On 11/1/2013 8:52 PM, True North wrote:
On Friday, 1 November 2013 20:33:13 UTC-3, wrote:
On Fri, 01 Nov 2013 18:31:33 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:



Ain't gonna work.









Sure it will. Either in 2014 or 2016, the Repubs will lose control of

the house, perhaps lose seats in the senate and of course, not win the

presidency. As soon as the government is in sane hands again, the ACA

will evolve. Nothing is going to be done until the extremist right wing

crazies are voted out of congress.



This gets back to what I said earlier.



"Fixing" this plan will require more revenue or more borrowing and any

party that makes that kind of tax increases is not going to be around

next time.

You will be left with young people paying a lot for insurance they

don't want or paying much higher taxes for the rest of their life.

Neither will be popular. The question is when that reaches the point

that they actually start voting their own best interests and not what

some actor tells them to do..


Looking at my property tax bill, I notice that between one quarter and one third goes to support public transit and enriched programs in our schools.
I use neither.
Sometimes we just have to bite the bullet for the good of the entire community, not just our own interests.

You have no choice if you choose to remain in Canuckistan.