There are many logical and practical reasons to oppose ObamaCare. Among the valid reasons to oppose ObamaCare are cost, coverage, rationing, effect on Medicare, etc. And despite Andrea Mitchell and Nancy Pelosi’s views, stating any of these concerns does not make ObamaCare opponents mouth breathing idiots and supporters of the new Reich.

The Obama Administration and its media minions have attributed ObamaCare’s current difficulties to the administrations failure to make a convincing “what’s in it for you” argument to the middle class. This seems about right to ‘Puter. It’s a time-honored tactic for American politicians to promise large constituencies a grab bag of goodies funded out of the pockets of other people. See, e.g., public unions (now including the UAW!). Thus far, the Obama Administration has not made a “free stuff for everyone” pitch.

The problem the Obama Administration has is that it can’t make a traditional “what’s in it for you” argument to most people, because there’s very real financial downside for just about everyone involved. The CBO says that the most plausible way to fund ObamaCare is to tax as income employer-provided health care benefits. Without an offsetting tax credit, this will raise the taxes of many middle income Americans, but most importantly to the Democrats, it will impact union members and their gold-plate health plans particularly hard.

And based on CBO estimates, America cannot afford ObamaCare without significant additional revenue. Without delving into the question of whether ObamaCare = Canadian Rationing, it is fair to see how Canada funds its universal health care. Canadian universal health care is covered, at least in part, through an increased sales tax, in addition to various and sundry other taxes, charges and fees. As liberals never fail to remind ‘Puter, sales tax is one of the most regressive taxes around. It hits the lower middle class and poor particularly hard as a percentage of income.

In short, there’s no free ride here, and the Democrats can’t pretend otherwise, or the Republicans will crucify them. Some Democrats don’t care and want to cram through ObamaCare regardless of consequences to average Americans.

Forget the “single payer” argument, Republicans. Make a “multiple payer” argument. If ObamaCare passes, there will be multiple people paying for the plan, including most of the middle class and the poor. Let’s see how many people are in favor of picking their own pockets, rather than just the pockets of “the rich.” ObamaCare, if it fails, will fail because Americans have realizes the heavy cost everyone will have to pay.

'Puter

Always right, unless he isn’t, the infallible Ghettoputer F. X. Gormogons claims to be an in-law of the Volgi, although no one really believes this.

’Puter carefully follows economic and financial trends, legal affairs, and serves as the Gormogons’ financial and legal advisor. He successfully defended us against a lawsuit from a liquor distributor worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid deliveries of bootleg shandies.

The Geep has an IQ so high it is untestable and attempts to measure it have resulted in dangerously unstable results as well as injuries to researchers. Coincidentally, he publishes intelligence tests as a side gig.

His sarcasm is so highly developed it borders on the psychic, and he is often able to insult a person even before meeting them. ’Puter enjoys hunting small game with 000 slugs and punt guns, correcting homilies in real time at Mass, and undermining unions. ’Puter likes to wear a hockey mask and carry an axe into public campgrounds, where he bursts into people’s tents and screams. As you might expect, he has been shot several times but remains completely undeterred.

He assures us that his obsessive fawning over news stories involving women teachers sleeping with young students is not Freudian in any way, although he admits something similar once happened to him. Uniquely, ’Puter is unable to speak, read, or write Russian, but he is able to sing it fluently.

Geep joined the order in the mid-1980s. He arrived at the Castle door with dozens of steamer trunks and an inarticulate hissing creature of astonishingly low intelligence he calls “Sleestak.” Ghettoputer appears to make his wishes known to Sleestak, although no one is sure whether this is the result of complex sign language, expert body posture reading, or simply beating Sleestak with a rubber mallet.

‘Puter suggests the Czar suck it.