Posted on 04/12/2016 6:55:33 AM PDT by Kaslin
Ronald Reagan famously said that the nine most terrifying words in the English language are: “I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help.” As Obamacare has demonstrated all too clearly, any such declaration from a federal official is indeed cause for alarm. Nearly as scary for conservatives is the word, bipartisan, when uttered by a Republican candidate for office or one of his close advisers. This is why conservatives of all stripes should be unnerved that Sam Clovis, chief policy adviser to Donald Trump, told the New York Times last Friday that any replacement for Obamacare “must be bipartisan.”
“Bipartisan,” when used by a GOP candidate, is usually a signal to the Democrats that many of his ostensible principles are negotiable. It is particularly worrisome when deployed by an adviser to Trump, who has been on all sides of the health care debate, depending on the political exigencies of the moment. “The Donald” has, of course, often lavished praise on the government-run health care systems of countries like Canada and Scotland yet now pledges to replace Obamacare with a bilious admixture of its worst elements and even dumber proposals long advocated by the Democrats.
In other words, because it contains a wide variety of bad Democrat ideas, Trump’s plan is already “bipartisan.” Thus, when we find one of his closest advisers throwing this term around during an interview with the Times, one can’t help but wonder what else the Donald will give away in the unlikely event that he wins the presidency. Compounding the queasy feeling induced by that question is the reality that Clovis himself apparently has rather flexible principles. Before he joined the Trump campaign last summer, he was one of the real estate magnate’s most frequent and vociferous critics.
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They don’t just stay in certain states. There is a holding company that owns subsidiaries and those subs operate in individual states.
Now, if you want to open up the discussion to free enterprise, you may want to consider how it is that some of the most heavily regulated industries in the country are among the largest PAC donors in any given election cycle, while some of the least regulated industries in the country give similar or larger amounts. (Hint: Depending on the business, more regulation is better for ‘keeping out the riff-raff’.)
If you think the corporatism we are living under now is “free-enterprise”, I’ve got a beautiful bridge to sell you. Or some prime lake front real estate in south central Florida...
They do just stay in certain states.
Sorry you didn’t know that.
X company can not take X policy from California to Missouri and market it there.
Further, states regulate who can and can’t operate in the state as it relates to insurance.
It is not an open free enterprise system.
Perhaps in Trumps cynical (wise) view, he used the word “Bipartisan” because he KNOWS THERE WILL BE NO AGREEMENT between the Republicans and the LEFT Wing Fascists.
He can thus claim he wants to work with the Left, but knows in advance that it will fail and NOTHING will be done after Obamacare is repealed.
Thus accomplishing what is truly the solution, which is to get FEDERAL GOV’T OUT OF THE HEALTHCARE BUSINESS altogether.
For the Fed to be involved in Healthcare is unconstitutional.
He claimed he never badmouthed Zuckerberg, but his website did, so obviously he never read what was on his own website.
Why is it too late? Cruz was for increasing H1B visas 500%,, doubling legal immigration and taking in Syrian refugees until he changed those positions late last year because of the Trump effect. Cruz was all for Obamatrade until he changed that position a couple of weeks ago. Trump’s health care plan has been up longer than either of those changes by Cruz. Why is it too late for Trump to change his mind on stuff but not Calgary Ted?
Let the free market decide. Insurance across state lines.
Canada socialist healthcare drove people across the border. There are more MRI’s in any American city then in Canadian provinces. I have seen a map of clinics across the border in the USA that have MRI machines just for Canadians
Where does his website mention Zuckerberg?
You mean when he repeatedly speaks in favor of single payer? Or where he says he favors the mandate? The website is lies, just there for the consumption of the gullible.
And he’s still a liberal.
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/immigration-reform
About 4/5s of the way down the page, under the heading “Increase prevailing wage for H-1Bs”.
Lyin Ted. Trying to use Trumps own words against him. When will Ted learn Trump has every position covered at one time or another.
By the way you need to change the first part of your name to Ilogical, it fits you so much better. *sweet smile*
I’m for chipping away at Obamacare piece by piece with targeted legislation. There’s so much garbage in Obamacare that needs to go.
Trump has a platform. He’s been hawking it for ten months now. It’s not morphing. He doubled down on spending, saying he’s pay down the debt.
The guy is for real.
Your post is correct:
Bret Baier at THE FIRST GOP DEBATE asked why Donald Trump supported single-payer in 2000. Here’s his answer.
“As far as single payer, it works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland.”
As far as single payer, it works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland.”
And then Trump went on to say he had realized it would not work in the US because of our huge population.
But Trump said: “it WORKS in Canada. “
It does NOT work in Canada, which is why, those who can, have to come to the United States.
#5 and #7 are the game changers.
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