Capitol Hill Blue Forums Political Issues Campaign 2020 First Bernie Sanders Thread 2020

Nothing much radical is going to happen in Congress. Give the Republicans majorities with a Republican President to sign bills and generally bad things happen. Give the Democrats majorities with a Democratic President and generally good things will happen. If voters choose mixed parties, then generally nothing will happen.

The President's job is to be our moral leader, and that's why Trump sucks at the job. He's more like an organized crime boss who has bought off the DA.

I am not convinced that he is not a crime boss. There are several of his closest in prison right now. I have full confidence that there will be more unless he goes.

I really want him gone!

Trump? You're not just now figuring out that he's a fully mobbed up Russian gangster? Come on, surely you've known this all along.

it's better that the student learn on the last day of class, than never at all.

I think jgw is representative of a lot of good people who, despite overwhelming evidence, just couldn't bring themselves to "GO THERE"...but at this point, the evidence is dragging them "there" anyway.

So I give credit to jgw for just being a good person, with a good heart.
NO ONE WANTS to "go there"...to realize the ugly truth.

The Sanders [i]Medicare For All[/i] bill.

Both of my Senators are co-sponsors.

Thank you Loggy!

Bernie's medicare for all is interesting but doesn't really take over the entire industry. Medical 'devices' is one area. Obamacare tried but that was the first thing they ripped out of Obamacare. Obamacare also made a run at standardizing software, building a database of procedures and results (also gone), etc. For single payer to work (this is exactly what this is) its necessary to regulate the entire industry, lock stock and barrel. Its inferenced but never really covered.

I am not against single payer but it requires a LOT more work than so far suggested. Given that, and the simple fact that the american voting public is not exactly able to even vote in their own best interest, somebody is going to have to come up with a much better plan than simply listing services - that's the easy part! One of the problems, I think, is that the entire industry is rife with folks with their hands on the teats of health and they are not going to let go without a really big fight. When you add in the national debt, now bigger than our GDP, there are a LOT of problems.

When you add in that Bernie has been able to produce, in 20 years, virtually no legislation, due to his ability to never give an inch, I really can't see him actually doing anything if he gets to be president. Hopefully, at the very least he will actually pass legislation that the democratic congress feeds to him.

This means that we not only have to get the presidency but the congress (both houses). We will know by the end of the year and THEN we will see!

I get it. You don't read my posts. Guess I won't reply to yours anymore.

Probably after today we can stop talking about Bernie.

It looks to me like America is about to go with the status quo.

There will be no Medicare For All, The ACA will be ruled unconstitutional and private for profit insurance will be all that's available.

There will be no "living wage". No federal increase of the current and eternal law which states that a man's time is worth $7.25 an hour.

There will be no paid time off. No family leave. No vacations. No daycare for working parents. No full time jobs and no insurance.
The price of an education will continue to rise and student debt along with it.

I feel like Bernie is going to lose...deep down in my bones...I felt the tide turning as soon as Biden pulled off the big win in South Carolina. I hope I'm wrong.