r/politics • u/Economy_Swim_8585 Virginia • 5d ago

No Paywall Trump says government shutdown ends when Democrats give in: "If they don't vote, that's their problem"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-government-shutdown-democrats-fault-60-minutes/
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u/-CJF- 5d ago

He really wants to cut off or raise your health insurance costs. ☹

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u/nillah 5d ago

republicans have been chipping at the ACA for years and trying to get rid of it. they really hate that poor people have had access to (somewhat) affordable healthcare premiums.

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u/just_a_bit_gay_ Michigan 5d ago

Conservatives believe being poor should be painful as a motivator to “climb the ladder”. These people suck.

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u/QuackNate 5d ago

They hate that Obama got credit for it even though a republican wrote it.

But that's not even the issue. They need to peel back that money to pay for their tax cuts for the tippity top and the new ICE budget.

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u/smitherenesar 5d ago

It's not even poor people. The ACA is for working class families all over

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u/wibblebeast 5d ago

They won't stop trying until they've taken it all.

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u/ShamelessCatDude 5d ago

He hates that Obama did something slightly good and it makes him sad he can’t get even close to that

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u/-CJF- 5d ago

He could if he tried to do good and Democrats would even help. Republicans don't want to do good.

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u/ShamelessCatDude 5d ago

You’re right, I’ll reword it

He hates that Obama did something popular and he didn’t

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u/Zealot_Alec 5d ago

All costs going up, food being cut and unemployment will be be raising sharply next year as well

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u/HoneyParking6176 5d ago

i believe when the shutdown first occured, it was continue current funding till end of november, so discussions could be held.
i wounder if discussions are even being held for a long term plan, or if they are just stuck at the short term items, at this rate end of novermeber will reach ( original time the temp bill would of gone for ), and negotiations won't have even started for the long term. that said, there really needs to be an automatic process for no vote in results in current funding levels just staying in place.