These town halls show why you should never enact entitlements

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you can never retract it

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watch us do it

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Long-term welfare recipients shouldn't be allowed to vote either.

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Agree

I wonder how many of these at these town halls are simply paid to be there or are rabble rousing to rabble rouse, and how many of them actually benefit from Obamacare and don't want it taken away

The only ones who probably benefit from Obamacare are those who are on the bottom of the economic totem pole

The rest are saddled with lack of choice, high premiums, high deductibles

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Because people freak the frick out when anyone talks about reducing them Once an entitlement is put in place the only direction you can go is expanding it, you can never retract it

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It is a government of, for and by the people. If what the majority of Americans want is healthcare, then who is to say they are wrong?

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If what the majority of Americans want is healthcare, then who is to say they are wrong?

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I'm sure 99% of Americans would love to get money and other free benefits from the government. Doesn't make it right or okay at all.

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Great idea but what would be the standard? 5 years continuous?

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1 year continuous.

And you must be off for 6 continuous months before being able to vote.

Same for any public employee. You cannot hold a public employee position for 6 months prior to the election in order to vote.

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Great idea but what would be the standard? 5 years continuous?

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1 year. Maybe 18 months. If you can't find a job in your chosen field or re-tool and find one in a different field by then, then you don't deserve to vote.

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and how many of them actually benefit from Obamacare and don't want it taken away

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MSNBC keeps replaying clips and i swear one of the guys is like 70 so i have no idea why he's using hte ACA

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If what the majority of Americans want is healthcare, then who is to say they are wrong?

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You got some stats showing the majority of American's want government run healthcare or even want forced healthcare?

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Because people freak the frick out

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And they show up at the meeting while the people who pay for it don't because they are WORKING.

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You got some stats showing the majority of American's want government run healthcare or even want forced healthcare?

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Nope. I don't. Like the OP, I am just going off of feel.

To be clear, I wasn't trying to enter into a debate over the ACA (I'm for it, but would love to see it built/improved upon). I'll patiently await the GOP-held House and senate to propose the bill to repeal the law. When that goes to vote, I presume we'll see at that point what was the will of the people.

I was more trying to enter into a conversation as to what is wrong with citizens speaking out at town hall meetings for or against the ACA, last I checked, there is equal opportunity to speak at these events for both sides of the issue.