May 26-31, 2017
May 26 01:18 There they go again May 29 10:05 Democrats = party of no new ideas May 30 01:33 Dayton's integrity May 31 22:38 Gov. Dayton shows vindictive side
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There they go again
Especially when it comes to health care, Democrats can't help but wildly distort the truth. First, the basics: the CBO scoring of the House bill says that approximately 22,000,000-24,000,000 fewer people will have health care if the American Health Care Act is signed into law.
Simply put, that's BS.
According to the Democrats, the people most affected by the AHCA will be people with pre-existing conditions and the elderly. Again, that's an outright lie. The elderly won't lose coverage if the AHCA is signed into law because Medicare is still the law of the land. People with pre-existing conditions won't lose coverage because of high risk pools.
Minnesota had a high risk pool prior to the ACA. In 2007, the Kaiser Health Foundation reported that 92.8% of Minnesotans were insured. With nearly everyone insured, it isn't a stretch to think that the majority of seniors and the majority of people with pre-existing conditions were insured. In fact, it's a pretty safe assumption that high percentages of those demographics were covered.
In short, whenever people hear Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi or Hillary Clinton complain that millions of people will get thrown off of their health insurance, let's remember that these are the same people that said that "if you like your plan, you can keep your plan."
Those of us who are old enough will remember this everlasting moment:
Whichever memory you choose, the results are the same. The Democrats' primary tactic is to fabricate answers in the hopes of frightening people. It's always been that way.
Posted Friday, May 26, 2017 1:18 AM
Comment 1 by Chad Q at 26-May-17 05:18 PM
How many people lost the insurance they liked and had to go onto Obamacare, an insurance they couldn't use or afford? How many of those 23 million are people who don't want to buy insurance? Don't we still have 45 million uninsured even with the Obamacare mandate?
Those with pre-existing conditions should pay more than someone who doesn't, just like car insurance companies charge more for drunks and speeders.
The government needs to get out of healthcare/health insurance and let the people decide for themselves what they want or need. If you really can't afford insurance but want it, we can help but if you decide you don't want insurance and then get sick, you'd better have a big bank account or get set up on a payment plan because hospitals shouldn't have to give their services away for free either.
Democrats = party of no new ideas
Since this session of congress started, the Democratic Party has been the Resistance Party. Their special interests have forced them into that identity rather than being the loyal opposition. Part of the Democratic Party's identity crisis is caused by their lack of new ideas.
When the Democratic Party stopped thinking of fresh ideas, they stopped appealing to people. That's how they lost PA, MI and WI. This session, it's impossible to identify the Democrats' pro-growth policies because they don't have any.
We've just suffered through 8 years of, at minimum, substandard economic growth. Thus far, Democrats haven't offered a single constructive idea to get America's economy going again. Their 'economic package' thus far has been income inequality and the push for a $15 minimum wage. That isn't an economic plan. That's a complaint list.
Another illustration of the Do-Nothing Democrats is how they've said that Obamacare "isn't perfect". (That's an understatement.) Still, Democrats haven't offered a single amendment to fix the bill that they say isn't perfect. Democrats have rationalized their doing nothing by saying that they won't offer amendments until repeal is taken off the table. That isn't an excuse for fixing what Democrats broke in 2009-2010.
Adam Schiff is on TV virtually every day complaining about the fake Trump-Russia scandal. He hasn't offered a single amendment to fix our ailing economy or our broken health care system. He's a total whiner.
Why elect Democrats when all they want to do is continue Obama's economic stagnation?
Posted Monday, May 29, 2017 10:05 AM
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Dayton's integrity
According to this WCCO-TV article , Gov. Dayton will decide by tonight whether he'll veto any of the 10 bills agreed to, passed and sent to his desk last week. The most likely outcome is that Gov. Dayton vetoes the tax bill but signs the other 9 bills, thereby avoiding a government shutdown but vetoing the Republicans' tax cut bill.
By doing this, Gov. Dayton would give Republicans a major weapon against the DFL in the 2018 gubernatorial election. By vetoing the Republicans' tax cut bill, Gov. Dayton will certify that the DFL a) is untrustworthy and b) thoroughly hates tax cuts of any sort or size.
WCCO/DFL stenographer Esme Murphy was wrong in stating that "If the governor vetoes even one of the bills, that means it would be back to square one: more negotiations, another special session and a new deal would have to be reached or the government would shut down on July 1." There wouldn't be a government shutdown if Gov. Dayton vetoes the transportation and/or tax bills.
Posted Tuesday, May 30, 2017 1:33 AM
Comment 1 by Chad Q at 30-May-17 05:10 PM
Gov. Goofy will veto every bill that does not shut down the government. The DFL and Dayton could give a crap about cutting anyone's taxes because all they care about is raising them no matter who they hurt.
Elections have consequences and the working families who want and need the tax cuts are going to get what they voted for 2 years ago when they voted this ideologue a second term.
Gov. Dayton shows vindictive side
Gov. Dayton's vindictive side is showing, especially after vetoing the bill that would keep the legislature running . In a stunt that's thought to be unprecedented, "Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed the Legislature's budget Tuesday, May 30, because of what he called 'a reprehensible sneak attack, which shatters whatever trust we achieved during the session.'"
Gov. Dayton insisted on Republicans capitulating on 5 major items in exchange for restoring funding for the legislature. The 5 items Gov Dayton is requesting are to reverse tobacco tax breaks, cancel a cut in estate taxes, remove a freeze on statewide business property taxes, take out a provision that prohibits undocumented immigrants from getting driver's licenses and renegotiate a measure that allows professionals to become teachers easier. In other words, Gov. Dayton wants Republicans to relinquish their biggest legislative victories this session.
Simply put, that ain't happening, especially issuing the real ID to illegal aliens and removing the freeze on statewide business property taxes.
Gov Dayton isn't that bright. He thinks he's got leverage but he doesn't. The legislature is an essential service. In the past, courts have ruled that essential services must be funded. Further, the DFL is further alienating main street by removing the freeze on statewide property taxes. That'll piss off lots of small business owners. The DFL is already bleeding those voters. Now, they'll lose more of those voters.
Gov. Dayton is doing to the DFL what President Obama did to the Democratic Party. He's shrinking the DFL both numerically and geographically. By the tie the 2018 happens, the DFL will essentially be found only in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth.
As Chair of the LCC, Speaker Kurt Daudt (R-Crown) issued the following statement.
"Yesterday, the governor took an unconstitutional step to defund the Legislature, attempting to silence both the House and Senate for the next four years. As I stated earlier, I am disappointed in the governor's behavior and his decision to veto our operating budget over differences he previously agreed to," said Speaker Daudt. "The governor has left the Legislature no choice but to seek outside counsel in an effort to defend the people's voice at the Capitol.
Posted Wednesday, May 31, 2017 10:38 PM
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