It can be repealed the same way that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid can be repealed. It isn’t that it’s procedurally impossible to repeal it. The problem is that once entitlement bills become law, it is practically political suicide to attempt to repeal them.
When was the last time you heard a person campaign on a “I’ll get rid of Social Security and Medicare” platform? It will become the same with this bill if it’s passed.
Somehow I do not think you can say the same about this bill. It hasn’t been implemented and it will have been passed against the will of the majority. Reconciliation gives this bill zero credibility.
I never say never. If the people feel it is all over, it will be no help to pubbies in November. Remember, no taxpayer funded bennies appear until 2014.
When was the last time you heard a person campaign on a “I’ll get rid of Social Security and Medicare” platform? It will become the same with this bill if it’s passed.”
Very true. Republicans may talk about it, but just to the base. They generally back walk it in front of the country. And to be honest, it takes the stars aligning just right to make it even potentially possible. The whole privatizing Social Security failure took a lot of wind out of Bush's sails.
Social Security is a classic. Let's face it—the people like it. You can explain until you're blue in the face why they shouldn't, but they do. So the only change they'll accept is something obviously better, which would be even more expensive.
The thing here with “health care” is that it’s not supposed to start until 2012 or such (after O’Bozo Uhbama hopefully is gone), so strictly speaking, repeal could happen before the populace has it, much less is used to it (SS example).
Either way, I doubt repeal would ever happen. Laws tend to keep adding up, not disappear.