Fascists like Henry Waxman are upset that companies are following SEC regulations:
People’s Commissar Henry Waxman is now planning to haul the companies before his committee because their disclosures fail to play along with the our Leftist rulers’ script that Obamacare “will expand coverage and bring down costs.”
As Andy notes:
If we are now under a system where disclosure gets you a public whipping and other threats by the Powers That Be while nondisclosure promises the ruinous expenses of defending against criminal investigations and civil enforcement, this is no longer anything but a thugocracy.
It’s the Chicago (and West LA) way.
Make everything illegal and enforce selectively. Thats that plan.
This morning I was greeted to an ad stating I should thank Susan Kosmas for voting for health care. I was informed that my health insurance plan will now be EXACTLY LIKE THE PLAN CONGRESS ENJOYS!
It is a shame political ads don’t have to keep the same standards as other ads and we can’t haul these people in front of the FTC for an anal probing.
I say “Go for it!” When Waxman brings these villains in to explain their inexplicable compliance with US law, he’ll look so impressive.
I agree with Karl. They should televise that hearing.
Be happy he wants to do this. I’d rather have him trying to grill people smarter than him than working on the next power and money grab. I sure hope the Republicans win in Nov. I’m so tired of looking up those portholes he calls nostrils.
Props: 2000 pink sheets of paper.
“Dear Congresscritters, we have a motto of cutting profits as close to zero as possible during downturns by investing as much as possible in the future of our company. This means there isn’t a lot of slack for dealing with unexpected emergencies. Obamacare is indeed going to cost us money, regardless of what your trained seals keep telling you. This here is a pink slip. Pink slips for the people whose salary is the difference between moronic debt-financing and an even keel for our company have already been sent out. This one is for (read sheet) Jose Alvarez. Father of two, good worker, an asset to our company. (Hand to aide) I’ve just fired Jose Alvarez to counteract the cost to my company of complying with just your request to appear. If you want me to continue explaining the concepts of high school economics, well, it will pain me to do so. I have pink slips for every single person in my company here (thump stack), note that the lawyers are last. They appear to be the crucial investment of survival for any company after the passage of the Raw Deal. Thank you.
Hm, Demancipation Proclamation.
Are you, or have you ever been, a member of the American business community?
Update:
“Go for it!”
Bill: Problem there is that Waxman has been a posturing idiot forever, but it doesn’t seem to stop him getting re-elected or set up in major committees…
I swear, every time I see Waxman’s name attached to anything coming from Congress, it’s mind-bogglingly stupid and/or biased, even by Congressional standards.