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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 07:06 PM
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John Boner and Mitch McConman write an article full of lies for the WSJ

By JOHN BOEHNER AND MITCH MCCONNELL

A little over a year ago, when President Obama first took up health-care reform, Republicans reached out to him in the hopes of working together on solutions that would lower health-care costs for families and small businesses. A bipartisan bill focused on lower costs could have been sent to the president's desk last year, and it would have received the support of the American people.

For instance, this month the president announced his support for additional reforms to crack down on waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid. This is something we can and should be doing already. Do we really need to pass a $2.5 trillion spending bill, raise taxes, and slash Medicare to implement it?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703909804575123472244293044.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Get that! The Republicans "reached out to Obama" and the HCR Bill is 2.5 trillion dollars!

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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 07:19 PM
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1. Fact #1 wrong
They aren't slashing Medicare - they are slashing Medicare Advantage, a Republican slush-fund (i.e., private insurance companies that'll continue to deny anything 'extra')

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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 07:20 PM
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2. old rupert does all he can for the grand ol' party, doesn't he?
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Zoeisright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 08:22 PM
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3. Tan Man and the Chinless Dipshit sure are stupid.
What a bunch of fucking liars. Aren't there any fact checkers at the WSJ?
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