Originally Posted By mawnck Yes, it's 2013. Why do you ask? <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/05/acorn-gop-budget-bill_n_2810345.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...345.html</a> >>A new short-term budget bill introduced on Monday by House Republicans includes a bizarre provision banning federal funding to anti-poverty group ACORN, despite the fact that the group has already been stripped of federal funding -- and has been defunct for nearly three years.<< Un-be-friggin-lievable. How anybody with an ounce of pride can still admit to being a Republican is beyond me.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 When I saw the title, I thought for a second it was an old, old thread that someone was reviving for some reason. If only.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>When I saw the title, I thought for a second it was an old, old thread that someone was reviving for some reason.<< +1. That it's not is...well, just sad.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Lots of GOP lunacy has surfaced since King Mitt and Queen Ann gave Chris Wallace that whiny elitist blame game interview last week. Paul Ryan is trotting out his lame budget proposal once again, only this time, he's raising the cut off age for grandfathering Medicare from younger than 55 to younger than 57. Yeah, so much for his promise on the campaign trail last year not to screw over folks nearing retirement age. No one but the top 2% would be able to save up enough $$$ for an expensive health insurance policy at 65 years of age, even if they started saving at 50. Then the Republicans in Iowa's state legislature want to make no fault divorce illegal if the married couple has minor kids. The reason? Because divorce will make the teenaged girls "promiscuous." Nothing about the boys, mind you. Just the girls. Gotta keep those parents together to keep those girls off the pole! Jerks. Then there's the whole mess with Jeb Bush hinting that he wants to run for President. No one really knows WTF he stands for, regarding undocumented residents. He might be for citizenship, he might be against it. He keeps changing his mind. Besides, who would be stupid enough to vote for Bush #3 after the nightmare Bush #2 left for us to clean up? Sure, there's always the 30% who always votes GOP. But that's not good enough. And if he were to end up running against Hillary, he wouldn't stand a chance.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I'm thinking the GOP pulled up their same old Word file named: Budget Ideas and forgot to fix that part of it, because there's really nothing else new in terms of ideas from them since about 2001.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Paul Ryan is trotting out his lame budget proposal once again, only this time, he's raising the cut off age for grandfathering Medicare from younger than 55 to younger than 57. Yeah, so much for his promise on the campaign trail last year not to screw over folks nearing retirement age. No one but the top 2% would be able to save up enough $$$ for an expensive health insurance policy at 65 years of age, even if they started saving at 50. >>> And, that's assuming that they have no pre-existing condition. One aspect of Medicare is that it covers pre-existing conditions, so as long as you can make it to age 65, you'll have coverage regardless of your health situation. Romney made a point during the Presidential campaign of saying that his health care plan (the one he was proposing for the nation, not the MA one) "covers pre-existing conditions", but that was only for those that currently have coverage and want to switch plans. Unlike Obamacare, Romney would leave those with a pre-existing condition and no current coverage out in the dark. At least until age 65. With Ryan's proposal, this pre-existing condition problem would percolate down to anyone that's currently younger than 55. No matter how much one saves, it's cost-prohibitive for someone to get coverage later in life if they have an expensive pre-existing condition. And therein lies the "mircale" of Ryan's budget proposal and most other "solutions" to the health care problem proposed by Republicans: the way they make it cost less is by denying coverage to those that are sick.
Originally Posted By EdisYoda Of course, to the Republicans it makes sense SuperDry, it means the insurance companies make more money. I mean after all, we are the country Of the Companies, For the Companies and By the Companies.
