A whopping 70 percent of Republicans opposed them, as well, making it one of the most unpopular positions supported by a national party in modern memory.Įven Speaker Boehner himself ducked away from the budget. “If there are certain facets of the budget that are manifestly unpopular, I think that should be taken into consideration.… this is the beginning of a long conversation.” How manifestly unpopular is Ryan’s plan for Medicare? A recent Washington Post/ABC News poll showed that more than 80 percent of all Americans disapprove of cuts to the program. By the end of Charlie Bass’s town hall, he already seemed to be wavering. The New York Times described one such town hall as approaching “near chaos.” The Orlando Sentinel described another as reaching the level of “bedlam.”Īlready, some members are backing away from their votes. Daniel Webster (R-FL) arrived at his town hall greeted with signs that said “Hands Off Medicare.” The meeting became so contentious that police officers intervened to quiet the crowd. "But he wasn't having any of it.In addition to Ryan and Bass, at least six other GOPers have faced pointed questions and outright protest at town halls, reminiscent of the tea party anger seen at Democratic town halls in 2009. "I had to politely explain that, 'Actually, sir, your health care is being provided by the government,' " Inglis recalled. Robert Inglis (R-S.C.) to "keep your government hands off my Medicare." At a recent town-hall meeting in suburban Simpsonville, a man stood up and told Rep. In other pockets of the state, the reaction to Democratic proposals has been strong, too. "You could go to any state in the union and you could find patients and physicians who are afraid they will lose freedom in making medical decisions." Black, a longtime internist at Lexington Medical Center and president of the South Carolina Medical Association. "Whenever I mention it to patients, they are afraid," said John G. Some medical professionals here in Lexington County agree. His first campaign slogan was 'Bring Freedom Home,' and he sees all of these government programs as a gradual encroachment of American freedom." Guth, a political scientist at Furman University, said of DeMint: Health care "in many ways kind of crystallizes all of the concerns he used to start with. President, get your hands off of my health care and let's make health insurance work better." "We need some real health-care reform," he added.
"I don't think anyone in his Cabinet, or Obama himself, understands the business.
"I'm working with a lot of people up here who don't really understand the health insurance market," he said.
#KEEP YOUR GOVERNMENT HANDS OFF MY MEDICARE CODE#
He sought to abolish the federal tax code and once staged a rally in his home town of Greenville, where he tossed all 17,000 pages of the Internal Revenue Service tax code from a hot-air balloon. Since arriving in Washington in 1999 as a House member, DeMint has been on a crusade against the bureaucracy of the federal city. But he considers Democratic plans a threat to freedoms Americans treasure. DeMint, 57, who before entering politics owned a small marketing business and struggled to negotiate affordable health-care coverage for his dozen or so employees, said fixing the system has been one of the main causes of his career.
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