Jumping the gun

A federal judge in Texas on Friday struck down the Affordable Care Act, throwing a new round of uncertainty into the fate of the law just one day before the deadline to sign up for coverage for next year.

U.S. District Court Judge Reed O'Connor ruled that the law's individual mandate is unconstitutional, and that because the mandate cannot be separated from the rest of the law, the rest of the law is also invalid.

The ruling is certain to be appealed, and legal experts in both parties have said they ultimately expect the challenge to the health law will not succeed. ObamaCare will remain in effect while the case is appealed.

  The Hill

I, myself, object to the individual mandate, and the fact that it was pretty much written by insurance companies and is now costing people twice as much as it did upon enactment, but His Lardship is apparently unaware of yet another legal issue: that the law is in effect while being appealed. He'll just have to wait until it gets to the Supreme Court which the GOP and he have gerrymandered to proclaim its death.

Single payer, universal health care, and then, free health care to all citizens.  Don't come at me with we can't afford it.  We can.  Start here:

A Pentagon agency has lost track of hundreds of millions of dollars, according to an internal audit, which is a troubling sign for the military’s ability to oversee its massive $700 billion budget.

The audit, conducted by Ernst and Young and first reported by Politico, discovered the Defense Logistics Agency could not account for roughly $800 million in construction projects and had no documentation to show for it.

  Newsweek

And then revoke the money already allotted for a useless border wall.

And then reinstate fair and reasonable tax rates for corporations and plug offshore loopholes.

We can afford health care for everyone.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.