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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders extremely disappointed by stalling of Californias single-payer health care bill [View all]R B Garr
(16,950 posts)should know that since he couldn't get it implemented in his own state because it was too "burdensome'. How hypocritical to criticize California Democrats for something he couldn't do himself. And he's not even being honest as to why the bill was tabled here. He's throwing his usual campaign rhetoric out there, which is just grandstanding. Liberal California doesn't need to be scapegoated like this.
By all accounts, it's a tax increase, but it does have some offsetting mechanisms in it -- but it does increase taxes. It gets high support, but that goes down when people are told about the higher taxes as opposed to being funded through the offsets. When you look at the comments sections of the literature about this, you see a lot of concern about people losing jobs in the medical industry because of this. Most people who work for corporations are just everyday people who don't need to be demonized because of where they work.
You are right, he should read what is actually happening here instead of empty and wrong criticisms. It really diminishes the discourse, which is a shame.