What a great deal ObamaCare is for states like Virginia: Mandates delivered by the federal government resulting in the states paying more out of their own pockets. With this disastrous law Obama violated his pledge not to raise taxes on the middle class. This isn’t that surprising considering he has continued to lie about raising taxes for some time now. Politifact has even called him out on this.

Here in the great state of Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli are vigorously fighting ObamaCare and as a conservative, you have to be proud of that.

From the Governor:

“Tomorrow marks the one year anniversary of President Barack Obama’s signing of the hastily passed 2,700 page federal healthcare bill that creates an unprecedented intrusion on America’s strong free enterprise system and places enormous unfunded mandates on the states. It was also one year ago that Virginia became the first state to file suit against the federal government over the constitutionality of this law. Today, lawmakers, state leaders, and our citizens remain as concerned about the provisions of the law as they were on the day the bill was signed.

It is estimated that implementation of the federal healthcare bill will cost Virginia $2 billion between now and 2022. While we all agree that we must make healthcare more affordable, accessible and accountable, it cannot occur in a manner that infringes on our constitutional rights, makes it harder for private-sector employers to hire new workers, creates major new government bureaucracies, raises taxes and places unfunded mandates on states that we simply cannot afford. We need to improve healthcare in our nation with common sense, free market solutions, not a federal government controlled plan.

A majority of governors across the county strongly support our call for an expedited review by the Supreme Court of the pending health care lawsuits. This will permit us to obtain certainty and finality on the law promptly, and the Obama Administration’s opposition to this request is extremely disappointing and not in the best interest of the American people. As we move past this one year anniversary, we must get clarity on a law that will have a huge impact on states, business and individuals in the years ahead, should it be implemented. We need to improve our healthcare system, but this is the wrong way to do it. It must be replaced with improvements to our excellent medical care system in a way that improves access and reduces costs, while not stifling innovation and creating unsustainable burdens on the states.”

Where do you think that $2 billion will come from? The “soak the rich” mentality of the left won’t work in Virginia. Everyone’s taxes will go up for this abomination of a bill. Thank you Governor for pointing this out and continuing to fight.

Anyone think Creigh Deeds would’ve stood up against the President on this?

Stop laughing…