No joke now, folks.  It’s zero flak time.

At some point in the near future, the Fidel Castro endorsed Obamacare is going to start making itself felt.  There will be layoffs.  Medical professionals will leave the field, and people will find they have less money thanks to more taxes.  Obama, of course, will still be his arrogant and petulant self while he pats himself on the back for being ‘historical’.

Oh, this is going to be historical all right.  Obamacare will rank right up there with The Great Depression in terms of the good it brought to this country.  Pay More, Get Less, Wait Longer.  So it’s time to think up new ways to get by while this nightmare starts gnawing away.

For those wondering what to do next, here are some suggestions that may help mitigate the trouble to come.

• The retail business model: If you’re  a small office practitioner, like a dentist or a family doctor, switch to the retail business model.  Stop taking insurance when the nastiness begins in order to stay in business.  If you’re a hospital, consider diversifying into some “cash only” business to stay open.
• Independent contracting and freelancing: This goes for both businesses who will need things done, but can’t hire, and people who can’t get jobs because the cost of employment has shot through the roof.  Being an employee isn’t the only way to earn a living.  If you have skills, you can freelance them, which makes life easier on businesses who could not otherwise pay you.  If you run a business, you can hire freelancers to do things per task without saying “I’m sorry, I can’t hire you right now” and leaving someone out on the street.  No, this may not be ideal, but if the alternative is unemployment, or in the case of business, doing without when you can’t really afford it, it’s better than nothing.
• Take it out on the blue: A lot of businesses have had their “live and learn” moment now.  They donated to Democrats and supported their initiatives, and guess what?  They were shafted anyway.  The Democrats have just demonstrated they’re going to bleed businesses dry because they’re too radical now not to do so.  The businesses, then, should take it out on the blue.  If they have to lay off or close shops to survive, take it out of the blue states first.  Democrat voters support the elections of those that are burning them, so it’s only fitting this occur.  Some of those currently clueless voters might even grow some sense when they get hit with Obama’s consequences first and worst.
• Zero tolerance for RINOs: No RINO primaries should ever be uncontested again.  Ever.  We’re in a real fight now with real socialists who have just demonstrated who they really are.  There is no “reach across the aisle” or stealth mislabeled Democrats in the “big tent” anymore.  If a Republican is not in it to win it for constitutional government, it’s time to generate their term limits the old fashioned way:  by primary loss.  No exceptions, no excuses, and no pity.  This category includes “maverick” John McCain, who not a month or two ago was trying to change vitamin policy with Dorgan more to the Democrats’ liking, which means he’s learned nothing.  Despite contrary assurances from Sarah Palin, he is foremost among those that needs to be gone.

This is not the happiest post I’ve ever written, but I hope perhaps these ideas can help blunt the trouble coming our way.  Best wishes to us all.