Exactly. I think the Northeast-West Coast Donkey cabal would rather pass Obamacare, Cap-and-Tax, etc and lose Congress than not pass it at all. They know from history once this stuff passes it is impossible to elminate because they gain a powerful constitutncy who will fight for it tooth and nail.
Yes and no - none of these bills will take effect until 2013. While one congress can set up a plan/program, it is the perogative of the succeeding congresses to fund them. Since there will be no receiving (paid) constituency created by 2010 for either program (healthcare or capntax), it is quite possible to unfund it. Worse case we have a standoff between PRES/SEN and Congress. Should make for fun watching. The only one that wins in Capntax not healthcare. Capntax does not require funding from congress to implement. It is conceiveable that a succeeding Congress can and will except certain industries from capntax, resulting in industries in the true believer areas strapped with higher costs than there competitors. As long as there are lobbiests, there will be loopholes. Look for a regional civil war of litigation to commence. Blue states fighting for higher reg/taxes, red states for lower reg/taxes. Should be fun since there are a lot of blue states that economically share common ground with red states. Not everybody lives in a blue state urban hell hole requiring community organizing.