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Republicans have wasted time, taxpayer money

What is wrong with the Republican-controlled Congress? They had seven years to come up with an alternative to Obamacare. But they did not offer any proposals during the seven years for the American people to review and discuss.

They only wasted taxpayer money to vote more than 50 times to repeal — but no alternatives.

Now that they have the chance, they had to scramble. And they cannot come up with anything. They cannot come up with anything their own party agrees on. It is obvious the Republican Party is not fit to rule. Never have been. Never will be.

Michael Wilkes

Diamondhead

This story was originally published October 1, 2017 at 5:00 AM with the headline "Republicans have wasted time, taxpayer money."

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