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In reply to the discussion: If you could get only one thing through this Congress, what would be your Dream Bill? [View all]bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)3. Single Payer health care
I'd do it by transitioning out of the private health insurance regime by way of a universal public option. I'd make it open to everybody and it would be so generous that the private companies could not possibly be able to compete with it. The insurance companies would collapse within a year.
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If you could get only one thing through this Congress, what would be your Dream Bill? [View all]
hedgehog
Dec 2012
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Well if I could get a bill it would get the FCC back to where it use to be so it MUST BE FAIR AND
southernyankeebelle
Dec 2012
#6
My dream bill would outlaw war, unless another nation's military attacked us, and country music. nt
ZombieHorde
Dec 2012
#11
I wish! I would ban war and country music. But I would still allow our military to protect us in
ZombieHorde
Dec 2012
#17
I think the only way we'll get prison reform is if the churches and/or other groups get behind it.
hedgehog
Dec 2012
#16
Ditto. Many items to chose from but this would be my choice as well. Great minds think alike.
Filibuster Harry
Dec 2012
#42
It's amazing to me how many Democrats don't realize this is virtually the whole enchilada.
Chan790
Dec 2012
#37
The "John McCain May Never Appear Again On A Sunday Talk Show Omnibus Appropriations Bill".
11 Bravo
Dec 2012
#29