Quote:WASHINGTON (AP) — Only about one in four Americans wants President-elect Donald Trump to entirely repeal his predecessor's health care law that extended coverage to millions, a new poll has found.
The post-election survey released Thursday by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation also found hints of a pragmatic shift among some Republican foes of "Obamacare."
While 52 percent of Republicans say they want the law completely repealed, that share is down from 69 percent just last month, before the election. And more Republicans now say they want the law "scaled back" under the new president and GOP Congress, with that share more than doubling from 11 percent before the election to 24 percent after.
Drown the Government in the Bathtub!
Even if over-stated, or even if under-stated, those figures are going to influence Paul Ryan how exactly? Not in the slightest as regards his goals, only in how he sets out to achieve them. Does he or the Koch crowd supporting him give a damn what citizens actually desire? There's no evidence to suggest it. They operate on the axiom that government involvement in any such matter is fundamentally wrong and must be minimized or erased.
So, what to do? Two options - just destroy what exists with the knowledge that rebuilding will be damned near impossible and worry about political consequences later, or, as you set about destroying this and other social programs carry on a wide propaganda effort to ease the political opportunities of the GOP in the meantime.
