Well, first off, it would be impossible for the republicans to repeal the health care reform LAW(Yes it's a law now, not a bill). 290 votes in the house and 67 votes in the Senate needed to over-ride a presidential veto. And replace it with what? The repubs had eight years with a repub president and didn;'t make ONE MOVE toward trying to effect health care reform.Repeal and replace are merely empty words.Obama said "Go For It," and he may get his wish according to this poll from CBS...the majority of Americans want Republicans to keep fighting Obama's Healthcare bill.
The "Bring it On" strategy only spurred more talk of "Repeal and Replace" plans.
Well, first off, it would be impossible for the republicans to repeal the health care reform LAW(Yes it's a law now, not a bill). 290 votes in the house and 67 votes in the Senate needed to over-ride a presidential veto. And replace it with what? The repubs had eight years with a repub president and didn;'t make ONE MOVE toward trying to effect health care reform.Repeal and replace are merely empty words.
Yes it would be impossible, unless you live in Freeperland and are delusional. EVEN if the repubs win EVERY Senate election this fall, 67 is impossible. And we already know that Health Care Reform is the Law of the Land. It has the president's signature on it. Unless you still think the President is from Kenya Like Orly. Elections have consequences. Why would the Dem majority only vote for things the republicans agree with???It's not impossible to repeal as you pointed out. And the cases need to make their way through the courts before we know what is law. Replace it with what was discussed at the Healthcare summit - you remember the issues that Republicans and Dems agreed on.
A majority of the American People want the Republicans to keep fighting Obama's Healthcare bill...with the support of the American people "repeal and replace" are far from empty words. Empty Words -That's Obama's speciality.
It's not impossible to repeal as you pointed out. And the cases need to make their way through the courts before we know what is law. Replace it with what was discussed at the Healthcare summit - you remember the issues that Republicans and Dems agreed on.
Yes it would be impossible, unless you live in Freeperland and are delusional. EVEN if the repubs win EVERY Senate election this fall, 67 is impossible. And we already know that Health Care Reform is the Law of the Land. It has the president's signature on it. Unless you still think the President is from Kenya Like Orly. Elections have consequences.
Why would the Dem majority only vote for things the republicans agree with???
You find me 67 votes in the Senate that would over-ride a Presidential vetoAs you pointed out, it is not impossible. Over 30 Democrats voted against Obama's bill in the House. If the American people don't support Obama's reform "repeal and replace" is very likely. The Courts will have to weigh in on whether Obamascare is law.
You find me 67 votes in the Senate that would over-ride a Presidential veto
You find me 290 votes in the House that would over-ride a presidential veto
Why does everyone think they are going to get "free" healthcare? With Obama's plan, everyone now has to "BUY" health insurance. The only ones that will benefit from this plan are the Insurance Company's. All of the young people who voted for Obama will now be forced to buy insurance that they will never use and cant afford, to pay for the old people who are using their insurance.
Don't get ahead of yourself......these "suits" may not even make it to the Supreme Court. Read the "commerce Clause".some of the legal challenges rest on this point
let's see how the sleazy Supremes rule on the proposition that Owe-bama can compel me to buy insurance
You know, had I been polled on this question, I might have indicated that I wanted the Republicans to continue fighting the health care bill (and I am in favor of the bill). I just think that fighting this issue is a losing cause for Republicans. It would be very easy to paint Republicans as siding with insurance companies over the needs of citizens.
Tea Partiers and other Indeps who don't want govt takeover of Healthcare or deficit spending know that Republicans are siding with the American people who rejected Obamascare.
Health reform is not a govt takeover of healthcare. Enough with these meaningless cliches, it makes you look stupid not only to your fellow Americans, but to the rest of the world who actually know what socialized medicine is. The current bill does not take over healthcare, it does not even provide public insurance. It merely regulates what's already out there.
As far as the deficit is concerned... the congressional budget office estimations say that healthcare reform will reduce the deficit... and every expert on the subject matter will tell you that the status quo will bankrupt the country eventually.
Obama's new budget bill will even pay for the stimulus bill within the next decade.
When Barack Obama starts talking like a deficit hawk grab your wallets. According to the latest CBO analysis of the Obama administrations budget projections, the US will add almost a trillion dollars in debt a year for the next nine years, bringing the national debt to 90% of our annual GDP.
^If you're so worried about the deficit, then clearly you have some specific solutions in mind that you can spell out for the forum. So, please tell us specifically what policy solutions you would enact to pay down the federal budget deficit. (whether your solutions include tax increases and/or spending reductions, name them all)