The Daily Banter

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This week's The Daily Banter mail bag is posted. Chez, Ben and I answered your email questions to the best of our ability. This week's healthcare-related questions:

I know on the face of it the health care ruling looks good for Obama, but I think that the Romney campaign might actually be happy about it as it gives them something to hammer Obama on during the election. Had the ruling gone the other way Obama could have claimed the Republicans and ‘activist’ judges ruined his health care plan (like they have done to the economy). What do you guys think?
Sarah

Really interesting piece from Mark Ames on the left’s abandonment of organized labor. It seems like a bit of a hopeless cause at the moment but there has to be a way to re-organize and put labor back at the forefront of politics. My question: How the hell can we do this without being painted as commie loving socialists? Maybe the left should hire a fancy ad agency to repackage the concept of unionism. I really think it needs to be sold to Americans somehow. Any ideas?
Sanj

Explain to me how you can support obamacare when you claim to be liberals? It’s a giant con. The mandate is a forced tax that goes to private insurance companies rather than the government. It’s disgusting and big corporate socialist scam that was sold to the idiot left who lapped it up because Saint Obama declared it to be good. Pathetic.
Rory

Read our answers here.