America First=Seccession

[Dill]

(02-20-2023, 09:28 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: For her time period, she certainly was.  The moment of hers that I remember the most, was when she was talking up the ACA, "You have to pass it, in order to find out what's in it".  The state of healthcare has worsened for most folks who's coverage was just fine prior to that albatross of a bill.

Didn't she say, not "you," but "We," meaning that "We," Congress, had to pass the bill so that YOU--the American people--could find out what's in it--in the sense of experiencing its benefits?  THEN you would know for sure that it doesn't contain "DEATH PANELS." And it doesn't, right? Max Iglesias article below makes a good case that we did find out--and for the ACA.

Nancy Pelosi was right: Democrats had to pass the bill so people could find out what’s in it
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/3/18/14957708/pelosi-pass-the-bill

Here is the text of the speech with a bit more context, and without the Fox Filter. This is a long ways from Jewish space lasers, platforming white nationalists, investigating the Biden "crime family" and Ashli Babitt's "murder," and seceding from the Union (which has been tried before, and turned out to be bad policy for Successionist as well as Unionist).

"We have to do this in partnership, and I wanted to bring up to date on where we see it from here. The final health care legislation that will soon be passed by Congress will deliver successful reform at the local level. It will offer paid for investments that will improve health care services and coverage for millions more Americans. It will make significant investments in innovation, prevention, wellness and offer robust support for public health infrastructure. It will dramatically expand investments into community health centers. That means a dramatic expansion in the number of patients community health centers can see and ultimately healthier communities. Our bill will significantly reduce uncompensated care for hospitals.

"You’ve heard about the controversies within the bill, the process about the bill, one or the other. But I don’t know if you have heard that it is legislation for the future, not just about health care for America, but about a healthier America, where preventive care is not something that you have to pay a deductible for or out of pocket. Prevention, prevention, prevention—it’s about diet, not diabetes. It’s going to be very, very exciting.

"But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy."

https://pelosi.house.gov/news/press-releases/pelosi-remarks-at-the-2010-legislative-conference-for-national-association-of