Why Republicans were in such a hurry on health care

[babylonsister]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/25/why-republicans-were-in-such-a-hurry-on-health-care/?utm_term=.239a18725866
Wonkblog Analysis

Why Republicans were in such a hurry on health care
By Matt O'Brien March 25 at 8:45 AM


Why were Republicans rushing to vote on a health-care plan that they'd barely finished drafting, that budget scorekeepers hadn't had a chance to fully evaluate, and that, insofar as people did know about it, was widely despised?

In part, it's because their plan was so unpopular and because it got more unpopular the more people learned about it. But it's also because only by rushing to reshape a full sixth of the American economy without knowing exactly how they would be reshaping it would Republicans be able to use health care to pave the way for the rest of their agenda, including tax reform. In other words, the GOP didn't want to let a detail like tens of millions of people losing their health insurance get in the way of two tax cuts for the rich.

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[Freddie]

1. Great read, thanks!

Makes lots of sense now. Cry me a river over the poor 1%

[leanforward]

2. Thank you.

The silence, to me, was deafening. Makes a lot of sense.

They did not know the impact on the economy. Ignorance is bliss.

[Hoyt]

3. Problem is that much of the opposition think the GOPer plan was too rich and good

to poor and sick people.

[babylonsister]

4. Hard to believe, but yes, I have read that.

It was/is more important to these people to get funding away from the government doing so and letting the pharmas rule. Their thinking is so different from mine.

[sharedvalues]

5. Get funding away from the government is so they can cut taxes on the rich

The one central principle of the right wing today is: cut taxes on the rich. Shrinking the government means less tax revenue needed which helps them cut taxes on the rich.

And the GOP donor class -- Koch/Mercer/Adelson/Walton/Murdoch etc. -- don't care if Americans die as the government shrinks.

[IronLionZion]

6. They will easily pass tax cuts

and funding cuts. Just watch them. It's standard Republicanism. Health reforms are brought to us by people like Johnson and FDR, Democrats.

And the buildup in military spending will have a familiar outcome. Since we have lots of nice weapons, someone will find an excuse to use them.

[babylonsister]

7. Yes, that's the next battle but

which comes first, the tax cuts or the breaking news happening this coming week regarding dt, cronies and Russia?

And who isn't tired of this circus?

[notdarkyet]

10. I just read somewhere tonight?100 troops have shipped to Syria with another

500 ready to go. It said only trump and Mattis planned these troop movements. WTF

[IronLionZion]

13. Most likely special ops and intel

The standard Republican way to do things is send thousands of troops like they did with Iraq. Trump himself has promised carpet bombing with the explicit deliberate desire to kill civilian women and children.

The US already has way more heavy bombers than our armed forces know what to do with. So someone in the Trump admin will find a reason to use them and get the news attention off of his daily failures at everything else.

[calimary]

8. Literally trying to pull a fast one.

[mobeau69]

9. Plus the clock was ticking on getting this done under reconciliation.

Hey, this is my one-thousandth post!

[lunasun]

11. Congrats on 1000

[brush]

12. Wonder if they're rushing also because of the Russia investigation is getting closer and closer...

to upending trump's presidency and they had to get it done quick.