Hell No for American's , 2 Faces of Republican Party

The Two faces of the Republican Party are Self Evident, Catchy phrases and Chanting slogans and shouting insults are nothing shocking to the American People who have spoken and voted them out of office.


The facts are there for anyone that is not selective and does not want to ignore them.


We the people are tired of being included in the Republican Talking points of what the people want and dont want , the democratic process , does not seem to mean anything when it comes to understanding what the American People want to the Republicans.


These two article excerpts are by Huffington post and are sourced and evidenced by the links posted or named therein.

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Republicans Were For Obama's Health Insurance Rule Before They Were Against It

Republicans say Obama and the Democrats co-opted their original concept, minus a mechanism they proposed for controlling costs. More than a dozen GOP attorneys general are determined to challenge the requirement in federal court as unconstitutional. Conservatives today say that's unacceptable. Not long ago, many of them saw a national mandate as a free-market route to guarantee coverage for all Americans  the answer to liberal ambitions for a government-run entitlement like Medicare. Most experts agree some kind of requirement is needed in a reformed system because health insurance doesn't work if people can put off joining the risk pool until they get sick. In the early 1970s, President Richard Nixon favored a mandate that employers provide insurance. In the 1990s, the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, embraced an individual requirement. Not anymore. "The idea of an individual mandate as an alternative to single-payer was a Republican idea," said health economist Mark Pauly of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. In 1991, he published a paper that explained how a mandate could be combined with tax credits  two ideas that are now part of Obama's law. Pauly's paper was well-received  by the George H.W. Bush administration http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/27/republicans-were-for-obam_n_515743.html

Guaranteed Health Care In Iraq - But Not For You

 You'd better sit down, folks. Article 31 of the Iraqi Constitution, drafted by your right-wing Bushies in 2005 and ratified by the Iraqi people, includes state-guaranteed (single payer) healthcare for life for every Iraqi citizen. Article 31 reads:

 

"First: Every citizen has the right to health care. The State shall maintain public health and provide the means of prevention and treatment by building different types of hospitals and health institutions.  

 

Second: Individuals and entities have the right to build hospitals, clinics,or private health care centers under the supervision of the State, and this shall be regulated by law." 

 

There are other health care guarantees, including special provisions for children, the elderly, and the handicapped elsewhere in the 43-page document. Under force of arms, President Bush imposed his particular idea of democracy on a people not asking for it - perhaps a noble undertaking in one context and a criminal violation of international law in another.

 

Bush's followers are proud of the Iraqi Constitution, a model for the world, they told us. So, according to the American political right-wing, government-guaranteed health care is good for Iraqis, but not good for us. Not good for you. They decry even a limited public option for you, but gleefully imposed upon the Iraqis what they label here as "socialism," with much Democratic Party member support. Indeed, reading the Iraqi Constitution so near to the 8th anniversary of September 11, 2001 is instructive.

 

It is the very definition of American right-wing hypocrisy. We have (thus far) sacrificed more blood to wrest Iraq from tyranny than we lost on 9/11. In addition, according to the Congressional Research Service, as of May 15, 2009 (Report 7-5700/RL33110) 

 

we have spent and/or authorized $864 Billion in military operations on Operation Enduring Freedom, which includes Iraq and Afghanistan. The overwhelming majority of those funds have been for the war in Iraq. 

Additional secret funding has been authorized for intelligence and special operations. The total is more than (or, in the worst case, equal to) the funding required to guarantee minimally decent health care here. In other words, the most senior members of the Republican establishment -

 and some Democrats like Max Baucus (D-MT) - have gladly spent more taxpayer funds to ensure health care as a Constitutional right in Iraq than they are willing to spend to give you any level of guaranteed coverage. 

 

The source document I used is from the official United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq. If you'd like to download and review the full Iraqi Constitution http://www.uniraq.org/documents/iraqi_constitution.pdf http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-dorlester/guaranteed-health-care-in_b_280528.html

The White House Blog

An Unprecedented Level of Obstruction

Posted by Jen Psaki on March 27, 2010 at 2:55 PM EDT

Faced with an unprecedented level of obstruction in the Senate, the President announced his intention to recess appoint fifteen nominees to fill critical administration posts. While the President respects the critical role the Senate plays in the appointment process, he was no longer willing to let another month go by with key economic positions unfilled, especially at a time when our country is recovering from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Many of these fifteen individuals have enjoyed broad bipartisan support, but have found their confirmation votes delayed for reasons that have nothing to do with their qualifications. It has more to do with an obstruction-at-all-costs mentality that we've been faced with since the President came into office. Because of political posturing, these fifteen appointees have waited an average of 214 days for Senate confirmation. This opposition got so out of hand at one point that one senator put a blanket hold on all of the President's nominees in an attempt to win concessions on two projects that would benefit his state. And another nominee's confirmation was delayed by one senator for more than eight months because of a disagreement over a proposed federal building in his home state. When that nominee was finally given the vote she deserved, she was confirmed 96 to 0. When you attempt to prevent the government from working effectively because you didn't get your way, you're failing to live up to your responsibilities as a public servant. To put this in perspective, at this time in 2002, President Bush had only 5 nominees pending on the floor. By contrast, President Obama has 77 nominees currently pending on the floor, 58 of whom have been waiting for over two weeks and 44 of those have been waiting more than a month. And cloture has been filed 16 times on Obama nominees, nine of whom were subsequently confirmed with 60 or more votes or by voice vote. Cloture was not filed on a single Bush nominee in his first year. And despite facing significantly less opposition, President Bush had already made 10 recess appointments by this point in his presidency and he made another five over the spring recess. A few more numbers to put this in perspective:

• These fifteen nominees have been waiting a total of 3,204 days or almost nine years to start their respective jobs.
• Even the most recently nominated of these fifteen individuals has been waiting 144 days or nearly five months.
• Jeffrey Goldstein was nominated to serve as the top domestic finance official at Treasury, a crucial position for fixing the economy and preventing another financial crisis. Goldstein has been waiting 248 days or over 8 months.
• Jacqueline Berrien was nominated to serve as Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC currently lacks a quorum and cannot fulfill its mandate to protect American workers from discrimination. Berrien has been waiting 254 days or over 8 months.
• Craig Becker and Mark Pearce were nominated to serve on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which protects American workers from unfair labor practices. The five member board has been trying to operate with only two members. Becker and Pearce have been waiting for 261 days or over 8 months. 

The roadblocks we've seen in the Senate have left some government agencies like the National Labor Relations Board and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission impaired in fulfilling their mission. These agencies can now get back to working for the American people. These nominees will remain pending before the Senate for what we hope will be the expeditious confirmation  that candidates of their caliber deserve. But we also hope that this politically motivated gridlock comes to an end, because each day we dedicate to a strategy aimed at gumming up the works of our government is another day we aren't doing right by the American people. Jen Psaki is the White House's Deputy Communications Director