Posted on 01/17/2017 5:43:11 AM PST by xzins
With the repeal of Obamacare gathering a considerable amount of corporate media attention, it is important to remember the UniParty, Democrats and Republicans, have been paid by the U.S. CoC to retain it at all costs.
♦ The U.S. Chamber of Commerce constructed a short list of Wall Street-centric legislative priorities back in 2014 for legislative years ’15 and ’16. Among those priorities was:
Retention of Obamacare
Implementation of Common Core federal education standards.
Passage of the Trans-Pacific Trade Deal (TPP)
Comprehensive immigration reform to include amnesty. the-big-club-2
U.S. CoC President Tom Donohue has spent hundreds of millions via K-Street lobbyists to construct and advance these objectives. Understanding that Donald Trump represented an existential threat toward these endeavors, Donohue targeted candidate Trump for removal. Donohue lost.
However, despite the Trump victory – Donohue has already paid the leadership of both parties to advance, now retain, his legislative priorities. Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn will do everything within their power to keep the cost of healthcare from the P-n-L of U.S. corporations. This is the appropriate background for the current dynamic.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is not even remotely similar to the local Chambers’ of Commerce that most people might be familiar with. The U.S. CoC sets the legislative priorities for congress and tells Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan what to do.
At the very heart of our nation’s economic and political strife you will find the U.S. CoC’s legislative priorities which are antithetical to America-First interests. The CoC is looking out for multi-national corporations, banks and the upper echelon of Wall Street financial interests, period.
Last week the initial legislative vehicle (a budgetary construct) for an Obamacare repeal was passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives. Just like the original ACA bill, the repeal vehicle passed along party lines. However, everyone must beware the appearance of something, is not necessarily the ‘doing of something’.
GOPe republicans are famous for appearing to do things in order to retain the optics of a position they are not aligned with. A solid example was the IRS targeting of the Tea Party and how the Democrats and Republicans both supported -and benefited from- that targeting. Take out the Tea Party and establishment GOPe representatives were protected just like Democrats.
The subsequent IRS hearings and investigation approach was a complete ruse. Remember also, committee Chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz took millions from the U.S. CoC as payback for not running against Senator Orrin Hatch in 2011, which led to this:
OrrinHatchWASHINGTON DC – Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on Thursday praised Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts as a “remarkable” and “tremendous” jurist who wrote a “clever” opinion upholding a key provision of ObamaCare.
“All I can say is that the chief justice is a remarkable judge. He’s a tremendous human being. I have a tremendous confidence in him and I believe in him. (link)
Another example was the Benghazi hearings. Political followers generally espouse an opinion of the GOPe showcasing apathy and ineptitude in both the IRS and the Benghazi examples. However, that’s not accurate. The GOPe was not apathetic, they were merely following a playbook, an often deployed strategy, to give the appearance of one position, but retaining a hidden goal that is 180° divergent.
Fair warning. The 1:30am Obamacare repeal construct last week has all the appearances of the exact same approach.
Republican leadership (Ryan, McCarthy, McMorris, / McConnell, Cornyn, et al) have absolutely no intention of repealing Obamacare, ever. This is not cynicism, this is simply accepting reality by following their historic behavior. It’s simply what they do.
It makes sense. These folks didn’t bow to Obama just because of legislative necessity. They were probably on his side.
Our company joined the local CoC for networking purposes. They will lose our membership today
Our company joined the local CoC for networking purposes. They will lose our membership today
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The author makes a point to say that local Chambers of commerce are not the same.
From article:
“The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is not even remotely similar to the local Chambers’ of Commerce that most people might be familiar with. The U.S. CoC sets the legislative priorities for congress and tells Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan what to do.”
The US Chamber of Commerce is the enemy of the citizens.
They are the engineers of the Cheap Labor Express.
I have been saying this for a Long Time, they will NOT Repeal Obamacare.
The only way to force the issue is for President Trump to issue an Executive Order repealing ALL Waivers and Require ALL Federal Employees, except the Military to immediately enroll in and purchase their own Personal and Family Health Insurance from the Affordable Care Exchange in the State they Legally reside. This will Include CONgress and the ENTIRE Federal Judiciary.
Then and Only then will there be any chance of repeal. MAKE THEM SUFFER!!!
DJT needs to give Rat Ryan a severe beat down. Maybe then he’ll stop running his mouth about amnesty and slow walking ACA repeal.
Some strategy to unite Trumps opponents behind Trump is crucial.
1. He could hint they are lying about repeal.
2. He could appeal by Twitter to his 20 million followers to get on their representatives.
3. One vote at a time, he has to walk his objectives through house and senate, both of which each have a process designed to deceive about what they are actually doing.
4. We must respond to Trump’s call for people’s intervention with their reps.
I suspect Trump’s stating his purpose is coverage for all has put Ryan’s feet in the fire.
Ryan is talking “access for all”, and that will undercut Trump’s promise to repeal and REPLACE.
Replace it with a free market. Government IS the problem. Plunking down a big pot of gold guarantees prices go up. Add in needlessly complex reimbursement schemes increases administrative overhead. On and on.
De-governmentalize and de-insuranceize routine care. Insurance is for disasters, not maintenance. And fedgov has no authorization whatsoever to pay for or provide insurance or health care.
Keep in mind the actual vote had ZERO republican votes in favor.
Ryan wants access for all and Trump wants insurance for all. Which is worse?
How are the words “access for all” and “coverage for all” different?
1. Access means a lot of people do not have coverage.
2. Coverage means that everyone has some kind of coverage.
Since Trump is no dummy, what do you think he is thinking?
IIRC, when the obamacare debate started years ago, the claim was that something like ONLY 20 million had no POLICY coverage at all. Do you remember the same thing?
True, but we know how votes work in the Congress. If it will pass and your vote isn’t needed, then you can vote against.
How many republicans did that?
Should have pinged you to #13. What do you think?
Dr Price's bill ( HR2300 or HR3200 ? ) has a tax credit for everyone to go and purchase HSA insurance ( esentially catastrophic ) and you can legally pay for ( with your tax free dollars via the credit ) a Direct Primary Care Plan which is routine care on retainer with no paperwork.
Brilliant...
A most excellent post. Well done.
Government should not be in the insurance business. Or any other business that private enterprise can provide more effectively and efficiently.
Once the government gets its tentacles into something it wants complete control. Politics inevitably take over and economic based decisions go out the window.
I can’t remember the numbers in 2008. Back then everyone had access if they could afford it. Many couldn’t, but at least they had access.
A “Health Care Savings Account” is not insurance.
Fedgov habitually manipulates the tax code to develop “solutions”, such as
health care savings accounts
IRAs (etc)
education savings accounts
to name a few.
How about reduce taxes and let individuals save or invest however they wish?
The federal government IS the problem. They must be put back within Constitutional bounds. Their socialist programs are a disaster. The are bankrupting the government and wrecking the economy.
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