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Gingrich came out swinging at Paul Ryan and conservative Republicans during his appearance on "Meet the Press" on Sunday.
Gingrich did not pull any punches in attacking Ryan's 2012 budget plan and the proposal it contains for reforming Medicare.
"I don’t think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering. I don’t think imposing radical change from the right or the left is a very good way for a free society to operate," Gingrich said.
Gingrich also continued his support for an individual mandate requiring Americans to purchase medical insurance.
"I believe all of us — and this is going to be a big debate — I believe all of us have a responsibility to help pay for health care.
"It’s a system that allows people to have a range of choices that are designed by the economy. I don’t think having a free rider system in (healthcare) is any more appropriate than having a free rider system in any other part of the economy," Gingrich said.
Many people may remember that in 1993, Gingrich said that Americans should be required to purchase health insurance. Gingrich used the auto insurance requirement to try to justify as to why people should be required to purchase health insurance as well.
It is nice to see Gingrich has decided to leave the Republican race early and clear the field. This was the end of his shot with those of us who believe in having a government of limited and enumerated powers, which means we feel the individual mandate in Obamacare is unconstitutional.
What was Gingrich thinking? In stating: "I don't think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering," he not only alienates his own party but also fails to provide any credible alternative plan for medicare.
What a completely stupid thing to do. The individual mandate is the biggest (but not only) problem with Obamacare, and has proven a disaster for Romneycare, but the apparently smartest-guy-in-the-room Newt Gingrich thinks he can do better?
Further, to attack the only serious proposal for dealing with the deficit is beyond stupid. We need not only to eliminate the deficit, but also need to start repaying the debt. Ryan's plan, while too timid in my view, still is the only serious proposal on the table that deals with discretionary and entitlement spending.
Gingrich is the same guy who said the following on January 13, 2008:
"And so, I just think there's nothing unhealthy about the Republican Party having a serious discussion. We are at the end of the George W. Bush era. We are at the end of the Reagan era.
"We're at a point in time where we're about to start redefining -- as a number of people have started talking about, we're starting to redefine the nature of the Republican Party in response to what the country needs."
"End of the Reagan era," was a euphemism for establishment Republicans to attach conservatism that preached lower taxes and less government. Ryan's budget is in a lot of respects more like Reagan's budget than Gingrich's big-government solution to healthcare.
Reagan believed the government that governs least governs best. Is it right-wing social engineering to introduce free market solutions into healthcare delivery? Or, it is establishment Republican thinking that says we can do big government better than the Democrats, so support me.
It is galling that Gingrich now puts the Ryan proposal on the same plain as the Obama solution. John McCain made a name for himself (and continues to do so), by throwing his fellow Republicans under the bus. Newt is doing the same.
I thought Gingrich may have finally gotten some conservative common sense, but he has become the same, big government, establishment Republican that lost the last election to this guy we have in the White House today. Hey Newt, at least you're showing your true colors early enough that we can nominate someone who actually believes that the ideals of smaller government and lower taxes is congruent with the rugged individualism that is America.
Gingrich has always been about managing the growth of big government. He never did anything to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, reduce the size and scope of government or limit the perks and perquisites of the Washington D.C. ruling class.
He has embraced the global warming hoax and now wants to shove healthcare mandates down our throats.
Gingrich needs to challenge Obama in the Democratic primary, since he is obviously not a conservative.
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