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09-04-2009, 09:32 AM
Government Option Trigger Designed To Avoid Future Debate, Usurp Legislative Process
"Lets slide this one through while they are after Van Jones !"
On Thursday, Democratic leadership with failing public support and rumours of moderate Democrats bailing on attempts to use reconciliation to force their Health Care Reform measures, rolled out a new proposal in an attempt to turn public sentiment in their favor. Democratic Leadership introduced a call to pass Health Care Reform with a built in "trigger" for a government option. The "trigger" would define a broad set of insurability and cost goals within the legislation that if not met within a certain time period would automatically "trigger" a government option. This so called "trigger" is being sold to the American...snip
The public has made their opinion clear, they do not want a government option coming out of Washington. There is no reason why the current leadership and the President cannot pass a series of small, clear and concise legislation that reforms health care rather than a 1,000 page monstrosity in which no politician reads, nobody knows who actually wrote it and we find out later of massive special interest spending and provisions infringing upon our rights. But then again, when is the last time Washington did anything that was clear and concise
http://politicallydrunk.blogspot.com/2009/09/government-option-trigger-designed-to.html
"Lets slide this one through while they are after Van Jones !"
On Thursday, Democratic leadership with failing public support and rumours of moderate Democrats bailing on attempts to use reconciliation to force their Health Care Reform measures, rolled out a new proposal in an attempt to turn public sentiment in their favor. Democratic Leadership introduced a call to pass Health Care Reform with a built in "trigger" for a government option. The "trigger" would define a broad set of insurability and cost goals within the legislation that if not met within a certain time period would automatically "trigger" a government option. This so called "trigger" is being sold to the American...snip
The public has made their opinion clear, they do not want a government option coming out of Washington. There is no reason why the current leadership and the President cannot pass a series of small, clear and concise legislation that reforms health care rather than a 1,000 page monstrosity in which no politician reads, nobody knows who actually wrote it and we find out later of massive special interest spending and provisions infringing upon our rights. But then again, when is the last time Washington did anything that was clear and concise
http://politicallydrunk.blogspot.com/2009/09/government-option-trigger-designed-to.html