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[Deleted member 541]

@scout86 Yes, I think I brought up the pay of CEO's earlier in this thread. It's disgusting what some CEO's get in pay, and all the benefits too. Just disgusting!!!! The insurance company's rule the drs, the patients, and the government... and then the is big pharma and how they control the price of drugs.....oh, and their pay scales too. Just makes your head spin!!!!,

 

[Fadeaway]

@She Cat Not that I didn't believe you, but I was in disbelief in general, so I had to look for myself. OMFG. The man makes me sick.

 

[Deleted member 541]

@Fadeaway sickening isn't it??????? WHEN????? WHEN Will he be impeached????????

 

[Deleted member 41765]

@She Cat Thanks for the clarification. This is getting ridiculous...

 

[Justmehere]

What is really weird, is that these votes are not actually votes on the bills themselves. They are votes to get the ball rolling to debate the bill. These votes are not to pass or not pass a bill, but just procedural steps. It's kind of non-news, that's being made into huge. I keep wondering why. Usually these procedural votes are not news. They are just a blip of "Senate begins debate on bill to repeal." --- That's what the headline would usually say...

Tomorrow they plan on yet another vote on what's called "the skinny vote". Which if I'm correct, it's a slimmed down version of Obama care. "Rolls eyes and bangs head repeatedly on wall"

The proposed skinny bill isn't seen as a final plan. It is again a vote to debate/discuss a bill. This skinny proposed bill would repeal the individual and employer mandates, and the medical device tax -- and purposefully does nothing else right now, because they are voting only to debate the skinny bill. That's it. If this vote passes, it allows the house and senate to go to a conference committee - where amendments will likely be added - and work with each other on a final draft of a bill that would be sent back to House and Senate for an actual vote on the actual bill itself.

There is TONS of room to continue to amend the bill prior to a final vote on the bill, and that's kind of the point of the skinny bill. I'd expect this all to keep changing quite a bit and for nothing to be actually passed by either house or the senate for at least a little while longer.

Representative democracy is messy.

 

[hodge]

While I feel it's commendable for McCain to come back to the senate to vote today, I think it was selfish...

Yep, I currently have yet another friend with brain cancer and the docs told her, "No flying!"

It was good to hear his speech, though. I especially liked the part about "don't listen to the bombastic, etc. voices!"

 

[scout86]

I don't suppose there's a scenario where they follow McCain's suggestion and do this the old fashioned way, with hearings, committee meetings, and public input. :(

 

[hodge]

At this point, if they listen to any senator, I would hope it would be him in what may be his last speech to the Senate. I don't agree with McCain on a lot of things, but he was right about that.

 

[Neverthesame]

I just thought of something.
Can trans people join the secret service?

Maybe they should replace Trumph's secret service bodyguards with trans people. Maybe it'll change his tune if he sees it doesn't matter what the body looks like, when it's willing to take a bullet for him.

 

[Deleted member 541]

@Neverthesame I seriously doubt that would ever happen, or be allowed. Did anyone notice the picture of Trump and his interns???? All white, mostly men. I think that speaks volumes.

What I find really funny... there is a report that the reason for Trump stopping Trans from being in the armed service..... He doesn't want to pay for gender reassignment surgery as it cost too much, and that money can be used to fund his wall project. His trips to Mar a lago cost more than that, and the fact that the Pentagon spends MILLIONS of dollars on Viagra and Other erectile dysfunction drugs is laughable compared to reassignment surgery......

Then we now have the infighting within the WH, and the Mooch is now Mini Trump!!!!! Every minute it gets funnier and more scary at the same time!! !

 

[Neverthesame]

I seriously doubt that would ever happen, or be allowed.

I don't think it'd ever happen either. But it's a nice pipe dream.

 

[Fadeaway]

What I find really funny... there is a report that the reason for Trump stopping Trans from being in the armed service..... He doesn't want to pay for gender reassignment surgery as it cost too much,

That is pretty much what he said on his twitter. He said "medical" but we all know that is what he meant.

Any one follow the rogue potus staff twitter? It has gotten weird lately. I love the rogue accounts The rogue national parks and the rogue nasa are awesome.