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Over the past year and a half, Barack Obama has made it clear that he will happily tolerate Russia building missile installations, Iran building atomic reactors, and North Korea building nuclear weapons. But in his first real show of presidential resolve and outrage, the president has declared that he will not tolerate Israel building apartments in Jerusalem.
On Tuesday, Obama met behind closed doors with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. No photos were taken of the world leaders together because of the acrimony, and Obama eventually walked out of the meeting to eat dinner alone...leaving word that he could be contacted when the insulted Israeli Prime Minister was ready to cave on building housing within Israel's own borders. Instead, the Israeli delegation left the Whitehouse because of concerns that their private discussions were being covertly listened to.
According to one Israeli newspaper, “The Prime Minister leaves America disgraced, isolated and altogether weaker than when he came.”
The troubling breach of relations between the U.S. and Israel is unprecedented and, to many, absolutely inexplicable. After all, Israel is the only pro-America democracy in the Middle East and...
Oh wait. We just figured out the problem.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously said "we have to pass the bill so you can find out what's in it."
Unfortunately, it turns out the Democrats had to pass the bill so they could find out what's in it too.
Oh, they knew about the well-documented kickbacks and bribes they'd be receiving, all of which made it into law. But they didn't know that their 2000-page bill fails to give promised coverage to kids with pre-existing illnesses. They didn't know that their bill lacks the $10 billion in funding the IRS will need to monitor every American for "health insurance compliance."
And they didn't know that the healthcare bill will help fund medications like Viagra for convicted sex offenders. Of course, they know now...and have specifically voted in favor of keeping the "performance enhancing drugs" flowing.
To paraphrase the great political philosopher and screen comedian Oliver Hardy: "This is another fine print mess you've gotten us into!"
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Democrats claimed that their Healthcare legislation would help create jobs and, for once, it turned out they were right. Because the IRS now needs 10 billion dollars (which, oops, the Democrats forgot to factor into their bill) to hire 16,500 new "health insurance enforcement agents."
Yes, the same federal agency that writes incomprehensible tax forms, conducts life-disrupting audits, and has the power to impose and collect fines will be checking every American, every month, to be sure you own the "right kind" of health insurance. Or else.
That's one small step for healthcare...one giant leap for the IRS.
