Since the democrats are not the ones in power at the moment, don't they have the...

tonetheman · 2025-11-09T00:05:41 1762646741

The Republicans are literally starving poor people. People who are on SNAP who have less than 3k in their bank accounts.

Hateful and incompetent is how most people would describe that.

RickJWagner · 2025-11-09T00:31:43 1762648303

Both parties are to blame.

About a decade ago, Tea Party Republicans were in the minority, they refused to approve the budget as the Democrats are doing now.

At that time, Democrats accused the Republicans of ‘holding the government hostage’. Now the roles are exactly reversed.

It’s games as usual.

thrance · 2025-11-09T01:24:35 1762651475

Democrats refuse to vote the budget because the GOP removed almost all healthcare funding from it and won't compromise on that. If this budget passes as is, millions will die of preventable diseases. How is it on democrats?

RickJWagner · 2025-11-09T01:48:18 1762652898

Isn’t it true that the healthcare part only involves credits that were supposed to be temporary during COVID?

Also, isn’t it true that the expiring credits are for people who earn more money than ACA allowed? ( In other words, the poor still get assistance.)

Please provide receipts if there are other aspects to be considered.

koolba · 2025-11-09T12:53:06 1762692786

Yes it’s true that those provisions expired, the Republicans are not changing or removing anything, and it’s the Democrats that are demanding additional funding to replace the Covid era funding that is expiring.

tzs · 2025-11-09T22:23:49 1762727029

> Isn’t it true that the healthcare part only involves credits that were supposed to be temporary during COVID?

So? There's no rule that temporary things can't later become permanent.

For example the Trump tax cuts from 2017 were supposed to temporary, expiring this year. The "Big Beautiful Bill" made them permanent.

Also the healthcare part is not just letting temporary COVID era credits expire. It also includes cuts to Medicaid.