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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHouse Republicans vote to end Medicare as we know it, again
House Republicans vote to end Medicare as we know it, again
by Joan McCarter
The House Republicans made their ultimate dystopian statement today, in passing Rep. Paul Ryan's budget in a 228-191 vote. Ten Republicans voted against it, no Democrats voted for it and 13 members did not vote.
House Speaker John Boehner called this plan "a real vision of what we were to do if we get more control here in this town. It's still a Democrat-run town."
Just a few reminders about the Ryan budget, and what the House Republicans put down as their political marker for 2012, their vision for a Republican-ruled America: It would give the wealthy a humongous tax break, the lowest tax rate since the Hoover administration; it would gut nutritional assistance, cutting it by 17 percent over the next decade; it would cut Medicare benefits and begin the process of killing the program; it would kill millions of jobs; it turns Medicaid into a block grant and deeply cuts federal spending for it, and for SCHIP, the children's health program; and it breaks the already agreed upon Budget Control Act of 2011, threatening, once again, a government shutdown.
This is also the budget endorsed by Mitt Romney. Today the Republicans made their most definitive statement for the America they envision. This is their platform for 2012, from the top down.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/29/1078938/-House-Republicans-vote-to-end-Medicare-as-we-know-it-nbsp-again-
by Joan McCarter
The House Republicans made their ultimate dystopian statement today, in passing Rep. Paul Ryan's budget in a 228-191 vote. Ten Republicans voted against it, no Democrats voted for it and 13 members did not vote.
House Speaker John Boehner called this plan "a real vision of what we were to do if we get more control here in this town. It's still a Democrat-run town."
Just a few reminders about the Ryan budget, and what the House Republicans put down as their political marker for 2012, their vision for a Republican-ruled America: It would give the wealthy a humongous tax break, the lowest tax rate since the Hoover administration; it would gut nutritional assistance, cutting it by 17 percent over the next decade; it would cut Medicare benefits and begin the process of killing the program; it would kill millions of jobs; it turns Medicaid into a block grant and deeply cuts federal spending for it, and for SCHIP, the children's health program; and it breaks the already agreed upon Budget Control Act of 2011, threatening, once again, a government shutdown.
This is also the budget endorsed by Mitt Romney. Today the Republicans made their most definitive statement for the America they envision. This is their platform for 2012, from the top down.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/29/1078938/-House-Republicans-vote-to-end-Medicare-as-we-know-it-nbsp-again-
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll151.xml
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House Republicans vote to end Medicare as we know it, again (Original Post)
ProSense
Mar 2012
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Downwinder
(12,869 posts)1. Ending Medicare is life threatening. Glad we have a SYG law.
Catherine Vincent
(34,490 posts)2. And this is why I always vote for Democrats
...and not the Republicans. They don't really care about US.
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)3. Looks like Ron Paul wimped out.
butterfly77
(17,609 posts)4. McConnell ..
though it was funny. He is overjoyed.