Discussion: CBO Says Funding CHIP Actually Saves Gov't Billions. So What's The Holdup?

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The underlying assumption is that somehow the GOP actually cares whether or not children have health care…

Like I said in an earlier post: The GOP has no interest whatsoever in the welfare of ordinary people – especially poor, people of color, etc.

Discussion: Foreign Affairs Chair Ed Royce To Retire, Opening Up Key Swing Seat

It’s always been something of a conceit that’s been taken for granted (especially in media circles) that on issue after issue, the left & right were merely arguing about methodology and that the “solution” was somewhere to be found in the middle. Take health care – the assumption is that “both sides” want to take care of the sick and less fortunate among us…it’s just that Republicans believe that the market will take of things and Democrats believe it’s a government function. That canard has be…