I **am** thinking of Obamacare.
Newt is for an individual mandate to purchase medical insurance. This was the key to Romneycare, Obamacare and even Hillarycare. See a pattern here?
Newt NOW says he's all for repealing Obamacare. I'll take him at his word on that. But that says nothing about his continued support for an individual mandate -- or about his instincts that lead him to support a mandate.
And, no, that is not just a "photo op with a Lib."
“Newt is for an individual mandate to purchase medical insurance”
He did that? Dang. Is there no one who can win?
Well, I was concerned about this as well, so I did a little digging.
From what I could tell, during the conception of Hillarycare, Newt was in a Democratically controlled Congress that tried to minimize the effects of the bill. When he became Speaker..it died.
Later, in the 2000’s he still supported an individual mandate for people that made over a certain amount of money. I’d have to look up that amount, but it was pretty substantial. It probably wouldn’t affect most in the category, since they have insurance as a rule. The poor would be included in Medicare or state risk pools as they are now.
That being said..I would like to hear his explanation.
As far as global warming, lots of scientists have come forward to debunk this since many intelligent people climbed on board. I still haven’t heard him say why he jumped on board, but I have heard him “walk it back”. “Sitting On The Couch With Nancy” is a non-issue to me. How many politicians or activists shun the “other side” in photo ops?