Thursday, October 07, 2010

ObamaCare and The Rule of Waiver

I can't improve on Ed Morrissey's analysis from Hot Air regarding the Obama administration's issuing of ObamaCare compliance waivers:
The Rule of Law depends on an environment with clear regulation and unbiased enforcement.  From the start, ObamaCare lacked any clarity in regulation.  Congress filled the bill with the phrase “The Secretary shall determine” in place of establishing rules and regulations for the massive regulatory regime Congress created.  Now, the White House has added arbitrary enforcement to uncertain regulation and opaque processes.  This is not the Rule of Law, but the Whim of Autocracy.
Morrissey continues to emphasize--and I concur--that business thrives best in a predictable and favorable regulatory climate.

Contrary to the way it was advertised, ObamaCare has damaged the economy by increasing uncertainty.

And it's worth pointing out that the routine use of waivers provides one more avenue for exerting central control over the economy, albeit in a relatively small way in the context of the overall economy.

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