By picking Tom Price to lead HHS, Trump shows hes absolutely serious about dismantling Obamacare

[AmericanMan1958]

Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Health and Human Services Secretary, already has a plan for how to abolish Obamacare.

The Washington Post reported late Monday that Trump intends to announce Price, who currently serves as House Budget Chair, to lead the federal agency overseeing Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act.

Price will arrive with at HHS with a clear blueprint for what comes next: he is the author of the Empowering Patients First Act, one of the most thorough and detailed proposals to repeal and replace Obamacare. He’s the HHS Secretary you’d pick if you were dead serious about dismantling the law.

http://www.vox.com/2016/11/28/13772342/trump-tom-price-obamacare

Well, we as Progressives better put aside our differences and figure what we are going to do to combat these all out attacks that are about to be thrown at us. While we are busy arguing about who or what to blame for our tragic lose in this past election. Trump and his new cabinet is lining up to shred every program that benefits the normal American citizen.
Shits about to get real.

[still_one]

1. and destroying Medicare. You are correct, this is about to get real. Unfortunately,

we also lost both houses of Congress, and the only way we can combat that is if they don't remove the filibuster, and that is a big if.

If they do remove the filibuster, there is absolutely nothing we can do because they will control everything, and they will insure they consolidate power for decades to come.

Long term we need to start winning elections at the local and state level

This election was a generational event, and the results have condemned the country to a new dark ages, that will take decades to reverse.

I feel fortunate to live in California:

"Joint Statement from California Legislative Leaders on Result of Presidential Election
Wednesday, November 09, 2016

SACRAMENTO – California Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) and California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount) released the following statement on the results of the President election:

Today, we woke up feeling like strangers in a foreign land, because yesterday Americans expressed their views on a pluralistic and democratic society that are clearly inconsistent with the values of the people of California.

We have never been more proud to be Californians.

By a margin in the millions, Californians overwhelmingly rejected politics fueled by resentment, bigotry, and misogyny.

The largest state of the union and the strongest driver of our nation’s economy has shown it has its surest conscience as well.

California is – and must always be – a refuge of justice and opportunity for people of all walks, talks, ages and aspirations – regardless of how you look, where you live, what language you speak, or who you love.

California has long set an example for other states to follow. And California will defend its people and our progress. We are not going to allow one election to reverse generations of progress at the height of our historic diversity, scientific advancement, economic output, and sense of global responsibility.

We will be reaching out to federal, state and local officials to evaluate how a Trump Presidency will potentially impact federal funding of ongoing state programs, job-creating investments reliant on foreign trade, and federal enforcement of laws affecting the rights of people living in our state. We will maximize the time during the presidential transition to defend our accomplishments using every tool at our disposal.

While Donald Trump may have won the presidency, he hasn’t changed our values. America is greater than any one man or party. We will not be dragged back into the past. We will lead the resistance to any effort that would shred our social fabric or our Constitution.

California was not a part of this nation when its history began, but we are clearly now the keeper of its future."

http://sd24.senate.ca.gov/news/2016-11-09-joint-statement-california-legislative-leaders-result-presidential-election

For the country as a whole, this is going to be very bad for a very long time.