WHO ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?

“The American people don’t want Obamacare”.  Just about every republican member of congress utters this statement when they talk about repealing the Affordable Care Act.  When I hear this statement the first question I ask is, “What American people are you talking about?”  I can’t recall any African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, Native-American, or European-American groups making notable protests against the Affordable Care Act, so what Americans are these politicians referring to?

It is the pinnacle of hypocrisy for republican members of Congress to attempt to de-fund the Affordable Care Act, while they make six-figure incomes, and enjoy the best healthcare benefits in the world.  Salaries and healthcare paid for by the American people.  All of the American people.

I think it would a good idea for any American who is represented by one of these republican members of congress to rethink who you want to represent you in the future.  They say you don’t want Affordable Healthcare, but it really doesn’t matter what you want.  The republicans have made it clear that their singular goal is to diminish the accomplishments of the President in any way that they can.  It’s not about you, the American people; it’s all about their agenda.

Many of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act are already benefiting the American people today, and soon millions more Americans will benefit from the Act.  The republicans in Congress don’t have a clue about what the American people want, let alone, what the American people need.