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Mon Nov 11, 2019, 03:34 AM

NCLefty (3,678 posts)

1. Obama tried to give tens of millions of Americans access to affordable insurance and the right

turned it into The Great Satan, mostly just to have something to run against. Annnnd... it was their fucking idea! It came from Heritage Foundation. #$&#*$&#*$&!

Stupid-America is enthralled with the sports game of politics that conservatives have mastered. And they don't seem to give a shit about much else (ethics, laws, what's Actually Good For Us, etc.).

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27 replies	Author	Time	Post
We don't really even need to tax the rich to have public healthcare and free college [View all]	Recursion	Nov 2019	OP
Obama tried to give tens of millions of Americans access to affordable insurance and the right	NCLefty	Nov 2019	#1
Big insurance fought it most to protect the for-profit wealthcare of corprats.	CousinIT	Nov 2019	#20
We have a system that is about profits and not people, because corporations own our lawmakers.	Doodley	Nov 2019	#2
I don't think you understand.	democratisphere	Nov 2019	#3
Defense spending and recent tax cuts	ArizonaLib	Nov 2019	#13
Agreed. TANSTAAFL nonsense.	MarcA	Nov 2019	#26
A much healthier, more educated populace would go a long way toward mitigating those realities.	Garrett78	Nov 2019	#14
Warren, who is an economist, understands it won't pay for itself. Hence, she says she will raise	emmaverybo	Nov 2019	#4
The controversy is in	BlueMTexpat	Nov 2019	#5
I am addressing the money question only. But M4All is not going to happen. We can expand	emmaverybo	Nov 2019	#6
Certainly not,	BlueMTexpat	Nov 2019	#8
Yep. A lot of people are against running on it and shaming them is not going to change their	emmaverybo	Nov 2019	#9
Fighting any GOPer plans to gut	BlueMTexpat	Nov 2019	#10
Oh honestly. No attempt to shame you. Sorry if it came across that way. The tears emoji should have	emmaverybo	Nov 2019	#21
You express a very reasoned approach. I personally	Laura PourMeADrink	Nov 2019	#22
We also need price controls	Dirty Socialist	Nov 2019	#7
Reign in the MIC and there'd be plenty of money for our real necessities.	Magoo48	Nov 2019	#11
No, that's my point: there's already plenty of money	Recursion	Nov 2019	#12
Yes, agreed, I misunderstood your point. 😐 sorry	Magoo48	Nov 2019	#16
Excellent point and I have thought about that often - the	Laura PourMeADrink	Nov 2019	#23
True. Okies (red state) are the most charitable, giving people - as long as...	Beartracks	Nov 2019	#27
I agree. This isn't about money so much as culture.	Garrett78	Nov 2019	#15
Not to delve into the primaries, but Yang talks about that	Recursion	Nov 2019	#17
Most other public health systems around the world pay doctors less...	Sancho	Nov 2019	#18
Yes, that's solid info, which makes telling people THEY won't to	Hortensis	Nov 2019	#19
We don't, you're right. We just	WhiteTara	Nov 2019	#24
No, I mean, we literally don't need to reduce the military budget by anything. Literally nothing.	Recursion	Nov 2019	#25

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