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Townhall Finance
One
Person Attends Obamacare Event
By Michael Schaus
Aug 05, 2013
One. That’s how
many people showed up for a pro-Obamacare
event in Centerville, Virginia. And let’s face it: People didn’t miss
the event
because they were working. The ambivalence toward the implementation of
Obamacare is evidenced throughout the nation, as the President’s left
over
campaigning apparatus – Organizing for Action – held a number of
unattended
Obamacare events this weekend. The event, reported by Politico,
illustrated the
growing displeasure with the President’s signature piece of legislation.
When Congress
returns from its recess in early September,
there is bound to be extensive efforts to defund, postpone, or repeal
the
President’s clumsy attempt at nationalized health care. Fearing a
repeat of the
Tea Party activity that gave Republicans the House in 2010, Democrats
are
scrambling to garner support for the legislation as some of the most
sweeping
initiatives are set to take place by 2014.
According to
Politico, the event was one of thousands around
the country to rally support for the government takeover of one-sixth
of the US
economy. Apparently a few liberally inclined community members showed
up for
the event, but left before things really kicked off. In the end, one
volunteer
and the event organizer, were left manning phones. . . An activity that
proved
sooooooo exciting, even the event organizer left after twenty short
minutes.
Twenty-three year
old Toora Arsala, a student at Northern
Virginia Community College, organized the event. He explained that the
law was
of great importance to him, because he has “a variety of ailments” and
has
currently relied on Medicaid for coverage. It’s nice to know that he’s
willing
to put millions of full time workers onto part time schedules, and
increase
individual premiums by as much as 140% so he can have the government
run
another program to take care of him in the same way it is already doing.
The one volunteer
said she was passionate about the
implementation of Obamacare, because she was forced to take a part time
job in
order to care for her aging mother, and ill son. Lucky for her,
Obamacare has
created a wealth of part time jobs.
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