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Phasing in gives people and companies time to plan for changes, and time to set the system up to enact the provisions. Do you own a business or work for a company? Have you ever tried to start an entirely new project from the ground up? Phased implementation is how you avoid chaos. You create a plan and implement in steps.
I have started a business.
I paid as I went.
This law causes debt and waits until the end to try and pay the piper.
Another big waste of time in government--after constant accusations by the R's that Reid wouldn't put the bill up for a vote in the Senate because it would fail, he did just that. The votes fell straight down party lines. There was absolutely no surprise here, but it was a massive waste of everyones times. Can we all get back to work on the economy now? We knew from the start this would be decided by the SCOTUS, and that's where it's headed.
The good news--the D's worked with the R's to remove the tax reporting required for small business--it was a very reasonable move. Let's see if the R's are that willing to extend the same spirit of compromise as well in the future.
The main reason this vote was taken was show where everyone stands on the record for the elections of 2012. Unless of course if you vote "present" as cowards do in legislatures.
Phasing in gives people and companies time to plan for changes, and time to set the system up to enact the provisions. Do you own a business or work for a company? Have you ever tried to start an entirely new project from the ground up? Phased implementation is how you avoid chaos. You create a plan and implement in steps.
Yes, I am starting a business as we speak...I also work for a very good small business...
As a business, you also must pay for it before right....how would you look as a company owner and tell you workers....o.k., i'm gonna cut your pay for (insert years here) and then I might give you a portion back....oh and you may or may not be here when its implimented.....finally...
The chaos is already here....why do you think we have 700+ waivers....before it even begins...
So, again if all these people are dying on the streets as some dems would have you believe....why is the health care portion not "right now."
The main reason this vote was taken was show where everyone stands on the record for the elections of 2012. Unless of course if you vote "present" as cowards do in legislatures.
Exactly. The point you're missing is that Reid DID NOT have to bring it up for a vote. The Republicans didn't force them to do it--they can't. The vote was entirely for the record, because the Dems are standing behind the program, and most of them plan on running on that record--voting for HCR--in the next election. If you don't like the HCR program fine, but evidently the Dem's are confident that enough people DO like it that they're willing to do a public vote on it when they absolutely didn't have to. Food for thought...
Repeal of ObamaCare can't come soon enough -- as several damaging provisions are set to take effect this year.
For starters, it has effectively stopped the construction of physician-owned hospitals throughout the country.
Of course, patients may have trouble finding not just a hospital, but a doctor. A Physician's Foundation survey revealed that 40 percent of doctors plan to "drop out of patient care in the next one to three years." Sixty percent said ObamaCare will "compel them to close or significantly restrict their practices to certain categories of patients" -- typically those on Medicare or Medicaid.
Health reform will force many folks to give up their current insurance, too
Other measures kicking in are petty -- but punitive. For example, people can no longer use tax-free Health Savings Accounts on basic over-the-counter drugs. Instead, they must pay for a doctor's appointment -- and then get a prescription for a pricier pharmacist-dispensed drug.
Exactly. The point you're missing is that Reid DID NOT have to bring it up for a vote. The Republicans didn't force them to do it--they can't. The vote was entirely for the record, because the Dems are standing behind the program, and most of them plan on running on that record--voting for HCR--in the next election. If you don't like the HCR program fine, but evidently the Dem's are confident that enough people DO like it that they're willing to do a public vote on it when they absolutely didn't have to. Food for thought...
They attached it to another bill....so it had to be voted on? Am I missing something here?
Also, Harry said "it would NOT come to a vote", and it did....
Exactly. The point you're missing is that Reid DID NOT have to bring it up for a vote. The Republicans didn't force them to do it--they can't. The vote was entirely for the record, because the Dems are standing behind the program, and most of them plan on running on that record--voting for HCR--in the next election. If you don't like the HCR program fine, but evidently the Dem's are confident that enough people DO like it that they're willing to do a public vote on it when they absolutely didn't have to. Food for thought...
You are SO wrong here.....
Reid TRIED to stop it and you may recall that he vowed never to allow it to come to a vote.
But the Republicans took a hail mary around Reid:
Quote:
The repeal measure was actually in the form of an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill, and the vote was actually on a “budget point of order”
The main reason this vote was taken was show where everyone stands on the record for the elections of 2012. Unless of course if you vote "present" as cowards do in legislatures.
Yep. 2010 is done. Next up, campaign for 2012 at the expense of tax dollars. The country can wait.
Yep. 2010 is done. Next up, campaign for 2012 at the expense of tax dollars. The country can wait.
Yep...from both sides.....
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