Obama Considers Bypassing Republicans on Health Care »
Posted By MyWayOnNow 3 months ago in Political NewsPresident Barack Obama and Democratic congressional leaders, unable to reach a deal with Republicans in health care, are considering alternatives to a bipartisan bill, Senator Charles Schumer said.
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rcrpnt83 months ago
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Let me get this straight.
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Obama's health care plan will be written by a committee whose head says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn't read it and whose members will be exempt from it, signed by a president who smokes, funded by a treasury chief who did not pay his taxes, overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that is broke.
What could possibly go wrong?
Utter confidence in goverment equals insanity of the people
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buckncindykill3 months ago
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This is so stupid!
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Obama has clear majorities in both the house and senate. He doesn't need the Republicans for a damn thing!
It's his own party that's screwing him over. Period!
The only reason to want the republicans involved is to share the blame when something goes wrong. -
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StevieGee3 months ago
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I recently went to a town hall meeting and talked to a woman (wearing a I love Sarah Palin button) who said she pays $375. a month for "high deductible insurance". The deductible, it turns out, is $4,000. She said if I can't afford that then shame on me. I told her it didn't sound like she's getting a very good deal. The crowd was probably 75% conservative, 50% elderly, and 99.9% white. Half of them are probably on medicare.
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moxxxxxxxxxx3 months ago
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Very interesting crowd. I just can't understand why people on Medicare, particularily older Americans would deny everyone else healthcare. The older folks today are nothing like their parents. The wealthy ones are selling their corps to foreign interest, creating job loss in the US and now the ones on Medicare are so hell bent on denying all Americans, excpet themsleves, healthcare that they spend their leisure time protesting at town halls. Our great grandparents would be ashamed.
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Tumultuous3 months ago
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The Democrats must utilize the reconciliation process to pass the health care reform bill. Obviously, this question of 51 vote majority is something that the Framers carefully thought about. The Constitution and the original Supreme Court decisions are quite clear that only a majority of 51 votes are necessary for a bill confirmation. Neither the filibuster, nor a supermajority vote, (60 votes) is part of the Advice and Consent role in the U.S. Constitution. Until the past eight years, the Senate never did otherwise. Bill Frist(R) pushed through the supermajority rule.
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It is astonishing how little attention the political establishment has given to the implications of the routinization of a 60-vote supermajority requirement for all Senate business until the Democrats achieved supermajority status. -
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moxxxxxxxxxx3 months ago
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There is nothing to compromise. If the republicans were in office they wouldn't even consider talking to the democrats. Did we forget the past eight years? Obama needs to move ahead and do the job he was elected to do. The American people won't remember any of this a year from now, but will be very happy they have health insurance.
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chuck-the-canuck3 months ago
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If the Democrats are really in control, why do they even care what the republicans think? Why look for support that will never be forthcoming?
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The republicans are completely familiar with the concept of exercising their power. Democrats need to grow a set, quit looking for bipartisan support and cram it down the republicans throats. If they choke on it, so much the better. -
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ettucatk3 months ago
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Watched a Sunday morning interview with a doctor and thought I was listening to Obama II. He didn't have the rabble rousing effect of Obama, but he has the smoke and mirrors down pat.
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Softly he tells us how the AMA is aboard this Obama plan. As AARP discovered, the people are not aboard, and the AMA is going to find that out. We do not like private enterprise in bed with the Fed Gov’t, even though we know it is a tangle we will never undo.
Now Obama is considering dropping the public option. Still, Congress refuses to address the real issues with health care, i.e., tort reform, shop across state lines for insurance, clean up corruption and fraud within the current government programs, and implement some oversight and regulations on the insurance industry to ensure the private citizens are treated fairly. Congress will not do this because 90% of them have a dog in this fight. They will protect them in order to retain their own wealth and power.
Health Care Reform is simply the straw that broke the camels' back. The people became overwhelmed with how the Obama admin was proceeding with their various agendas, and health care took the hit. They can revise all they want, but until they address the REAL issues, and Congress agrees to join any program they devise for the private sector, they will have problems. They need to understand America is disgusted with their corrupt, elitist attitudes. Congress thinks they can throw the citizens a crumb, while they spoon the cream from the top, and the people will acquiesce.
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ettucatk3 months ago
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It is the poor who habitually elect Democrats---yet they are still POOR
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- You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
- You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
- You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
- You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
- You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting cl*******red.
- You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
- You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could, and should, do for themselves.
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moxxxxxxxxxx3 months ago
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The evangelical mega churches have indoctrinated the poor and working class with the Prosperity myth. Follow their lead, give their churches and ministries money and you too will prosper with wealth and material goods just like the good preacher. The poor are not democrats they are church going, prosperity seeking , republicans, who fear God and their government.
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ettucatk3 months ago
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Every social program devised by Congress (usually DEMS) has turned into a scam against the people, and has deprived them of freedom of choice and independence.
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- tort reform (cap on punitive damages and lawyer compensation)
- access to insurance across state lines (compete for your dollars)
- some regulation, and strict oversight, of private insurance (to insure fair treatment of consumers)
- Clean up on the fraud, corruption, and inefficiencies in current social programs (instead of hiring more Czars, hire competent people to detect, report, and eliminate these problems)
These are simple, and easily doable, steps that can be taken to reduce health care costs. Congress will not address them, because each and evey one of them has a dog in this fight. They will protect those who support their re-election, and provide them with the avenues to increase their personal wealth and power. Time to let Congress know we are fed up with their shenanigans. They are answerable to the citizens.
- Who in the private sector gets AAA healthcare paid by the taxpayer?
- Who in the private sector gets 100% pensions after just 4 years of doing a half years worth of work?
- Who gets an annual, automatically approved, pay increase?
- Who in the private sector can exempt themselves from Legislation passed by Congress and signed by the President?
- Who can willy nilly take millions of taxpayer dollars for pork/pet projects and add it to a bill without the taxpayers' knowledge?
>> One issue per bill >> Term limits for Congress, with pensions comparable to private sector >> Congress adheres to the same laws as the private sector -
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rcrpnt83 months ago
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Let me get this straight.
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Obama's health care plan will be written by a committee whose head says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn't read it and whose members will be exempt from it, signed by a president who smokes, funded by a treasury chief who did not pay his taxes, overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that is broke.
What could possibly go wrong?
Utter confidence in goverment equals insanity of the people
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