There are people that are going hungry. There are good, decent people, working without pay. There are millions...in fact...it may be a majority, of Americans that are living paycheck to paycheck.
And as of Jan 1 millions will be hungry and will be struggling how to pay for health insurance as they battle the rising prices. Then on Jan 30, those people who have worked without pay will once again be working without pay as they battle the government shutdown once again. Only this time they will be joined by the already starving millions.
The ACA is dead now. Even if the football isn’t pulled - the subsidies won’t pass or Trump will veto should they miraculously pass in the House and Senate.
And the momentum and excitement for the election we just had is gone. Voters who came out with enthusiasm will think long and hard about supporting a party that allows a handful of useless idiots to rob them of the healthcare they once had.
Schumer is no leader. Where was the threat to lose DNC money, the loss of committee seats, the support behind primary challengers?
I am horrified and demoralized and flabbergasted that for less than 3 months the TSA and air traffic controllers will be paid yet people’s premiums will be doubling and tripling and with their yearly deductibles and copays will pay tens of thousands of dollars each year and never get a penny back from an insurance co only for the privilege of doing it again the following year (if they even can afford to buy that) and that’s supposed to be a win for the American people and they should thank the Democrats for keeping the government t open for 3 months.
Or maybe there won’t be a government shutdown on January 30th because what would be the point? Just give the Republican’s everything they want since that’s the Democratic way it appears.
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