The Most Pathetic Person in the Universe
This
week's award for the Most Pathetic Person in the Universe is a three way tie for abdicating responsibility. The
lucky winners are being awarded for their exquisitely amateurish
performance in the roll out of the Obamacare website. The list of
transgressions committed by this group is long and predictable. First
healthcare.gov was not ready for prime time, despite having the luxury
of having three years and nearly half a billion dollars to build the
site. Next the award recipients could not quite figure out who was to
blame so they just all blamed each other. This whole scene reminds of
page four from Friedrich Hayek's illustrated Road to Serfdom
and how the 'planners' almost come to blows because they cannot decide
on what plan to pursue. Finally when they were done blaming each other
they blamed the Republicans. Why? I am not sure why, because even
though most Republican governors did not select to set up their own
exchanges the administration had more than enough warning time to adjust
for this reality. On top of that the majority of Obamacare's funding
is mandatory so even the government shutdown did not affect the
Department of Health and Human Services and White House's ability to
administer the law. In the end the reality of the situation is no
matter how much makeup you put on an ugly pig it will always be an ugly
pig.
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