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What will Republicans do?
Assuming the November elections go the way many people think they will go and Republicans gain a majority in the House and the Senate, the questions becomes, "What will Republicans do with their majority?"
Will they repeal Health Care reform? Will they really stop all earmarks? Will they close Guantanamo Bay? Will they propose their own stimulus bill? Will they come out with their own wasteful jobs bill? Will they truly lead us out of this recession? Or will they just drink the koolaid as in the past and become more like the current majority party? So many questions, so little time.
The possibility of the Republicans repealing Health Care, in my opinion, is slim and none. Once these bills are passed into law, they are very difficult to repeal. I don't know any politician with the fortitude to follow through with repeal. They might talk a good game, remember Obama talked a great game, but actions speak louder than words.
The reality of the situation is that Health Care reform is probably here to stay, like it or not. So what Republicans need to do is fix it.
They claimed that Obama, Pelosi and Reid shut them out of the process. It is time to take the high road and prove to the American people that they can truly lead for the good of all people. It is time to rewrite the Health Care Bill into a bipartisan bill that it should have been. Incorporate Republican ideas, throw out some of the stupid ideas and keep the good stuff. Put in across state line purchasing, put in tort reform of some kind, clean up some of the language, cut the bill to less than 1,000 pages and make it understandable to the average citizen. After all, the average citizen is the one the bill is supposed to be helping. Make it user friendly, not lawyer complicated.
My Dad used to say when you have a problem, write down all possible solutions, then write down what problem each solution causes because there are always side affects. When you have that, crumple up the paper on which you wrote everything because the best answer is always the simplest one that you had in the first place. Let's apply the KISS method to government. Keep It Simple Stupid, not Keep It Stupid Simple.
My hope is that the Republicans will lead but for that to happen, a leader has to be identified from within the Republican Party and that hasn't happened yet. Republicans can't let the New York Times select its next Presidential candidate, like last time.
That's my opinion and stand, what's yours?
Will they repeal Health Care reform? Will they really stop all earmarks? Will they close Guantanamo Bay? Will they propose their own stimulus bill? Will they come out with their own wasteful jobs bill? Will they truly lead us out of this recession? Or will they just drink the koolaid as in the past and become more like the current majority party? So many questions, so little time.
The possibility of the Republicans repealing Health Care, in my opinion, is slim and none. Once these bills are passed into law, they are very difficult to repeal. I don't know any politician with the fortitude to follow through with repeal. They might talk a good game, remember Obama talked a great game, but actions speak louder than words.
The reality of the situation is that Health Care reform is probably here to stay, like it or not. So what Republicans need to do is fix it.
They claimed that Obama, Pelosi and Reid shut them out of the process. It is time to take the high road and prove to the American people that they can truly lead for the good of all people. It is time to rewrite the Health Care Bill into a bipartisan bill that it should have been. Incorporate Republican ideas, throw out some of the stupid ideas and keep the good stuff. Put in across state line purchasing, put in tort reform of some kind, clean up some of the language, cut the bill to less than 1,000 pages and make it understandable to the average citizen. After all, the average citizen is the one the bill is supposed to be helping. Make it user friendly, not lawyer complicated.
My Dad used to say when you have a problem, write down all possible solutions, then write down what problem each solution causes because there are always side affects. When you have that, crumple up the paper on which you wrote everything because the best answer is always the simplest one that you had in the first place. Let's apply the KISS method to government. Keep It Simple Stupid, not Keep It Stupid Simple.
My hope is that the Republicans will lead but for that to happen, a leader has to be identified from within the Republican Party and that hasn't happened yet. Republicans can't let the New York Times select its next Presidential candidate, like last time.
That's my opinion and stand, what's yours?
posted by Brian J Perks at
6:46 AM
2 Comments:
I think it depends on what kind of Republicans take office. If the RINOs continue to rule the GOP then you're right.
Just out of curiosity, have you been following the Hayworth-McCain contest in Arizona? They are two very different ideologies in the same Party going head-to-head in a bell-weather state, it may give us a better idea of what kind of GOP candidates will be successful in the near future.
Even if Republicans capture the house, they still won't get the Senate (I believe it's not possible), and there's still that guy in the White House. The Republicans would do best to deliver a balanced budget, as they did under Clinton, who was smart enough to sign it. They'll have a fight, but they'll show Americans that they're serious about reducing this deficit, which should be priority number 1, 2, and 3 on the agenda. Stick to the basics boys (and girls): reduce spending, shrink government, reduce taxes, which would stimulate real growth, not imaginary growth.
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