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In reply to the discussion: why don't the anti-aca folks just form and join the church of i-don't-believe-in-health-insurance? [View all]Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)36. If it had a public option..
But it doesn't and won't..
Which is kind of my point..
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why don't the anti-aca folks just form and join the church of i-don't-believe-in-health-insurance? [View all]
unblock
Jun 2012
OP
I think he was naive and thought most people would participate in the system if premiums were
Hoyt
Jul 2012
#74
I like her ideology, but frankly, I'll take a partisan over a bipartisan any day.
joshcryer
Jul 2012
#47
Is Obama now going around telling us how not closing Gitmo is the greatest thing ever?
Fumesucker
Jun 2012
#24
had it been called a tax all along would there even be such objections? stabbed in the back, really?
unblock
Jun 2012
#4
did i have a crystal ball, no. but i knew the way sausage is made in washington, so i knew
unblock
Jun 2012
#25
OMB, liberal economists, Paul Krugman all saw a no-mandate approach was more expensive.
joshcryer
Jun 2012
#10
yeah, well, sigh, unfortunately, we didn't get president kucinich and the 75th congress....
unblock
Jun 2012
#41
knowing the way they think, if the idea originated on du, they'll never go near it!
unblock
Jun 2012
#11
well, you're certainly right that the right-wing will always find some cause to get riled up about
unblock
Jun 2012
#37
is it any different than the way the banking industry is enshrined in our housing system?
unblock
Jun 2012
#39
Is the banking industry really the best counter-example you could come up with?
Fumesucker
Jun 2012
#45
i'm not a cheerleader here. i'm just pointing out that there's nothing different about this
unblock
Jul 2012
#50
The mandate is highly divisive, that's made perfectly clear just by this thread.
Fumesucker
Jul 2012
#63