Attacks on the Democrats’ job-killing government takeover of health care continue to pour in from all sides – newspapers, governors, and state officials included. The Treasurer of Massachusetts, Timothy Cahill, railed against the Democrats’ health care bill yesterday, stating that “[i]t is time for the president and the Democratic leadership to go back to the drawing board and come up with a new plan that does not threaten to bankrupt this country.” Cahill went further, stating that the Democrats’ government takeover of health care “will threaten to wipe out the American economy within four years.”
Since Democrats can’t pass their bill on the merits – despite a 40 seat majority in the House – they are resorting to a backdoor scheme, dubbed the “Slaughter Solution.” As the Washington Post reported this morning, though, House Republicans aren’t willing to let this trick pass without a fight.