Walker Refuses to Implement Health Law
Source: Associated Press
Walker refuses to implement health law
The governor insists the law will be repealed after Republican victories in November's elections.
Posted: Friday, June 29, 2012 12:00 am
Associated Press | 0 comments
MADISON, Wis. -- Gov. Scott Walker pledged again Thursday not to phase in any parts of President Barack Obama's signature health care reform law ahead of November's elections even though the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it is constitutional.
Walker, a Republican, has said he holds out hope the GOP will recapture the White House and gain full control of Congress and repeal the legislation. He reiterated his stance Thursday minutes after the court released its ruling.
"While the court said it was legal, that doesn't make it right," Walker said at a news conference. "For us to put time and effort and resources into that doesn't make a lot of sense."
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"Ignoring federal laws in hopes that someday they will be repealed is ridiculous and irresponsible policy making," said state Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison, who is running for Congress. "Walker, who falsely calls for increased bipartisanship, is once again pursuing his extremist policies at the expense of Wisconsin families."
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Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Response to Tx4obama (Reply #1)
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Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Liberals should move into bastions of Conservatives and outnumber them.
SWTORFanatic
(385 posts)But seriously, you are thinking Wisconsin is bad when you live in Texas? I know some parts of the state like Austin aren't too bad but really?
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Luciferous
(6,087 posts)turned it down because he says there's no way in hell he's living in Walker country
4dsc
(5,787 posts)You get what you deserve.
INdemo
(6,994 posts)but I agree with you and I will add this..any union member that votes for a Republican should not be allowed to carry a union card...period
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no_hypocrisy
(46,331 posts)The applicant pleading for the writ of mandamus to be enforced should be able to show that he has a legal right to compel the respondent to do or refrain from doing the specific act. The duty sought to be enforced must have two qualities:[3] It must be a duty of public nature and the duty must be imperative and should not be discretionary. Furthermore, mandamus will typically not be granted if adequate relief can be obtained by some other means, such as appeal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandamus
Lisa D
(1,532 posts)Last edited Fri Jun 29, 2012, 10:17 AM - Edit history (1)
This is nothing but political posturing for the November election. Both of these idiots know the law won't be repealed. They just want to foster belief among voters that it will be repealed if you just vote Republican
EFerrari
(163,986 posts)They don't want those donations to stop coming in.
EFerrari
(163,986 posts)Ralph Reed. That's the level of slimeballs writing scare ads for seniors to watch in the middle of the night. They are appalling. I actually wrote to the Gospel Music Channel and complained -- because Reed targets Christians. I told them I liked their channel and they shouldn't run ads for someone who took millions from Abramov and bilks people of faith.
They were nice and explained that it is the local cable/sat vendor who decides which ads to run on that channel. And they said they would look into it anyway.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)lukkadairish
(122 posts)100% Real Talk. In other news, Walker Once Again Refuses to Refrain From Dumbassery
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)perdita9
(1,144 posts)and yet a majority put this fool into office.
Oh well, you get what you vote for.
Suji to Seoul
(2,035 posts)that they kept him.
Sorry Wisconsin. . .while some of you are smart, you voted in Walker and voted out Feingold.
nxylas
(6,440 posts)You get what the black box voting machines say you vote for.
sybylla
(8,544 posts)We definitely got what we voted for here. And I truly believe it will get a lot worse before the knuckleheads who think this is just the cheese get their heads out of their asses.
stlsaxman
(9,236 posts)tomp
(9,512 posts)sybylla
(8,544 posts)Everyone acts like no one ever verifies the tabulators in this state, when they actually get verified every election cycle through audits and through recounts. We had a statewide recount last year. As an observer fully aware of the potential for flipping votes, I willingly stood over the tabulators as the clerks fed the ballots through and manually counted the votes at the same time. So did observers in nearly every other county. There was not one report of a tabulator flipping votes.
Imagine that.
We've had local recounts in the county I live in every election year (spring, fall and recall) and stil, no tabulators got the tally wrong.
Imagine that.
We're in the middle of a recount in one of the state senate races now. Do you think if a tabulator had totally fucked up tabulating that the losing GOPpie candidate wouldn't be screaming bloody murder? Or the winning Dem for that matter?
Really, all the conspiracy stuff without out evidence just numbs the public to real potential threats.
eowyn_of_rohan
(5,858 posts)Black box voting signifies voting on voting machines which do not disclose how they operate such as with closed source or proprietary operations.
all electronic voting equipment that has a memory card or prom pack is black box, including optical scan machines.
Very disturbing that the people overseeing our elections are so ignorant....
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Vinca
(50,342 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)And not even attempting a semblance of subtlety about it, either.
I commend the people of Wisconsin for their patience, in not storming the Governor's mansion with torches and pitchforks.
...But I wouldn't say a single peep of criticism if that patience broke. Just saying.
Drale
(7,932 posts)a good "Storming of the Bastille" as it were might just scare the shit out of Walker and his Minions enough to get them to leave the state. I'm not talking about killing anyone just scaring them a bit.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)ANYTHING.
SnowCritter
(810 posts)"Walker, a Republican, has said he holds out hope the GOP will recapture the White House and gain full control of Congress and repeal the legislation. ..."
Hope in one hand and shit in the other and see which one fills up first.
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)if he does`t play ball the feds can screw his medicaid payments. another issue he`ll face is the hospital industry in wisconsin will have his ass if he screws with obama`s healthcare plan.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)rtracey
(2,062 posts)Sorry, Wisconsin, but I am tired of hearing about you. I do feel sorry for you, so sorry that as an outsider, I still donated to your recall effort, but it was not enough. I do hope in the next election, you can have Walker rejected. Any union person who voted for him, may you stew in your own pot, and good luck in the unemployment line.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)eaglesfanintn
(82 posts)I gave as well. Living in Tennessee, I have no hope of getting rid of the GOP asshats infesting our capital, but I thought at least Wisconsin could get out from under Walker. It's too bad they wasted the opportunity to make things better there and I do feel for those that worked hard to repeal that tool.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Great Caesars Ghost
(532 posts)Arkana
(24,347 posts)Wisconsin will move forward without you.
Lindsay
(3,276 posts)or whatever heart of darkness group that replaces it already has plans in the works. And as always won't hesitate to implement them, legally or not.
The Wizard
(12,556 posts)Now they're getting what they voted for. Tough shit.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)the republican sociopathic assholes they elect into office, but I have my doubts. Much of the American electorate is pretty damn stupid when it comes to voting.
pinto
(106,886 posts)mucifer
(23,634 posts)going to do some MAJOR damage.
SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)because the plain truth of the matter is: repealing it will explode the deficit and that's the one thing they do not want hung around their party's neck. ACA gives tax breaks to those who already have health care coverage, so their returns will be larger. Those who don't get it will have the tax return they're already getting. They will be basically increasing their own taxes by being obstinate.
Their grandparents who now have the doughnut hole closing up, those whose up to age 26 yr old kids on their policies, those who have pre-existing conditions (and who of them doesn't, really?), those who have seriously ill children-- they're going to go back to and be happy and content with what was in place before? They're really going to go without? They're really going to welcome financial ruin at the hands of a medical condition? They're really going to toss their adult kids off their insurance? They're going to be ok with the insurance company telling them while they're seriously ill that they no longer have insurance? I highly doubt that.
So, for them to even speak of it is them saying "we're going to blow the deficit up even more than what's there now when we get control of congress and the white house" is them reading their own death sentences.
Fact is: the pressure needs to be kept on the thugs over their blatantly and obscene waste of time and taxpayer money pursuing their wet dream of making Obama a one term president. Every scheme they've put in place failed. They have the lowest approval rating in history for a sitting body in congress.
Anything grounded in fear has no hope of a good outcome.
Progressive dog
(6,934 posts)The plutocracy owns this guy.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)still_one
(92,552 posts)harun
(11,348 posts)BootinUp
(47,231 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)those on our side who have no choice, but voters have had plenty of opportunity to keep him from office, and that's who they want.
So he and his irresponsible behavior are your problem now.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)...Wisconsinites let him stay....
so boo hoo hoo...
still_one
(92,552 posts)Wisconsin thinking when they voted in these rethugs?
HelenWheels
(2,284 posts)Walker had 30 million to 4 million for his opponent. There were back to back ads on TV for Walker. That does make a difference as many people, not only Wisconsinites, only hear the sound bite and get no further info. We worked damn hard but were vastly out spent. I do hate it that so many stupid people live in Wisconsin.
I counsel my grandkids to get a college education that will be useful in another state or country.
still_one
(92,552 posts)suffer until they recognize what is happening
LaurenG
(24,841 posts)Kasich and his Lt Gov are balking stating no way do they have the money for this. We'll see but in the meantime it's interestingto watch these republican babies throw tantrums. Sheesh
momrois
(98 posts)Next time I get pulled over for speeding. I'll just say, "I firmly believe that speed limit will go up the federal government stops controlling my freedom, so there's no reason for me to comply with the law right now."
onenote
(42,885 posts)As has been pointed out several times, states aren't required to set up exchanges; if a state chooses not to do so, the federal government will step in and set it up.
I'm not defending Walker in any way, shape or form. Wisconsin, and all states, should be going forward to set up their exchanges because its the right thing to do. But it doesn't really look good when some people here display their lack of familiarity with the ACA.
caseymoz
(5,763 posts)That now that it's passed, refusal to implement it could defeat Republicans in November. There's a time where the general public, including Independents, begins to say, it's over, let's get on with it.
Then again, they're going to put about a billion dollars into this election.
Comrade_McKenzie
(2,526 posts)orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)America, but for now they're fu_ked.
Kteachums
(331 posts)If money can buy the Presidency it will be a sad day! I guess time will tell but, in the meantime I'm working as hard as I can to get Obama re-elected and give him the Congress he needs.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)whatever it is they need the $ for.
tit for tat, governors.
onenote
(42,885 posts)Evasporque
(2,133 posts)What an asshole....
and-justice-for-all
(14,765 posts)A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)sedition (sɪˈdɪʃən)
n
1. speech or behavior directed against the peace of a state
2. an offense that tends to undermine the authority of a state
3. an incitement to public disorder
4. archaic revolt
Number two seems to be a nice fit.
onenote
(42,885 posts)There have been several threads on DU about states refusing to establish exchanges. WHile I think that's a stupid decision on the part of those states, its not unlawful. The ACA is quite clear in making the establishment of exchanges by the states optional -- if the states choose not to do so, the federal government steps in and does it.
I find it emabarrassing that so many here appear to be so unfamiliar with the details of the ACA (even as many here decry the fact that the many of those in the general public who oppose ACA don't understand it)
Uncle Joe
(58,596 posts)Thanks for the thread, Hissyspit.
The Stranger
(11,297 posts)He lost. His side lost. Everyone voted, and they lost. They tried to challenge it, and they lost.
What the fuck is wrong with Wisconsin?
eowyn_of_rohan
(5,858 posts)stumbled on this thread looking for impeachable offenses committed by Walker. Just enrages me that there are so many who are not paying attention to election integrity issues....
The Stranger
(11,297 posts)It is hard to get hoi polloi to pay attention to election fraud, for some reason.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Goman na hitoga kirada. (I hate arrogance)