Barack Obama
Related: About this forumFULL TRANSCRIPT: President Obama’s Oct. 1 remarks on the government shutdown and Obamacare
... One faction of one party in one house of Congress in one branch of government shut down major parts of the government all because they didn't like one law ...... I know it's strange that one party would make keeping people uninsured the centerpiece of their agenda, but that apparently is what it is ...
... If you get cancer, you are 70 percent more likely to live another five years if you have insurance than if you don't. Think about that. That -- that is what it means to have health insurance ...
... What's weighing on the economy is not the Affordable Care Act, but the constant series of crises and the unwillingness to pass a reasonable budget by a faction of the Republican Party ...
... They have to break this habit. It is a drag on the economy. It is not worthy of this country ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/transcript-president-obamas-oct-1-remarks-on-obamacare-and-the-government-shutdown/2013/10/01/2f7d071c-2ab7-11e3-97a3-ff2758228523_story_4.html
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(305,412 posts)kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)I went over the reasons the GOP is willing to renege on the Full Faith And Credit Clause of the Constitution over Obamacare.
That they have not been able to repeal it with normal procedure, like replacing it with a bill that will pass to become law.
Congress passed the law and many others that said they would pay for many things, and are refusing to their job. And they are trying to prevent the POTUS from executing the laws they passed.
I told her about the RWNJs calling for Obama to be arrested, impeached or they will invade D.C. to remove him from office when he following the law.
And them smelling of booze in the Rayburn Room and laughing about shutting the government down and denying people the help they needed.
That they and their media shills are putting out all kinds of lies, calling it illegal and un-Conditional.
That since the law has been debated, voted on, passed, signed and proven to be Constitutional by the Supreme Court, they are also going against the entire government.
That it will be UHC for those on Medicaid, and thus it protects 31 million people for whom the GOP has no plans at all to help.
I added in a few things that also explain their attitude:
Congress having to give up their subsidy and be like the rest of us;
That their pay is not getting cut while others are hurt;
That the website has been over loaded with people who badly needed this since midnight;
That as one person reported here, the monthly premium for a family of 4 making $44K a year is $2;
But the winner when she cheered, YES!!:
People will be registered to vote at the same time!
I also warned that as PBO has said, this not over, they will continue their tricks.
So to be vigilant.
She also showed me a book she bought from the library about influences on PBO and I will make a post.