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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 08:54 AM Original message |
Unions fighting expanding access to public option |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yep |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You're right it's not popular |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Agreed. So much so that I didn't even know about this. n/t |
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joeycola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. The unions are looking pretty greedy right now. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. the story says nothing about the unions being greedy |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
3. Yes they are wrong on this |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. But how is that in any way related to health care which is not union specific. n/t |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Employee provided health care still provides the foundation that the current system is built on. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I'm sorry, I'm not quick on the uptake today. |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Unions believe people will less inclined to join |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
8. Free Choice amendment is not necessarily the best thing in the world. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Name an alternative amendment that opens up public option eligibility to all which is better |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
11. Foolish. International unions in civilized countries aren't impotent |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. If that's the case than the U.S. must not be a civilized country |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I was using civilized in the context of healthcare |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. OK, gotcha n/t |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. +10 You should tell them that. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. This entanglement of interests from so many sides is why we need a single payer system. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. I wrote an OP about this a couple of weeks ago. Got 4-5 recs and sunk like a stone |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. Just remembered, in the early 70s the unions came out against Kennedy's single payer plan |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. More smoke and mirrors |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Not so |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
23. Unions have been a major obstacle to real health care reform for decades |
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