Posted on 01/03/2010 8:55:36 PM PST by Delacon
I don’t need to read anything but the title.
Here’s the proper question....should the democrats have compromised in order to try to win over a few of the republicans?
Why doesn’t the question get asked like that?
HELL NO!!!!!!
I'm disappointed in the CATO Institute for lending ANY credibility to something we all should spurn with constant conservative certitude!!!
This constant incremental capitulation to evil in the pursuit of expediency is how we've regressed from the priceless principles of our ansestors and founders!!!
If we keep this crappola up, we'll NEVER get our country back from the clutches of hazardous moral STAGnation!!!
The bills they ended up with represented the least each house would accept. There would have been no way to compromise any more from them and all it would have done would have been to give them the cover of ‘bipartisanship’.
The Republicans played it exactly correct. Nothing they could have gotten for the cover their participation would provided would have been worth it.
No because this bill, ugly and bloated as it is, is still only a Trojan Horse for the US version of the NHS. Even principled objectors to Obamacare tend to forget that.
The answer should be “NO!” Because the Republicans - in contrast to the incurably immature Dimocrat/Liberals - are mature enough to say “NO!” There should be absolutely no “health care” bill at the Federal level. Should be left to the states.
You are letting Pubs off too easy. The fact is that many Pubs bought into the “gov’t is the best solution” idea. It started with Bush, was forwarded by McCain, and seriously, is being excepted by the GOP.
Free Dominion
Unadulterated BS. The Reps offered several bills including H.R.3400 - Empowering Patients First Act and the Tom Coburn/Paul Ryan bill.
Hey, CATO agrees that Republicans shouldn't compromise. That was the message of the article.
How Rino.
Are these people complete flaming, farking idiots?!
When will they get it?!
If that bill contains one single word, it will grow back to 2,000 pages.
Screw this bill. Fix what's already in place.
Stop the fraud.
Tort reform
Allow insurance shopping across state lines.
Medical savings accounts
Allow medical tax deductions for all medical expenses. Get rid of the 10% formula crap.
This is not rocket science, and could have been in place in less than a week.
Look at Reply #49, immediately prior to yours. It started right off with a blatant falsehood... C’mon!!!
It it wasnt so late, I could site HR and SR republican bills going back a decade.
Is Cato a Marxist organization?
NO!
Brevity is the soul of wit! At least Nancy Reagan was right about one thing... "JUST SAY NO!!!"
When the government is trying to take over pretty much everything, its time to become a libertarian. Not so much the message of the article but the message I was going for when I posted this and other articles.
Huh? The Cato guy was arguing against compromise.
Not like Shake was known for his brevity. Me, I am a Mencken fan. He fits on a tagline anyway.
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