• finitebanjo@piefed.world
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    DNC haven’t had more than 48 senators in ten years and haven’t had supermajority since a 60 day period after 2010 only if you count independent caucus otherwise not since 1979. Right now they have 45.

    The DNC haven’t capitulated, they’ve wrung minor victories like blood from a fucking stone while not having the power to actually do anything aside from filibuster the worst of it all.

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      It’s amazing how the only period you ever reference is when with a short super majority only managed to implement Romneycare.

      Biden was a moderate, Obama started leaning progressive but quickly ran to be a moderate, both Clinton’s more on the right than moderate, etc.

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        You think expanding healthcare to another 50 Million People, outlawing refusal of coverage based on pre-existing conditions, is right wing? AND THAT WAS WATERED DOWN VERSION WE NEEDED TO GET THE INDEPENDENTS ON BOARD. You’ve lost your damn mind.

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            Excuse me, I asked if you thought expanding healthcare to 50 million people, outlawing refusal of coverage based on pre-existing conditions, is right wing?

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                Well no wonder you’ve got everything so backwards, you think people getting healthcare is conservative.

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                  Yes forcing people to pay corporations to get Healthcare is conservative.

                  The only good part of ACA was forcing coverage of pre existing conditions. Rest just gift to insurance companies

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                    Lmao, expanding medicaid to 50 million people didn’t force them to pay corporations. Medicaid is payed for with taxes. This year the Trump Admin froze $425 Billion Dollars of aid including Medicaid as well as Food Stamps, Farmers subsidies, Natural Disaster Relief, Mental Health services, and Research including critical medical research.

                    I think the government paying for people’s healthcare is progressive and I think we should get the dems a supermajority without relying on any Independents like Joe Lieberman so we can see it improved upon.