Rosco T.
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Thu Jul-23-09 05:12 PM
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Wouldn't it be funny if..... |
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Congress goes on it's "Vacation"
1 week later, with 14,000 people a day (week?) losing their insurance, how many people a day dying because of no insurance, no health care.
Obama declares a 'national health emergency' and signs an executive order that basically changes health care 'his way' (Single Payer, Medicare for All) that is in effect until the Congress passes an acceptable bill for his signature..
Go ahead congress critters... pass something half-assed and weak.... watch what happens
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chemp
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Thu Jul-23-09 05:20 PM
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that cancels THEIR health insurance. Congress gets no insurance until America gets insurance.
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lunatica
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Thu Jul-23-09 05:21 PM
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2. The problem with executive orders is they can be reversed by the next Prez |
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Edited on Thu Jul-23-09 05:21 PM by lunatica
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quantass
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Thu Jul-23-09 05:27 PM
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3. But in the interim if the people LIKE it then the next Prez would find it difficult to take away nt |
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Edited on Thu Jul-23-09 05:29 PM by quantass
The people will be out with their pitchforks. Imagine trying to take away medicare (or is it medicaid) for the old. Repubz would even dare try. Its the same thing here. If Obama enacts the order now then it stays in affect and if the next prez comes along and tries some funny business (assuming the people loved it) this could be civil war.
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Thu Jul-23-09 05:36 PM
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4. I don't think a single Republican against it would think twice about reversing |
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an executive order. I'm sure Bush would love to do it just because he could.
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Thu Jul-23-09 05:58 PM
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5. I've wondered about the attempted delay. |
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Edited on Thu Jul-23-09 05:59 PM by Orsino
Won't more delay just mean more people unemployed, and a deeper emergency which will speed passage of a more extensive bill?
Do they really think we'll forget about health care?
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