Ms. Spam Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Today the Supreme Court handed down some rulings. I am kind of disappointed in the Obamacare ruling. More later when I am not on my phone but start thinking and reading up on these things people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_breakfast_table/features/2015/scotus_roundup/supreme_court_2015_the_obamacare_ruling_is_a_bigger_victory_than_anyone.html?wpsrc=fol_fb The Obamacare ruling is an even bigger victory for the law—and the president—than anybody expected. Everybody, To my mind, the most astonishing aspect of Chief Justice John Roberts’ opinion in King v. Burwell is that it actually puts Obamacare’s opponents in a worse position than they were in before the lawsuit. Pre-King, the IRS had simply promulgated a rule that subsidies must be available to people in every state, regardless of the presence of an exchange. The Obama administration argued that, if the court found the text ambiguous, it should defer to the IRS and allow its rule to go forward. (This is the so-called Chevron deference.) Under that logic, a future administration could revoke the subsidies in states with no exchange just as easily as the Obama administration made the subsidies universally available. Read more in the link. Interestingly, and as this writer points out, significantly, the Supreme Court did not base its decision in King v. Burwell on the Chevron rule of judicial deference to reasonable construction of an ambiguous statute by an administrative agency. The Court did not say the IRS' interpretation of the ACA is not unreasonable, therefore it prevails. On the contrary, the Court said the issue of whether subsidies can be paid in states that use the federal exchange is too important to entrust to the IRS, especially since the IRS has no particular expertise in the regulation of health insurance markets. The Court's holding is that subsidies MUST be paid in federal exchange states just the same as they are paid in states with their own exchanges. There is no administrative discretion in the matter. Does this mean that those against Obamacare finally give up? Personally I think it is too late to repeal the law. I hate it and would like to get rid of it because it fixed nothing. Healthcare is still to expensive and if you are young and of good stock you're punished if you opt to not get health care by paying a fine at tax time. Most young people don't need health care unless they contract an STD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 Oh and who the hell wants the IRS managing this health care business? NOT I! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 Jiggery pokery is my new word by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pong Messiah Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 whats going on in here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Somebody's grandma found the internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 Dudes. It's judgement day in the Supreme Court. Will gays be able to marry? Will people still have Obamacare? Will people be able to get lethal injections on death row or do we need to go to a firing squad? Are we being discriminated against in housing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 OMG! SCOTUS just queered up this joint! OMG OMG OMG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 whats going on in hereJiggery Pokery. Buddy. Jiggery Pokery.Somebody's grandma found the internetI am Beatrice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 http://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-same-sex-marriage-1435180972I can marry my kitties now, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 YES! YES! YES! I can't decide which cat I want to marry first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 I'ma marry BOTH of mine then ask for YOUR hand in marriage, Spam, BE READY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pong Messiah Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 cat polygamy we were warned this would happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest El Chalupacabra Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 cat polygamy we were warned this would happenWhich is why you are voting for Ben Carson, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RelentlessMalice Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Well for the last 48 hours all I have seen on tv and social media is the confederate flag and rainbows. Are we being attacked by rebel skittles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 The backlash on Facebook feeds my angsty soul. Calls to ban the rainbow flag. Stuff about how the Supreme Court can't write and sign laws. Even Greg Abbott - my states governor has piled on. I just know that this Friday was the happiest day on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I DANCED at Pride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pong Messiah Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 The backlash on Facebook feeds my angsty soul. Calls to ban the rainbow flag. Stuff about how the Supreme Court can't write and sign laws. Even Greg Abbott - my states governor has piled on. I just know that this Friday was the happiest day on the internet.Find new friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 YOU should just find FRIENDS. jerk store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pong Messiah Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 ur face is jerk stor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 The backlash on Facebook feeds my angsty soul. Calls to ban the rainbow flag. Stuff about how the Supreme Court can't write and sign laws. Even Greg Abbott - my states governor has piled on. I just know that this Friday was the happiest day on the internet.Find new friends. family is weird. Plus I've had a bit of fun asking the married family members if they are experiencing their marriage crumbling before their eyes since this new ruling has totally redefined what marriage is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odine Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 They can always move to the last western bastion of bigotry: Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Human Torch Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 The backlash on Facebook feeds my angsty soul. Calls to ban the rainbow flag. Stuff about how the Supreme Court can't write and sign laws. Even Greg Abbott - my states governor has piled on. I just know that this Friday was the happiest day on the internet.Well that bolded specific is a rational concern regardless of any persons' position on what a government should acknowledge as marriage. Not that this is a new thing, nor literal... For all intents and purposes however. Of course how one goes about expressing that concern and with what regularity prior to this could say something about their actual concern they're hiding within this one. As I love to "preach" be aware of context; who said what? why did they say it? who were they talking to? have they said it prior or since? A fair, but still open, picture of a person and message can be ascertained with these questions. Fair warning; you'll probably just realize you wasted your time and those people are 'tards. Still a good habit to have anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 South Dakota County Clerk Threatens to Marry Her Dog to Oppose Gay Marriage http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/06/30/south-dakota-county-clerk-threatens-to-marry-her-dog-to-oppose-gay-marriage/ This makes as much sense as heterosexuals being upset about 'gay marriage'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 I dunno. I think it illustrates how irrational/delusional these MARRIAGE = MAN + WOMAN proponents are. In funny news related to Facebook I have a homophobic friend who's been posting about protesting these gay weddings and posting Fox News tidbits and other not nice things who just used the Facebook app to apply the rainbow to her profile pic that people have been doing. I got to post to her page, "You do understand what that app represents? Right?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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