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From One of the Best Albums of the Year: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, "Hope the High Road"

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lawhawk7/03/2017 6:10:38 am PDT

GOP and Trump are again back to the repeal and replace (after the first of Never). This is the same bullshit they were spewing for 8 years. 60+ votes to repeal, and they never had a plan to replace.

They still don’t. They’re back to square one after 8 years.

They don’t have a plan despite having the policy wonk Speaker Ryan having 8 years to work out something that covers as many people as comprehensively as now for comparable cost.

Every single iteration of the #GOPDontCare plan means millions (or tens of millions) fewer with coverage, worse coverage, and millions more affected by bad outcomes (like preexisting condition provisions making a comeback, along with lifetime caps, and dependents being kicked off well before age 26).

The GOP can’t and wont find Democrats to help them gut coverage for millions of Americans, because Americans don’t want their coverage fucked up the way the GOP intends to do all so that a privileged few can see massive tax breaks.

At the end of the day, that’s all the GOP cares about - making sure that the privileged get to expand their power and wealth, while all the burdens shift to everyone else.

The scene of Christie on the state beach with his family while the rest of the state beaches and parks are closed by his order is emblematic of the GOP’s absolute goal - sticking it to everyone else while the privileged get to retain the benefit.