Pic Of The Moment: Governing By Suicide Pact
Grassley: Repealing O'Care Is More Important Than Whatever Replaces It
Poll: only 24% of Americans approve of Graham-Cassidy
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Is it just me, or could Chuck & Abe be long-lost twins-?
How about just saying, "Hey, this bill will not be good for the American people, especially in rural areas where hospitals count on Medicaid subsidies to function. Instead of that, we are willing to work across the aisle with Democrats to fix the ACA so that costs can be held down and people still get the care they need! And, oh, by the way, the Affordable Care Act IS Obamacare, just so you know..."
Wouldn't it be nice if snakes like Grassley actually gave a shit about the people instead of always voting to line the pockets of freaks like Charles Koch?
Because make no mistake, 'devolving' federal services to states in the form of block grants and then cutting the block grants does two things for Koch and his criminal ilk:
1. Federal government shrinks because block grants are easier to cut than more traditional funding allocations, and
2. Koch and his radical libertarian allies want pure capitalism with no safety nets; criminal capitalist parasites can control state governments much more effectively than either federal or local governments, so that's EXACTLY where Koch wants all the safety nets to devolve.
Just a warning: Unrestrained capitalism with no safety nets is a living hell for almost everyone. Constant fear, constant economic insecurity, constant stress, impossibility to get ahead - no future. We just become 'hands,' 'wage-slaves,' working for the capitalists. Oh there's a narrow middle class to insulate the billionaire parasites from the so-called 'unwashed masses,' but it is narrow indeed. Most of us will be fucked.
And, if we couple that with the chest pounding nationalism of Trump's white nationalist and nazi supporters, we have a fascist totalitarian government ready to smother us all in the fires of war.
Folks, we are on a SLIPPERY SLOPE, and in this case it ain't no euphemism.
the GOP has had seven years to come up with a plan, and they have NOTHING! They have less than nothing in reality. All they did was complain for seven of Obama's eight years. They've tried almost seventy times to repeal the ACA, and haven't been able to do it. You'd think that after years of banging their heads against the wall, they'd finally catch on and say, Ow, that hurts! But you'd be wrong. They've had all of that time to come up with a decent plan, but you can never use the words 'decent' and 'Republican' in the same sentence. They've come up with nothing. They're like dogs who chase cars. If they caught one..........then what? 
They don't have a clue, and it shows.
By the way, welcome to Democratic Underground! 
It's always nice to see new members jumping in on the discussions. We need every vote we can get in the 2018 mid-terms to overturn the Republican majorities in Congress. We can do it!
that's when the demonization of Hillary started, and they're still at it to this very day. Amazing how one woman could distract an entire political party for a quarter century. 
Which is why I love the woman more and more with each passing day. 
She's shown what a bunch of petty, misogynistic, mean-spirited assholes the Republicans are.
And a big WELCOME to Democratic Underground! Great to have you here. The more the merrier, and it will be a lot merrier when the Democrats sweep these GOP low-lifes out of office in the 2018 mid-terms.
