edwardmurphy wrote:RickD wrote:1) How is Trump breaking his promise to repeal and replace Obamacare? The plan he brought forward wasn't good enough to get the votes, but that doesn't mean he has stopped having people come up with a plan to repeal and replace, does it?
He said that he was done with Obamacare and his new plan is to wait and see if it collapses. Granted, what Trump says has no bearing on reality, so it's kind of tough to call it a broken promise. I doubt even Sideshow Don knows what he'll do next on healthcare.
When Trump was voted in on repealing Obamacare, it can be understood that he may be blocked but will nonetheless do his best to push through a replacement one that fixes many issues people cry about who voted him in (as he promised). Instead, Trump let Ryan put forward his policies, and then it seems perhaps told him to try cater to both sides or Ryan did so of his own imitative. Perhaps Trump even set Ryan up for failure so he could just wash he hands of it all for now, "
Folks, I tried!" So at the end, you have the failure that eventuated with no side liking it.
What he should have done, is screw the Dems, he was voted in by a large segment of people who he made certain promises to about how he would
fix health care, and not simply repeal it. So then, in the spirit of his promises, "repealing" just as much entailed trying to get a policy through that he advertised would fix everything wrong with Obamacare and more. So then, "repealing" doesn't just entail getting rid of or replacing Obamacare with without this or that, but given Trump's promises trying to push through a much better policy through that minimally fixes most problems people have with Obama's.
The fact Trump even endorsed the new policy = a breaking of his promises. ALL the times he insulted Obamacare to garner support, and said how much better his own policy would be -- well, there is a reason the policy put forward was called "Obamacare
Lite". It wouldn't have done much so-far-as I know to fix anything really wrong, but at least if it was passed (which it wasn't), then Trump could have superficially ticked his box of promise kept.
Here's the thing. When people vote someone in, they vote them in on their promises (as gullible as it might sound to believe a promise from anyone running for POTUS). They are voted in by
one side, to push through in any manner possible that side's views (promises their campaign were run upon). If they win, then they have an obligation to serve the best interests of that side, and so keep their promises in FULL so much as it depends upon them. Trump is now trying to cater to everyone in some major policies, in both healthcare and foreign, and that will bite him hard on the butt.
