{"id":19008,"date":"2013-09-30T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T18:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=19008"},"modified":"2013-09-30T15:05:56","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T19:05:56","slug":"democrats-will-risk-a-government-shutdown-in-defense-of-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/19008\/democrats-will-risk-a-government-shutdown-in-defense-of-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Will Risk a Government Shutdown in Defense of THIS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another day, another front-page headline announcing yet another ObamaCare dysfunction.\u00a0 At CFIF we&#8217;ve detailed the ongoing <a href=\"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/index.php\/commentary\/56-health-care\/1974-obamacares-biggest-lie\" target=\"_blank\">litany<\/a>, and today brought another in that inglorious procession.\u00a0 Yet the Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats remain willing to force a government shutdown defending it?<\/p>\n<p>Page A1 of today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052702304373104579105451166759812.html?mod=ITP_pageone_0\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a> reads, &#8220;Late Snags On Eve Of Health Rollout&#8221; with the law&#8217;s debut set for tomorrow:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Obama Administration officials scrambling to get the health law&#8217;s insurance marketplaces ready to open on Tuesday keep hitting technical problems, while government-funded field workers across the country say they aren&#8217;t fully prepared to help Americans enroll in the program.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, in a separate <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052702303643304579105640768790598.html?mod=ITP_pageone_2\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> on the looming government shutdown, the <em>Journal<\/em> examines which federal agencies would be affected.\u00a0 It highlights that mail delivery would continue, Social Security checks would still be mailed, transportation functions such as air traffic control and Amtrak would continue and national security services would be exempt.\u00a0 So who would be hit?\u00a0 Well, the out-of-control Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), among others:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Which agencies would be most affected?<\/p>\n<p>The Environmental Protection Agency would be among the most disrupted, furloughing all but 1,069 of its 16,200 workers, according to plans that agencies filed with the White House.\u00a0 The National Labor Relations Board would send home all but 11 of its 1,611 employees, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission would furlough 652 of its 680 employees.\u00a0 Agencies devoted to national security and human safety would remain more fully staffed.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wait&#8230;\u00a0 Remind me again why a shutdown is a bad thing for conservatives and libertarians?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another day, another front-page headline announcing yet another ObamaCare dysfunction.\u00a0 At CFIF we&#8217;ve detailed the ongoing litany, and today brought another in that inglorious procession.\u00a0 Yet the Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats remain willing to force a government shutdown defending it? 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