Paul Ryan took to PowerPoint to try and explain Trump’s new healthcare plan yesterday and I made the argument that PowerPoint solves everything. I was obviously being sarcastic but was I? Right now Trump’s new healthcare plan is already about 80% of the way there with regard to passing through Congress and actually being put into effect. But unlike House Speaker Paul Ryan, Stephen Colbert doesn’t need PowerPoint to break down the finer points of the GOP’s health plan.
Apparently members were up until 4am debating the new plan at which point things started to get a little weird on the floor. By far the highlight was Representative Jason Smith’s ice cream quote. “You know you can tax a lot of things to stop behavior. You know I love ice cream. Ice cream’s probably not the most healthy thing to eat. Why isn’t there a tax on that? You know what, if you look at the number one cause of skin cancer, it’s not tanning beds, do a Google search, it’s the sun. Why have they not proposed a tax on the sun?”
Boy do I wish I were making this stuff up but I am not. This is our Government ladies and gentlemen. Proposing taxes on the sun for your health benefits.
Check out the entire monologue below:
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