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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Republican health care bill is a test. A very, very, very important test.
What the Republicans truly want to do is go after ALL domestic spending programs. However, most of these programs directly benefit the White, middle and lower classes. Cutting them off will cause serious pain, and may trigger a class revolt, esp. if you cut medicaid and then give tax cuts to billionaires.
If they get this through, this will be the blue print for going after Medicare, Social Security, and mortgage deductions. If they don't pay a political price for kicking the affirmed off of healthcare, then they have carte blanche to do whatever they want.
Will it trigger a class war? Probably not. There's always a racial minority group to blame. See the 2008 housing collapse and how they blamed the C.R.A.:
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-06-22/lending-to-poor-people-didn-t-cause-the-financial-crisis
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)This is a test that we must not fail.
We must ace it right into the ground, and pound it into nothingness, where it won't be seen again, EVER.
Good Luck to all of us!
Kablooie
(18,641 posts)Trump has set the standard of Republicans doing any illegal, immoral or disgusting thing they want with no consequences whatsoever.
I don't quite know why this is but this magical effect is bleeding over into the Republican party in general.
The Democrats, on the other hand, can't get away with even trying to do the right thing for the public.
C Moon
(12,221 posts)they put something forward that is insanely ridiculousknowing it will be whittled downand then what they really want won't sound so horrible, and will get approved.
I'm sure there's a political/bargaining term for that, but I don't know what it is.
elmac
(4,642 posts)and the worst being in tRump land were poverty and federal aid is at its highest.
BamaRefugee
(3,487 posts)...this bill is just them slowly but surely kicking down the wall that has protected us for years.
MiniMe
(21,718 posts)They hate Social Security