Posts Tagged ‘ACA’

Because They Hate: Health Care Obstructionism and the Conservative Mind

July 23, 2014, filed under Essay Archive; No Comments.
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It’s because they hate. There is no other logical explanation. After all, it’s one thing to oppose a piece of legislation and fight to keep it from being passed because you honestly disagree with it as a matter of principle. Decent people can disagree on policy. But it’s quite another to celebrate like frat boys […]

Health Care, Government Shutdown and the Evil of Conservatism

October 2, 2013, filed under Essay Archive; No Comments.
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I really can’t figure out what is so hard about this. For Republicans to shut down the government — to cause real pain to hundreds of thousands of families whose members work for various government agencies, and who will now be furloughed, as if they don’t matter, because, ya know, they aren’t hedge fund managers […]