Monday, March 27, 2017

Why we can't all just work together

As Trumpcare is flushed into the clogged sewer of failed republican attempts to sabotage national health care, the predictable pundit class is wringing its hands and wondering why we all can't work together for the 'Murcan' people.   If working for the people involves substituting a poorly thought out hatchet job on the middle and working class for a system which was making a big dent in the uninsured population, then I guess I would vote against working with the GOP.   As I have said many times before, the difference between the two parties is so wide and apparent it is a travesty to call it a two party system.  The assumption is both parties are ready and willing to govern when presented with a majority in Congress.  The fractious republicans are only united in opposition to everything the democrats stand for.  Their only legislative strategy is to try to destroy the democratic party's agenda and enact tax cuts for the wealthy.  As proven by the farcial attempt to destroy Obamacare, the republicans as currently constituted cannot present a coherent legislative narrative to the American people.  It was fine during the previous administration to vote 50 plus times to destroy the ACA because they knew it would be vetoed by the adult in the room.  With a juvenile delinquent running the executive branch there is now no voice of sanity to guide or restrain them.  It would seem we are in for at least two years of chaos.  Next up, the holy grail of tax cutting.  If they can't make this palatable to a majority of their own caucus the entire reason for their continued existence as a political party will be called into question.   That is why we can't work together with xenophobes, misogynists and racists, aka the modern republican party.

No comments:

Post a Comment