Posted on 10/04/2013 9:01:36 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
A Democrat led Congress did this before. They have forced elderly Americans into the “Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (MCCA); and almost immediately it became obvious that they had made a big mistake. In June of 1988, both Parties patted themselves on the back and bragged that they had solved the problem of how to pay for nursing home care. They were very wrong in this boast.
Nevertheless, Democrats don’t miss any opportunity to socialize America and this crisis was no different. They jumped on the bill as a chance to push for what became Hillarycare just a few years later.
Of course the MCCA came with a tax; and true to the way government does things, it turned out that what America’s seniors could get...
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Ah, a crowd of geezers roughing up Dan Rostenkowski, those were the good old days.
Bump
Don’t forget the Fence on the Southern Border!
A Republican Congress passed a law that it be built, and passed an appropriation to build it.
A subsequent Democrat Congress defunded and repealed it.
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