re: #150 HappyWarrior

They did that with the New Deal. Now whether they would actually improve it or not is another question but I don’t think it’s prosperous to think that once ACA survives repeal after repeal and it becomes widely accepted in society that the Republicans would try to use that approach with the issue. Can’t speak for DS but that’s what I was getting. I don’t think they would actually improve ACA but I do think they’re cynical enough to try to eventually act like they never raised the fit they did about it especially if the Tea Party continues to lose influence.

Oh yes, the GOP will absolutely pretend to be in support of these programs (e.g., their claimed ‘defense’ of medicare in the 2012 election). But the underlying agenda to completely destroy these programs isn’t going to go away, e.g., via privatization.