GOP Is Going To Pull A Reagan On Healthcare… I'll Explain
By Thom Hartmann A...
As more and more Republicans come out against the Senate GOP's so-called healthcare bill, is it even going to pass?
As the Senate Republicans move to delay a vote on their murderous healthcare bill, the White House says it's optimistic that changes will be made.
But will those be real changes?
Or just cosmetic changes designed to push the savagery so far into the future that American's won't realize what hit them until decades from now?
In the face of growing dissent in their own ranks, Senate Republicans yesterday delayed a vote on their tax cut for the rich disguised as a healthcare plan until after the July 4 recess.
Despite the setback, White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that President Trump was still "optimistic" about his healthcare agenda as a whole:
"We're continuing to be optimistic. The president is committed. And he said, and all the members of the administration have said repeatedly, to repealing and replacing Obamacare, working with the Senate, working with the House, making sure we get the best bill. For us, it's never been about the timeline, but about getting the best piece of legislation that helps the most Americans."
Right. So what happens now?
The AP is reporting that right-wing donors are threatening to "close the piggy bank" unless they see progress on healthcare (aka their tax cuts).
Is this kind of pressure from the oligarchs enough to make this bill pass?
And are Trump and the Republicans are going to pull a Reagan on this and push the changes far into the future?
Comments
#2
Of course McConnell wil push the cuts to Medicade out past the 2020 elections because he is a coward. A coward that has plenty of company.
#3
Of course it will pass. Same thing happened in the house and it passed it. Just a matter of McConnell bringing his other people in line promising them something or making changes to it so it's a lot worse.
#4
Oh dear. If the rich don't get their big tax cuts soon, it's unlikely that you will see the flood of new jobs, and manufacturing plants spring up all across America.
#5
I sincerely hope the Republicans manage to pass their draconian bill ASAP. With the public exposure this debacle has received, and will continue to receive, even the dumbest of the Great Unwashed will start to suspect how they've been hosed. and the sooner the better as the 2018 midterms are fast approaching. I love the thought of the size of the bullets these assholes must be sweating over this! These guys have created quite a nasty little situation for themselves, no? I live for the day Mitch is cast down from his high perch. The only thing I hope for more is the day that bastard, Dick Cheney's pacemaker battery shorts out.
#6
Can you believe there are still three out of ten citizens who approve of Crooked Donny?
Yep, even after the looming horror of the Trumpcareless Plan, three out of ten citizens must still be glued to the foxaganda network.
I'm actually more horrified by how easy it is to brainwash that many millions than the threat of Trump's -could -care- less, for profit health insurance.
BTW: Russia has provided all citizens the right to free healthcare since 1996. What's that tell you about the greed of our Fascists?
#7
Yep..... 3 outta 10. The ones running this coop have bunkers and are just sitting back waiting for the other 7 out of 10 of us to have had enough so he can declair "martial law" so they can start picking us off. Not sorry to say this; we better get ready for that. Bonfires and pitchforks won't be enough!
#8
Oh what to do? Piss off the Kroch brothers, or their constituents that will later vote the repubs out of office after they smell the coffee? Lets see the score once again. Repubs 3, hate Repubs 10. Votes keep their evil asses in office. Kroch bros pay Repubs money in order to win an election. Money, or voting trailer trash Rumptards with a score of (3)? The other alternative is invite the Demos into negotiations. But I do hope we can impeach the Orange Faced Baffoon before a vote.
#9
Can anyone tell me specifically what tax cuts for the rich are in the new plan.
#10
-
SEC. 119. REPEAL OF NET INVESTMENT TAX.
-
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking chapter 2A.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.
Link->Chapter 2a of Internal Revenue Code
Also see:
SEC. 117. REPEAL OF MEDICARE TAX INCREASE.
This drops the Hospital Insurance income tax from 2.9% to 1.45% in 2022
They also eliminate the tanning tax of 10% which might just save Trump a bundle.
#11
To Kend, our resident apologist for the oligarchy : Yes. Specifically it's called the "Earned Hardon Tax Relief Bonus For Those Filthy Rich Enough To Note a Brief Spike In Their Net Worth But for Whom It Will Have No Appreciable Impact On Lifestyle" plan. Any other questions?"
#12
Does Mitch accommodate the image of a heterosexual male?
Thom's Blog Is On the Move
By webmaster
Hello All
Thom's blog in this space and moving to a new home.
Please follow us across to hartmannreport.com - this will be the only place going forward to read Thom's blog posts and articles.
Images of Thom
At Mondragon - both the mountain and the cooperative city - in Spain (written about in "Threshold" book)
From Unequal Protection, 2nd Edition:
"Beneath the success and rise of American enterprise is an untold history that is antithetical to every value Americans hold dear. This is a seminal work, a godsend really, a clear message to every citizen about the need to reform our country, laws, and companies."
From Screwed:
"Hartmann speaks with the straight talking clarity and brilliance of a modern day Tom Paine as he exposes the intentional and systematic destruction of America’s middle class by an alliance of political con artists and outlines a program to restore it. This is Hartmann at his best. Essential reading for those interested in restoring the institution that made America the envy of the world."
From The Thom Hartmann Reader:
"Right through the worst of the Bush years and into the present, Thom Hartmann has been one of the very few voices constantly willing to tell the truth. Rank him up there with Jon Stewart, Bill Moyers, and Paul Krugman for having the sheer persistent courage of his convictions."
I hope right wing donars really do stop donating.