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Tax bill guts unpopular ‘Obamacare’ insurance mandate
AP ^ | 12/15/2017 | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR

Posted on 12/15/2017 4:13:55 PM PST by mdittmar

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans didn’t get their wish to repeal former President Barack Obama’s health care law, but the tax bill barreling toward a final vote in Congress guts its most unpopular provision, the requirement that virtually all Americans carry health insurance.

Politically, the move is a winner for Republicans, who otherwise would have little to show for all their rhetoric about “Obamacare.”

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: incometaxes; maga; obamacaremandate; taxcutsandjobsact; taxreform; tcja; trumptaxplan; winning
More Winning!
1 posted on 12/15/2017 4:13:55 PM PST by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

ssssh let’s just keep this quiet because that’s all some slime Rinos need is the media to start screeching about this and they’ll back out of the vote.


2 posted on 12/15/2017 4:17:47 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: mdittmar

Whatever. How about gutting Obamacare’s 3.8% tax on the capital gains on house sales?


3 posted on 12/15/2017 4:19:46 PM PST by CatOwner
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To: mdittmar

and communist Susan Collins is out and McCain is out Cockran is sick. Its over. No Bill. Get out of the Market monday early. Move to Gold.


4 posted on 12/15/2017 4:20:07 PM PST by raiderboy ( "...if we have to close down our government, weÂ’re building that wall")
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To: mdittmar

I thought about it. I’m not tired of winning yet. Just have to keep quiet until the second after Trump finishes signing it.


5 posted on 12/15/2017 4:20:55 PM PST by re_tail20
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To: re_tail20
I thought about it. I’m not tired of winning yet. Just have to keep quiet until the second after Trump finishes signing it.


Exactly until this is signed...I'm not getting hopes up.
6 posted on 12/15/2017 4:23:18 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: snarkytart

Well said.

The tax bill does NOT REPEAL the Obamacare Mandate.

Please, everybody just go home now.

Come back after the Tuesday vote for further instructions.

Shhhhhhhh!


7 posted on 12/15/2017 4:23:33 PM PST by TheNext (Fake Elections have no BALLOT PICTURES!)
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To: TheNext

Well it doesn’t repeal just gut it. Which is a start.


8 posted on 12/15/2017 4:24:57 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: raiderboy

You sell on Monday,I’m buying;)


9 posted on 12/15/2017 4:30:06 PM PST by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

0bama appointed judge will over turn it.


10 posted on 12/15/2017 4:32:24 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
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To: mdittmar

If that is in the final bill signed, I will celebrate. If not, it’s time to prepare for an ugly future. Very ugly.


11 posted on 12/15/2017 4:40:13 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: raiderboy
and communist Susan Collins is out and McCain is out Cockran is sick. Its over. No Bill. Get out of the Market monday early. Move to Gold.



12 posted on 12/15/2017 4:47:05 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: CatOwner
And how about gutting 0bama's 2009 tobacco tax increases?


13 posted on 12/15/2017 4:48:31 PM PST by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: snarkytart

They know all about the repeal of the mandate.


14 posted on 12/15/2017 5:05:43 PM PST by TexasCruzin (Trump is the man. #TrumpPence16)
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To: raiderboy

McCain and Cochran will be there to vote. Both are yes votes.


15 posted on 12/15/2017 5:07:01 PM PST by TexasCruzin (Trump is the man. #TrumpPence16)
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To: Pollster1

The bill is final now. Its in there.


16 posted on 12/15/2017 5:08:31 PM PST by TexasCruzin (Trump is the man. #TrumpPence16)
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To: mdittmar

I’m surprised the AP would admit that the mandate is unpopular.

I’ve got news for the AP, by the time President Trump gets done with Obamacare, there’s not going to be any Obamacare left.


17 posted on 12/15/2017 5:55:46 PM PST by Southnsoul
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I thought the bill doesn’t repeal the mandate until 2019.

Why wait?


18 posted on 12/15/2017 7:55:43 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (SCHLONGED: How Donald Trump Beat My Lying, Marxist Ass and Went On to Win the November Election. HRC)
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