Quixotic Congress on health care
Lewis DiuguidHouse Republicans keep confirming that they don’t know when to quit chasing windmills.
In a quixotic fashion, they charged after the Affordable Care Act for the 33rd time with a 244-185 vote to repeal it. But all of their political energy and bluster, will die in the Senate with the health care law remaining in place like a windmill continuing to turn and do good things for the American people.
The Republicans will have to learn Albert Einstein’s definition of insanity — doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results. The longer the Affordable Care Act remains in place, even passing the Supreme Court’s scrutiny, the more everyday Americans will benefit from it.
Once it’s fully implemented in 2014, it will become America’s new third rail in politics, joining Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. That should zap the Republicans’ windmill charge once and for all.
George Hunsucker
Northland
10 months, 1 week agoearth to lewis #22… sorry lewis, your other “progresssssssssssssssssssssssssssives” have beaten you to the punch on blogging on how terrible it is to keep the repeal of 0’care in front of America….
You needed to do this yesterday and you could have been #1!!!!!
Michael T Justice
10 months, 1 week agoGeorge, may I ask why you always add so many s’s to progressive? I also invite you to explain what exactly it is you are against in the “OBAMACARE” legislation.
George Hunsucker
Northland
10 months, 1 week agoMichael, I add the extra s’s as a way of mocking them. I used to simply call them “libs”, but I am having more fun calling them “progressssssssssssssssssssives”..
I am against the individual mandate. I am against mandating states to increase medicaid funding vs. merely block-granting it. I am against no cross-state buying but instead creating ANOTHER govt. bureaucracy with the infamous exchanges. I am against the law not having any tort reform.