Comments on: GOP backs away from Obamacare repeal

By: egc52556

egc52556 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:59:02 +0000

As long as we are unwilling to let people fail — and fail big time — then we will continue to vote for government that provides safety nets, and lots of ‘em.

I’m one who thinks these nets are a part of our social contract, the cost of living together in a civilized fashion instead of dog-eat-dog way, ruled by warlords.

By: griff

griff — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:48:50 +0000

Of course we all know that the beneficiaries of Obamacare (hint: not you and I) spread their campaign contributions far and wide on both sides of the aisle, hence the Republicans, along with the gullible public-at-large, have been convinced over time that it’s a good thing.

Laws this big and far-reaching in scope are never a good thing. Government coercion is never a good thing. Well, unless you’re the government.

By: woody188

woody188 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:00:34 +0000

We are going to end up with the worst of both Obamacare and Medicare as they’ll end up not reducing Medicare per Obamacare. So we’ll have this gargantuan bill for medical services and no means to pay for it.

Politicians love Obamacare because they’ll have two years to steal funds from it to float the Federal government until 2014. Then they’ll have to raise taxes or lower services, probably both.

By: Danny Adams

Danny Adams — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:43:24 +0000

Another contributing factor may also be that five of the big provisions in Obamacare started life as part of the Republican platform–and the Republicans fought to have those provisions put into the law.