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I am partial to a single pool, single payer solution.
ignorance is the enemy
without equality there is no liberty
America can survive bad policy, but not destruction of our Democratic institutions
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they will lose Congress in 2018 for failing to deliver No, they won't. Too few Republican seats seats up for grabs in the Senate, and unfortunately Republicans will re-elect most of the House members. But I suspect that by 2020 Americans will have had enough of Donald Trump and his bumbling congress.
Good coffee, good weed, and time on my hands...
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Really, the Republicans are at war with their constituents. They look like they're losing. Big numbers: the CBO estimates that the AHCA would reduce the deficit by $337 billion. How? By cutting nearly a trillion dollars from Medicaid. But wait!? If they cut a trillion dollars from Medicaid, why does it reduce the deficit only $337 billion? Because they give $600+ billion back to the top tax brackets. The AHCA’s Tradeoff: Giving Up Vital Care to Get Tax Cuts for the Rich - [i]Atlantic[/i]
A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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That's the whole raison d'etre of the Republican Party: If we could just make rich people a little bit richer...
I swear, every single thing they do always comes down to that. I think it's in their DNA.
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So, in an effort to make everyone's lives better, they gave lots of money to the very rich.
It didn't work.
The solution then is to give even more money to the rich.
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House AHCA vote postponed...
A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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House AHCA vote postponed... Jeez, I hate it when the house does something that is NOT insane! Still there is some vicarious glee imagining a steaming bowl of Agent Orange. I wouldnt want to be the one who tells him! Expect some interesting tweets. Is he tired of winning yet?  Maybe in a narcissistic rage he will lash out and publicly distract us by declaring himself as a treasonous Putin groin ferret! [video:google] https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cr2kjxkWIAAIhzR.jpg[/video] https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cr2kjxkWIAAIhzR.jpg ![[Linked Image from pbs.twimg.com]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cr2kjxkWIAAIhzR.jpg) Tat
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the stars were not properly aligned ... i see a little more jaw boning in the very near future
what i don;t understand is how the president continues to support a bill which is not even remotely close to the rhetoric he used ... an increased pool of uninsured by 24M people losing coverage ... maybe that means universal coverage in Trumpland
ignorance is the enemy
without equality there is no liberty
America can survive bad policy, but not destruction of our Democratic institutions
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Logical consistency?? Ha!
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This is a hopeful sign, but no time for complacency. It looked like 30-40 Republican members were against the bill. There are 50 members in the Tuesday Group of "Moderate" Republicans. If the 193 Democrats found common ground with them, maybe something positive could happen.
A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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