Hugh Leatherman’s Office Protested

From the “people are starting to get it” file, a group of protestors recently picketed the Pee Dee real estate office of powerful S.C. Senate finance chairman Hugh Leatherman (RINO-Florence).
Their beef with the longtime liberal (and chief architect of South Carolina’s “Lost Decade“)? His refusal to send an Obamacare nullification bill that cleared the S.C. [...]

U.S. House Repeals Obamacare … Again

We hate Obamacare. Hate it, hate it, hate it …
In fact back when the mainstream media was parroting the false claims associated with this socialized medicine proposal, we were bashing its exorbitant costs and the new burdens it would place on the private sector.
Who was right? Duh … we were.
But … is Obamacare really worth thirty-seven separate repeal votes? [...]

Incoming Wire: SC Obamacare Debate

We get lots of tips, letters and questions. And we’re going to try and do a better job answering/ addressing them.
For example, from our incoming wire …
First I get wind of legislation in the house that would “nullify” Obamacare. Worthy effort. I then hear the legislation passed the S.C. House and went to the State Senate [...]

SC Senator: “Heads Will Roll” If Obamacare Nullification Fails

The South Carolina State Senator who successfully passed the first nullification law out of his “Republican-controlled” chamber took to social media this week, warning his colleagues in no uncertain terms that they had better follow suit on a much bigger nullification test.
Tom Davis – whose bill nullifying the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in South Carolina [...]

Haley Heath Czar: Hospitals Are Bloodsuckers

South Carolina’s sixty acute care hospitals posted an aggregate profit of $2.5 billion between 2008 and 2011, according to a document prepared by S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS).
However sixteen of these facilities lost money over that time period – including one in Anderson, S.C. which lost nearly $100 million.
The [...]

The Great Obamacare Hypocrisy

Remember the fantasy U.S. President Barack Obama sold the American people regarding his socialized medicine bill? You know the one in which “Obamacare” would lower the deficit, reduce health care costs and cut the size of your annual insurance premium?
Well guess what … in addition to further exploding the deficit, raising health care costs and [...]

Bobby Jindal Urges Louisiana To Block Obamacare Medicaid Expansion

April 24, 2013, Fairfax, VA—Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today issued the following statement praising Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal for urging the Louisiana legislature to block Medicaid expansion under the new federal health care law in a recent oped, “Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion is bad for Louisiana”:
“If the Louisiana legislature listens to Governor Jindal, Louisiana [...]

Obama’s “Compromise” Budget?

This week U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled his budget for the 2014 fiscal year (which begins on October 1) – a $3.8 trillion spending plan that is being hailed by the mainstream media as a “compromise” document aimed at bringing so-called “Republicans” to the negotiating table.
Even conservative budget analyst Michael Tanner of The Cato Institute [...]

Is Obamacare Already Killing Jobs?

Is Obamacare at least partially behind last month’s disastrous job creation numbers?
At least one prominent traditionally pro-Obama economic analyst, Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics, thinks so.
Appearing on CNBC, Zandi said “the retail trade number would be consistent not only with the payroll tax but, again, I think the health care reform may be having [...]

Cato: “50 Vetoes” Of Obamacare

Despite surviving a number of threats, President Obama’s health care law remains harmful, unstable, and unpopular. It also remains vulnerable to repeal, largely because Congress and the Supreme Court have granted each state the power to veto major provisions of the law before they take effect in 2014.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [...]

SC Nullification Testimony Sparks Controversy

We’ve weighed in a couple of times on the nullification movement in South Carolina (click here and here).
Basically we’ve got no problem with it, although we’ve long maintained it is a feint designed to pave the way for the eventual acceptance of a massive Medicaid expansion associated with U.S. President Barack Obama’s socialized medicine law.
For [...]

The SCGOP’s Empty Suit

South Carolina “Republican” Party (SCGOP) chairman Chad Connelly released a scathing statement earlier this week slamming Democrats in the S.C. House of Representatives for their support of a massive Medicaid expansion tied to Obamacare.
As well he should have …
The Medicaid expansion – one of the few optional components of U.S. President Barack Obama’s socialized medicine law [...]