Most wedding ceremonies include a version of the phrase for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part. The groom says this to the bride and the bride says it to the groom. This is a public affirmation that they are making a commitment to conjoin their lives and work for the common good of their marriage.
The Constitution is a written affirmation of a similar commitment. Under it, the lives and livelihoods of the people of a nation and the actions of their leaders are legally bound to to the task of working for the common good. It says so right in the Preamble, but uses the equivalent phrase the general Welfare.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.The events of the past week attest to the fact that today's Republicans neither understand nor believe those words. Their failed effort to repeal The Affordable Care Act and replace it with the abomination they called The American Health Care Act shows unequivocally that those who now control the White House and both houses of Congress do not work to promote the general Welfare, but instead work exclusively to curry favor from those who can enrich them.
1. The Seven-Year-Long Preamble To A Colossal Failure
2. For Richer, For Poorer
2. For Richer, For Poorer
For Richer: The American Health Care Act was in fact a massive tax cut for the richest among us.
For Poorer: Had the GOP succeeded in passing their clusterfuck of a "healthcare" plan, 26 million Americans would have lost coverage and the insurance companies would have been free to increase everyone else's premiums at will.
3. In Sickness And In Health
For Richer: The American Health Care Act was in fact a massive tax cut for the richest among us.
For Poorer: Had the GOP succeeded in passing their clusterfuck of a "healthcare" plan, 26 million Americans would have lost coverage and the insurance companies would have been free to increase everyone else's premiums at will.
3. In Sickness And In Health
4. Until Death Do Us Part
4. Until Death Do Us Part
5. Access vs. Affordability (Let them eat steak.)
5. Access vs. Affordability (Let them eat steak.)
In their effort to repeal The Affordable Care Act, the Republicans have been running a con. The expect voters not to understand the difference between the words access and affordability. The cartoon below illustrates the difference.
Republicans have said over and over that their plan would give everyone access to healthcare, and they have pointed out that the ACA does not cover everyone. That, dear reader, is the very essence of their con given the fact that everyone already has access to health insurance.
Anyone can purchase health insurance as long as they can afford the premiums, and there's the rub.
The Republicans promise only access to insurance. In contrast, The Affordable Care Act actually provides health care insurance to millions of Americans who had access but who lacked the ability to afford it.
6. A Plan With A Peel
In their effort to repeal The Affordable Care Act, the Republicans have been running a con. The expect voters not to understand the difference between the words access and affordability. The cartoon below illustrates the difference.
Republicans have said over and over that their plan would give everyone access to healthcare, and they have pointed out that the ACA does not cover everyone. That, dear reader, is the very essence of their con given the fact that everyone already has access to health insurance.
Anyone can purchase health insurance as long as they can afford the premiums, and there's the rub.
The Republicans promise only access to insurance. In contrast, The Affordable Care Act actually provides health care insurance to millions of Americans who had access but who lacked the ability to afford it.
6. A Plan With A Peel
7. Making Trumpcare More Palatable
7. Making Trumpcare More Palatable
I believe a shit sandwich would taste better.
I believe a shit sandwich would taste better.
8. Unlimited Lie-Ability
8. Unlimited Lie-Ability
9. Universal Access
9. Universal Access
10. Pulling The Plug
10. Pulling The Plug
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Republicans Admit Defeat On Health Care Bill: 'Obamacare Is The Law Of The Land'
11. Post Mortem
11. Post Mortem
After the Republicans failed to pass their clusterfuck American Health Care Act despite having total control of the government, the Great, Orange Pretender blamed the Democrats.
Sad.
12. Preventive Medicine
After the Republicans failed to pass their clusterfuck American Health Care Act despite having total control of the government, the Great, Orange Pretender blamed the Democrats.
Sad.
12. Preventive Medicine
This cartoon shows the GOP's strategy and hoped for result of their effort to repeal what they had pejoratively called Obamacare.
The GOP's seven-year-long effort to repeal and replace The Affordable Care Act was doomed to failure because President Obama understood that once passed, imperfect though it was, the ACA would be popular and almost impossible to repeal.
Thank you, President Obama!
This cartoon shows the GOP's strategy and hoped for result of their effort to repeal what they had pejoratively called Obamacare.
The GOP's seven-year-long effort to repeal and replace The Affordable Care Act was doomed to failure because President Obama understood that once passed, imperfect though it was, the ACA would be popular and almost impossible to repeal.
Thank you, President Obama!
