The Obamacare Inquisition Is on Hold … for Now - HUMAN EVENTS: "The House Democrats' Torquemada got cold feet. Self-styled 'chief inquisitor' Henry Waxman announced this week that he's canceling a planned show trial of corporate executives who called public attention to the financial hit they're taking as a result of President Obama's health care mandate. Business owners can breathe a small sigh of relief. But the witch hunt isn't over.
You'll recall that Waxman fired off nasty-grams to the heads of Deere, Caterpillar, Verizon and AT&T last month, demanding their presence at a congressional auto de fé. Their sin? Publicly reporting the costs and consequences of federal health care taxes on their firms' bottom lines. A vindictive Waxman sought internal documents and e-mails from the CEOs about the profit charges. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke took to the White House blog and TV airwaves to condemn the 'premature' and 'irresponsible' disclosures.
In the immortal words of the late comedian Gilda Radner's goof-prone 'Saturday Night Live' character Emily Litella, the finger-waggers and gavel-wielders are now muttering: 'Never mind.'"
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