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gbrk posted:
Br’er Rabbit posted:

After supporting the obstruction, by the Republicans, for the last 8 years, this is laughable.

 

I'm not trying to say that Republicans haven't tried to halt Obama's agenda but your being deliberately deceptive or are just not caring to be truthful with the forum.  Even if the Republicans, as a whole, were trying to obstruct Obama's agenda for the FIRST TWO YEARS of his first term Democrats had TOTAL Uncontested control of all of Congress and the executive. branch.  They (the Democrats) could have done anything they wanted regardless of Republican opposition including all the nations Ills that the Democrats point to including racial strife and other things that hold down the poor and middle class and the immigration woes.  The only thing they actually were able to accomplish was pushing through Democratic Healthcare (aka Obamacare) that cause most families, (including mine) monthly cost to double and deductibles (money directly out of our pocket before insurance ever takes effect) to quadruple.  

My families health insurance cost before Democrats forced their plan on us was $130 a month and after was $265.00 a month.  The Deductable my family had to pay BEFORE the Democrats got involved in my healthcare was $400 a year for my family and AFTER Democrats helped me out was $4,000.00 or 10 times the money out of my pocket thanks to the Democrats.

I SO WISH that the Republicans could have been obstructionist and prevented Obamacare.  I'm upset that they couldn't have prevented it or restored things to what they were before the Democrats messed things up.  SPIN IT AS YOU WANT but DEMOCRATS ARE TO BLAME for that HUGE financial burden on most families and not the Republicans.

 

You have your chance though... Just how did the Republicans have the opportunity to obstruct Obama and the Democrats the first two years of Obama's first term 2008-2010?  Democrats had total uncontested control and in fact, changed the rules allowing for simple majority votes where 60 vote majorities existed before so as to take full advantage of their numbers and enable them to pass Obamacare and eliminate the loss of Ted Kennedy's seat from having the effect of stopping it or being able to filibuster it.

Just how do you think the Democrats healthcare bill helped out the majority of Americans whose monthly insurance cost at least doubled or more and deductibles doubled to quadrupled or even more?  Hows Obamacare the Republicans fault?

How about this.... You do some research into which party catered to the insurance industry. How about you do some research into who allowed the insurance companies to divide up how 'state insurance exchanges' would be set up instead of a large pool of all insurance providers. You tell me who made sure there was no single insurance exchange to force all insurance companies to compete on a level playing field. IF you will answer those questions truthfully, you'll also answer your own question of what the Republicans had to do with the ACA.


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