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Instead of looking for any reason why single payor in the US would not work,,,, why not look at every other advanced nation in the world where it does? Are all those countries stupid? Or do we have just have too many repuglicans?
Ask any medicare enrollee if they would prefer to give it up and go back to commercial insurance. You won't find too many.even those consider it "socialism" wouldn't give it up.
If you think being called a "trumpanista" is troubling wait till the history of this presidency is written. Those who supported this madness will be called complicit and much worse. Some will end up in jail and others in disgrace. This is no longer…
Engaging a trumpanista who plays the equivalency card( the Clintons or all politicians) as way to avoid honestly discussing their dear leader should be a non starter. No point in trying. They aren't listening,,, to them, up is down, day is night and…
Ben,,,,I appreciate your optimistic frame of reference. I am not sure if you are calling supporters of the occupier of the White House conservatives but I don't confuse the two. George Will is a Conservative. I doubt he supports Helsinki, trade war…
@ Ben. Thank you for your series of thoughtful posts. I get the impression that you and I agree about,,your words,,the utterly indecent occupier of the white house. And yes,,,you are right and I am wrong,,,, nothing can be gained by name calling. O…
Ben,,, my post was clearly labeled as a response to rono. It happens to post after Ooby. I never saw his post until my reply to rono posted. I have absolutely nothing to say to him. But anyone who can stand behind orange monster is to be pitied for …
@Rono. "And it breaks my heart." So true. Every morning I wake to see read about the latest travesty. But the worst part of it is how many Americans cannot figure it out. I don't care if you resent the liberal intelligentsia or hate everyone who d…
I find that quite interesting. MAGAS often vote against their economic interests. Big money could never get elected on on a platform of "we want all the money." So they use emotionally charged social issues to trick the voters.and hell,,,,it's worki…
@bee. Thanks for the input. Just so you know,,,, I have been a member since April of 2011. I find it very interesting that this thread, even if it breaks your rules, has engaged more participation that most of the properly fomatted links that are i…
@JoeD. I wish you were right about not fooling anyone. Sadly polling suggests otherwise. I think America doesn't have a trump problem,,,,, America has a repuglican problem. Those guys seem to be buying his lies and continue to support him.
@rforno. I gather the mechanism that trade warrior is using to bail out victims of his mistake is the Commodity Credit Corporation. This was,of course, signed into law by FDR. Thanks New Deal,,,thanks Democrats. But seriously farmers, did you real…
@Catch22.actually catch my original post tried to discuss sequence of return risk and other factors impacting near retirees.not the least of which is the president who thinks " tariffs are the greatest." Are you the new moderator?
Yuuup! The genius is going to add $12 billion to his already growing federal deficit to ease the pain caused by his self induced trade war. I thought you repuglicans support free trade and are strongly against deficits. Wait,, there is more. I thou…
@DavidRMoran. We really gotta quit meeting like this.Our ability to communicate surely is lacking. This will be my last and I will give you the final word.i just want to know if you deny that racism and xenophobia are the glue that unites the magas?…
@Davidrmoran. I appreciate the concept of "the long continuum" more than you know. As such the arc of the story of racism and xenophobia is a very long one.
America's war on people of color and those new
here is very old. The current president us…
I don't have a sense of the history of this place and I will ignore the politics of the linkster. I just know what I see. The links stink. Most are virtually ignored. Few stimulate a discussion which is the reason this board exists. The multitude of…
Crash,,, I agree,,, I access via phone and since last site remodel pages load slowly and not completely. I enjoy the great Chistine Benz but mostly go for the data. It just plain doesn't work well .
David,,,, I lived in the sixties. Got clean for Gene,,, worked in a federal anti poverty program,, marched many times against the war. I know what motivated the other side back then,,,,I know what motivates magas today. IT IS NOT BALANCED BUDGET, ST…
During the war(Vietnam) that was true. Watch easy rider. Todays culture wars are about race, xenophobia and homophobia. When was the last time you heard a maga talk about long hair?.hell,,,, plenty of magas in their pick ups with Confederate flags f…
@ davidrmoran. Read that link. Wanna puke. Those folks are racists first,,,,, second and third. If orange monster loved all the people he hates, those crackers would not support him for thirty seconds. Woodstock has nothing to do with why those "ci…
