Companies slashing worker hours "because of Obamacare"

[Igel]

38. Let's try a bit of good will for the President, shall we?

He said that they needed the time to get all the software talking properly. The regs for the ACA were postponed and postponed and postponed.

The regs dictate how the software, employer-side and government-side, has to be implemented.

When you get confused, arcane, late regs you have a software nightmare.

The President had resources put into the politically advantageous thing instead of the politically punishing thing--the perks and goodies in the ACA. He pushed having all the exchanges well-written and set up, ready to go.

We've seen how that worked out, now haven't we? A 800% cost overrun (late, arcane regs) and spaghetti code that doesn't handshake properly.

Now imagine if the executive branch had split the resources, putting less into implementing the exchanges and more into getting the business/government connection in place. The exchanges would be in far worse shape, and two months later there'd be the disaster as businesses couldn't meet the conditions necessary to avoid fines because the government screwed up.

I don't think Obama had the authority to postpone the law. I think legally and Consitutionally it's just plain wrong. Politically, it was necessary. Some presidents think their vow to support the laws and Constitution trump politics and immediate needs. Some don't. But we humans eagerly justify and even applaud the guy in our group when he does the same thing that we vilify out-group "peers" for doing, so my view is probably very unpopular.