1. If the Supreme Court declares Obamacare unconstitutional, Romneycare will remain
2. because it is a state plan
3. that was passed with overwhelming, bi-partisan support
4. without kickbacks created to secure enough votes
5. to get it through the legislature on a corrupt technicality,
6. and it was based on the conservative movement’s alternative to single payer,
7. without tax increases
8. or multiple accounting gimmicks,
9. making it popular among constituents
10. who can move to another state if they don’t like it.
Obamacare is
1. an unconstitutional plan
2. encompassing the entire nation
3. passed with the narrowest vote against bi-partisan opposition
4. bolstered by kickbacks to states
5. and rammed through Congress under a “deem and pass” scheme
6. containing more than 1300 pages of statutes and regulations
7. and 18 separate tax increases,
8. declared feasible through delayed implementation and phantom Medicare cuts
9. making it unpopular among constituents
10. who can’t avoid the law or, like favored groups, get a waiver.
SEE ALSO: Three Cheers for Romneycare, by Ann Coulter
AND: Mark Levin’s rebuttal. Levin makes some solid points, particularly with regards to Coulter’s sins of omission, but he also displays poor reading comprehension at several turns.
AND: Yuval Levin’s Romneycare and Obamacare, and Levin & Ponnuru’s Romneycare vs. Obamacare
AND: Stuart Butler says the original “mandate” invented by policy wonks at The Heritage Foundation shouldn’t be confused with the one in Obamacare.