To start off with, it was Obama's idea in the first place. He first broached the subject before he won the 2008 election. Then, after taking office, he foisted the project on Congress. Congress was fully controlled by the Democratic Party in 2009 and 2010. There were more than a dozen hidden agendas that popped up as the discussions went on, and one by one the Democrats backed off. Then, there was a "national emergency;" the plan just had to be passed right now. Pelosi and Reid put on the full-court press and, in the face of 70% opposition against it from the citizens who they work for, the Democrats jammed this down our throats on straight part-line votes in both houses of Congress. Of course, Obama signed it post haste, lickety-split.
This was an entirely Democrat bill; as I remember it, not one Independent, Libertarian or Republican voted for it. Max Baucus led a small group of Senators against the bill, then caved in at the last minute and the bill passed... before anyone had read it.
And therein lies the blame... every Democrat who was in office in 2010 in the House, Senate or White House is to blame. They all collaborated blindly and with malice aforethought to "stick it to America." Now, of course, they're shaking in their collective boots, afraid of what is coming in November of 2014. If they had any sense at all, they'd all resign now and save themselves from the embarrassment.
Paybacks are a bitch.
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