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House GOP Spends $50 Million of Taxpayers Dollars in Effort to Repeal Obamacare

Since January of 2011, when the Republican Party took over control of the House, they have attempted to repeal what is now known as Obamacare 33 times, which has cost taxpayers an estimated $50 million. I find this almost comical in a way, because one main reason why Republicans claim they want to repeal Obamacare is because it wastes taxpayers' money. So, let me get this straight - it's more beneficial to Americans for the GOP to spend their/our tax dollars attempting to repeal a bill which has absolutely no chance of being fully repealed at this time (more of a symbolic notion) than it is for our tax dollars to be spent to help insure the uninsured and decrease the price of premiums?

The Democrats still hold control of the Senate. While Republicans know full well that any effort to repeal Obamacare in the House will pass, it will fail in the Senate. Sure, Republicans can use this as a talking point in the coming elections, saying they've tried to repeal Obamacare, yet did so wasting $50 million, knowing full well it had no chance of being repealed. It's also estimated that the House GOP has spent 89 hours attempting to repeal health care reform. That's time and money well spent, right there! That's money as well spent as when I bet $50 million that Sloth from "The Goonies" would win Sexiest Man of the Year in 2009.

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