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Related: About this forumSouthern Conservatives Revive Calhounism—Tyranny of the Minority
by Jamelle Bouie Jun 7, 2013 4:45 AM EDT
A bill in South Carolina that would effectively nullify the Affordable Care Act is the latest sign of the modern Republican Partys drift from the ideas that animated its creation, writes Jamelle Bouie.
South Carolina has, again, caught the nullification bug. As reported by The State, Republican lawmakers have proposed a bill that would allow the state attorney general to take a business to court if he has reasonable cause to believe that implementing the law would harm people.
One of the co-sponsors, state Sen. Larry Martin, insists that theres nothing in the bill that would prevent a business from participating in a federal health-care exchange (Gov. Nikki Haley has already refused to build an exchange for her state). But thats only technically true; under the proposal, there is nothing to stop the state attorney general from deciding that a participating business is harming her employees, and thus can no longer continue implementation.
Obviously, there will be no war if this bill passesno one plans to fire on Fort Sumter, again. The most likely outcomes involve a lawsuit against the state of South Carolinafiled by businesses, like hospitals and health insurers, who want implementationor nothing, as the state moves forward and its citizens are kept from access to decent, affordable health insurance. Congrats, South Carolina Republicans! Youve scored an ideological win at the cost of immiseration of your fellow residents.
This push to essentially nullify the Affordable Care Act within the states borders is another indication of how far the modern Republican Party has fallen from the ideas that animated its creation. The GOP of Abraham Lincoln wasnt just an anti-slavery partyor at least, one opposed to the expansion of slaveryit was a unionist party, one dedicated to the idea that there was a single United States, whose government could not be shattered by individual states.
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/07/southern-conservatives-revive-calhounism-tyranny-of-the-minority.html
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Southern Conservatives Revive Calhounism—Tyranny of the Minority (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jun 2013
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cynzke
(1,254 posts)1. What A Great Idea!!!!
Sue your state's hard working, tax paying citizens/businesses owners. Punish them because you don't like the Affordable Care Act?
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,414 posts)2. I almost kind of hope they try it
Maybe businesses will finally buy a clue about how the small-minded teabaggers are bad for business (as well as government)