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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
i don't think you get the guy-- his primary campaign against hillary had very long odds, he stuck to his game and won in the end.
health care / health insurance reform has been attempted here FOR 100 YEARS. clinton started from a strong position and broke his teeth. obama learned this and started from the center-- proposing some shit that even nixon (republican "not a crook" dead president) had attempted. the teabaggers polarized the game because a lot of reasons but basically because they fear that the negro socialist will take away their freedom.
balls, no balls, opinions, assholes, etc.-- results is what counts and we got them
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I do know that a lot of the problem is that the American political system is so screwed up that a hugely popular aspect (the public option) was jetissoned because it was considered politically impossible, despite being so popular with the public.
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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
the healthcare industry is held in chains by INSURANCE COMPANIES who are the ones that actually determine who gets what treatment, what treatments are covered, and all that shit.
I would much rather have that aspect in public servants hands tha in the hands of the greedhead cocsuck assholes that run insurance companies.
free market is BULLSHIT.
all markets must be regulated to some extebnt to prevent outright fraud, malicious hurts, and just plain shoddy merchandise.
"Free trade" only goes in one drection. it is bullshit.
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