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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Brink of the Unthinkable...The Senate has started down a path America has never taken:
The Brink of the UnthinkableThe Senate has started down a path America has never taken: dismantling the social safety net.
By Jamelle Bouie JULY 27, 2017
On Tuesday, the Senatewith the late, dramatic arrival of Sen. John McCain, who cast a deciding voteopened the floor to Obamacare repeal. A procedural vote, it was the remarkable capstone of an unprecedented effort to pass major legislation without hearings, independent testimony, or public input.
What makes it potentially history-making, and not just noteworthy, is that it also marks a milestone for our country: the beginning of what is, thus far, one of the most aggressive attempts at revoking a broad guarantee of the American welfare state. A door that, once opened, may prove difficult to close.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/07/obamacare-repeal-is-the-first-step-in-scaling-back-entitlements.html
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The Brink of the Unthinkable...The Senate has started down a path America has never taken: (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Jul 2017
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IDK, but if you think that example is an equivalent, well, words do not suffice.
WinkyDink
Jul 2017
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BlueTexasMan
(165 posts)1. Uh.. excuse me, but
Wasn't cannabis prohibition rushed through 'ways and means' so no debate was possible? I think I remember that from Jack Herrer's " The Emperor Wears No Clothes".
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)2. IDK, but if you think that example is an equivalent, well, words do not suffice.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)3. What, they can't both be terrible?
Cannabis prohibition has been a multi-decade clusterfuck, a billion dollar boondoggle, and a full-fledged assault both on the 4th amendment and the right of free people to make their own god-damn decisions about what do with their own fucking minds and bodies.
I don't want granny to lose her health coverage OR get sent to prison for 10 years just because she has a pot plant in her basement to help with her arthritis.
That too much to ask?
pansypoo53219
(20,952 posts)4. UM. THIS STARTED IN 1980 w/ WELFARE QUEENS!!!!!
for pete's sake. get a clue.