Do any of you realize just why the Republicans want a one year delay? All the Fox News twits keep talking about compromise ("the Republicans are willing to compromise"), but this is not compromise.
Republicans want the law to be delayed by a year because it makes a great talking point for their base. Delay it one year and every Republican running will claim they will prevent it from ever happening, exciting their base and driving them to the polls. This is exactly the kind of issue they need during a non-presidential election cycle. Republicans are only eyeing control of the Senate, they care nothing about the word "compromise".
Don't get caught up in a lot of hype over the debt ceiling. We've had 17 "government shutdowns" since 1976 and we're still here. If anything it will help Congress focus on what needs to be done.
Do any of you realize just why the Republicans want a one year delay? All the Fox News twits keep talking about compromise ("the Republicans are willing to compromise"), but this is not compromise.
Republicans want the law to be delayed by a year because it makes a great talking point for their base. Delay it one year and every Republican running will claim they will prevent it from ever happening, exciting their base and driving them to the polls. This is exactly the kind of issue they need during a non-presidential election cycle. Republicans are only eyeing control of the Senate, they care nothing about the word "compromise".
Don't get caught up in a lot of hype over the debt ceiling. We've had 17 "government shutdowns" since 1976 and we're still here. If anything it will help Congress focus on what needs to be done.
Or should Corporate interests handle you from cradle to grave?
It's about real world choices, not libertopian drivel recited by rote.
A shutdown starts to demonstrate the bloat that has occurred and points to where slicing can be done even though the Dems claim the cupboard is bare.A government shutdown is not the same thing as not raising the debt ceiling.
A shutdown starts to demonstrate the bloat that has occurred and points to where slicing can be done even though the Dems claim the cupboard is bare.
People should have a choice, not have it shoved down their throat.
Learn to accept consequences of their actions.
Again, why us it my responsibility to protect others from themselves.
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A shutdown starts to demonstrate the bloat that has occurred and points to where slicing can be done even though the Dems claim the cupboard is bare.
What's funny about your thinking is that you some how think that before the ACA, people had a choice, they didn't (at least it's no different than the choices they have now), the burden, in terms of healthcare, has always been on others to protect or take care of other people. Do you think ER visits by the non insured don't affect the insured? Do you think people who become bankrupt from healthcare costs have no affect on everyone else? Do you think people who wait, for financial reasons, until their health is so bad to go to the doctor has no affect on anyone else?
What you and so many other people who yell "socialism" (which you clearly have no idea what that is) at the slightest hint of government involvement, is that the primary duty of the US government is to ensure the general welfare of the people and the US. It is of a national interest, in many ways, to ensure people of any country are kept healthy. Whether the reason is to maintain an able bodied populace to protect ourselves from invasion, from both military or from disease (as was the case when the Spanish invaded south America), or whether it's to maintain a healthy population for economical reasons (a sick populace isn't very competitive in a global market), or in order to maintain a stable society (which has a huge affect on a number of things, such as the ability for one to be able to persue happiness...kind of hard to do if there is lawlessness).
Obama already said he would not negotiate with republicans on the debt ceiling. Why aren't you ripping him for not compromising?
Obama will negotiate with Syria, Russia, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc etc. Republicans? nope.
Yet you on the left are so blinded by party you cant even see that.
Obama already said he would not negotiate with republicans on the debt ceiling. Why aren't you ripping him for not compromising?
Obama will negotiate with Syria, Russia, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc etc. Republicans? nope.
Yet you on the left are so blinded by party you cant even see that.
People should have a choice, not have it shoved down their throat.
ACA was pushed through in the dead of night for the same reason. If it was not done before a congressional recess, it would be DOA after the recess. The poison was starting to reveal as people started seeing what was inside was not what was being sold. Like a vampire, it could not stand the light if day
Its funny, your thinking that because health insurance was bad before. Replacing it with something else the answer. It doesn't matter if the solution is worse then before, at least you 'did' something.
I was planning on visiting the Smithsonian next week... thanks for screwing up my vacation, assholes.
If the Republicans think that this extortion tactic is going to buy them moderate votes like mine, they are sorely mistaken.
Indeed.
It seems that they won't have it any other way. "Compromise" (actually capitulation) now just encourages more extremist extortion down the road. That's how we got here.
It's time to call the bet. Fold or show, assholes.
ACA was pushed through in the dead of night for the same reason. If it was not done before a congressional recess, it would be DOA after the recess. The poison was starting to reveal as people started seeing what was inside was not what was being sold. Like a vampire, it could not stand the light if day
This little political flail is already costing some amount of money. We had to spend a couple of hours in meetings going over who's exempt and who's furloughed. Plus coming up with a support plan if it hits the fan while we're reduced operation support staffing.
Those are hours we could have spent doing our regular work.
The Senate could have passed the bill from the House, to guarantee that there's no shutdown.
They chose poorly.
This little political flail is already costing some amount of money. We had to spend a couple of hours in meetings going over who's exempt and who's furloughed. Plus coming up with a support plan if it hits the fan while we're reduced operation support staffing.
Those are hours we could have spent doing our regular work.
You just eat up all the talking points you are fed! It is truly astonishing how people need to be told what to think. This is why Fox News works so well...
And they have a new opportunity to do so. Delay Democare for a year, repeal the sales tax on medical equipment and no shut down. It's all up to Reid right now. This is how compromise works. You win part, you lose part. Reid's the potential bad guy at this point and it can't be denied.The Senate could have passed the bill from the House, to guarantee that there's no shutdown.
They chose poorly.