

Ricard Cedillo, said Monique Ratbun wasbeing surveyed because her husband,Marty, was offering Scientology serviceswithout the Churchs permission, violating theorganizations trademarks and copyrights.

We wanted to investigate what he wasdoing, who was visiting him and who in ourorganization was helping him, Cedillo said.

However, another of Monique Rathbunsattorneys, Leslie Hyman, pointed out that if the

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Rathbun providing Scientology services without

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If its a fight between two businesses,

then Anti-SLAPP does not apply, Hyman said.

Judge Dib Waldrip gave both sides until

Feb. 14 to file objections and responses. After

that, the judge has 30 days to decide on theChurchs motion.

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I have a friend who insists thatvanilla flavoring comes from beaveranus. Is there any truth to this?

Tanks,Mort

Dear Mort,Glad you asked this, because I had

forgotten about being asked to look this upon a few occasions. There is only a tiny truthabout this issue. Vanilla actually comes froma bean, or more specifically a pod, that growssimilar to a green bean. Actual vanilla is veryexpensive but in high demand, so at timesartificial versions are used. The confusion isactually about another spice called castoreum.

Castoreum is at times used as a substitutefor vanilla in foods, and its derived from asubstance excreted from the scent/anal glandsof the North American Beaver. How do youknow when its in your food? You dont, as it isnormally labelled as natural flavoring.

Its funny, but I never realized howmuch natural flavoring comes from ourlocal politicians.

Love, K

Dear Uncle Esel,I saw a flurry of postings and

received several emails about this Hoytlady running for some county office.Ive been so wrapped up in city politicsI have to admit I wasnt aware about thisrace. What do you know?

Tanks,Roz

Dear Roz,

Kirsten Hoyt is running for County Clerkand is most known for being married toMatthew Hoyt. You might remember Hoytas the wonder kid who worked hand in handwith the Kitchen Cabinet on the container ban.He also has served on the Citys Planningand Zoning Commission for several years,and then, after working closely with KathleenKrueger to unconstitutionally ban disposablecontainers on the rivers, bought a river outfitter

business. Mr. Hoyt has also been what canonly be termed as a HUGE Obama supporter.

On the heels of the Bart Bartholomewnose-thumbing to the Republican Party, manyare viewing Mrs. Hoyt as a false Republicanand even as part of the acknowledged planto Turn Texas Blue, the Democrats plan toinfiltrate and take over conservative countiesin Texas. A quick drive around parts of townhave found a disproportionate amount of Hoytsigns in the yards of Kitchen Cabinet membersand their friends. One very obvious sign wasnoted on the property of the Cabinets pasty-skinned attorney, on the property that he is

building a garish monstrosity of a home thatbears absolutely no characteristics of thesurrounding neighborhood or the nearbyhistoric home of early settler and botanistFerdinand Jacob Lindheimer.

When you factor in Hoyts absence of

experience, its no wonder there are so manyquestions surrounding this new to New Braunfels,and new to Texas, candidates qualifications.

Love, K

Mr. Esel,I was dating a girl who was in a

miserable marriage with an old guy. Weused to go to Austin and dance on SixthStreet and have a great time but thenshe got scared about getting caught andquit seeing me. Trough it all, she wasstill talking to me, but then her husbandfound out about us and she started lyingto him that I was the aggressor in therelationship and that I wouldnt leaveher alone. Tis is pretty scary stuff andI wondered if you might know why she isdoing this? What do I do?

Tanks,Humfrey

Dear Humfrey,Alright guy, change your phone number,

move, and stay away from this woman.Sounds like your lady friend is setting you upto get the husbands attention off her and onyou. Many claims of harassment and stalkingthat proved false have been characterized bytwo traits inherent in the accuser: one is FalseVictimization Syndrome, where an individualattempts to convince others that he or she is

being stalked by inventing claims made to re-establish some failing relationship and/or togain attention.

Many of these same people also fit thedescription for histrionic personality disorder,which is characterized by a demand to be thecenter of attention, have a shallow expressionof emotions with rapid shifts, and speak ina manner that is overly impressionistic andlacking in detail.

What this spells out is jail time for youeven if you didnt do it. Get far away now anddont look back because people have servedtime for false accusations. What, youre stillreading? Run...

Love, K

Uncle K. Esel is a lifetime resident of our fair city, and iswell known for his sage advice on a wide range of topics.If you find yourself perplexed with no one to turn to, sendyour question to Uncle Esel at: [email protected] sure to write Question for Uncle Esel in the subjectline of your email.

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Dear Mexican: I know an 18-year

old getting deported from the USA.

He has been here since he was five

years old. His entire fami ly is here

and undocumented. He grew up in

juvenile hall s an d did a fe lony as s oon

as he turned 18. Will he be deported

for sure or will the immigration judge

give him a break since his entire

family is here?

Deportations are for Dummies

Dear Gabacho: Alas, homeboy is

probably going, going, adis. The Obama

administrations Deferred Action for

Childhood Arrival (DACA), which allows

undocumented youngsters a two-year stay

of deportation (subject to renewal) until

Congress gets its amnesty act together,

specifically states that candidates arenteligible if youve been convicted of a felony,

significant misdemeanor, three or more

other misdemeanors, andpose a threat to

national security or public safety.

Without knowing the circumstances of

the guy youre talking about, it doesnt seem

he stands a chance for judicial mercy or to

become a cause clbre for DREAMers across

the country. That said, if all the charges were

bull, and the legal system has royally screwed

the kid, get in contact with your local DREAMer

movement, as their courage in fighting for the

damned has been far more impressive than

what Latino politicians have shown. And do

it fast: the Obama administration deports

Mexicans as quickly as Californias reservoirs

are drying up.

My wife, (who is Mexican) is a tough

nut psychologically to figure out, so I

am turning to the expert to for some

desperately needed insight. Essentially,

when we began dating, all was right asrain. She was sweet, kind, considerate

and extremely attentive.

Now, what I call brown outs

occur. She will fly off the handle at the

drop of a hat, throw things, say awful

nasty thingsbasically turn into a

she-devil. Furthermore, the jealousy

(although seemingly dormant for the

moment) is always there. I think it

would drive her loca if I ever left my

garage and had a beer at the cantina

again. We love each other very much,

so I guess you could say our marriage

is anything but dull. Is this typical with

Mexican women? Aydame!

Lobo Blanco

Dear Gabacho: The traditional

explanation was that it was all about sangre:

the blood of the Moors, Spaniards, Gypsies

and Aztecs coursing through a mujers veins

resulted in a quartet of locura that was

simultaneously alluring and dangerous (justrefer to the Agustn Lara canon, specifically

Granada, for further detail). On second

thought, thats just bigoted heteronormative

misogyny so lets just chalk it up to the

fact that Mexican woman are crazy because

theyre women, mkay?

I have no pride in being Mexican-

American. Im not that insecure!

Its pathetic that people take pride

in something they had no control

over! I take pride in my personal

accomplishments and my behavior

and things that I control, the decisions I

make, the goals I reach. Grow up.

Proud to be Me

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New Orleans is one of the most romantic cities in America. Walking hand-in-hand with the one you

love under the gaslights in Jackson Square will create a memory youll never forget. Since 1840,

Antoines restaurant in the French Quarter has been serving historic dishes for the rich and famous.

In 1899, their chef created Oysters Rockefeller which was named after John D. Rockefeller,

the richest man in America, due to the richness of the sauce. With a little variation of this recipe,Antoines created Oyster Bienville and named it after Jean de Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville

who was one of the founders of the city of the Crescent City. Even if you and your love cant get to

NOLA this Valentines Day, you can still bring some of that romance and history home to your own

kitchen; and what better way than with a dish legendary for its aphrodisiac properties!

Oysters Bienville 12-24 raw oysters in their shell

Course rock salt

cup chopped green onions

1 clove garlic, minced

3 tbls butter

1/3 cup all-purpose our

salt

tsp ground white pepper

tsp crushed red pepper akes

1 cup chicken broth

cup heavy whipping cream

2 egg yolks, beaten

lbs cooked, shelled and deveined,

shrimp, chopped

cup fnely chopped mushrooms

2 tbls white wine

cup grated Parmesan cheese

2 tbls dry bread crumbs

1/8 tsp paprika

Shucking oysters can be difficult and possibly dangerous. The last place you want to spend

Valentines Day is in the emergency room. So use oysters that were slightly steamed by the fish

market. This will cause them to crack open just slightly and allow you to easily open them up with

a simple butter knife. Ask the fishmonger at the seafood counter or look for oysters with a rubberband around them. They will be about $0.70 per oyster. Once open, use a butter knife to scoop

under the oyster and detach it from the shell. Rinse out any grit, dirt, or sand. Place each oyster

in the deep half of each shell and arrange shells on a bed of coarse rock salt in a shallow pan.

In a saucepan, saut green onions and garlic in butter about 5 minutes or until tender. Stir in

flour, salt, white pepper, and red pepper. Add chicken broth and cream, stirring until well blended.

Continue cooking over medium heat until the mixture is thickened and bubbly, stirring occasionally.

Reduce heat. Stir in beaten egg yolks very slowly so as to not cook the eggs. Return mixture

to saucepan. Bring to a gentle boil. Cook and stir 2 minutes more.

Stir in shrimp, mushrooms, and wine. Heat thoroughly. Remove from heat. Spoon 2

tablespoons of the shrimp mixture over each oyster.Combine Parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, and paprika in a bowl. Sprinkle over oysters.

Bake in a 400 degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden on top and the oysters curl.

Garnish with lemon wheels and fresh parsley. Serve under candlelight with your favorite

wine or bubbly.

May you and your sweetie have a romantic Valentines Day!

Until next time, Eat, Drink & Be Sherri!

Sherri

Sherri Gallagher is a New Braunfels personal chef who grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she began cooking atthe age of 8. Her culinary virtuosity can be experienced at the Regal Ravioli food truck in Austin, (regalraviloi.com), and at

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care

Act, better known as Obamacare has thereever been a piece of legislation that so clearly

failed to accomplish its intended goals? The bill

was passed in piata form: gaudily festooned

with flowery rhetoric but essentially empty,

left to be filled with special interest free-for-

alls, political paybacks, and empty-headed,

economically-ignorant, anti-capitalist wishful

thinking. Now that the bill has passed, and the

various bureaucracies have had their way with

it, we can see what isin it, and its a sticky hotmess. Thanks, Speaker Pelosi.

Obamacare was intended to do just five

things: increase the quality of health insurance,

increase the affordability of health insurance,

lower the uninsured rate by expanding

public insurance, lower the uninsured rate

by expanding private insurance, and reduce

the cost of healthcare overall. The rosiest

projections suggest that none of these things

will improve substantially.

The quality of health insurance is

really a matter of perspective. The Obama

administration has made much of insurance

that is worthless if you are dropped when you

get sick. Nothing could be truer. Of course,

healthcare services like maternity and lactation

services are worthless to me (no equipment),

as are drug treatment services (no money),

and free contraception (no opportunities).Quality insurance needs to cover those

things that I need, and ideally, it should cover

only the things I cant afford on my own.

Insurance companies dont make money by

collecting less than they pay out for in services,

so paying for non-essential services that

everyone will use runs up the cost of coverage

for everyone involved, which leads us to the

next Obamacare goal.

Increasing the affordability of healthinsurance seems to be the area where

Obamacare will fail most spectacularly. As I

pointed out above, if there is one sure way

to mess this up, it has been accomplished by

adding numerous silly healthcare services

that are either unneeded or could be paid

for out-of-pocket. Furthermore, I would like

people to consider this question: what was

the last thing that you were legally required

to purchase that decreased in price? Put adifferent way, increased demand makes the

cost go which way?

Already people are seeing that their

healthcare premiums are going up. In most

cases, their deductibles and co-pays are

as well. (Sure, the wet-nurse is swell, but

Schroders college fund is going to be abit light from now on). Since wages have

not been going up in the meantime, I take

this as a bad sign for affordability. In fact,

the only people likely to see their health

insurance costs go down are those who

are qualified for subsidies of one kind or

another, the burden of cost shifting back to

taxpayers in general.

An example of this very problem is one

of the goals of Obamacare: to lower therate of uninsured by expanding the rolls of

public insurance. Those rolls are expanding,

and you can be sure that this will cost quite a

pretty penny. The bill may not come from your

insurance company, but it will be paid, either

through higher taxes or more borrowing.

Dont get me wrong, the statistics indicate that

the uninsured in America will still exceed 30

million after Obamacare. None of this will

solve the problem of the uninsured. The initial

evidence seems to indicate that the Medicaid

expansion is overshadowed by those who

have lost their private insurance. In the end, if

the rate of uninsured in this country does drop,

it will not drop significantly, and it will not be

cheap in any case.

The idea of expanding private insurance

and thus dropping the rate of the uninsured

was always a pipe-dream. If circumstanceshad allowed for such a thing, it already would

have been done. Private insurers dont go out

of their way to leave market share on the table.

They only do so if that market is unprofitable.

If the thought process was, instead, that

mandating that insurance be carried would

do the trick, a bigger stick should probably

have been used. The penalties for not having

insurance are far less than the cost of insurance

overall. Consumers tend not to make irrationaldecisions just because we wish they would

(though a clever ad campaign can help),

and since the administration seems to be

backing away from even the small penalties

they intended to apply, there is little reason

for people who dont want health insurance to

buy health insurance.

The idea that healthcare costs, overall, will

be reduced by Obamacare seems to be falling

by the wayside as well. Costs are continuingto rise, and any drop in that rate of increase

has more to do with the lack of money in the

market than with legislation of any type. In

addition, all we have really done is shifted the

cost from one set of books to another. If taxes

increase to pay for healthcare, that doesnt

lower the price of healthcare.Once again, the belief that Obamacare

could lower healthcare costs was based on a

fallacy. If money was being wasted, you can

be certain that some shrewd businessman

would have already found a way to profit by

removing that waste. In fact, the very idea

that the government is capable of teaching

business how to spend money more effectively

is so absurd that I cant even continue the line

of thought beyond this sentence.So, you say, Obamacare is a disaster,

but what do you have to offer other than

criticism? Not surprisingly, Republicans

have fallen into this trap and are offering

their own healthcare solutions. Let me be the

first to say that the Republicans are just as

sure to mess things up as the Democrats did.

Any attempt on their part to try to polish this

abomination is folly at best and dangerous at

worst. Democrats know this and are happy to

have Republicans share some of the blame as

quickly as possible.

I have nothing to offer but criticism.

Ill say that again. I have nothing to offer

but criticism.

Now that the engines of the plane

have been shut off, the fuel dumped, pilot

and copilot killed, and a .45 taken to the

control panel, Im supposed to come upwith some constructive suggestion or sit

back down and think happy thoughts like

everyone else? Well, you can be sure thats

not going to happen.

Sometimes theres nothing left to do but

place blame and run screaming around the

cabin like your hair is on fire.

Obamacare is one of those situations.

Im not sure I would even suggest repealing

it. The damage has already been done; thisplane is coming down. I know things wont

be made any better with a fresh coat of

paint, and Im not sure were in the position

to redesign it into a glider at this point. If its

possible, maybe we can auger this pig in a

less populated area. Barring that, have the

first responders on standby, and Stewardess,

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