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popeye1250 -> RE: Thanks a whole lot, Republicans. (3/23/2010 12:15:19 PM)
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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven
I opposed the health care bill. The main reason is that I felt that the health care system is inherently wasteful, and that extending it without fixing it would freeze the waste in place.
Obama made it clear that he wanted the bill, but that he also wanted GOP input. Instead of that, the GOP opposed the bill and showed no interest in working to add input to it. They spread lies about death panels, etc., and their tactics were to yell about negative parts of the bill, even though they could and should have simply gotten those parts removed. The Dems responded to the poisoned atmosphere by spreading counterlies.
When Brown got elected, the GOP crowed that the bill was dead. They taunted Obama as being ineffective and laughed at him for having been unable to get anything passed with a supermajority previously.
Eventually, Obama just said, "Fuck this", and pushed it through, over GOP howling.
The idiots need to understand that the reason that the Dems got a supermajority in the first place is because the public was so fed up with Bush and the policies that he and the GOP rammed through. Claiming to have suddenly be the only true party representing the will of the people won't wash. You cannot set yourself up to be the party of fiscal responsibility after eight years of record deficits, even if your successor is expanding them.
Okay, guys, you can either become the party of whiners complaining that Obama is passing legislation you don't like, or else you can work with him on making the bills more acceptable to you. Your choice.
DarkSteven, good points.
Yeah, I think everyone was fed up with Bush. And yes, everyone in Washington needs to sit down and work together no matter which party they belong to.
And Justin has a point too, from what I'm hearing out here up to 70% of Americans don't want this plan.
I think it has to go through the senate next, correct?
I think there must be a way to make sure all citizens are covered without taxing the hell out of people who have "good" plans ("Cadillac Plans") already that (they) or their employers pay for.
One thing for sure, there are a lot of angry people out here.
The Dems had better tread lightly or they'll lose *The House* in November! No-one likes to have something shoved down their throats and that's the way many people feel out here.
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