JohnnyFlotsam
Premium Member
Someone once said, "You are entitled to your opinion. You are not entitled to your own facts."
Opinion: The Affordable Care Act was legislation "crammed down the throat" of an unwilling minority.
Fact: Votes determine which legislation is passed. The opponents of The Affordable Care Act lacked the votes to get their way.
Fact: Before this event, The House of Representatives had tried, 46 times, to repeal The Affordable Care Act. They were unsuccessful 46 times.
Opinion: A petulant minority of House Republicans were willing to throw the economy, the nation's credit rating, and the livelihoods of tens of thousands of Americans under the bus if they couldn't get their way.
Fact: The economy and the livelihoods of tens of thousands of Americans went under the bus two weeks ago.
Opinion: The government shutdown was an acceptable function of our republic's process of government.
Fact: While entirely legal and within the rules, this play by an intransigent minority in the House of Representatives presented profound hardships to tens of thousands of our fellow citizens and sucked tens of billions of dollars out of our economy.
Fact: The reputation of The House of Representatives has been badly tarnished by this episode.
Fact: It's even worse for the Republicans. Last week's WSJ/NBC poll showed the lowest approval rating for the GOP in the history of that poll.
Opinion: The U.S. has "the best healthcare in the world".
Fact: By any credible measure, we do not, despite spending far more per capita than any other industrialized nation, and...
Opinion: ....The Affordable Care Act is not likely to change that.
Opinion: The Affordable Care Act was legislation "crammed down the throat" of an unwilling minority.
Fact: Votes determine which legislation is passed. The opponents of The Affordable Care Act lacked the votes to get their way.
Fact: Before this event, The House of Representatives had tried, 46 times, to repeal The Affordable Care Act. They were unsuccessful 46 times.
Opinion: A petulant minority of House Republicans were willing to throw the economy, the nation's credit rating, and the livelihoods of tens of thousands of Americans under the bus if they couldn't get their way.
Fact: The economy and the livelihoods of tens of thousands of Americans went under the bus two weeks ago.
Opinion: The government shutdown was an acceptable function of our republic's process of government.
Fact: While entirely legal and within the rules, this play by an intransigent minority in the House of Representatives presented profound hardships to tens of thousands of our fellow citizens and sucked tens of billions of dollars out of our economy.
Fact: The reputation of The House of Representatives has been badly tarnished by this episode.
Fact: It's even worse for the Republicans. Last week's WSJ/NBC poll showed the lowest approval rating for the GOP in the history of that poll.
Opinion: The U.S. has "the best healthcare in the world".
Fact: By any credible measure, we do not, despite spending far more per capita than any other industrialized nation, and...
Opinion: ....The Affordable Care Act is not likely to change that.
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