DaveC
Blue Crack Addict
TIL canada is the size of ohio.
I'm all in favor of breaking the country up, so count me in.Maybe we need to dig for gold??
Other countries can afford their healthcare because they’re the size of Ohio.
I agree it can be done, but it’ll have to happen in increments.
Tho I’m not sure you could even convince this country to tax the rich. Somehow trickle down economics is still believable
Because we absolutely can pay for it? Every other country can pay for it. We have ungodly resources and wealth in this country. It's really not complicated unless we still are trying to protect rich people, corporations, and the military industrial complex. Like I said to BVS, this is not going to be so complicated that I need to compose a 500-page CBO report to explain it to everyone here every time.
"Medicare for All" is the best example they've had of this yet, though it's hardly had the support from mainstream Dems at this time. It's not exactly what the healthcare system should be, but it's a catchy and simple enough concept for most people to understand that it works much in the way MAGA seemed to capture what people wanted. Only difference obviously being that we're talking about getting healthcare for everyone, instead of trying to revert to the 1950s and just giving all the jobs to white men. I guess some people still think that's horseshoe theory, though.
325 million people to be insured.
I am white and I am 27-years-old.
My point is not that they are the same in everyway. My point is that I don't think they are dramatically different, which was more of a bouncing off point to use the turn of phrase in the post I was responding to.
Your argument here is largely about social issues, on which the Democrats are clearly and unquestionably doing better than the Republicans. On gay rights, women's rights, ... there is no doubt what party has the correct stances.
The Democrats do not have that clear distinction on many issues with the economy, foreign policy, and law enforcement. And those three things have a far greater impact on inequality than passing an amendment that says everyone is equal under the law.
Until the Democrats are willing to eschew their ties to Wall Street and corporations (essentially to American capitalism as we know it), are willing to openly and consistently criticize the military industrial complex while adhering to a much more rigid non-interventionist policy, and are willing to dramatically reduce the militarization of the police forces in this country while abolishing ICE and scaling back the Patriot Act, we are going to continue to see cycles in which the GOP takes over and does what it is doing right now.
I'm all in favor for never hearing "they to low, we go high" again.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jul/11/tim-hortons-china-coffee-shops-canada
can't afford to pay our front-line workers an extra $30 bucks a week or cover basic health insurance for them, but we have money to renovate every store in canada and also open 1500 locations in a totally new overseas market!
fucking ridiculous. this company will never see another dime from me again.
I like Michelle Obama but she's totally delusional with this.
Hello, you're dealing with Donald Trump, a man who takes every opportunity to be the greatest asshole in the room, not the Queen of England. Fuck him and his followers.
It was a nice thought in a world where none of this seemed possible.I like Michelle Obama but she's totally delusional with this.
Hello, you're dealing with Donald Trump, a man who takes every opportunity to be the greatest asshole in the room, not the Queen of England. Fuck him and his followers.
I have read your three posts in response to my post, and while I think you are largely correct and your heart is in the right place, I'm not exactly sure what any of this has to do if the idea is that you disagree with me?Now I have some time to answer this.
I remember when Ralph Nader referred (talking ? 20 +/- years ago) to "gonad" politics". I don't know whether he was referring to "just" the LGBT community, or was a women's Right to Choose under that "banner" as well .
Jeeez, did the man ever hear stories of civil rights being denied to gay men & women? Persecution, etc? To be SO dismissive is/was awful!
I'm using as that as an example to point out that social issues are critically important to those whose lives are affected by one or several a intersectionalities. Your education, Beal h, work choices, where you live, safety from violent biogots, how easily you can vote, etc.
The Democrats are pretty to quite good in these areas; not all Democrats, and not at all times (past, current) but the aggregate is good plus. They are real issues to many people, and those who care about them.
Passing laws and enforcing protecting are critical, too.
There are times when quite well off black people (whom some might or might be recognized by the general publuc) have been abused by cops. In these cases where the initial interaction could result in injury or death,their wealth won't protect them (a lawsuit might be successful with their own high-quality priced attorneys).
That sort of a tangent, but not quite the USA has to do better in fighting systemic rascism, and trying to change hearts of individual (it has happened) bigots .
As to economics, corporations etc... I started to have my doubts ,oh, in the later 60's especially about corporations.
I'm a 65 yr white woman, born & bred NYC'r. Since I've paid attention (as much as possible under different circumstances) to local, national and international news from a young age - I've seen a lot of stuff, up close or from afar. I was "woke" esp by my mom by the time I was ? 12 yrs- and just got more woke over the decades. Because I loved the beauty and awesomeness of nature I was environmentally aware around the same time. And my mom would point out how bad stuff could be dumped off in poor black areas, and back then nothing would , could be done about it (waaay before the term "environmental justice" was a common known tern).
The ole "people before profits" slogan was some thing I began to seriously consider.
I enjoyed listening to clips of Peter Strzok on Capitol Hill today. He is not here for your bullshit circus, Gowdy.
I have it on now. It's unreal. I love the guy who is reading all kinds of criticism of Trump by Republicans during the campaign. Wish I had seen the whole thing, or maybe not...
Hakeem Jeffries
Tennesse Rep. Steve Cohen, when his time came, reamed the GOP for having the investigation at all, called the administration the most corrupt administration ever, and said he'd give Strzok "a purple heart if I could" for enduring this whole thing.
Of course GOP/Trumpers are jumping on that last part, saying it's an insult/disgrace to people who have received a purple heart for being wounded and/or killed.
This is the #1 problem we face, and the only way to truly address it is with a new constitutional convention.Welcome to the new reality of minority rule:
https://twitter.com/lukeepplin/status/1017538327891906560?s=21
Definitely agree. It might not seem that way at the very beginning, but I bet it works out pretty fast.I notice most people who are against universal healthcare in the US cite cost as a major reason. But it’s actually cheaper. Much much cheaper. If everyone is covered, there’s no need for a massive insurance industry, less need for itemizing every treatment, no incentive to game the system, incentives to keep people healthy, etc. Also it invents people to get treatment early, and prevention is so much cheaper than cure.
oh, jeez, indeed!I love Michelle Obama and I agree with you.
He just said at his NATO press conference that he's a very stable genius. Lmao. Why is he more angry with Germany and NATO than he ever seems to be with Russia?
It was a nice thought in a world where none of this seemed possible.
It's also a nice goal to strive for.
It is, however, unrealistic in our current times.
For this, we need a war time consigliere.