The birth control facade

I've never been one to really believe that the powers that be in the republican party want to see the right to choose come to an end in America--it would cost them a bit too much money from political donations and a few votes as well from one issue voters and those who are republican on abortion only.  Likewise, I don't believe that republican opposition to the Obama administrations requiring religious institutions to offer birth control coverage to their employees to be about religious freedom or winning the Catholic vote (the latter of which doesn't seem to be working).

Nope, what it's about is finding another way to keep the 1% richer at the expense of the 99%.  The Blunt amendment, for all its claims about being the right for employers to refuse health insurance coverage "on moral grounds" is really about giving employers another way to fuck over their employees--if an employer wants to maximize its profits, even if it's at the expense of its workers and their families health, they can, under republican groupthink.  Because this amendment would allow employers to deny virtually any coverage by simply claiming they are morally opposed.  And we all know that businesses would never take advantage of that....

And what we really need is another way for working Americans to come up a day late and a dollar short.

Peace,
emaycee