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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Stories Causing Atlas to Shrug, December 17th Edition

If you like your plan you can pay more - SEBELIUS: Yes, you will pay more. 

45 States Still Haven't Hit 10% of Their ObamaCare Enrollment Goals. 

Fewer Than 800 Enroll in Delaware. 

The Federal Government is spending tax dollars to collect human urine.   

After sequester cuts slashed $85 billion from the federal budget, the government continued spending $30 billion on things like 3-D pizza printers for NASA, a beachfront property loan program for millionaires, and a $300 million Army surveillance blimp that doesn’t work. 


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