Senator Hatch – If only R’s ran things

Posted on December 9th, 2009 by ecthompson

I might be wrong, but didn’t the Republicans run things for a few years there? We got tax cuts for the rich, which didn’t pay for themselves and only made the rich, richer. We got two wars, which were not paid for. We got the weakest economic recovery since the Great Depression. Yet Senator Hatch is pining for the good old days. Not a chance.

From TP:

Last night, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) delivered an hour-long speech on the Senate floor condemning the Democratic health care reform bill and accusing Democrats of displaying “the arrogance of power” in trying to pass health reform before the holiday recess. Hatch predicted that if Republicans had 60 votes and control of all three branches of government, they would “get this country under control”:

This will become one more example of the arrogance of power being exerted since the Democrats secured a 60-vote majority in the United States Senate and took over the House and the White House. I dream some day of having the Republicans have 60 votes. I’ll tell you one thing, I think we would finally have the total responsibility to get this country under control and I believe we would. But we never come close to that. There are essentially no checks and balances found in Washington today just an arrogance of power with one party ramming through unpopular and devastating proposals on after the other.

This is a very short clip and not much of what he says is true. He is PO’ed that he is on the outside looking in. I think that we should all cry a river for the poor Senator.

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  • ecthompson
    We have gone through this before. None of what you have laid out with make Americans any healthier. None of this will save any significant amount of money.
  • ecthompson
    We have gone through this before. None of what you have laid out with make Americans any healthier. None of this will save any significant amount of money.
  • Joe White
    Common sense health insurance reform will cost the government little to nothing.

    --Allow people to band together to buy group health insurance, without being an employment based group. They can negotiate favorable rates like big corporations and unions do.

    Cost to government? Zero.

    --End the exemption for 'self insured' plans.

    Cost to government? Zero.

    --Standardize all insurance forms and information systems to cut down on adminstrative/paperwork costs (estimated to be 20 cents of every health care dollar).

    Cost to government? Zero.

    --End 'cost-shifting'. Those with private insurance should not have to pay extra for those who refuse to pay.

    Cost to government? Zero.
  • Joe White
    Common sense health insurance reform will cost the government little to nothing.

    --Allow people to band together to buy group health insurance, without being an employment based group. They can negotiate favorable rates like big corporations and unions do.

    Cost to government? Zero.

    --End the exemption for 'self insured' plans.

    Cost to government? Zero.

    --Standardize all insurance forms and information systems to cut down on adminstrative/paperwork costs (estimated to be 20 cents of every health care dollar).

    Cost to government? Zero.

    --End 'cost-shifting'. Those with private insurance should not have to pay extra for those who refuse to pay.

    Cost to government? Zero.
  • MH
    He was preaching how he knew what Senator Kennedy would have done and wanted. But he refuses to even help out.

    What do all these republicans think would have happened if McCain had been elected? You never hear what they would have done except leave everything as is and possibly bomb Iran. At least this congress is trying to do something. It can always be changed if it isn't working. But they have to start somewhere. The republicans are just going to say no and not give any other choices.... It is always easier to do nothing than have the guts to try.
  • MH
    He was preaching how he knew what Senator Kennedy would have done and wanted. But he refuses to even help out.

    What do all these republicans think would have happened if McCain had been elected? You never hear what they would have done except leave everything as is and possibly bomb Iran. At least this congress is trying to do something. It can always be changed if it isn't working. But they have to start somewhere. The republicans are just going to say no and not give any other choices.... It is always easier to do nothing than have the guts to try.
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