āTheyāll be like the dog that caught the busā, get wrapped around the axle and ā¦ Whomp, Whomp, Whomp, Whomp, Whompā¦
The incoming administration deserves the Democratic version of āthe McConnell treatmentā of obstruction.
Heās right ā¦
Considering how the Reps are already panicking over what repealing the ACA would require and mean I think Chuck is just reiterating whatās going on right now. Thereās really not a whole lot he needs to do in order for the Reps to self destruct
Only gripe is he made no mention of Medicare. Dems need to reiterate that the ACA extended the solvency of Medicare by eleven years.
What about medicare?
If corporate lackey Schumer is already taking this hard a stand on Obamacare, and Republicans are holding back on it, I highly doubt Medicare privatization will be done so quickly and cleanly as Josh seems to think. It may not be on everyoneās radar yet, but you can bet it will be as soon as it comes up for real. Medicare is vastly more popular, bigger, and more complex.
Now get on the Sunday shows, the way McCain was on so much in 2009 people confused him for the host. We need to rattle the public on these things, ESPECIALLY Medicare.
Ryanās 4 Pinocchio attempt to blame the ACA for ābankruptingā Medicare cannot get more traction.
Because when they do, I send them a sternly worded letter!
I disagree with giving them the McConnell treatment. I think you should fight the battle in front of you and not the one you lost. You donāt have to get over it, but you should be able work the edges, sow discord, and never hesitate to use oneās sword to cut deeply but not deadly. A slow disabling along with the current opponentās weaknesses should help keep moving the progressive program forward.
Take it to them Chuck! Fuck them twice as hard as theyāve fucked us! Truth to Power. power to power, power to tyranny.
Let the GOP overreach.
There is a third rail of American politics, and itās not Social Security, itās seniorsā issues - including Medicare.
The infrastructure bill that Trump wants is just a boondoggle to the 1 percent in tax cuts. It doesnāt add any jobs, and in fact will probably lead to privatization of highways and bridges. Schumer wants to add to the deficit for tax cuts to private contractors, than later republicans will blame democrats for the huge deficit and than proclaim that social security and Medicare should be privatized. I beginning to get really sick of this crap. Schumer tell Trump that his infrastructure bill has to be paid for and not add to the deficit. End of story.
lolā¦is it POSSIBLE to verbalize anything weaker than this response to trump?
the repugnants were saying BEFORE the election that clinton actually wonā¦that they would NEVER allow her to pick a SCOTUS justice!
and here lies the problemā¦the democrats long ago became the party of wall streetā¦paying lip service to its supportersā¦THEY will be in no rush to prevent trump from turning over whatever he can to themā¦chuckieā¦is NOT the man for the the job that lies aheadā¦butā¦like i saidā¦no democrat isā¦
Because our political class is mostly wealthy, I donāt think they realize that the cost of caring for our elderly relatives would fall on the middle class and poor families so that cancelling the programs has a 3x or 4x magnification effect. I know when my parents started to fail, I was really grateful that they had support. It enabled me to travel to see them and give them emotional support which I couldnāt have afforded if I was paying their medical bills & rent.
Yes. I am passing on some links I got from another discussion here. We need to get this information out and nip this sucker in the bud.
I had thought (perhaps as Shumer did) that maybe there was something Pres-elect Swindler von Shitgibbon (h/t to ralph_vonholst) wouldnāt make me shudder, but I should have known better.
Schumer felated Lieberman that worthless sack of garbage and coddled him. The first Mistake Obama made was letting that vermin Lieberman off the hook. Fck Schumer and fck his empty warnings. Bus in retirees to DC ā¦ millions of them and let them make their feelings known. Tell Obamacare recipients where their Congressmen/women live ā¦ not their offices ā¦ WHERE THEY LIVE. Tell them to mail them their complaints if they want to keep benefits. Make their lives hell.
Make their lives hell, just like their forced-birth allies do to womenās health providers.
Going forward innovation equals affordability. Zipcar would be on that model, while Uber, which externalizes liability, pushes an illusory or spurious innovation. Teslaās roof tiles are a real innovation, even if the concept has been around for over a decade, because it has been repackaged into an affordable format. The airline industry has been great on affordability, but still accounts for 4% of global greenhouse emissions, so clearly room for more innovation. Given that US healthcare costs over 18% of GDP, and the OECD average is just over half that (9.5%), the obvious innovation in healthcare would be to roll out universal coverage as in Sweden (11% of GDP). Nobody in Sweden is bankrupted by illness or injury. Is Paul Ryan aware of this? And he would save hundreds of billions of dollars.