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| Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has called a meeting of all GOP senators Thursday morning ahead of the release of the new version(s) of the Obamacare repeal legislation. J. Scott Applewhite/AP |
He’s glued together a concoction that he believes will pass the acid test, making all those senate Republicans happy.
As best as I can tell, it’s just the same old bill, with a couple of changes to make the bitter pill go down.
Still, McConnell’s brew is a remarkable accomplishment for its concentrated evilness… jigumbus Medicaid cuts by more than 30%, insuring 49 million of us by 2026 and outright discrimination against those unfortunate among us to have pre-existing medical conditions - just to point out a couple of the most horrendously hurtful provisions these people have devised.
Despite knowing that most Americans as well as most of the medical community have previously declared his bill repugnant, McConnell is pushing for a vote by next week.
Why?
Why, is McConnell so dead set on hurting so many people?
Because he can?
Or, worse, as Dr. Henry Giroux explained, because he sees these millions of us as, “disposable, refuse, excess” to be consigned to fend for ourselves? (1.)
Giroux continues, “Disposability is not new in American history, but its more extreme predatory formations are back in new forms. Moreover, what is unique about the contemporary politics of disposability is how it has become official policy, normalized in the discourse of the market, democracy, freedom and a right-wing contempt for human life, if not the planet itself. The moral and social sanctions for greed and avarice that emerged during the Reagan presidency now proliferate unapologetically, if not with glee.”
Glee, indeed. I, for one, am not looking forward to seeing a happy McConnell if his evil bill wins.
1. A New American Revolution: Can We Break Out of Our Nation’s Culture of Cruelty?, Henry Giroux, Salon.com, 11 July 2017.
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