Beta on the US Government shutting down? I think yes.
Discussion
Why are the Republicans so keen to repeal the health care bill?
Obama campaigned heavily on the issue, the people voted and put him in power, where he enacted the bill.
Now the republicans might not like it but the majority of electorate seemed to have endorsed it so it seems rather anti-democratic to try and block it.
Obama campaigned heavily on the issue, the people voted and put him in power, where he enacted the bill.
Now the republicans might not like it but the majority of electorate seemed to have endorsed it so it seems rather anti-democratic to try and block it.
Fittster said:
Why are the Republicans so keen to repeal the health care bill?
Obama campaigned heavily on the issue, the people voted and put him in power, where he enacted the bill.
Now the republicans might not like it but the majority of electorate seemed to have endorsed it so it seems rather anti-democratic to try and block it.
The majority of the electorate also voted in a Republican congress. Obama campaigned heavily on the issue, the people voted and put him in power, where he enacted the bill.
Now the republicans might not like it but the majority of electorate seemed to have endorsed it so it seems rather anti-democratic to try and block it.
airbrakes said:
So let me get this straight..... because they have run out of legitimate ways to block the Obamacare bill, the Republican party are now stamping their feet and deliberately blocking absolutely everything, sending the country into meltdown, until the Democrats agree to get rid of it for good?
Jesus tittyf
king Christ, its like the Lib Dems on steroids!
Not quite.Jesus tittyf
king Christ, its like the Lib Dems on steroids!It is about raising the debt ceiling.
i'm not going to pull up a graph, everyone knows the US debt has got a little out of hand.
Obama doesn't want a budget he just wants to keep spending.
Republicans want some control over the debt ceiling (the debt ceiling is the job of Congress not the President and they have a majority.) The price is his beloved Healthcare bill.
To address something in another post.
The US, according to CNN, not Fox
is against the Healthcare bill in it's current form. The tilt to against is an 18% block who thought it did not go far enough !!!Confusing eh.
That said the extra money that Obama wants has nothing to do with the healthcare fiasco, that is being funded by making it mandatory for people to buy insurance and by fines on those that do not and reductions in Medicare.
What is seldom discussed is that the healthcare industry had a massive input in the writing of the bill.
The result of which is a 39% increase YTD in my healthcare fund. I'm not complaining
http://www3.troweprice.com/fb2/fbkweb/snapshot.do?...
Massive gains by the healthcare industry after we were told it would keep prices in check, the opposite has happened
This should shed some light on what has occured and why some people are crying foul.
Neither side of the house really gives a shxt about anything except their seat.
Oct 17 is payment day, let's hope not too many of them have a dentist appointment on the 16th
Art0ir said:
RDMcG said:
Well...here we go. Watch for the talking heads tomorrow...
I haven't been following this at all. Do you expect a last minute deal?All pretty fascinating really.
Chris
Art0ir said:
RDMcG said:
Well...here we go. Watch for the talking heads tomorrow...
I haven't been following this at all. Do you expect a last minute deal?All pretty fascinating really.
Chris
toohuge said:
Art0ir said:
RDMcG said:
Well...here we go. Watch for the talking heads tomorrow...
I haven't been following this at all. Do you expect a last minute deal?All pretty fascinating really.
Chris
speedy_thrills said:
Interesting, who wins this on opinion polling?
CNN poll said:
According to the poll, which was conducted Friday through Sunday, 46% say they would blame congressional Republicans for a government shutdown, with 36% saying the president would be more responsible and 13% pointing fingers at both the GOP in Congress and Obama.
So, the US begins Shutdown...
Well, Partial Shutdown...
Well, some National Parks, some museums and a Zoo.
Hardly the end of Society is it?
Well, Partial Shutdown...
Well, some National Parks, some museums and a Zoo.
Hardly the end of Society is it?
nelly1 said:
So, the US begins Shutdown...
Well, Partial Shutdown...
Well, some National Parks, some museums and a Zoo.
Hardly the end of Society is it?
It's a lot more extensive than just "National Parks, some museums and a Zoo"Well, Partial Shutdown...
Well, some National Parks, some museums and a Zoo.
Hardly the end of Society is it?
nelly1 said:
So, the US begins Shutdown...
Well, Partial Shutdown...
Well, some National Parks, some museums and a Zoo.
Hardly the end of Society is it?
It is for the Americans! If they can't argue with a park ranger that god created Grand Canyon in 3 seconds then the Ruskies might as well take over!!!Well, Partial Shutdown...
Well, some National Parks, some museums and a Zoo.
Hardly the end of Society is it?
Thank Thor that all the thousands of Nukes that the US owns are going to be looked after, can't have them getting ill...
I bet the survivalists, anti-government protestors and other assorted fringe members of American society are having a field day. As I type this there will be a family in their bunker somewhere in the US loading their AR15's and counting cans of beans, I just hope they've taken a TV with them so they know when normality returns, probably later today.
I was surprised this happened previously in the mid 90's.
I think in the short-term the President will win a PR victory and slightly dent this budget deficit by saving a day or two salary on 700k Government workers.
I was surprised this happened previously in the mid 90's.
I think in the short-term the President will win a PR victory and slightly dent this budget deficit by saving a day or two salary on 700k Government workers.
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