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marlakay

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11. People are scared and think it will bankrupt them
Sat Mar 31, 2012, 11:37 AM
Mar 2012

they are barely surviving from paycheck to paycheck and afraid this will take them under. I think they have had lousy media explaining exactly how much people will have to pay from their gross or net income.

Imagine your gross income is not too bad but your mortgage, property insurance, car insurance, and car payments are high, you were okay but maybe one of the couple lost your job and now you are barely hanging on. Can't sell house or car for amount of loan so what do you do? And then you hear you have to pay for medical, you want it but are afraid. You make pretty good money but not with the payments you took on when you had two incomes.

Stupid example but I am thinking people across america during the good times could have worked up credit card bills, loans, etc and now that wages are frozen or hours cut they are struggling where once was good and this new law terrifies them if it is based on gross income because most people know they made poor judgement calls when times were good…

So Obama's team should have come out years ago when this first happened and explained exactly, not generally but exactly or close to it, how much people would have to pay. When people know they can plan and budget for it, when they don't know, fear comes in big time!

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This one is ALL on Obama. He didn't have to adopt the individual mandate the insurance companies... Poll_Blind Mar 2012 #1
He would probably never have gotten anything through without the Mandate. Jackpine Radical Mar 2012 #5
I agree. If you think back, in the end he had to take it to the people just to get... Poll_Blind Mar 2012 #6
I think it could be OK for Dems if LiberalCatholic Mar 2012 #27
He had the chance... dajoki Mar 2012 #28
Medicare for all n/t dajoki Mar 2012 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author dajoki Mar 2012 #31
Don't blame Obama Yo_Mama Mar 2012 #16
If they do it again, maybe the walking dead American people will... polichick Mar 2012 #2
Sadly when we are all living under the american xtian taliban. libtodeath Mar 2012 #4
Maybe some country will invade us and fight the American Taliban. polichick Mar 2012 #7
According to one poll, 2/3rd of Americans want the Supreme Court to strike down the mandate AZ Progressive Mar 2012 #8
But as many people like the individual provisions of the bill... polichick Mar 2012 #9
This is why it is everyone's business how people vote AZ Progressive Mar 2012 #12
I agree; it is everyone's business - but how do you wake those up who... polichick Mar 2012 #14
People are scared and think it will bankrupt them marlakay Mar 2012 #11
They don't go and research the law because they let Rush Limbaugh inform them about the law AZ Progressive Mar 2012 #13
Also, people probably don't know how insurance works AZ Progressive Mar 2012 #15
It's difficult to say exactly how much an individual or family would have to pay. subterranean Mar 2012 #20
I don't think this is a stupid example at all Yo_Mama Mar 2012 #24
So true and they will shake their little fists while sitting on their Medicare paid for scooter. NT demgrrrll Mar 2012 #26
I agree with demgrrrll Worried senior Mar 2012 #30
Excellent commentary! CrispyQ Mar 2012 #3
There are three groups of people responsible for this AZ Progressive Mar 2012 #10
I recommend this post, AND the original post. loudsue Mar 2012 #22
I'll go out on a limb and say peace frog Mar 2012 #17
Hopefully John Roberts has the foresight to see that.... AZ Progressive Mar 2012 #18
Roberts likes to be on the majority side... dajoki Mar 2012 #19
let's hope this is wrong seethegalaxy Mar 2012 #21
The Law is toast. sellitman Mar 2012 #23
I almost think the effect would be opposite shawn703 Mar 2012 #25
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