The deal the Senate is working on now looks like this. Reopening the government at current spending levels through Jan 15. Extending the debt ceiling until Feb 7. Repealing the medical device tax is off the table. Its an important funding mechanism for Obamacare. In fact, it, plus the individual mandate, are the two measures which mostly pay for the Affordable Care Act. Left intact, no matter what the wackos say, the program should be (according to the Congressional Budget Office), revenue neutral, or actually take in slightly more than it costs. Eligibility for insurance subsidies under Obamacare will be means-tested. Its pretty damn hard to argue with that! Its not like means-testing Social Security, which in my opinion everyone at every income level should receive, since we all had no damn choice but to pay into it. Meanwhile, the rumor is that division in the House is sharp enough that there actually is a majority of Republicans who would support such a deal, not just an overall majority...satisfying the Hastert Rule that Speaker Boehner claims he wont violate, though he already has on at least three separate occasions, when hes allowed measures to come to the floor and pass without a Republican majority, but with an overall majority, thanks to Democratic votes. No matter how tough Boehner talks, everyone thinks hell do it again if its the only way. Will it satisfy the fringe right? Of course not. They were waving Confederate flags, saying that the president bows down to Allah, and is a Muslim who should come out with his hands up, etc. In other words, the same racist bullshit theyve spewed since he became a US Senator. Pssst: if he was a Muslim, thats not illegal...no need for hands up. If youre so damn fond of our freedoms, you might want to read the freaking Constitution. It contains The Bill of Rights, and number one on that hit parade is Freedom of Religion.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 02:22:55 +0000
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