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How would you feel if a guy wearing a badge showing that he worked for the federal government showed up at your front door and demanded that you give him 10 dollars, or a dollar or a quarter?

You ask why and he say, “Mrs. Jones down the street needs an abortion.”

And you say you’re not interested in contributing to the “Mrs. Jones Abortion Fund.”

He says, “I’m not asking for your money. Either you give me a quarter or we’ll have you thrown in jail.”

Of course, nobody would put up with that for a minute –even people who are OK with abortion.

That’s exactly what will happen every day in America if Obamacare isn’t repealed.

It won’t happen like that, but every day you will be forced to pay for someone’s abortion or birth control pills. Maybe even condoms.

I’ll never understand how this could be imagined –much less allowed to happen — in what is supposed to be a free country.

I lasted about five minutes before I had to turn President Obama’s news conference off.

He was discussing the debt and how to reduce it and he must have said the word “revenue” 50 times.

But he never used the word “tax.”

It’s obvious that the Democrats have been told to replace the word tax with revenue. That’s how stupid they think we are.

(They’re right about some of us.)

Just one more reason to hold back as much money and power from these weasels as possible.

Meanwhile, are you ready for these “revenue” increases?

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While everyone focuses on the Bush tax rates that expire after 2012, other tax increases are already set to hit the economy thanks to the 2010 Affordable Care Act. As a refresher, here’s a non-exhaustive list of ObamaCare’s tax increases:

• Starting in 2013, the bill adds an additional 0.9% to the 2.9% Medicare tax for singles who earn more than $200,000 and couples making more than $250,000.

• For first time, the bill also applies Medicare’s 2.9% payroll tax rate to investment income, including dividends, interest income and capital gains. Added to the 0.9% payroll surcharge, that means a 3.8-percentage point tax hike on “the rich.” Oh, and these new taxes aren’t indexed for inflation, so many middle-class families will soon be considered rich and pay the surcharge as their incomes rise past $250,000 due to tax-bracket creep. Remember how the Alternative Minimum Tax was supposed to apply only to a handful of millionaires?

Taxpayer cost over 10 years: $210 billion.

• Also starting in 2013 is a 2.3% excise tax on medical device manufacturers and importers. That’s estimated to raise $20 billion.

• Already underway this year is the new annual fee on “branded” drug makers and importers, which will raise $27 billion.

• Another $15.2 billion will come from raising the floor on allowable medical deductions to 10% of adjusted gross income from 7.5%.

• Starting in 2018, the bill imposes a whopping 40% “excise tax” on high-cost health insurance plans. Though it only applies to two years in the 2010-2019 window of ObamaCare’s original budget score, this tax would still raise $32 billion—and much more in future years.

• And don’t forget a new annual fee on health insurance providers starting in 2014 and estimated to raise $60 billion. This tax, like many others on this list, will be passed along to consumers in higher health-care costs.

There are numerous other new taxes in the bill, all adding up to some $438 billion in new revenue over 10 years.

I don’t know about you, but I’m looking forward to the day when Obamacare kicks in.

Here’s a little piece of art work to show you just how quick and easy it will be for all of us to benefit from Obamacare

What could go wrong?