LeVeL
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The laughter did not come from me. I want them to find some sort of solution that most can be satisfied with.So after being laughed at by the Conservatives for a whole term of trying to compromise, now you critizise Obama for not giving in?
What our politicians' behavior and actions are doing is driving the parties, the states, and the people further and further apart. It is pretty obvious that a lot of people are against the ACA yet it is still being rammed down their throat. Other people do want the ACA yet it is constantly being challenged. This is exactly why the federal government should not be meddling in healthcare (or most other matters) and let states make their own decisions. MA is willing to try out the ACA so let them; MO is firmly against it, so why force that state's residents to participate?It's written law, tested before the SCOTUS, failed to be repealed through the proper channels literally dozens of times. That's democracy, not failure to compromise.
Side note: If a party brought something up for vote dozens of times over here they'd be ridiculed by everyone, and mostly by their own voters for embarrassing themselves.