Re: what is even more stupid is that medicare for all could have been passed with adding a 5%

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by Another Scott

5/6/16 10:44:20 AM

Re: what is even more stupid is that medicare for all could have been passed with adding a 5%

1) Medicare doesn't cover everything. People would still need supplemental insurance.
2) There weren't the votes for it. Conyers's bill died in committee.

Counter-factuals are fun, but reality is what matters.

Cheers,
Scott.

Fun Trump page. - (mmoffitt) - (61) - May 5, 2016, 09:44:38 AM EDT

pretty much. Same folks dismissing his run against Clinton - (boxley) - (60) - May 5, 2016, 10:38:41 AM EDT

The GOP primary has provided... - (rcareaga) - (59) - May 6, 2016, 01:36:10 AM EDT

I've been rolling this "lesser evil" thing around in my head. - (mmoffitt) - (57) - May 5, 2016, 03:59:52 PM EDT

I don't view it as Loyalty... - (Another Scott) - (56) - May 5, 2016, 05:08:04 PM EDT

what Scott said and furthermore - (rcareaga) - (55) - May 6, 2016, 01:38:17 AM EDT

rolling back of such social gains as have been made the past twenty-five years Really? name a few - (boxley) - (54) - May 5, 2016, 05:26:27 PM EDT

Re: rolling back of such social gains as have been made the past twenty-five years Really? name a fe - (Another Scott) - (11) - May 5, 2016, 05:41:03 PM EDT

Why Cruz is worse than Trump - (jake123) - (10) - May 6, 2016, 08:23:27 AM EDT

Good points, but... - (Another Scott) - (9) - May 6, 2016, 08:40:08 AM EDT

The SCOTUS issue is a non-starter after pro-Super Pac Merrick Garland. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (8) - May 6, 2016, 09:15:40 AM EDT

SCOTUS decides hundreds of cases a year. Purity kills. -NT - (Another Scott) - (4) - May 6, 2016, 09:38:50 AM EDT

Point: Merrick *IS* the kind of Justice we're supposed to fear. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (3) - May 6, 2016, 09:50:29 AM EDT

Re: Point: Merrick *IS* the kind of Justice we're supposed to fear. - (Another Scott) - (2) - May 6, 2016, 10:41:19 AM EDT

He had Orrin Hatch's support? Well, that makes him less onerous. NOT. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (1) - May 6, 2016, 12:14:55 PM EDT

Keep flailing. That'll get Roy Moore on the SCOTUS faster!!1 -NT - (Another Scott) - May 6, 2016, 12:17:04 PM EDT

Significantly better than Scalia and progress in the right direction - (malraux) - (2) - May 6, 2016, 01:30:32 PM EDT

Goering over Adolph then. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (1) - May 6, 2016, 01:38:08 PM EDT

*roll* - (malraux) - May 6, 2016, 01:39:46 PM EDT

Re: rolling back of such social gains...? - (rcareaga) - (41) - May 5, 2016, 06:30:34 PM EDT

Wow. The ACA was a "social gain"? - (mmoffitt) - (40) - May 6, 2016, 08:19:36 AM EDT

This is just stupid - (jake123) - (11) - May 6, 2016, 08:26:39 AM EDT

what is even more stupid is that medicare for all could have been passed with adding a 5% - (boxley) - (10) - May 6, 2016, 09:53:49 AM EDT

It would only work if you could get the law passed - (drook) - (8) - May 6, 2016, 10:23:51 AM EDT

Conyers gave it a shot in 2009. It died in committee (as it always does). -NT - (Another Scott) - (2) - May 6, 2016, 10:48:02 AM EDT

Liar - (drook) - (1) - May 6, 2016, 11:39:19 AM EDT

Ack! You have cut me to the bone!!11 -NT - (Another Scott) - May 6, 2016, 11:49:54 AM EDT

33 million still have no insurance. HTH. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (1) - May 6, 2016, 12:12:18 PM EDT

Re: 33 million still have no insurance. HTH. - (Another Scott) - May 6, 2016, 12:23:56 PM EDT

Um, Bernie Sanders? - (mmoffitt) - (2) - May 6, 2016, 12:13:34 PM EDT

Presidents don't pass laws -NT - (drook) - (1) - May 6, 2016, 02:46:12 PM EDT

Right. - (mmoffitt) - May 6, 2016, 03:27:16 PM EDT

Re: what is even more stupid is that medicare for all could have been passed with adding a 5% - (Another Scott) - May 6, 2016, 10:44:20 AM EDT

Re: Wow. The ACA was a "social gain"? - (Another Scott) - (2) - May 6, 2016, 08:32:58 AM EDT

Um, no. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - May 6, 2016, 09:09:02 AM EDT

Re: Um, no. - (Another Scott) - May 6, 2016, 11:49:27 AM EDT

odd way of putting it - (rcareaga) - (24) - May 6, 2016, 09:31:40 AM EDT

I predicted on this very board that Obama would raise that false equivalence... - (mmoffitt) - (22) - May 6, 2016, 11:57:04 AM EDT

speaking of inanity - (rcareaga) - (6) - May 6, 2016, 10:02:25 AM EDT

Show me the equivalent Federal Penalty for not buying a car. - (mmoffitt) - (5) - May 6, 2016, 11:58:24 AM EDT

Roberts addressed this in 2012 - (Another Scott) - (4) - May 6, 2016, 12:16:27 PM EDT

but they swore it was not a tax on the american people? So the tax is on top of - (boxley) - May 6, 2016, 12:19:03 PM EDT

Man, you're agreeing with some interesting folks these days. Roberts? Really? -NT - (mmoffitt) - (2) - May 6, 2016, 12:25:48 PM EDT

Recognizing reality is a helpful way to get through life. ;-) - (Another Scott) - (1) - May 6, 2016, 12:33:04 PM EDT

Heh. I think a "tax" you pay ONLY when you don't do something is a fine. ;0) - (mmoffitt) - May 6, 2016, 12:39:04 PM EDT

Nobody's "forced to purchase health insurance". - (Another Scott) - (14) - May 6, 2016, 10:47:08 AM EDT

Ah. I see. A federal fine is no injury at all. - (mmoffitt) - (13) - May 6, 2016, 12:09:31 PM EDT

It used to be a federal law... - (Another Scott) - (12) - May 6, 2016, 12:21:51 PM EDT

I'm not voting against her, I'm voting for someone committed to universal healthcare. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (11) - May 6, 2016, 12:27:37 PM EDT

That's fine in the primary. Vote the party in the general... -NT - (Another Scott) - (10) - May 6, 2016, 12:31:06 PM EDT

Here's your sign. :0) - (mmoffitt) - (9) - May 6, 2016, 12:36:19 PM EDT

I don't have a problem with that. - (Another Scott) - (8) - May 6, 2016, 12:44:42 PM EDT

No. But it's not as unpossible as you've suggested either. ;-) -NT - (mmoffitt) - (7) - May 6, 2016, 01:37:32 PM EDT

I think we've been through this before. - (Another Scott) - (6) - May 6, 2016, 01:46:43 PM EDT

I suspect this thread will wind down - (rcareaga) - (5) - May 7, 2016, 02:30:34 PM EDT

We do well here. - (Another Scott) - (4) - May 7, 2016, 02:58:33 PM EDT

Hats off to you both. - (mmoffitt) - (3) - May 7, 2016, 06:30:56 PM EDT

obviously I haven't read *all* your posts - (rcareaga) - (2) - May 7, 2016, 06:42:03 PM EDT

Thank you. Awfully kind of you. -NT - (mmoffitt) - May 7, 2016, 06:43:47 PM EDT

Well said. -NT - (Another Scott) - May 7, 2016, 09:03:15 PM EDT

nope, you can do what million s of poor americans and illegals do. Drive without it. - (boxley) - May 6, 2016, 09:57:45 AM EDT

you photoshopped a picture of him on the crapper? -NT - (boxley) - May 5, 2016, 04:10:39 PM EDT

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