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They aren't repealing shit (Original Post)
malaise
Jan 2017
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cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)1. It's for
Show?
Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)2. I hope you are right. nt
brooklynite
(94,598 posts)3. Bear in mind, they CAN'T repeal ACA until Obama is out of office...
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)4. You referring to ethics committee?
As of my late bedtime last night, they had walked that back, in the face of fierce opposition.
malaise
(269,056 posts)6. Obamacare
Markets will crash and they will burn
panader0
(25,816 posts)5. I think you are probably right.
They'll find it will be much more difficult than they imagined.
It will be a huge embarrassment for the Repubs.
They've had eight years and still have no plan to replace it with.
malaise
(269,056 posts)7. Precisely
It was just a con game to them.
bigtree
(85,998 posts)8. that's what I'm seeing
...but they may undermine funding so badly that it will collapse.
There's the matter of the tax hikes on wealthy investments which helped fund the law (forgot the specifics), which they'll be looking to roll back.
here:
Obamacare repeal could be biggest 2017 tax cut for wealthy
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/obamacare-repeal-tax-cut-wealthy-232379