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awoke_in_2003

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18. Liberals got distracted over public option?...

Fri Apr 5, 2013, 09:05 PM

Apr 2013

No, congressional democrats started negotiations at the wrong point. They should have started at single payer, not public option. So, what did we get out of AHA? A mandate to buy a product from a predatory industry with almost zero regulation on said industry. Oh, the cannot deny you coverage bases on pre-existing conditions, but they can sure as shit screw the hell out of your wallet. There is a reason why their stocks increases after AHA's passage- they have a captive base that they can screw over for more profit.

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Then there is this... [View all] sheshe2 Apr 2013 OP

So Bernie Sanders is wrong? Scuba Apr 2013 #1

I don't know, Scuba. sheshe2 Apr 2013 #3

I once took a 5-day class in negotiations ... Scuba Apr 2013 #4

Is he some dude who's never wrong? tabasco Apr 2013 #5

Thanks tabasco, sheshe2 Apr 2013 #6

Bernie Sanders is not the barometer for political manuevers... Comrade_McKenzie Apr 2013 #9

Your contention is that Chained CPI is... popular? /nt Marr Apr 2013 #14

It's the slippery slope issue SoCalDem Apr 2013 #2

so the middle class is just not that important huh? And I'm suppose to be happy with his universal liberal_at_heart Apr 2013 #7

Where is it stated that the middle class is no longer important? sheshe2 Apr 2013 #11

I Don't Think I Agree Beearewhyain Apr 2013 #8

Interesting from Smartypants, she.. thank you. Cha Apr 2013 #10

As I have said to you before, Cha sheshe2 Apr 2013 #12

".. believes in the long game".. and a Long strategy it is Cha Apr 2013 #17

Bingo, Cha! sheshe2 Apr 2013 #19

And, that "following" is.. Cha Apr 2013 #20

Thank you, Sheshe2. Demoiselle Apr 2013 #13

I thank you, Demoiselle. sheshe2 Apr 2013 #15

How does this argument even make sense? elehhhhna Apr 2013 #16

Liberals got distracted over public option?... awoke_in_2003 Apr 2013 #18

I don't see universal pre-k as a big deal. Not compared to cuts for the elderly & disabled & vets. Honeycombe8 Apr 2013 #21

Thanks Sheshe Hekate Apr 2013 #22