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Mainstream Media Slams GOP For Wasting $50 Million on ACA Repeal Votes
CBS News did a segment on Republicans wasting $50 Million on health care repeal, while not creating jobs. Republicans haven’t voted on Obama’s jobs bill yet, but they found time to vote to repeal the ACA again today. This is the 33rd time House Republicans have tried to repeal the ACA, even though they know it won’t go anywhere. Those are CBS’ words, not mine.
Isn’t it great when the media does their job? Watch here, as Americans learn just how much money the House Republicans have wasted on a show they know is going nowhere.
Here is the video from CBS:
The Rapid Response team wrote, “House Republicans began their Majority by voting to end Medicare for seniors, and they will end their Majority by voting once again to repeal critical patient protections for the middle class. The Republican record is clear and consistent: millionaires over Medicare, and insurance company profits over middle class patients.
After over 30 failed attempts to protect insurance company profits instead of middle class families, it’s time for Republicans to stop the political stunts.”
CBS notes that Republicans have taken up at least 80 hours, that’s two weeks, of time trying to repeal the ACA, knowing it won’t go anywhere. They also point out that while critical deadlines loom over important issues like the Bush tax cut expiration, House Republicans instead waste time on a repeal vote to nowhere.
Nancy Cordes interviewed Eric Cantor, who could barely contain his smug smile over his “victory” today. I’m sure he had no idea that the main stream media was actually going to do their job and report just what a waste of resources his show was. He was asked, “Haven’t you made your point already?” That dimmed his cat that swallowed the canary smile for a moment. I believe I saw him blink in slow awareness that this wasn’t going to be like his other interviews.
Cantor proceeded on with his wind up doll talking points about how Americans have rejected Obama Care, and swore they had something else to offer us. Why they haven’t shared it with us is a mystery. Oh, that’s right, they did. It was a few pages long and full of graphics back in 2009, but as Ms Cordes notes, they have crafted no formal plan to replace Obama Care and have “no immediate plans to do so.”
Ms Cordes concluded that the real goal of Republicans was to tie vulnerable Democrats to an “unpopular” law in an election year. How’s that pre-existing condition working out for everyone? Maybe after Americans get their rebate from the insurance industry they’ll be a bit happier, or maybe if Republicans weren’t so busy lying about Obama Care, Americans wouldn’t be so afraid of having healthcare that can’t be ripped away from them when they need it.
Is this really how you want your tax dollars wasted, on grandstanding by Republicans? When are they going to get down to the people’s work and VOTE ON A JOBS BILL ALREADY.
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23 Responses to Mainstream Media Slams GOP For Wasting $50 Million on ACA Repeal Votes
buckeyewill
Jul. 11th, 2012 at 9:59 pm
OK<OK what are you gonna use as a substitute???
buckeyewill
Jul. 11th, 2012 at 10:00 pm
OK,OK what is the alternative???
Laura Nason
Jul. 11th, 2012 at 10:14 pm
OK. When you hear them whine about buying insurance across state lines just remember this: The bill THEY flaunted back during the health care debates and tea bagger shout fests says CLEARLY that you could ONLY buy insurance from a state OTHER THAN THE ONE YOU LIVE IN if it cost MORE not LESS that insurance in your own state. First and foremost is protecting corporate PROFITS and anything that SAVES money for ordinary people does not increase that bottom line.
Judy
Jul. 11th, 2012 at 10:43 pm
Where is the public outrage about the ineptness of the Congressional Republicans? Why aren’t people marching on Congress and demanding better? What is wrong with us that we continue to allow ourselves to be mistreated by the elected officials who are supposed to be doing the “people’s business” as opposed to doing the business of corporate greed? Does a vast majority of the American public have the “battered woman” syndrome when it comes to keeping idiots in Congress? What does allowing this kind of misbehavior to go on and on and on for years say about us “as a people?” (Personally, I don’t know which I am the more frustrated with: the willful ignorance of the American public or the mean-spiritedness of the Congress.)
David P. Turnbole
Jul. 11th, 2012 at 11:04 pm
I can’t add much to what’s already been said. It’s Koch Industries that fuels this outrage. They want to privatize this country so that the government has no say in what happens. THAT, my friends, is Democracy in action. Too bad this isn’t a democracy. It’s a Republic where the government is there to protect the majority AND the minority. Unless and until corporations and billionaires get out of our government we’re going to have this kind of waste. Does no one ask why, since the Teathuglikkkons took office there has been not one single jobs bill passed or even brought up for vote? Because they want the black man out of the White House. Pure and simple. The Tea Party consists, primarily, of members of the KKK. So you go ahead and vote your conscience and if it means 4 more years of Boehner and his crowd, you’ll get what you deserve.
A Walkaway
Jul. 12th, 2012 at 10:07 am
They may get what they deserve, but I don’t deserve their crap, and we’ve been suffering because of their decisions for years.
The “you get what you deserve” constantly forgets that not everyone voted for the Republicans, and that some of us worked hard, for instance, in 2010.
Muffler
Jul. 12th, 2012 at 11:16 am
This is corporate welfare…I think corporations should reimburse the public for the wasted time by GOP. Might as well bill them directly as it is more expensive then lobbying and campaign contributions.. Raise the cost of legislation carried out in the name of the corporations.
RoughAcres
Jul. 11th, 2012 at 11:30 pm
How many jobs would $50 MILLION have paid for??
The (R) ran for Congress in 2010 on an incessant drumbeat of JOBS JOBS JOBS… and fooled the public into believing it.
They have passed NO jobs legislation in TWO YEARS.
motorfingaz
Jul. 12th, 2012 at 1:45 am
I hate Eric Cantor!!!
J Ascher
Jul. 12th, 2012 at 3:14 am
I suppose the only alternative the Republicans could offer to the healthcare law is a voucher-based system much like Rep. Ryan’s plan to make Medicare a voucher system. The main drawback to this is that the government would be spending more money by issuing vouchers than the current law which has individuals paying for healthcare.
As with most things, the GOP hasn’t thought out this course of action.
A Walkaway
Jul. 12th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
I think they have, and it can be argued that they’ve thought out every step of the way… their problem is that there are too many people “out there” who still can think logically and critically, and we oppose them and point out these flaws.
Regarding the vouchers… one of the ultimate goals of the Republicans is to turn over all “aid” to the churches. By switching to a voucher system, they can accomplish that because people could feed more money into religious organizations (who would set up “clinics” where they pray the illness away as an example), and then because it wasn’t as efficient as they’d mislead people into thinking, they’d get the support for doing away with Medicare and Medicaid altogether while advocating that the churches could do a better job (in spite of all of the evidence that would be a total failure and make people worse). They’re counting on people having short memories (admittedly a lot do because they haven’t been trained to think).
Annette
Jul. 12th, 2012 at 9:13 am
I live in South Dakota, with in a retirement community and something is different this year… A lot of seniors are a little worried about their medicare under republicans.
Dan
Jul. 12th, 2012 at 9:20 am
Just wanted yall to know that my wife went to her annual check up yesterday and when she went to pay the copay she was told that they had stopped collecting copays for annual well visits and that was part of Obamacare. YES! It’s finally going to get out that this is something that is going to benefit EVERYBODY. Not just the poor, or the uninsured, or the migrant workers, or the communists, or whatever group the GOP can think of to demonize. My wife was visably pissed off. Her exact words were, “Why isn’t Obama telling us about this bill!?” sadly that’s very true. There is an information vaccume and the GOP fills it everyday with lies. The true story a out this law and who it benefits NEEDS TO BE TOLD!
SinghX
Jul. 12th, 2012 at 9:37 am
They are! Only if you watch C-Span will you see them in action…
Again, the MSM is not going to show Democrats telling all citizens what is being said on the floor because MSM are owned by big, conservative corporate interest…that’s how it works, that’s how it is spelled out, but…if CBS is breaking away, this might give others courage to start talkin’…
A Walkaway
Jul. 12th, 2012 at 10:10 am
I hope that this is a sign that CBS is breaking away, but I’m not going to hold my breath.
It would be a dream come true if one of the mainstream media would finally start telling the truth to the American people. I’d bet that their “numbers”… their share of the viewing “public” would explode if they did so, especially if they provided the proof that we’ve seen, supporting what we’ve said.
I just wish that common-sense idea would get past the Koch bros filters to someone high in CBS.
Richard
Jul. 12th, 2012 at 11:50 am
You just did. Glad you were able to benefit from the ACA.
SinghX
Jul. 12th, 2012 at 9:29 am
Hurray for a main stream media outlet! Maybe the Tour De France is having an influence on them…as the “peleton” (the main bodies of riders) get momentum, they pull back the lone riders who think they can win by pulling out in a crazy break-away;
eventually the peleton bares down and reels them back in…we can only hope the media peleton does their job and doesn’t let politcial radicals, like Cantor win anything on any day…do your job media!
Conservative Heart
Jul. 12th, 2012 at 12:32 pm
33 votes to repeal ObamaSUCKS is not excessive. It is poignant and symbolic! We’ve now voted more times to repeal ObamaSUCKS than people have teeth. This is to show the great American people that Republicans will not be happy until our great citizens have the choice and freedom to rotting mouthful of teeth and zero access to affordable health care.
I think what we did just screams PATRIOTISM!
Wanna know what’s excessive? EVEN ONE SINGLE VOTE on a jobs bill. Americans also have the freedom to not have a job and not be able to pay bills.
Remember, kiddies, come November, the Republicans stand for freedom and patriotism!
Katherine Hamilton
Jul. 13th, 2012 at 2:01 pm
Finally!!! Someone with whose sarcasm I utterly agree. Good post.
Kimbutgar
Jul. 12th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
Maybe some in the MSM are starting to take notice that the GOP policies are affecting them, their families, friends and their communities and are now stepping up to point out the truth that the GOP doesn’t care about the American people. If we continue down the path that the GOP wants for this country we will be destroyed or end up in an ugly civil war. Many people are suffering out there and the only thing the GOP cares about is shaming the President and solidifying their power. The curtain appears to slowly being opened to exposing the GOP to be the corporate whores they are. And I wouldn’t mind the corporate Democratic party members being shamed either.
majii
Jul. 12th, 2012 at 5:35 pm
Right! Like the ones that voted against the tax cuts for small businesses today. They’d rather hold onto their seats in Congress than do the right thing for our country. Therefore, from my POV, they don’t need to be in Congress to do more damage to the nation.
TigerLily
Jul. 12th, 2012 at 8:38 pm
just think how many JOBS could be created with that money that they WASTE! the ACA must be good or they wouldn;t be so hard up to destroy it! I really cannot see how anyone can even think to vote republican today. Who are you people that like the RW? who are you? and what kind of uncilized beings are you that you don’t mind the destruction they are doing to YOU ME and every MAN WOMAN AND CHILD IN AMERICA! Who are you people and why do you do this to us all? just for your PARTY who plans to give or do NOTHING FOR YOU. What part of that aren’t you seeing?
Gary Vaughn
Jul. 13th, 2012 at 12:20 pm
Ok “patient centered care” and “one step at a time” is what have been tried since even before the keep trying trickle down knowing it hasn’t worked either. Then they vote to take billions from SNAP. These people aren’t even trying to hide the hate for working America, but working America is on board with them. What is up with that?