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From Weekly Saturday Interview with John DeMasi's "Talk with a Purpose" on WPG Radio, 95.5FM and 1450AM near Atlantic City, New Jersey: Obamacare delays vital tests by months--unless you have special connections. Host John Demasi and Seth Grossman describe how doctor referred them to specialists to test for dangerous symptoms. But specialists could not give either of them appointments to even talk to specialists about getting those tests for months. Each found doctors to take those tests only by using personal friends and connections. This is normal is socialist and Third World countries. It was never normal in America before Obamacare. You Often Need Insider Connections to Get Essential Care: To get the medical treatment you need, you often need advocates with influence and connections. . Impact of Policy: This began in 2014 when "Obamacare" (The wrongly named "Affordable Care Act") took effect. It caused many of our best doctors to retire or join large corporate practices run by clerks and bureaucrats. They big practices depend on the government agencies and big insurance companies that pay them. They no longer depend on their reputations and good will of their patients. These practices often use "diversity, equity, and inclusion" instead of merit when hiring their doctors. A handful of voters approve $36 million of new debt for Egg Harbor Township public schools. Egg Harbor Township School Board members deliberately held special election onf March 10 to guarantee super-low voter turnout: They could have put the question on the ballot for last November's regular election at no cost to local taxpayers. But they chose not to. They deliberately spent probably $100,000 to hold a special election on March 10. (They did not publicly announce the cost.) Many voters knew nothing about it.  Many were in Florida. Many had no idea that the polls did not open until noon. They did this for one obvious reason.  Roughly 18,000 Egg Harbor Township voters voted in last November's election. The school board members knew that most of them would vote "No." They knew most taxpayers in Egg Harbor Township do not want to borrow $36 million just for repairs and maintenance on existing buildings. And so these School Board members wasted money on a special election to guarantee a super-low turnout. Only 2,428 people voted last Tuesday, March 10. That was less than 10% of the 37,000 registered voters of Egg Harbor Township. 1,470 voted "yes" and 857 voted "no". Only the handful of voters who benefited from the $36 million were notified of this special election. trategic Timing: Seth The school sent emails and notices to all teachers, parents of students and employees and contractors. I bet they also used their "emergency" telephone system to remind to vote. https://youtu.be/a0fwj6fzFtE?si=zSQV-fER9-n3Sb1d Failure to deal with the real issue. Government makes everything way to expensive to build and fix. There are ridiculous union rules, environmental rules, diversity equity and inclusion rules, and all sorts of laws that make doing anything a violation of something. The solution to everything being unaffordable? Force somebody else to pay!  Get a "grant" from the state or federal government to pay for a local project. Borrow the money, and get your kids and grandkids to pay! https://youtu.be/3zeRyUceuoY?si=zCv2V3uBSUTKedVB Crazy "fee-shifting" lawsuit laws reward fake "victims" and punish taxpayer. Do you remember the 2020 George Floyd Riots in Atlantic City? That was when more than a hundred rioters broke windows and looted stores on Atlantic Avenue, and in "The Walk" Shopping District. That was when Steve Young and six others deliberately blocked traffic several times None of them cared a bit about the thousands of business owners and workers have to earn a full year of income in a ten-week tourist season. Mayor Marty Small and the Atlantic City Police Department then did an outstanding job. They watched hours