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Cyrano

(15,041 posts) Mon Sep 18, 2017, 12:11 PM Sep 2017

Republicans being dicks -- again -- still

Republicans are once again trying to destroy Obamacare.

Why are they such dicks?

Led by Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-Georgia), Republicans are once again getting ready to bring up a bill in the senate to repeal Obamacare and give the states "lump grants." That's money that will be given to each state by the federal govt. and will be insufficient to cover very many. It will leave the poor, and many in the middle class with no medical coverage.

Read Paul Krugman in today's NY Times. He sums it up pretty well.

Why are Republicans such dicks?

My theory is that their are two different species of human beings on this planet: (1) People who care about other people and try to help others whenever possible, and; (2) People who don't give a rat's ass about anybody or anything other than their own well being and prosperity.

Trump is a prime example of number 2. But almost all the rest of the GOP runs a close second.

Nonetheless, that leaves Republican voters.

Why do they keep voting for such dicks?

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Republicans being dicks -- again -- still (Original Post) Cyrano Sep 2017 OP

Yep. Krugman is a must read: dalton99a Sep 2017 #1

Yes. And it can only happen until the end of this month Cyrano Sep 2017 #2

For republicans being a dick is a preexisting condition. MLAA Sep 2017 #3

Why? To fund tax cuts for the rich, of course. Orsino Sep 2017 #4

Fits right in with my theory Cyrano Sep 2017 #5

Graham is from Keefer Sep 2017 #6

dalton99a

(81,516 posts)

1. Yep. Krugman is a must read:

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Mon Sep 18, 2017, 12:14 PM

Sep 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/opinion/health-care-graham-cassidy.html
Complacency Could Kill Health Care
Paul Krugman SEPT. 18, 2017

Graham-Cassidy is the opposite of moderate. It contains, in exaggerated and almost caricature form, all the elements that made previous Republican proposals so cruel and destructive. It would eliminate the individual mandate, undermine if not effectively eliminate protection for people with pre-existing conditions, and slash funding for subsidies and Medicaid. There are a few additional twists, but they’re all bad — notably, a funding formula that would penalize states that are actually successful in reducing the number of uninsured.

Yet there is a real chance that Graham-Cassidy, which is similar to but even worse than previous Republican proposals, will nonetheless become law, because not enough people are taking it seriously.

Cyrano

(15,041 posts)

2. Yes. And it can only happen until the end of this month

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 18, 2017, 12:17 PM

Sep 2017

For some reason, the GOP must pass this in Sept. where 51 votes will do. After that, they need 60 -- which they'll never get.

Don't understand the senate rules, but that's the current reality.

MLAA

(17,298 posts)

3. For republicans being a dick is a preexisting condition.

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Mon Sep 18, 2017, 12:17 PM

Sep 2017

Orsino

(37,428 posts)

4. Why? To fund tax cuts for the rich, of course.

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Mon Sep 18, 2017, 12:20 PM

Sep 2017

There really are only a few answers to your general question. To kill ObamaCare without saying they're killing it isn't just more repeal posturing. It's to make room in the budget for some sweet-ass tax cuts...and if we blink and miss it, maybe then they'll want credit for a repeal.

At the moment, they're afraid of being spotted.

Cyrano

(15,041 posts)

5. Fits right in with my theory

Reply to Orsino (Reply #4)

Mon Sep 18, 2017, 12:23 PM

Sep 2017

about there being two different species on this planet.

Republicans are a species that live with the slogan "Hurray for me. Fuck everybody else."

Keefer

(713 posts)

6. Graham is from

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Mon Sep 18, 2017, 12:44 PM

Sep 2017

South Carolina, not Georgia.

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