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Originally Posted by kane
While people's trust in congress is at an all time low, they still enjoy about a 90%+ reelection rate. Until they are punished for behaving like assholes I don't see them changing a whole lot.
I think Obamacare will be a good test of how things are going to go over the next few years. Obviously, Democrats don't want it flat-out repealed and a number of Republicans have said they want a replacement in place before repealing. It will be interesting to see how much bipartisan work there is in the replacement.
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I think that is another obvious case of the media creating an unreasonable and fake narrative. Obviously a law such as this cannot simply be repealed without some plan to bridge the gap and cover people... yet when you listen to people talk, everyone acts like this is on the table. Trumps inability to filter his language certainly doesn't help him as it tends to bring out the worst in both sides and "repeal...." being put before "replace..." is something that no sane person would make a mantra as it's clear what the media will do with it.
In the case of Obamacare though, there is near universal agreement that a lot of changes need to happen, so i can't imagine this being anything more than squabbling about details.