[sickoflibs]

RE :”My point was that leftists would not allow (using filibuster or veto) states to escape for several reasons, one of which was Obamacare states would not be able to pay for their big government scheme”

Yes, but the political argument for opposing a complete opt-out of Obama-care bill is nearly nonexistent. An opt-out bill is a political winner. If they block that they lose the moral 'save the uninsured' argument that they are trying to use now. That leaves them with the lame argument that states that opt-out will increase the deficit per their phony CBO numbers.

It seems like Obama-care with the medicaid mandate expansion will bankrupt the states that want to stay in it, and drive jobs out of their states.

On another thread I posted that after the opt out bill passes, Republicans should offer a bill that increases Obama-care taxes on states that want to stay in citing CBO estimates on deficit reduction as Democrats do, throwing Democrats arguments back in their faces. Democrats know how to fight. Why dont Republicans?

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Yes, but the political argument for opposing a complete opt-out of Obama-care bill is nearly nonexistent. An opt-out bill is a political winner. If they block that they lose the moral 'save the uninsured' argument that they are trying to use now. That leaves them with the lame argument that states that opt-out will increase the deficit per their phony CBO numbers.

Obamacare itself was a political stinker but Dems held on to it for dear life. All they had to do was get 60 senate votes one time, and it's really hard to kill legislatively. I hope that some of the rats jump ship this time, but they are pretty stubborn.