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TheKentuckian

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32. "Not perfect" in the cop out way of saying a shrink the pig boondoggle of epic proportions

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #20)

Sun Jun 7, 2015, 02:48 PM

Jun 2015

that does something needed in about the most ineffective, expensive, and difficult to navigate possible and quite plausibly a poison pill that will eventually destroy Medicare if not seriously reformed?

Sure.

Not perfect in the needs some tinkering but a solid design to build from? Oh fuck no!

The thing is structurally toxic. Democrats to our credit have been able to polish the turd a little here and there, the low income subsidy and eventually closing the doughnut hole which are huge on the recipient side but the program design and limitations are cancerous.

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Has any Conservative idea ever worked out well for the 99%? Ever? [View all] MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 OP

The ones where they lose elections. Archae Jun 2015 #1

shrugs* retrowire Jun 2015 #2

They do some things that help the 99 percent. Um..Halley's comet comes to mind. BlueJazz Jun 2015 #3

I'm 58. HooptieWagon Jun 2015 #4

That depends on what you define as "conservative." NuclearDem Jun 2015 #5

Wasnt the Earned Income Tax Credit originally a GOP idea? DJ13 Jun 2015 #6

Don't know if it originated with them, but they've trumpeted it... JHB Jun 2015 #21

Well, you could say sadoldgirl Jun 2015 #7

I think it's more based on what came out of the Massachusetts legislature - 85% Democratic pampango Jun 2015 #15

can't remember at all why you were once a republican? bettyellen Jun 2015 #8

Your deep knowledge of my past is flattering. MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #17

No answer? Just funny how suddenly you don't understand the attraction to RW opinions when you've bettyellen Jun 2015 #24

I've been pretty clear as to why, more than 30 years ago, MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #25

Search doesn't work with phones. See how easy it can be to give a straight answer? bettyellen Jun 2015 #26

LOL. MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #27

never had such luck with outside searches but I'll take your word for it. bettyellen Jun 2015 #29

I think any positive idea they passed was already in the works. joshcryer Jun 2015 #9

Running Barry Goldwater MFrohike Jun 2015 #10

Yup nadinbrzezinski Jun 2015 #11

You make a good point about Teddy Roosevelt. joshcryer Jun 2015 #13

Didn't Teddy call himself a Progressive? MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #18

There were some very different political constellations at those times... JHB Jun 2015 #22

obamacare was a product based on conservative principles Demonaut Jun 2015 #12

Good point! MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #19

If they ever have, it was by accident Warpy Jun 2015 #14

Depends on how you define "worked." malthaussen Jun 2015 #16

Medicare Part D? Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #20

"Not perfect" in the cop out way of saying a shrink the pig boondoggle of epic proportions TheKentuckian Jun 2015 #32

By Clint C. Gold - Republicans, name one bill that helps the working man? B Calm Jun 2015 #23

!!! MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #28

Should be a truth-telling campaign theme for every dem seeking wiggs Jun 2015 #31

I hate to say this but IMO revenue sharing (Nixon) was a pretty good program. However, I jwirr Jun 2015 #30