PAOLI, PA – Steve Welch, Republican candidate for Pennsylvania’s 6th Congressional District, announced that he signed the Club for Growth’s “Repeal It!” pledge. The pledge states that if elected to Congress, Welch will work to repeal any misguided healthcare legislation that is passed by Democrat leadership and signed into law.
“While Congressional Democrats are meeting behind closed doors to determine what kind of ‘reforms’ we need, I am pledging to work against any policies that don’t lower costs,” said Welch. “While our national debt continues to grow out of control, the last thing we need is legislation that increases the size and scope of government.”
The “Repeal It!” pledge is offered to incumbents, candidates and citizens to sign. The pledge notes that a candidate will:
- “sponsor and support legislation to repeal any federal health care takeover passed in 2010;
and
- “replace it with real reforms that lower health care costs without growing government.”
the fact is that we do need health care reform and the shame is that the senate can not act like adults and do what is best for everyone. so sick of everyone saying it is Obama who put this country into deep debt what was everyone doing for the last 8 years apparently not anything to reduce spending or to reduce the cost of health care or anything to stop the credit card companies from charging ridiculous fees and percentage rates… where does it stop. if not taxing the rich works then why didnt it work and how did we end up where we are now.. we need people in Washington that can come together and forget about what party they belong to and worry about the people who hired them.
I agree that "Repeal It!" sounds to be too firmly oppositional to be productive. Repealing acts of congress simply on the basis of who was in charge when it was enacted is partisan politics at its best.
Lots of talk about the American dream here, but the truth is that for me the American dream doesn't exist because of the broken healthcare system. My kids have pre-existing conditions that make my family virtually uninsurable on the open market. So, no option for me to go off and start my own business or work for a small start-up regardless of how smart, innovative or hard-working I am. That's the reality and I don't understand at all how that reality is good for the American economy.