As Cruz leads the battle to defund Obamacare, there are those who object who are making an argument to let it go ahead and let it be funded. So, I've read them and here's what I think.
It seems that their argument is that Obamacare will fall on its own. That Obama is already falling in the polls. That the fight distracts from the scandals.
That all may be true, but if you don't do this now, you may never do it at all. In life, you have to make choices. What we have here is a choice of what strategy to follow. Either fight it now, or hope if collapses later. If it doesn't collapse, it is with us forever. If we can't defund it now, we risk losing it all, with a permanent Democrat majority.
I don't want to take the risk that Obamacare survives. If it survives and so does the GOP, then what good is the GOP in that case? If the GOP can't kill it off now, when the news is bad, they may never be able to kill it. Make no mistake, Obamacare must die.
As for being blamed for the shutdown that may ensue, who cares? This government is spying on us. The IRS is trying to enforce a one-party state. Who cares if the government is denied money? I sure the hell don't.
The Cruz faction isn't even trying to shut down the government anyway. They can fund the government, one piece at a time. Make Harry Reid and the Democrats continue to vote on funding Obamacare. Make them do it again and again and again. Make them do it while jobs are being lost. Make them do it while this recovery remains the weakest on record. Make them do it with a burgeoning debt. Democrats are running away from this bill. Keep them on the run. You may get enough of them to override a veto from Obama.
We may never know if Cruz's opponents are right if we follow Cruz. But this law is 3 years old and it hasn't gone away yet. Maybe all it needs is a shove.
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