“The House has fought with everything it has to convince the president of the United States to engage in bipartisan negotiations aimed at addressing our country's debt and providing fairness for the American people under ObamaCare. That fight will continue. But blocking the bipartisan agreement reached today by the members of the Senate will not be a tactic for us. In addition to the risk of default, doing so would open the door for the Democratic majority in Washington to raise taxes again on the American people and undo the spending caps in the 2011 Budget Control Act without replacing them with better spending cuts. With our nation's economy still struggling under years of the president's policies, raising taxes is not a viable option. Our drive to stop the train wreck that is the president's health care law will continue. We will rely on aggressive oversight that highlights the law's massive flaws and smart, targeted strikes that split the legislative coalition the president has relied upon to force his health care law on the American people.”
I have some quibbles with Boehner's view on things:
1. Obamacare was already debated and voted on by the congress. During the course of developing the plan, Obama did engage in bipartisan negotiations. If it had been Obama's choice, we would have a single payer health system. The fact that Obamacare isn't perfect is a testament to his efforts to bring Republicans into the process.
2. Our nation is still struggling under the years of conservative policies of President George Bush and company - not Obama. Obama's been digging us out of this mess as best he can with a Congress who doesn't care about anything except getting re-elected and destroying the federal government.
3. Nobody even knows if Obamacare is a train wreck yet. According to the Tea Party types implementation of Obamacare is worse for our country than defaulting on our debt. I just don't see that. And most economists would disagree with the Tea Partiers. Yes, the website hasn't been perfect - but that's not a condemnation of the policy.
And, based on his last sentence we can look forward to more of the same from them in the future - ugh.
Next step - the votes.
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