Paul Ryan: We Can Totally Still Repeal Obamacare

[DonViejo]

SAHIL KAPUR – APRIL 4, 2014, 1:35 PM EDT

House Budget Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) says Republicans can still repeal Obamacare.

He was asked on Bloomberg TV's "Political Capital With Al Hunt" about the impracticality of fully repealing Obamacare now that more than 7 million people have signed up on the insurance marketplaces, and more are benefiting from other provisions.

"I'd question the premise of that entire argument. No, I don't know that (we can't repeal it)," Ryan said in the interview, which is set to air Friday night. "So this whole thing that, oh, we have 7.1 million people, which, by the way, we won't even get into the legitimacy of that statistic. So we have -- let's just take it for argument. Seven million people on Obamacare; there's no way you can change it. It's just going to have to learn to live with it. I don't buy that for a second."

Ryan, asked if the next president will repeal Obamacare, said he doesn't think the law "can last" and posited that "the architecture of this law is so fundamentally flawed that I think it's going to collapse under its own weight."

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[liberal N proud]

1. They will try for the next 60 years

It may be the only thing that saves social security.

[thecrow]

2. He's starting to sound like Sarah Palin

Word salad.

[DCBob]

3. The gopers needs to keep this idea alive...

to inspire their sheep to vote. However its very possible by Nov the aca may not be as much of an issue.

[Generic Brad]

4. And the people of his district can totally still vote him out of office

It is definitely hard to see him touted as a policy wonk when his ideas are so asinine.

[Chan790]

5. I think he'd be vulnerable if the Democrats would simply target his district.

Put up a strong candidate, put some money into the race, and go on the attack against Ryan's record and positions. But we don't, we act like his reelection is inevitable and his district is one that we can't win.

[Jamaal510]

6. Yeah you

"totally" still can--once you win back some seats in Congress AND your side manages to get somebody into the Oval Office again. Not happening at least in the next few years, though.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

7. Ryan can go fuck himself with a large cactus. Evil bastard.