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JoePhilly

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8. The point of course ...

Reply to Uncle Joe (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 3, 2012, 04:39 PM

Apr 2012

is that to be against something simply because the other side originally proposed it, is silly.

Also ... when the GOP proposed the mandate, they did not include:

1) No life time caps.
2) No pre-existing conditions
3) No dropping you when you get sick.

The context matters.

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Wake the fuck up! WH:Individual mandate conceived of by the Heritage Foundation (VIDEO) [View all] Poll_Blind Apr 2012 OP

I can dig it gratuitous Apr 2012 #1

Nixon started the EPA ... let's kill it!!!! JoePhilly Apr 2012 #2

Can't muster anything more substantive? Poll_Blind Apr 2012 #3

Why? Claiming that an idea is bad because the GOP suggested it first is no more substaintial. JoePhilly Apr 2012 #7

Riiiiight. It's a great idea that the Repukes just happened to come up with, and ran with until... Poll_Blind Apr 2012 #9

Pesky facts...nt SidDithers Apr 2012 #11

hey sid, i just found a SCTV Christmas special DVD. vaht? must havebeen an old roomates.. i'll take dionysus Apr 2012 #14

Good stuff... SidDithers Apr 2012 #15

It's a bad idea because it's a bad idea. girl gone mad Apr 2012 #13

The ACA let's "young people" stay on their parents plan until they are 26. JoePhilly Apr 2012 #23

If Nixon's EPA had been a mandate for the people to send money to the polluters, we should. Uncle Joe Apr 2012 #5

The point of course ... JoePhilly Apr 2012 #8

You're correct context does matter Uncle Joe Apr 2012 #12

And if they overturn ACA, the GOP will claim that is the precedent for claiming that JoePhilly Apr 2012 #24

To governmental non-profit agencies, that's an entirely different animal. Uncle Joe Apr 2012 #26

That does not matter. JoePhilly Apr 2012 #29

That's not true, social security is "uniform" mandating the purchase Uncle Joe Apr 2012 #31

Of course it was. woo me with science Apr 2012 #4

Yes. It's a gift to the insurance companies. We knew that. aquart Apr 2012 #6

I agree that the individual mandate was a disaster from the beginning Xyzse Apr 2012 #10

YAY! Lets all divebomb the ER's and make someone else pay for it! FarLeftFist Apr 2012 #16

Thanks for trying. Hell Hath No Fury Apr 2012 #17

Hooray bipartisanship! nt OnyxCollie Apr 2012 #18

Here are ProSense Apr 2012 #19

I'm awake. progressoid Apr 2012 #20

I believe the repukes; at least those in power, are playing br-er rabbit, Uncle Joe Apr 2012 #22

Keep saying it! WHEN CRABS ROAR Apr 2012 #21

but now since the Democrats bought into it, all of a sudden it became a grand idea! quinnox Apr 2012 #25

This has been discussed here ad nauseam. AtomicKitten Apr 2012 #27

Did they conceive of not allowing those with pre-existing conditions to be booted from insurance mzmolly Apr 2012 #28

Thank you for posting this ArcticFox Apr 2012 #30

I'm not worried abelenkpe Apr 2012 #32

Still on the fence davidthegnome Apr 2012 #33