Winstonm, on 2013-October-02, 08:00, said:
The Tea Party, a small faction within the Republican party, caused this mess by refusing to accept the results of democracy. In order, the Affordable Care Act was passed by both the House and Senate, two chances to stop the implementation. Both times the bill passed. It was then signed into law by the President. After which, the law was unsuccessfully challenged in the U.S. Supreme Court, which found it legal. Following that loss, the Republicans had one more chance to prevent implementation by winning the national elections - and their ideology was once again defeated except in areas where gerrymandering ensured victory (Democrats received more total votes than Republicans for House seats but lost the majority, regardless.)
Now, after having had multiple legal and ethical chances to alter the will of the people, this small minority has decided that it knows what is best for everyone else and will hold the US hostage to its demands to defund a law it does not like.
When these people were 3-years-old, their parents should have taught them that "you can't always get what you want, but if you try you just might find, you get what you need."
Totally agree, and not only that, the TPRs (tea party republicans) have made multiple attempts to repeal the law by the proper means (legislation in Congress), all of which have failed. Basically they have lost; the law has been passed and confirmed by all our constitutional government processes. So now, they throw a big baby tantrum to try to get their way, obstructing everything, almost none of which is related to the issue they are pouting over.
I say, kudos to President Obama for refusing to negotiate with what has become, essentially, legislative terrorism.
Life is long and beautiful, if bad things happen, good things will follow.
-gwnn