I thought Obamacare was about “free” healthcare for everyone? Apparently I misunderstood…because based on their recent comments the Democrat party is now, suddenly concerned about the transfer of wealth and the Obamacare bill was really about government forcing personal responsibility.

Here is a small sampling of the new look, Democrat leadership’s comments to the media:

“This is a penalty on free riders,” said Senator Chuck Schummer (D-NY)

It’s not a tax on the American people,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet The Press.” “It’s a penalty for free riders.”

 “This penalty says you cannot be a free-rider,” White House chief of staff Jack Lew told Fox News.

“[W]e shouldn’t have free riders in the system who drive up everyone’s healthcare [costs],” Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

"When it came to championing the health care legislation, President Obama made sure that although everybody -- the vast majority of Americans have health insurance coverage, we want to make sure that if you're a free rider, if you roll the dice and get sick and use the emergency room as your primary access point for health care. Those health care costs are going to get shifted to all of us. And if you choose not to carry health insurance, this legislation says you're going to pay a small penalty so that we don't have to pay for you rolling the dice," DNC chair and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) said on MSNBC today.

“The massive so-called tax increase they’re talking about is the freeloader penalty,” Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) said on CBS’ “Face The Nation, “which would affect at most 1-2 percent of people that could afford health care and instead want to be freeloaders on the rest of us with uncompensated care.”

Apparently Gov. O’Malley didn’t quite understand his talking points fax…it’s FREE RIDER…not FREE LOADER!

Seriously…do these asshats really think that anyone is buying this? This is the best they can concoct to try to defend our clueless President who arrived in office by proclaiming that no one earning $200,000 or less would be subject to a tax increase? How does this TAX increase, help to reduce the cost of healthcare?

Here’s a hint…IT DOESN’T!! These drooling morons don’t quite grasp the fact that people who can afford health insurance, but choose not to buy it aren’t what’s driving up the cost of healthcare! Those people will receive a bill from their hospital or physician and here’s a unique concept, they will be expected to pay for the service they receive!

It’s those people that Obama and his ilk claim they are “helping” with this flawed legislation, those who don’t have or can’t afford health insurance that jack up the costs! And how does this TAX increase do anything to prevent these folks from being FREE RIDERS on other people’s dime?! "This is a penalty on free riders," said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.This is a penalty on free riders," said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.This is a penalty on free riders," said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.