The question of "How will you pay for it" re: universal healthcare (or any social program) has two meanings: 1) Where do the resources in the economy exist to do it, and 2) How will you legally and politically create a system to make it happen They are very different questions
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And honestly I don't see why passing a "compromised" bill now and getting more people insured now means you've "lost the war" and can't pass a hypothetically better bill later
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Right. Because that has worked so well for us so far. We've just been flush with candidates who sincerely wanted to help normal people. Dude, people see someone who might actually give a fuck and want to seize that chance.
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Who said that? I'm talking about Democratic candidates winning elections and using public pressure to force them to not act like Republicans by obstructing popular and practical legislation.
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It's not the centrist Democrats who have a majority in the Senate, it's the actual Republicans
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