tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post7541408687491391544..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: #GOPShutdown - Day OneSUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-81068161812114822432013-10-14T12:03:47.842-07:002013-10-14T12:03:47.842-07:00"You say: Congress is not exempt from the Aff..."You say: Congress is not exempt from the Affordable Care Act. They follow the same rules as any large employer in the country."<br /><br />True - they're not exempt. But what HAS been done is to give them subsidies at taxpayer expense. From <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/article/361118/graham-joins-vitter-fight-over-hills-carve-out-john-fund" rel="nofollow">here:</a><br /RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346484258194484053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-12397550979257587592013-10-14T11:52:26.745-07:002013-10-14T11:52:26.745-07:00Disagree completely with what? The vote tallies f...Disagree completely with what? The vote tallies for the various bills? They're historical fact.<br /><br />That the Administration argued that it was not a tax when it was before Congress and argued that it was a tax when it was before the Supreme Court? That too is historical fact - do you want me to provide citations?<br /><br />Or do you simply disagree that either of those matters?RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346484258194484053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-35243239894337129272013-10-02T12:59:56.617-07:002013-10-02T12:59:56.617-07:00Thanks for weighing in.
Needless to say, disagre...Thanks for weighing in. <br /><br />Needless to say, disagree completely. <br /><br />Have a great day ...SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-60578076604229979312013-10-02T12:43:46.302-07:002013-10-02T12:43:46.302-07:00"The Affordable Care Act passed with a congre..."The Affordable Care Act passed with a congressional majority, was upheld by the Supreme Court, and reaffirmed in the 2012 presidential election."<br /><br />It passed with a bare majority. No Republicans voted for it, nor were they given involvement in the cacuses and meetings that wrote it. Contrast that with Medicare, which passed with a 2/3 bipartisan majority because the GOP was RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346484258194484053noreply@blogger.com