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that's the fabulous Overton Window--it doesn't just have acceptable margins, but also a neat little
MisterP
May 2013
#27
? child labor laws, child protective services, workplace safety, living wage, employee bargaining,
merrily
May 2013
#112
All the issues I mentioned are human issues. They still all have been considered left issues.
merrily
May 2013
#212
As I posted downthread, if you minimize or dismiss the left, then you can easily minimize any
merrily
May 2013
#218
And if we had a government that cared about the people, rather than private Corporations, we
sabrina 1
May 2013
#189
Good point! Some days I wonder ... I'm really getting fed up with it all ... a no win situation. n/t
RKP5637
May 2013
#9
If you want to go in circles by repeating stuff that made no sense the first time, you are on your
merrily
May 2013
#209
It's cute that you think the government of the most powerful country on the planet runs like a
Marr
May 2013
#269
Are you referencing his comment that his policies would, in the 1980s, have been considered those of
merrily
May 2013
#115
I am glad we have a no move Teabagger Congress. I will be glad when Obama is gone.
Katashi_itto
May 2013
#110
It can be fixed. Likelihood of that happening, however, is a different question.
merrily
May 2013
#139
Oh no, I will keep voting, and am not going anywhere till I finish my Masters
Katashi_itto
May 2013
#163
Eventually, a lot of politicians are going to find themselves part of a huge stir fry. Even the
RKP5637
May 2013
#13
In order to marginalize concerns by characterizing them as from the left, they first had to
merrily
May 2013
#119
Frankly, they are only in touch with $$$$$ in USA, Inc., where each day people count less. This
RKP5637
May 2013
#14
I think you may have misunderstood. I never said people did not do well in 1955.
merrily
May 2013
#142
Unlike the others who responded to my post, you did seem defensive & then hostile to me, but,
whathehell
May 2013
#248
I consider myself to be one of the most fortunate human beings to ever have lived on this planet.
CrispyQ
May 2013
#229
Why not REPEAL the provision that prevents Medicare from negotiating drug prices?
Honeycombe8
May 2013
#15
Yep, none want to rock the boat of big $$$$$ flowing into big pharma. The whole
RKP5637
May 2013
#22
Great idea but negotiation may not be possible after the Trans Pacific Partnership passes.
pa28
May 2013
#23
To the contrary, Medicare for all would be the best way of dealing with health care in this country.
merrily
May 2013
#129
What if the "shit" is true though. It often turns out to be...these days..doesn't it?
KoKo
May 2013
#56
How could you forget, "would you rather have McCain, er check that, I mean Mittens?" nm
rhett o rick
May 2013
#37
Respectfully, rationalizers on message boards are not cutting OASDI or Medicare.
merrily
May 2013
#126
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
OnyxCollie
May 2013
#60
If something is being "floated," I would not expect the details to have been worked out
merrily
May 2013
#134
Is there to be NO acknowledgment by Obama/Congress of the recent complete discrediting of austerity?
HomerRamone
May 2013
#51
He has not changed boats. He has wanted all along to cut what he calls entitlements.
merrily
May 2013
#152
If no one wants to pay much for treatment, being ill is going to cost everyone money.
merrily
May 2013
#204
You who need it most? He would scatter you to the four winds. "Fend for yourself." nt
Poll_Blind
May 2013
#73
Today's democratic platform more closely resembles the republican platform of the 1950s,
CrispyQ
May 2013
#241
I found a few things. The second looks like it is from an insurance industry site.
LeftInTX
May 2013
#78
That works for people who can afford it, have no pre-existing conditions and are younger.
merrily
May 2013
#172
The only elections BHO cared about are in the rearview mirror. Might as well let the real self out.
blkmusclmachine
May 2013
#87
I'm thinking it's a different part of his anatomy that someone has ahold of.
WinkyDink
May 2013
#120
Is the precise way of tucking it to seniors, the disabled and the prematurely orphaned important?
merrily
May 2013
#188
another anti-Obama post. Quaintly noted. BTW, doctors make too much money for a 6 hour day.
graham4anything
May 2013
#93
I remember when people used to say that about the absence of a public option from Obamacare.
merrily
May 2013
#168
What would be the POIINT of "Medicare," then? Does Obama want to sink Hillary?
WinkyDink
May 2013
#118
'Beneficiaries 'pay something for Home Health Care'??? They DO, sadly since this entire
sabrina 1
May 2013
#208
Actually, that is exactly what it means. You can tell that if you read the entire article.
merrily
May 2013
#205
I am not sure that I am what I've been waiting for, but I agree it will take work on our parts.
merrily
May 2013
#265
I am not giving up, either. Just not wasting time on things that have been proven useless.
merrily
May 2013
#267
Why are we still spending millions on nation building in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Rosa Luxemburg
May 2013
#252