# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 34503
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34503 "2017-07-07T07:33:56Z")
When are we going to have the playoffs for Stupidest Republican Idea in the thread? I think we’ll need at least 64 nominations; maybe do one-on-one appraisals, like the NCAA Basketball championship. We should have a separate category for stupidest idea by a Republican Doper. (Dopers won’t have a chance for Stupidest if they compete with the likes of Trump and Palin.) I’ll nominate the following recent post. I couldn’t figure out how to describe **Khendrask** attempt at cerebration that would conform with non-Pit rules. > [@The USA Goes Full Single-Payer. How Much Does It Cost, How Much To Raise Taxes, Etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-usa-goes-full-single-payer-how-much-does-it-cost-how-much-to-raise-taxes-etc/789957/11): > > Unfortunately, if the USA went single payer, the costs would of course skyrocket. The government makes bad, self-and friend, pocket lining deals all the time. > > Just the nepotism involved in administering such a system would destroy any proposed budget, no matter how high. > > The US Federal government couldn’t successfully manage a McDonald’s franchise, no matter which flavor of corrupt party was in power, you really think they could handle universal healthcare? I’m not sure even **Clothahump** or **Shodan** is this stupid. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897)._