Neil Howe: 'Civil War Is More Likely Than People Think'

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(12-10-2016, 08:45 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:

(12-10-2016, 04:49 PM)Mikebert Wrote:

(11-16-2016, 05:49 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: Okay.  So you guys are going to stick with your prejudices no matter what he does.  Thanks for the info.

That is what happened with Obama on the right.  But I actually think Democrats will work with him even though Republicans never return the favor.  For example, Bush passed two tax cuts without having the 60 vote majority in the Senate that Obama needed to pursue his agenda.

Obama's agenda was much more radical.  But we'll see if Obamacare can be repealed without a 60 vote majority, or if the Democrats stonewall that.

The GOP has the votes now to repeal Obamacare as soon as Trump is sworn in--Obama is obviously going to veto that. It is the replacement of it that would require 60 votes.

Ideally, the best solution is to take Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP and etc and combine them all into a Medicare that covers everyone from birth to death. Eliminating health care insurance except for special circumstances would dramatically bring down prices, end front loading of costs, and aid in industrial competitiveness as no other country insists that employers provide health care to their employees--in fact it is an artifact from regulations put into place during WW2.

The method I indicated above would dramatically reduce waste, fraud and abuse in insurance and government.