Program Improvement Quotes
In every case except Obamacare, the Congress would pass technical correctional amendments as programs were implemented and glitches were found. However, with Obamacare, ultra conservatives were strongly opposed to it, and after the law passed over their opposition, they tried (unsuccessfully) to repeal it dozens of times. When technical glitches began to appear, they blocked correcting legislation on the political thinking that the defects would anger people and produce more support for repeal. Trumka observed that the conservatives had also bitterly opposed Social Security in 1936, but in the following years worked to pass correcting amendments and eliminate technical flaws. This was the first piece of major legislation that a substantial number of one of a political party members of Congress tried to sabotage the program and had enough intimidation power over the party leadership and statesmen, that they were enabled.