So what good is ACA afterall, if it gets delayed years and years??

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37. Similar reason the Stamp Act of 1765 should have been delayed.

All the Stamp Act of 1765 did was extend the requirement for use of Stamped paper on all legal documents, the equivalent of requiring a Notary Public today, to the colonies. This was already a requirement in the British Isles. And it was perfectly reasonable extending this to the colonies. People would have grumbled as they always do at a new cost and requirement. But it wouldn't have been that big a deal.

However, a single manufacturer (and large contributor to British politicians, natch) was allowed to produce this paper. The extension meant doubling production while setting up a distribution system over an area 10,000 times larger than the British Isles. They couldn't get it done in time.

The only sensible thing to do would have been to delay implementation. King George III's administration, of course, did no such thing. The results were a disaster.


Republicans spent the last two years assuring businesses that Obamacare would never be implemented. They firmly believed that it was unconstitutional. They were equally firmly convinced they would win back the White House and both bodies of congress by overwhelming margins.

You do remember their complete meltdown at losing, and losing big, this last election, yes?

The original two year delay was crafted because the administration knew perfectly well it would take business time to prepare. But most businesses listened to the GOP. So now they are playing catchup with the clock running out.

The only sensible thing to do would be to delay implementation. Republicans, of course, have launched attempts to block that delay. Even though they do not want it implemented. But they know that implementation on schedule would probably be a disaster which they hope to then blame on Obama.


Wanting to do harm by punishing businesses who were stupid enough to believe GOP lies is no better than Republicans wanting to do harm because they believe it will hurt Obama. Both decisions would hurt people for purely political gain.

More likely you just want it implemented to help people rather than punish others. Well, it ain't going to happen. We are just not in a position to implement it.

Even the Federal exchange is running late because everybody assumed the "states rights" party would, when push came to shove, choose to implement their own exchanges rather than letting the Feds do it. Not only because they hate federal government, but also because it would let them create an entity under their control which they could staff their cronies/supporters. Let the corruption roll!

But as they have demonstrated before, opposing Obama is so important they will do so even they have to hurt themselves in the bargain.

The first Black president must fail. Any other result destroys centuries of claims to racial superiority.