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March 2, 2010
Detroit News attacks Democrats' use of reconciliation to pass Obamacare
Topics: Political News and commentariesAs TPR aptly quips, you gotta love it when the nation's center for unemployed union workers smacks down on its old patriarch.
Detroit News editorial staff writes:
[...] "The motive for last week's so-called bipartisan health care summit is coming into sharper focus. Now that the Democratic majority in Washington has given Republicans a chance to put their ideas on the table, it considers itself justified in ignoring the GOP, declaring the differences irreconcilable and moving ahead to ram through their version of health care reform."(More)[...] Tossing out the rules to adopt a one-party health care bill would turn a volatile issue into an explosive one.
It might be different if Republicans were standing in the way of a bill the American people wanted, rather than one the liberal elite insists it must have.
But polls consistently find that half of Americans oppose the Democratic version of health care reform, with barely 40 percent supporting it. The public remains deeply divided on the proposal despite the constant campaigning by Obama on its behalf. Democrats may hold a majority in Congress, but they don't represent a majority of the nation on this issue.It would be a mistake for Democrats to be so single-minded in their drive to pass their bill that they would risk destroying for the long term any chance of the two parties working together to pass the necessary measure to control the soaring cost of health care and provide insurance to Americans who can't now afford it.
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Posted by Richard at March 2, 2010 10:47 AM
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