NeverAgain
Junior Chimp
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« on: January 16, 2016, 11:51:46 PM » |
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If we want to talk about the general election campaign, let's talk about how Bernie is going to be able to avoid explaining how he would pay for a single payer system that eliminates private insurance. And it's really a moot point, because it has to get through Congress. I'm assuming he thinks he can do whatever he wants by executive order, but that's definitely not going to be an argument that holds up in the general election.
I don't even understand why healthcare reform is once again the hot topic. Just the attempt at reform in the early 1990s helped Democrats lose Congress, and nearly 20 years later, actual-yet-shoddy reform once again helped Democrats lose Congress. We have many other issues that desperately need attention - College affordability/student loans, infrastructure investment, reigning in corporate abuse of the system, etc. They need to stop with healthcare for now. It's not going to go over well with an electorate that is clearly still conservative and unwilling to support major reforms of the healthcare system.
Besides, even if they somehow cobbled together majorities for this, I doubt they could pass anything like what they dream of. Instead, it would be another shoddy bill filled with special interest giveaways.
They just need to shut up about this. Both of them.
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