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Pretty imipressive???
Not exactly the words I would use. More like lets shove this peice of shit down the throats of the American people. Yeah. That sounds more like it to me.
Did you perhaps forget that the majority of Americans wanted reform, not this peice of shit we got handed??
There is no reform in this bill whatsoever. They merely added millions to the roles. The insurance companies can't refuse to treat anyone and can't cancel anyones insurance. This expense will be passed on to all of us who have coverage. Peoples kids and grandkids will be paying for this cluserfuck forever.
Pretty impressive. Not fucking hardly.
Most wanted more comprehensive reform, ie single payer or at least public option; But very few wanted this bill to fail with no reform whatsoever as the alternative. It's a foundation for greater reform, if nothing else.
The truth is, all the rabble-rousing you heard from Republicans during the great debate was nothing more than scare tactics; Scare the ever lovin shit out of Americans and force the pressure to result in the failure of this bill. Just buy some time, get Obama and congressional dems mired in something else; Eventually the Republicans will be back in power and you'll hear the same amount of talk about HC reform that you've heard of the last 30 years when Republicans were in control: NADA.
To view it as anything else is to deny logic. You really think piddlin crap like tort reform and buying across state lines is the reason Republicans were against it?? Get real. Let me introduce you to the elephant in the room: THE REPUBLICANS DID NOT AND DO NOT WANT ANY HEALTH CARE REFORM.
So. The Reps had control of Congress for 30 years??
I think you better get on Google and get your facts straight.
The Reps had control of Congress from 1994 till 2006. Periiod. The Dems ran the show for the rest of that time. Social engineering galore.
I'm also glad you know what the Reps were thinking about HC because neither the Dems nor OL'BO were the least bit interested in anything they had to say on the matter.
The only thing that scares me about HC is having the Govt run the show which is the ultimate aim of Pelosi, Reid and Barry Boy. The Govt that has never run anything cheaply or well in charge of HC. God. What a scary thought.
I guess thats your cup of tea though. It sure as hell ain't mine.
Republicans had the white house for 22 of the last 30 years. Sure, the Congress has fluctuated, house gained, senate lost, house lost, senate gained. Nothing new there. When there's a republican president, you know damn well there won't be any HC reform. In addition to the obvious fact that Raygun or either Bush would've vetoed it anyway, the POTUS has the unique ability to get on TV on every channel and hammer into the heads of Americans how bad and evil the very prospect is.
Clinton was obviously the opposite situation; He did not have Congress for most of his tenure. He did whip for HC reform; Obviously didn't get it; and after his tenure he identified it as one of his biggest regrets.
I don't agree that "Gov't has never run anything cheaply or well." There are plenty of things better delegated to the fed, either because nobody else has the ability to do it, or nobody has the financial interest in taking on such endeavors. It was the federal government that gave us railroads and later interstate highways (Hence making possible much of our economic infrastructure), the space program (And with it, much of the technology we're now using to have this conversation), and the Manhattan project (ultimately ending the war and positioning the U.S. as the "New Rome" we're now accustomed to). Many of the best things about this country; Things we now take for granted; Would never have existed without huge, taxpayer funded government programs.