Colorado Sues Oklahoma: Too Many Inbreds Pouring Over the State Line

Scott Pruitt, Attorney General of Oklahoma, has filed a lawsuit against Colorado because of Colorado's citizens' vote to legalize marijuana.  Scott Pruitt — he's also one of the ringleaders of the GOP's never-ending crusade to derail Obamacare — said:

“What we take issue with is this licensing scheme, this commercialization, that the state has promoted at the expense of Oklahoma and Nebraska...there are illegal products that are being trafficked across state lines. Clearly we've been injured.”

In response, the State of Colorado has filed a counter-suit against Oklahoma, alleging that Oklahoma's constant exporting of dumb rednecks has ruined the cultural/intellectual/political climate of neighboring Colorado.  A spokesperson for the counter-suit, who declined to be identified, said:

“We are the ones who have 'clearly been injured.'  We've been working to provide the best possible education system for our citizens, and then these bone-stupid Okies keep pouring into our state.  They're dumbing down the entire school system; they're stupidifying the entire state!  Colorado has some of the world's most magnificent scenery, wildlife, biological corridors.  We want to save these irreplaceable treasures from the devastating effects of climate change.  It's an uphill battle, standing up against the deep-pocketed fossil fuel industry.  And this battle is even harder when we're surrounded by a bunch of inbred Bible-humpers who think Jesus and the dinosaurs were romping and frolicking 2,000 years ago, and global warming is just God hugging us closer.”

Scott Pruitt: the Douchebag Who Ended Obamacare

Probably not.  But the Republican pipedream continues.

Scott Pruitt, Attorney General of Oklahoma, has filed a lawsuit against Obamacare.  Twenty-six attorneys general have already sued to stop Obamacare, and they lost.  The Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act.  But as Lucy keeps telling Charlie Brown, “this time it’ll be different.”

(The linked article was written by Republican spoogebucket Dick Morris, so take it with a grain of salt.)

Unlike his predecessors, Scott “Blows the Koch Brothers” Pruitt isn’t pretending the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.  Instead he’s using the law’s own wording against it, in a way that will nullify the state exchanges which are a crucial part of the law.  When  these state exchanges have been derailed, Obamacare will collapse like a house of cards.

The article's wording — plus the spooge-licker’s “reasoning” — is so convoluted, I won’t even try to paraphrase it.  Straight from the Horse’s Ass’s mouth:

The text of the Affordable Care Act “explicitly provided a subsidy only to those who receive their insurance through state exchanges. Indeed, the subsidies and tax credits were intended to be the carrot that induced states to set up exchanges rather than force the feds to set up their own…Section 1401 of the act…‘authorizes premium-assistance tax credits and makes them available only through state-run Exchanges.’…The section says that taxpayers may receive a tax credit only if ‘the taxpayer is covered by a qualified health plan ... that was enrolled in through an Exchange established by the State under section 1311 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.’”

What he said.

So I guess if you’ve enrolled in a health insurance policy — via the Affordable Care Act — in a state that has voluntarily set up an exchange, you’re OK.  But if you live in a state that has refused to set up an exchange, meaning that the federal government had to step in and do the state’s job for it — No Obamacare for you!

Or something.