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The Republican Party, Controlled by the Tea Party

Monday, December 23, 2013

The Republican party may think that they may have a deciding edge over the Democrats and think they now are ahead in many of the major polls, because they truly believe that they have something to run on - the failure of Obamacare. It truly looks as if the Republicans are putting all of their eggs in one basket. Maybe they have and maybe they may not have the edge.
 They are just crying over spilled milk, or a leak that they cannot control. It is true that it has been nothing less than a very bumpy road for Obamacare, but the numbers now show that people are signing up to the new healthcare plan in record numbers. Presently, there have been a minimum of one million people that have signed up to date. Obamacare is the law of the land, regardless of the desire by Republicans to discredit it even before it is implemented and practiced by the people. The question here is why are the Republicans continuing to pursue the reversal of Obamacare, even at the expense of tax payers. Like it or not, another faction of the Republican party  is known as the Tea Party. This party disagrees with the mainstream Republican party on many issues, and they in effect have been the number one destructive faction that is affecting the Republican party, even moreso than the Democratic party.
Evidence of the distructive nature of the Tea Party over the Republicans is witnessed in the recent shutdown of the Federal government, led by a Republican from the Tea party named Ted Cruz. The confirmed cost of the shutdown rose to $24 billion dollars. The Republican party still is not able to understand that being attached at the hip with the Tea Party, they do not have a chance in hell to win the next election. The Tea Party has become so destructive to Conservatives. They are so far to the right, that most of what they portray doesn't make sense, in the fact that what they push as their ajenda couldn't posibilly fly with the majority of mainstream voters of this country.
Evidence of the disgust of the mainstream Republican party is the response of the leader of the House, John Boehner. As members of the tea party recently voted against the recent approved budget by Congress to eliminate another government shutdown in January, the leader of the House openly voiced his disgust with the Tea party members who voted against the bill.
Actually, John Boehner did the right thing for a change, to openly protest Tea Party Senators like Ted Cruz. But he voted on a bill that did not support a primary need for many middle and lower class citizens, as approximately 1.3 million people are now scheduled to loose their unemployment benefits right after Christmas because the Senators did not include a vote to extend unemployment benifits in their bill just passed before taking a recess over the holidays. This failure affects people of ALL ages. It is interesting to note that the money waisted by the Republicans on the latest shutdown of the Federal Government over Obamacare would be what is needed to fun the 1.3 million people now scheduled to loose their unemployent benefits. Almost one half million of these people are just children, now to go hungry, as if they live in a deprived third world country. How disgusting is that.
Even knowing that over a million people were now about to go without benefits to live on, and could no longer afford to purchase the bare minimum necessities, including food, housing and clothing, the Congress chose to go on their holiday recess, which means that they all will now go home and enjoy their holiday cheer, both for Christmas and New Years, knowing that many people will have nothing to celebrate this holiday season, or to live on for that matter. As of December 28, 2013, people will now go hungry, and may even loose their housing, if they cannot afford to pay their rent on time. If nothing is accomplished right after the holiday break when Congress begins again in 2014, I fully expect to see a further drop in the polls for Republicans. People will become desperite, and in my opinion, violence will become prevelant if something is not done soon. Store robberies can and may occur out of the despiration of the people who need food. Needless to say that many of these unemployed may have guns, and gun violence may take a sharp upturn. It is sad that right before Christmas that this state of the nation exists, a country such as affuent as the United States, a country who should be the model for others throught the world.
Is this something that any party can run on? It may be fact that it took both Democrats and Republicans to pass a law such as the latest budget bill, but the fact is that the Democrats will now bring up unemployment insurance as soon as they return in January. This is guaranteed. The Republicans surely do not want the Washington talk to change from what they believe is the failure of Obamacare to extending unemployment insurance. But the fact is that people with no money to live on is actually a more important subject than Obamacare at the moment. The Republicans will not recognize that fact, because if they did, they would have introduced a measure in the latest bill passed to extend unemployment benefits.
Because the President and the Democrats will fully support a new bill to extend unemployment insurance for a minumum of three more months or so, the Republicans will not support it, for the mere fact that the Democratic President supports it. It is for this reason that this will be the number one subject matter for the Senators in January and the senators may take their good old time in resolving such a serious issue. The President already openly stated his disgust for Congress not supporting a bill to extend unemployment insurance/benefits before their recess. The Republicans have nothing to gain, but everything to loose, if they do not side with the Democrats here. But unfortunately for them, the controlling faction of their party, the Tea Party, the group of people that had so much influence over the mainstream Republican party about a month ago, who were directly responsible in shutting down the government with the fractured leadership of Ted Cruz, repeated blunders by the Republican party will continue into the new year, unless the mainstream Republican party can find a way to eliminate the tea party. Until then, the Democrats should enjoy another win for the White House in 2016, regardless of the popularity of the President, regardless of Bengahsi, and regardless of what happens with Obamacare or what happens because of it.
The Republican party has not much support from minorities, woman, the middle class, and the mainstream society who realize that the extremeist right wing party cannot hold ground on their own without the destructive nature of the tea party always getting into the way. They are just crying over spilled milk, or a leak that they cannot control. It is true that it has been nothing less than a very bumpy road for Obamacare, but the numbers now show that people are signing up to the new healthcare plan. Presently, there have been a minimum of one million people that have signed up to date. Obamacare is the law of the land, regardless of the desire by Republicans to discredit it even before it it is implemented and practiced by the people. The question here is why are the Republicans continuing to pursue the reversal of Obamacare, even at the expense of tax payer. Like it or not, the Republican party is not in control, but the Tea party now reigns supreme for the Conservative party. This party disagrees with the mainstream Republican party on many issues, and they in effect have been the number one destructive faction that is affecting the Republican party, even moreso than the Democratic party.
Evidence of the distructive nature of the Tea Party over the Republicans is the recent shutdown of the Federal government, led by a Republican from the Tea party named Ted Cruz. The confirmed cost of the shutdown rose to $24 million dollars. The Republican party still is not able to understand that being attached at the hip with the Tea Party, they do not have a chance in hell to win the next election. The Tea Party has become so destructive to Conservatives and the party they should be representing, the Republican party. They are so far to the right, that most of what they portray doesn't make sense, in the fact that what they push as their ajenda couldn't posibilly fly with the majority of mainstream voters of this country.
Evidence of the disgust of the mainstream Republican party is the response of the leader of the House, John Boehner. As members of the tea party recently voted against the recent approved budget by Congress to eliminate another government shutdown in January, the leader of the House openly voiced his disgust with the Tea party members who voted against the bill.
Actually, John Boehner did the right thing for a change, to openly protest Tea Party Senators like Ted Cruz. But he voted on a bill that did not support a primary need for many middle and lower class citizens, approximately 1.3 million people whom are now scheduled to loose their unemployment benefits right after Christmas because the Senators did not include a vote to extend unemployment benifits in their bill just passed before taking a recess over the holidays. This failure affects people of ALL ages.
Even knowing that over a million people were now about to go without benefits to live on, a figure that can double by summer, and could no longer afford to purchase the bare minimum necessities, including food, housing and clothing, the Congress chose to go on their holiday recess, which means that they all will now go home and enjoy their holiday cheer, both for Christmas and New Years, knowing that many people will have nothing to celebrate this holiday season. As of December 28, 2013, people will now go hungry, and may even loose their housing, if they cannot afford to pay their rent on time. If nothing is accomplished right after the holiday break when Congress begins again in 2014, I fully expect to see a further drop in the polls for Republicans. People will become desperite, and in my opinion, violence will become prevelant if something is not done soon. Store robberies can and may occur out of the despiration of the people who need food. Needless to say that many of these unemployed may have guns, and gun violence may take a sharp upturn. It is sad that right before Christmas that this state of the nation exists, a country such as affuent as the United States, a country who should be the model for others throught the world but forgets its own poor.
 I will repeat this statement now..... Is this something that any party can run on? It may be fact that it took both Democrats and Republicans to pass a law such as the latest budget bill, but the fact is that the Democrats will now bring up unemployment insurance as soon as they return in January. The Republicans surely do not want the Washington talk to change from what they believe is the failure of Obamacare to extending unemployment insurance. But the fact is that people with no money to live on is actually a more important subject than Obamacare at the moment. They may agree with the Democrats and happily pass a bill to extend unemployment insurance just to get the topic back on Obamacare. I have news for the Republicans if they were to do such a thing. The next order of business will be the minimum wage. They (the Republicans) just don't get it. Unless they get an agenda to run on, they are going to loose the White House once again.
Because the President and the Democrats will fully support a new bill to extend unemployment insurance for a minumum of three more months or so, the Republicans will not support it, for the mere fact that the Democratic President supports it. It is for this reason that this will be the number one subject matter for the Senators in January. The Presidet already openly stated his disgust for Congress not supporting a bill to extend unemployment insurance before their recess. The Republicans have nothing to gain, but everything to loose, if they do not side with the Democrats here. But unfortunately for them, the controlling faction of their party, the Tea Party, the group of people that had so much influence about a month ago, who were directly responsible in shutting down the government with the fractured leadership of Ted Cruz, repeated blunders by the Republican party will continue into the new year, unless the mainstream Republican party can find a way to eliminate the tea party. Until then, the Democrats should enjoy another win for the White House in 2016, regardless of the popularity of the President, regardless of Bengahsi, and regardless of what happens of Obamacare or what happens because of it.
The Republican party has not much support from minorities, woman, the middle class, and the mainstream society who realize that the extremeist right wing party cannot hold ground on their own without the destructive nature of the tea party always getting into the way. 2016 couldn't get here soon enough.

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Congress Chooses not to Protect 1.3 Million Americans

Sunday, December 15, 2013

The President of the United States, Barack Obama, supported a bill that would guarantee that there will be no government shutdown for the next two years. In a calculated effort on the recent bi-partisan budget bill that just passed, it seems that some Democrats, including the President, forgot about 1.3 million Americans that are now going to loose their unemployment insurance. This vote, supported by the Democrats and Republicans, plays right into the hands of the Republicans. They are now off of their political hook. Regardless of what was accomplished, what wasn't accomplished was the protection of 1.3 million Americans that will now loose their unemployment compensation right after Christmas. Why? Because there wasn't any resolution included in the present bill that was passed to protect the unemployed.
Does anyone seem to care? The front line GOP, the so called hard line conservatives, to include John Boehner, Paul Ryan and others voted positivly on a bill to replace the sequester. Does this mean that future bills will now be passed with a simple majority? There has to be a catch. Ted Cruz, along with 62 Republicans voted against the Ryan/Murray bill. It seems that the Democrats have taken the easy way out, or did they? Running down to the wire just before the holiday recess, the Democrats passed the bill that gives the Republicans ammunition to now say that they have done what their constituents wanted. Every Senator that voted for the bill seems to be thinking about themselves here. Another senator Rand Paul, who openly stated that the unemployed do not need another extension, seems perfectly happy to now go on his long Christmas/New Year holiday vacation, while others who have no job, and not enough money to put food on the table, must suffer through the holidays with no income. Rand Paul's excuse is that the unemployed do not need another extention on-top of the one that they already have.
What Rand Paul fails to realize is that most of the 1.3 million people without work legitamately cannot find a job. The facts are that out of every available job out there, three people looking for work apply for that one available job. So the people outnumber the available jobs by at least 3 to 1. It is mathmatically impossible for everyone without work to be able to find work. The other issue is the lack of training people must acquire to qualify for the new position.
Rand Paul, a senator who has aspirations to become President some day, is falling way short in his ability to support the middle and lower class people who need basic funds just to survive.
Rand Paul will again have a plate of turkey for Christmas, and so will John Boehner and Ted Cruz. Mr. Cruz was against the bill, but for the wrong reasons, as his were stricktly selfish and he consistantly deposes anything that has any support for Obama's health care bill. Mr. Cruz is another man that is playing with aspirations to run for President in 2016, but if Rand Paul and Ted Cruz are the best that the Conservative party can come up with, then maybe the Republicans should turn the nomination over to Chris Christie. But with Chris Christie's reputation, he definitely is not the best candidate either. Mike Huckabee is tossing the idea to run for the White House at the moment, and is weighing his options. One of his options was to end his talk show, which is an indication that Huckabee may be seriously considering a run for the White House. I'm sure there will be others who will run for the White house.

The front line GOP, the so called hard line conservatives, to include John Boehner, Paul Ryan and others voted positivly on a bill to replace the suquester. Does this mean that bills will now be passed with a simple majority? There has to be a catch. Ted Cruz, along with 62 Republicans voted against the Ryan/Murray bill. It seems that the Democrats have taken the easy way out, or did they? Running down to the wire just before the holiday recess, the Democrats passed the bill that gives the Republicans ammunition to now say that they have done what their constituents wanted. Every Senator that voted for the bill seems to be thinking about themselves here. Senator Rand Paul, who openly stated that the unemployed do not need another extension, seems perfectly happy to now go on his long Christmas/New Year holiday vacation, while others who have no job, and not enough money to put food on the table, must suffer through the holidays with no income. Rand Paul's excuse is that the unemployed do not need another extention on-top of the one that they already have.
What Rand Paul fails to realize is that most of the 1.3 million people without work legitamately cannot find a job. The facts are that out of every available job out there, three people looking for work apply for that one available job. So the people outnumber the available jobs by at least 3 to 1. It is mathmatically impossible for everyone without work to be able to find work. The other issue is the lack of training people must acquire to qualify for a new job to qualify for the new position.
Rand Paul, a senator who has aspirations to become President some day, is falling way short in his ability to support the middle and lower class people who need basic funds just to survive.
Rand Paul will again have a plate of Turkey for Christmas, and so will John Boehner and Ted Cruz. Mr. Cruz was against the bill, but for the wrong reasons, as his were stricktly selfish and he consistantly deposes anything that has any support for Obama's health care bill. Mr. Cruz is another man that is playing with aspirations to run for President in 2016, but if Rand Paul and Ted Cruz are the best that the Conservative party can come up with, then maybe the Republicans should turn the nomination over to Chris Christie. But with Chris Christie's reputation, he definitely is not the best candidate either. Mike Huckabee is tossing the idea to run for the White House at the moment, and is weighing his options. One of his options was to end his talk show, which is an indication that Huckabee may be seriously considering a run for the White House.
I'm sure there will be others who will run for the Whitehouse to become the 45th President of the United States, but with all things considered, it will take some coming together by the Republicans to get a viable nominee for President in the White House. If Hilary Clinton runs, she will be far ahead of everyone from both parties to actually be elected as next President.
If Clinton becomes President, what will the Republicans, or Conservatives or the tea party do now in their efforts to continuously obstruct the President?! The Republicans should recognize that they already dropped the ball again for the next major election in 2016, and they should consider getting a well qualified person ready for the 2020 elections.  Even with these facts, Mike Huckabee is tossing the idea to run for president, as he has ended his talk shows on TV and radio. This is a good indication that he has something up his sleeve.  If Hilary Clinton runs, she will be far ahead of everyone from both parties to actually be elected as next President.
If Clinton becomes President, what will the Republicans, or Conservatives or the tea party do now in their efforts to continuously obstruct the President?!
For me, it is a sad day to see the Democratic President of the United States, namely Barack Obama be used by a select few of Republcans, just so some issues can be resolved just before the holidays, at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

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Health Insurance Exchanges - What are they about? !!

The following information was reported on Democratichub.com. Learn what health exchanges are all about. With the neverending rumormill found on conservative talk show stations, is it true that a vast majority of people need to change their insurance from what they have now? How many people actually do not have health insurnace and do not qualify for Medicare or Medicaid? Can you ever be denied health insurance with the new law changes? These are just some of the questions that are answered here in this article. 

With the endless Republican obstructionism and attempted roadblocks regarding the Affordable Care Act, many individuals in this country are in the dark about what the new Health Insurance Exchanges are exactly. What everyone first needs to know is that the vast majority of all Americans will have no change to their coverage at all because the vast majority of Americans, 154 million to be exact, already have health coverage through their employer. Regardless of what many on the right have claimed, the vast majority of companies have shown no desire to dump their employee's health coverage and these individuals will see little to no change in their health coverage.

The Health Insurance Exchanges are for the seven percent of citizens in this country that do not have health insurance and don't qualify for Medicare or Medicaid. The exchanges are run by the states, so your experience can vary wildly depending on what state you live in. Residents of states that have been actively setting up their exchanges will be at a far greater advantage than those residents of states whose state governments have been working feverishly to derail the law in any way they can. That does not mean that those of you in the latter of those two are entitled to any fewer benefits of the law, but you will have to be more proactive in your search for health care within the exchanges.

What everyone needs to know is that you will not be denied care for any reason from now on. Gone are the days of insurance companies being able to dictate who does and doesn't qualify for coverage. Insurance companies will also be limited in how much they can charge the disabled and sick. Because of this, the success of these marketplaces will be dependent on young and able bodied individuals signing up for coverage in the Health Insurance Exchanges.

There is still a lot of confusion out there about what individuals may qualify for, so here are a few links that will give you much more information.

What is the Health Insurance Marketplace?

Health Insurance Marketplace Main Page

Video Explaining How Obamacare Works For You

Phone Numbers and Other Contact Information

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