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The conservative governors are not thwarting implementation of the ACA, because if states refuse to set up their own health insurance marketplace, the federal government will do it for them according to provisions of the ACA. Republicans like Jindal, Scott, and Perry epitomize why this country suffers from divisiveness and it is founded in Republicans’ refusal to follow legally passed laws under the Obama Administration. Besides pure vindictiveness targeting any law President Obama signed, this issue exposes a larger problem facing this nation and it is whether or not the Constitution or the John Bircher Koch Brothers are the law of the land. The Americans for Prosperity press release cited Republican governors “principled stand” against the health law, but their refusal to set up exchanges will not stop it’s implementation. This incident is not about the health law, but about who controls Republicans.
The Koch brothers have not always been antagonistic against Christie as long as he followed their edicts, and last year David Koch praised Christie for pushing legislation the Koch’s ordered Republicans to support. Koch praised Christie for eliminating public workers’ right to bargain collectively for health benefits, and for pulling New Jersey out of a Northeastern states regional cap-and-trade market to curb industrial greenhouse gas emissions. Christie said in October he would wait for the outcome of the election to decide whether or not he would set up health insurance exchanges, but the Koch’s Americans for Prosperity memo warned him there are harsh consequences for any further pro-Obama apostasy.
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