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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe GOP's Brilliant Plan: You can't make this stuff up.
The GOP's brilliant plan is to shut the government to halt Obama-Romna-Care, which will halt all kinds of government operations except... wait for it....
Obama-Romna-Care!
They want to eliminate elements that make Obama-Romna-Care revenue neutral in order to... wait for it...
Reduce the deficit!
You can't make this stuff up.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-republicans-to-propose-one-year-delay-in-obamacare/2013/09/28/1e884de6-2859-11e3-9256-41f018d21b49_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-repub...
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The GOP's Brilliant Plan: You can't make this stuff up. (Original Post)
kpete
Sep 2013
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Obama-Romna-Dole-Care is the GOP's "rationale" for the GOP-shutdown-America attempt.
Faryn Balyncd
Sep 2013
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handmade34
(22,756 posts)1. "Heritage...Sacrifice Its Own Son...To Appease Angry God"
http://wonkette.com/517994/heritage-foundation-will-sacrifice-its-own-son-obamacare-to-appease-angry-god
Heritage Foundation loved it when it was Romneycare...
"If you are thinking to yourself, God, what kind of heartless, terrible people would try to make it harder for sick people to see the doctor? you must be an awful librul with a bleeding heart. You dont get it, do you? Allow us to wonksplain why Obamacare is the worstest, most awfullest thing that the Heritage Foundation helped create and must now destroy.
Obamacare is based on RomneyCare, the Massachusetts program that has increased health care coverage to 98% of the population in the state. That plan was based on ideas from the Heritage Foundation, a group that was more than happy to take credit for successes in Massachusetts. But how does it work?...
But if the scumdwelling sphincter-brained stone-hearted bastards at Heritage Foundation and FreedomWorks discourage enough healthy people from signing up, and only sick folks sign up, then insurance companies will have to charge more monies to cover the medical bills. This will make it harder for people to sign up because it is expensive, so they may wait until they are sick to sign up (if they can afford it then), thus further driving prices up. Make sense? Basically, lots of people signing up means lower costs for everybody, and more health care for Americans, which should make for a happy nice time!
But our Guiding Star of Socialism, His Royal Emperor Barack H. Obama, stole ideas from RomneyCare to make Obamacare, so IT MUST BE STOPPED AT ALL COSTS. What is good in theory and in practice is only good when Republicans implement it, you see? And because Dumbama went and did it, the Heritage Foundation is now forced to destroy that which it helped create. LOGIC, PEOPLE! Just go back to the basics: Politics always, ALWAYS trumps policy. Hypocrisy be damned!...
Heritage and other Tea Party groups are focusing their efforts in 20 states, hoping that they can discourage enough people from getting health insurance that costs skyrocket and it will be easier to repeal ObamaCare."
Obamacare is based on RomneyCare, the Massachusetts program that has increased health care coverage to 98% of the population in the state. That plan was based on ideas from the Heritage Foundation, a group that was more than happy to take credit for successes in Massachusetts. But how does it work?...
But if the scumdwelling sphincter-brained stone-hearted bastards at Heritage Foundation and FreedomWorks discourage enough healthy people from signing up, and only sick folks sign up, then insurance companies will have to charge more monies to cover the medical bills. This will make it harder for people to sign up because it is expensive, so they may wait until they are sick to sign up (if they can afford it then), thus further driving prices up. Make sense? Basically, lots of people signing up means lower costs for everybody, and more health care for Americans, which should make for a happy nice time!
But our Guiding Star of Socialism, His Royal Emperor Barack H. Obama, stole ideas from RomneyCare to make Obamacare, so IT MUST BE STOPPED AT ALL COSTS. What is good in theory and in practice is only good when Republicans implement it, you see? And because Dumbama went and did it, the Heritage Foundation is now forced to destroy that which it helped create. LOGIC, PEOPLE! Just go back to the basics: Politics always, ALWAYS trumps policy. Hypocrisy be damned!...
Heritage and other Tea Party groups are focusing their efforts in 20 states, hoping that they can discourage enough people from getting health insurance that costs skyrocket and it will be easier to repeal ObamaCare."
Heritage Foundation loved it when it was Romneycare...
mountain grammy
(26,608 posts)3. +1000 Thank you!
Faryn Balyncd
(5,125 posts)2. Obama-Romna-Dole-Care is the GOP's "rationale" for the GOP-shutdown-America attempt.