A recent article states: “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) itself empowers states to block the employer mandate, to exempt many of their low- and middle-income taxpayers from the individual mandate, and to reduce federal deficit spending, simply by not establishing a health insurance ‘exchange’…To date, 34 states, accounting for roughly two-thirds of the U.S. population, have refused to create Exchanges. Under the statute, this shields employers in those states from a $2,000 per worker tax that will apply in states that are creating Exchanges (e.g., California, Colorado, New York). Those 34 states have exempted at least 8 million residents from taxes as high as $2,085 on families of four earning as little as $24,000. They have also reduced federal deficits by hundreds of billions of dollars.”
You probably didn’t know that, and won’t hear it on the nightly news. Also unfortunate is the fact that West Virginia, rather than protecting citizens has chosen to full implement ObamaCare. This means higher taxes, fewer choices, and funding abortion against our religious convictions. Our lawmakers seem bent on forcing us to comply with this awful despite the overwhelming opposition to it on the part of Americans, and especially medical professionals. Perhaps we need new lawmakers. Click here for original article.
About Nathan Cherry
Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.
March, 26, 2013, began much like any other day. The sun came up. It was a morning of dreary rain/snow and clouds in Parkersburg, but was that all there would be at the end of the day? Certainty cannot say for a few more months.
Often cultural and political analysts will look at what is happening in Europe and our surrounding neighbors for a forecast of what will take place here in America within a few years. So far, as it relates to health-care, civil law, and religious freedom, the outcome has not been pleasant. As the European government expands and implements socialistic policies, the U.S. seems to think we should follow suit. I disagree.
As has been written here numerous times in the past, freedom of religion is under attack by those who would erase God from every aspect of public life whether it is city hall, the courts, the public park down the street, or your neighborhood school. The last being the place where the loss of God’s presence has had the most marked negative impact of all.
Most of you that read our blog regularly have probably heard us mention the New Mexico photography business that is being lost because they refused to provide photography services to a homosexual “wedding.” Others may be familiar with the new law that was passed on the left coast (aka, California) that makes offering psychological counseling or psychiatric services to anyone who wishes to rid themselves of same-sex attractions a criminal act that can result in loss of license and jail time.
