Reply #7: The got those votes by removing the very things they're promising to put back. [View All]

[last1standing]

And I'm no longer going on blind faith in politicians as we've been burned so many times before (like with NAFTA and welfare reform mentioned in the OP).

It all comes down to the fact that in order to pass a health care plan the leadership in the senate was forced to remove nearly everything that made the plan palatable. This includes every senator you named above. They have now stated that they will reform the reform in the next year or so, and I'm asking how they plan to do this. I don't think it is unreasonable for me to ask those people on this board who repeat their claims to answer this question. It seems silly to just follow a politician in any party without hearing how they plan to turn their promises into laws. Especially when we have already seen these promises crushed in the best case scenario likely to occur in our lifetimes.

I'm not saying it can't happen, I'm merely saying that without a plan of attack (and not a super-secret plan that no one can know) there's very little chance of anything happening for the better. If this makes me cynical, then I'm proudly so.

On the other hand, if there's a plan out there that I'm not aware of I'd love for someone here to tell me what it is. So far, I've heard nothing to that effect.