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And may lose more.  Remember, he decided that he’d replace one failed social services transportation organization and THEN start asking for money (“aggressively”).  Well, you can “aggress” all you want, but I think that Claremont (and a whole lotta other towns and cities) ain’t gonna bend over and fork it over (reformatted, emphasis mine):

Hiring freeze, budget cuts proposed to combat health insurance spike

CLAREMONT — City Manager Guy Santagate is proposing an immediate freeze on hiring of non-public safety employees and budget cuts to make up for an anticipated 23 percent rise in health insurance costs.  Santagate said the city budget is expected to come up short by $129,000 when the 23.1-percent increase goes into effect in January.

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So, here’s another one (emphasis mine, reformatted):

Deal reached after GOP claims absentee ballots were handled wrongly in Florida county

A clash between the state Republican party and Broward County’s elections office over the handling of absentee ballots was settled Wednesday night only hours after it began.  At issue: whether Broward Supervisor of Elections Brenda C. Snipes had broken the law by opening scores of mail-in ballots in private, and without the supervision of a canvassing board appointed to oversee and certify elections.

Snipes — whose office has dealt with a series of mishaps and complications this election cycle — received a letter Wednesday afternoon from Republican state party chairman Blaise Ingoglia alleging the elections department had illegally processed and opened scores of the more than 153,000 ballots that have been cast by mail so far in Broward.

BTW, Broward County is heavily Democrat. 

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I pity the person that got the short straw that was assigned to do this list:

“I am the only candidate who ran in either the Democratic or Republican primary who said from the very beginning (that) I will not raise taxes on the middle class.”

“Back in the Great Recession, when millions of jobs across America hung in the balance, Donald Trump said rescuing the auto industry didn’t really matter very much.”

“[FBI Director] Comey said my answers were truthful, and what I’ve said is consistent with what I have told the American people.”

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Much has been written (including here on the ‘Grok) about Obamacare.  Now that our “we are the right ones to implement Socialism” are seeing the absolute nightmare that this Democrat nationalization of our healthcare system has now turned into a tsunami of badness, they are:

1)Saying that those whose Obamacare premiums have skyrocketed (up to $1300 /month with $13,000/year for deductions) are “only a few that aren’t covered by taxpayer subsidies”.  In other words, we’re seeing the Socialist version of “immaterial collateral damage” (e.g., “well, ya gotta break a few eggs to get a great omlette” – but what if you are that egg?)

2)It doesn’t affect those with subsidies as the Government will just raise the amount of the subsidies.  In other words, Democrats are just fine say ‘screw the rest of you that are paying for our “protected ones”‘).

Good post from ‘Grok friend Betsy McCaughey over at the New York Post that talks about how it affects the rest of us that aren’t directly on Obamacare – “we others”:

Insured through work? The law forces employers to provide a one-size-fits-all benefits package costing much more than pre-ObamaCare coverage. The law also imposes a slew of new taxes. No surprise, employers are offsetting these costs by raising deductibles and reducing family coverage. In 2017, many companies will eliminate insurance for spouses.

Working part-time?

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