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By Paul Krugman, reprinted at the Seattle Times
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-gop-is-trapped-in-its-own-lies-on-almost-every-substantive-policy/
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The answer is that Republicans have spent years routinely lying for the sake of political advantage. And now not just on health care, but across the board they are trapped by their own lies, forced into trying to enact policies they know wont work.
Reporting on why the GOP plowed ahead with Graham-Cassidy makes it clear that many Republicans supporting it are well aware that its a bad bill, although they may not appreciate just how bad. You know, I could maybe give you 10 reasons why this bill shouldnt be considered, said Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa. But, he continued, Republicans have campaigned on this, meaning repeal-and-replace, and had to fulfill their promise.
Carl Hulse of The New York Times adds more detail: One big factor behind the push for Graham-Cassidy was anger among big donors, who wanted to know why Republicans had broken their vows to kill Obamacare.
But repealing the Affordable Care Act wasnt the only thing Republicans promised; they also promised to replace it with something better and cheaper, doing away with all the things people dont like about Obamacare without creating any new problems. Remember, it was Bill Cassidy, not Jimmy Kimmel, who came up with the Jimmy Kimmel test, the pledge that nobody would be denied health care because of expense.
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Jakes Progress
(11,122 posts)unblock
(52,227 posts)they actually don't seem to care about governing, they only care about giving red meat to their base.
so all they need to do is propose bills that sound awesome to their base and vote for them. whether they pass or not, whether they work or not, who cares, right?
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)shit actually became reality. The answer is we still don't know because even they don't believe in it.
I think the same shit is going to happen with this tax bullshit.
The last time they actually did one of these things was the Iraq war and they got burned very badly.