Who's Holding Up Healthcare? - Thaddeus McCotter

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/24/Uncommon_Knowledge_Thaddeus_McCotter

Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) defends his previous comment calling President Obama's position on healthcare a "revulsion." "It's Democrats that find this healthcare bill to be too repugnant to vote for," he says.

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Why has the GOP stumbled in the new century, and what can it do to restore itself?

Rep. McCotter analyzes how the Republican Party went off track, taking on todays big issues -- the bailouts and the economy, health care, and the war in Afghanistan -- to offer insights into how the GOP can regain the confidence of the American people.

Switching from issues to ideology, McCotter spells out the principles of conservatism that the party must not compromise as it changes to meet the challenges of the future. - Hoover Institution

Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002 and has served as chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee since 2006.

Peter M. Robinson is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he writes about business and politics, edits Hoover's quarterly journal, the Hoover Digest, and hosts Hoover's television program, Uncommon Knowledge.

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[funkalunatic]

John Malkovich

is

Thaddeus McCotter

in the sad story of a broken, self-deluded politician in denial at the twilight of his career, a pathetic man moviegoers will love to hate!

[MagellansUnderwear]

there are a number of things holding up health care reform

1.) The democratic party has no balls at all.

2.) A large percentage of my fellow countrymen are functionally retarded and easily cowed by propaganda.

3.) Traces of the "red scare" still linger.

4.)Insurance companies finance both major parties. A public option would cut into their profits. see where this is going?

[CrapOfTheWorld]

@dh234 The US wasn't the greatest country in the 1800s by any measure....

[dh234]

If this country had the technological assets of today, combined with the industrious spirit of the 1800s,the US would be the greatest country in the world again..

[dh234]

Think of how ludicrous it would be in the 1800s to issue payments for anyone for doctor's bills. Do we really think that we are better off now that we do?

[missyinal]

Moonchanger, Personally I recall hearing the numbers of uninsured as a beginning concern and recently, that 84% of us are happy with our present system. $1.3 trillion isn't necessary to insure those without. Medicare waste/fraud should have been cleaned up as congress job description, then we may have funding. 

Both parties are doing their jobs.

Recent track record bailouts, priorities, GM, economy, jobs, etc, causes me doubt. Creating 111 new agencies causes me concern.

[Monchanger]

ACourtRep: When all polling clearly indicates that Americans are in favor of a public option, and yet Republicans claim otherwise, it is hard to imagine that they have anything in mind other than a political victory.

You claim that death panels are not a concern of yours, yet you defend your representatives who spent months conjuring up and railing against those nightmarish figments of imagination. How can you possibly claim they are they fighting for their constituents?

[ACourtRep]

Monchanger,

Republicans too are representing constituents on this issue. Much more honestly than some Democrats last night. Death panels is not my concern, but Republican reps voted local majority opinion - which is their job. Differing opinions aren't well defined by sweeping stereotypical namecalling.

[JohnRhysMusician]

Most people have employer provided insurance, therefore it won't be their choice it will be their employer's. An employer may decide that the 'penalty tax' is more affordable than paying for health care, which typically exceeds the 8% penalty tax on revenue.

[Smartassawhip]

I haven't seen any polls that state that at all. Most polls amount to a survey of 100 to 1000 people. I would hardly call them spot on. Most people I run into are all about the public option. Anyway when it passes it will be a good thing and I personally can't wait.

[purplecharger88]

Ya Huffington Post is a real credible source. If you citing CNN I believe the poll question was whether they though there should be healthcare reform or not. The vast majority of Americans think there should be healthcare reform the differences come on how it should be executed. The polls now show that the vast majority of Americans are against the public option but they still want healthcare reform.