Democrat Plans for Congress: Good & Bad

House Democrat leaders are placing early emphasis on healthcare as they discuss priorities upon their initiation into the new Congress January 3. Democrats, as well as some others, desire healthcare reform… but not in good ways.

Government solutions via mandates and subsidies, as well as forced insurance company mandates, will only increase costs to the point no gain is made. Additionally, as long as Americans fail to get proper exercise and eat a proper diet, health care will remain a major issue unsolvable by any entity, including government.

Democrats desire to restore Covid’s enhanced tax subsidy that will only draw us closer to France’s failed democratic socialism. In France, government is responsible for 57% of the economy… and its citizens still protest and destroy property in hopes of getting more. It’s a complete failure. Thankfully Trump will be there to block such idiocy for the next two years.

Democrats are also promising swift action on legislation to stop the war with Iran, and reverse some of President Trump’s trade tariffs.

On those topics, I fully agree. The war with Iran never should have happened. Iran is not a nuclear threat to the United States or Israel. Retaliation would be complete disaster. As for tariffs, get rid of the ones that make no economical sense. Tariffs are good if imposed to create fair competition, but not when imposed just for retaliatory measures.

Democrats falsely believe they can lower the cost of living. The economy is basically a beast of its own. Government can do little to alter it in any major way. When doing so with more taxation, more subsidies, more tariffs, more mandates or intrusion of any kind, prices almost always rise, not lower.

Hakeem Jeffries said five groups are developing plans to put forward bills that would lower costs in areas such as housing, energy, groceries and caregiving. Don’t believe him. It’s not happening… or even possible with interventionist policies. Housing, education, and healthcare, have consistently suffered higher inflation than other industries since government developed Departments for them many decades ago. Democratic socialism doesn’t work for the better. France is proof. Just “google” their economy. It’s the E.U.’s worst.

Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., said Democrats will take up legislation dealing with artificial intelligence and data centers. Again, not needed. Voters killed 40 of 41 ballot initiatives to allow data centers in their “back yards”. The backlash against the negative effects of data centers make government intervention unnecessary.

Democrats hope to reverse Medicaid cuts, whose enrollment has dropped by about 5 million - about 7% - since July 2025. Good! Perhaps some of these people will take their health more seriously instead of depending on taxpayers to fund their irresponsible habits.

Getting the Democrat agenda passed shouldn’t be a problem. Getting them signed into law will be. A 60-vote threshold in the Senate looms for their legislation, as does an almost certain presidential veto. The next two years are likely to end in political stagnation. Good! That’s the best thing that can happen to the country. A non-working Congress works best.

Source used: Associated Press

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