President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

Nice analysis from the conservative side. Loved the opening 'graph.

"The House GOP's ObamaCare replacement plan has arrived. While it contains a few worthy features, overall, it's a dud.

Before getting into the plan, why it's bad, and how to fix it, it should be noted that House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), who is the plan's main author, is in a near-impossible situation. He has many constituencies to please, and their wishes seem incompatible. There are hardcore small-government purists who view any government spending to help people get health care with tremendous skepticism. There are skittish Republican moderates fearful of robbing constituents of ObamaCare's existing benefits. There is the inherent complexity of health care reform. And then there is the fact that the White House is out to lunch on health care."



Why the GOP's ObamaCare replacement plan is such a dud

 

You could use a couple of commas here.

 

Do you find mindless repetition of words annoying, #Starbaby?

 

No, he did what he wanted to do. After all, arbitrarily cutting the safety net can seem cruel. Much less so when you can make the case that poor people are poor because they're irresponsible. That way, they deserve what's coming to them.

 

Definite Pulitzer finalist.

 

No kidding.

Price insurance if you had to buy it yourself on the open market, without subsidies.

 

If everyone had to buy it on the open market without subsidies (tax breaks in the case of employers/employees), it would probably cost quite a bit less.

 

FreedomWorks and Club for Growth have come out against RyanTrumpCare 2017.

 

It was so much easier to send those bills DOA for seven years.

 

No kidding.

If I were king, it would be illegal to offer insurance through the workplace. It's the source of a ton of the problems and costs.

 

This bill isn't much different from the original. The fatalism is silly.

 

Sad day for public education in the United States. The U.S. House of Representatives has introduced Bill 610. This bill will effectively start the school voucher system to be used by children ages 5 to 17, and starts the de-funding process of public schools.
The bill will eliminate the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESSA) of 1965 which is the nation's educational law and provides equal opportunity in education. It is a comprehensive program that covers programs for struggling learners, AP classes, ESL classes, classes for minorities such as Native Americans, Rural Education, Education for the Homeless, School Safety (Gun-Free schools), Monitoring and Compliance and Federal Accountability Programs.
The bill also abolishes the Nutritional Act of 2012 (No Hungry Kids Act) which provides nutritional standards in school breakfast and lunch. For our most vulnerable, this may be the ONLY nutritious food they have in a day.
The bill has no wording whatsoever protecting special needs kids, no mention of IDEA and FAPE.
Some things the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESSA) of 1965 does for Children with Disabilities:
-ensures access to the general education curriculum
-ensures access to accommodations on assessments
-ensures concepts of Universal Design for Learning
-includes provisions that require local education agencies to provide evidence-based interventions in schools with consistently underperforming subgroups
-requires states in Title I plans to address how they will improve conditions for learning including reducing incidents of bullying and harassment in schools, overuse of discipline practices and reduce the use of aversive behavioral interventions (such as restraints and seclusion).