February 20^th 2017 Blog

It seems there is a great deal of conflict taking place among the Republicans, in regards to the repeal and replacement of ObamaCare.  Like I previously have warned, many bureaucratic insiders are the ones applying pressure, in order to keep at least some key components of ObamaCare intact.  It is quite apparent to me that it is the administrators of the ACA, who are applying all the political pressure, so they will not lose their cushy jobs.

Compromise on the ACA is going to be good enough—it must be “all or nothing”.  All the components of the ACA must be scraped, or if a compromise is reached to maintain some of the ACA components, will prove sooner or later to fail.  There are simply too many entitlements attached to the ACA that depend upon government subsidies, in order to absorb all the cost increases that have plagued every government program conceived, by “good intentions”.  In short, the ACA will forever depend upon ever increasing costs, just by virtue of being a “government program”.  This is precisely what I was talking about previously that the ACA will become another Demoncrat “sacred cow”.

In addition, it is much more than a “sacred cow”—it is just another way to take money out of our pockets to fill the coffers of the government bureaucracies.  This is one big reason why Rand Paul abruptly left a meeting with Republicans.  The government is simply too big and we the taxpayers are paying the price.  The replacement health care program that will be proposed is to be “patient” driven and not driven by political posturing.  This is what President Trump is referring to when he says we need to “drain the swamp”.  Much of the “political posturing” comes from the elites of either parties, who are prodded by the invisible shadow government, or the new term that is now in vogue; “the deep state”.

This “deep state” has been open for business since at least 1952, which was identified by President Eisenhower and was publically exposed by William Guy Carr, in his booked titled, “Pawns in the Game”, 1958.  In a previous blog I explained why we are a “democracy”, for which was a republic prior to the Civil War.  Any “democracy” is a socialist type of government, for which there is a fine line which separates us from Communism.  That “line” would most certainly be crossed if Hitlary were our current president.  And yes, she is now preparing herself for the 2020 presidential bid and will campaign for Mayor of New York City next year, in order to stay in the political limelight.

All the warnings of the ACA in 2010 have emerged and became one of the forefront issues of the Trump campaign.  However, not all those in the Conservative camp are in full agreement and unless all are onboard, the repeal and replacement of ObamaCare will be in a quandary.  Tax reform is another sticky issue, for which some Republicans are also in disagreement.  A major part of that “tax reform” issue will greatly affect Wal-Mart that is headquartered in Arkansas and home to a Republican, Tom Cotton.  Wal-Mart is one of the largest world-wide employers and also one the largest buyers of Chinese products.

The MSM may not be wittingly in favor of President Trump, but it does seem like they are in opposition by proxy from the “leftists”.  The MSM is not the true enemy of the American People as President Trump is currently touting.  The battle of Presidents and the press were also magnified by Thomas Jefferson, who was a champion of a “free press”, during the drafting of our Constitution.  It is rather ironic that nearly all of our Forefathers were in support of a “free press”, despite the fact that many social/political confrontations between our Forefathers would end up in print, for which when the offended parties met on social occasions, would vehemently apologize to one another.  President Lincoln also had his problems with the press.  I can only surmise these problems when the reporters supplied the ink and the soldiers supplied the blood.

Personally, I do not blame President Trump for his animosity towards the MSM, but Rush Limbaugh brought out that President Trump’s hard line supporters applaud President Trump’s bashing the press, which might be a reprisal of how candidate Trump was treated by the MSM all during the campaign.  Also, Rush aptly pointed out that President Trump could tone down his rhetoric about the MSM and focus more on his campaign platform and current accomplishments.  At the same time not allowing the press to dissuade his efforts or wipe their feet on him.  President Trump and his administration is not as politically savvy as his predecessors and needs some counsel in this regard, otherwise he might be in danger of political suicide.