Posted on 03/30/2010 5:57:16 PM PDT by SmartInsight
After my election, Washington politicians began an aggressive push to bend the rules and force their unpopular health care bill on an unwilling nation. They went into secret negotiations to make up their own rules, and eventually found a way to circumvent the will of the people by using the reconciliation process to ram through their health care bill. For the last year, the American people have been shaking their heads at the closed-door meetings, sweetheart deals, and special carve-outs. It has been a very ugly process, and caused many Americans to lose faith in their elected officials in Washington.
For starters, we can work in a bipartisan manner to repeal the worst parts of this bill. Americans have been clear that they do not like its $2.6 trillion cost, the higher taxes on families and businesses, the runaway spending, the state mandates, the sweetheart deals, and overcharging students to pay for health care.
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Repeal the WHOLE THING, then start over.
This law is so convoluted, that trying to keep any of it will end up keeping all of it. This is exactly what the Dems are counting on.
REPEAL, REPLACE!
Way to go...Scotto.
Ugh, another RINO....
Scott Brown is such a compromising Loser!
Invected with GOP Moderatitus.
A disease that sapps the sufferer from all ability to stand on principle!
Another article:
Visiting veterans center, senator (Scott Brown) foresees ‘lesser care’ in health bill
http://www.telegram.com/article/20100330/NEWS/3300376/1101
“I’m here to talk about the veterans,” he said.
The senator did talk about the recently passed health care bill. He said everyone is concerned about health care, but the issue is also about jobs and how the cost of the bill will affect the economy and reform’s impact on health services.
“They’re not telling you what’s next - long lines, lesser care,” he said.
And the 32 million formerly illegal immigrants in line ahead of you.
That's coming, as sure as God made little green apples.
Yes, I do not crap turned into piecemeal crap. Repeal the whole thing.
This is also a political statement that needs to be made.
Obambi and Pelosi are COUNTING on a huge amendment process to fix their garbage. NO. THROW IT OUT.
That would be nice, but we are unlikely to have the votes to repeal the whole thing over Obama's veto anytime soon.
This, I like. For starters.
If you are equating “bipartisanship” with being a RINO, I disagree.
We no longer in a country where massive legislation such as this should pass without a single vote from the other party. If it can’t get at least a handful, then it’s a cramdown, no matter who does it.
That said, bipartisanship doesn’t have to mean stoopid or loser as it has so often in the past.
Start over? No, just get the government the hell out of the medical business and let free enterprise take over and all our (supposed) health care problems, as defined by the government, will disappear in short order. IMHO
The DNC will agree with you 100%.
Do not trust this compromising RINO
The legislature changed the law twice for this to happen!
We live in a Commie state
Scott Brown got messed.
He's a good guy and he's trying to use his MA survival skills.
He drives a truck, Nancy has a G3.
He's not a purist, but he's a rino/conservative.
For MA THAT IS HUGE!
Take your victories where you can get them.
Girl rules.. where’s the pic?
Tactics, ye of little faiths. Brown and the Congressional GOP are playing the good cop, the state AGs and the Tea Parties are the bad cop.
Repeal is completely on the agenda, but will the GOP get anywhere talking about it? No, they'll have the "Party of No" around their neck. That's why they're talking about increments.
“That would be nice, but we are unlikely to have the votes to repeal the whole thing over Obama’s veto anytime soon.”
Some think that a Republican majority in Congress can DEFUND the implementation and stop it in its track, then when in 2012, hopefully we elect a Republican president, we CAN repeal the whole thing.
I like the sound of that, I really do. But repeal is a pipe dream until we get rid of nobama. That won't happen until 2014 and by then enough of this monster will be in play that repeal will be almost impossible.
I'm more in favor of researching what needs to be done to defund it. That's something nobama can't stop. This is a battle that can be fought as soon as Congress begins debate on the next budget.
Correct. But the ‘all or nothing’ crowd would rather curse the darkness than light one candle.
LOL GOP Moderatitus! So, its an organism found in NE area of the country, must be contaminating our water here in NC as well. That explains a lot.
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