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The GOP's Declaration Of Total War On Our System Of Governmenthttp://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2013/09/26/the-gops-demands/
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Ezra rattles off the demands the GOP is making if they are not to destroy the US and global economy:
In return for a one-year suspension of the debt ceiling, House Republicans are demanding a yearlong delay of Obamacare, Rep. Paul Ryans tax reform plan, the Keystone XL pipeline, more offshore oil drilling, more drilling on federally protected lands, rewriting of ash coal regulations, a suspension of the Environmental Protection Agencys efforts to regulate carbon emissions, more power over the regulatory process in general, reform of the federal employee retirement program, an overhaul of the Dodd-Frank financial regulations, more power over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus budget, repeal of the Social Services Block Grant, more means-testing in Medicare, repeal of the Public Health trust fund, and more.
Why not demand president Obamas resignation while theyre at it?
What the sheer gob-smacking scale of these demands means is that the GOP effectively wants to nullify the last election entirely (except of course for their gerry-mandered, no-popular vote House majority). The staggering thing about this party as it now exists is that it views the governance of the other party as always effectively illegitimate. Elections do not matter. Only their agenda matters. No compromise is possible, even when this kind of catastrophic default is hanging over our heads. In fact, the danger of catastrophic default is something they relish in order to undo the basic principles of democratic government.
This is not a bargaining position; they already voted for the budget that requires us to raise the debt ceiling. It is a bald attempt to reverse elections as the mark of a democracy and replace them with endless blackmail until they get their way. This isnt conservatism. Its pure constitutional vandalism. Derek Thompsons jaw drops:
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"The GOP's Declaration Of Total War On Our System Of Government" (Original Post)
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Sep 2013
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(36,974 posts)1. More details regarding the Republican's SEVEN DEMANDS in the article on the link below
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