I think Bernie's proposed system would, indeed, make us pay less, not more, .....

Blue Shield PPO (Covered California) for two adults.

It's highway robbery.

of people will be paying far less than they are paying now.

certain buzz words seem to stick.

savings on health insurance would more than make up for the income tax increase on the middle-classes.
On the whole, the savings for the average person would be quite substantial.

Which is what I think was the whole point of that BS "town hall".

just in Congress but also selling it to the American people?

the American people to vote in more Progressive Democratic candidates into the
House and Senate, and have fewer Third-Way Establishment Democrats as candidates.
I'm sure Liz and Bernie are willing to work very hard at this, because no bill will get
through without adequate votes.

Democrats do not have the reputation of complaining very hard when
Republicans make things rough for them with their well-known shenanigans.
For example: During Pres. Obama's first term alone, the Republican Senate
filibustered 400+ times. They knocked down every bill proposed by the Democrats
-- bills that would have benefitted the American people, if they had been allowed to
pass. With few exceptions, most of the Dem. congressmen and women said little or
nothing, This is a golden opportunity to let both Dems. and Republicans know what
the Republican congressmen are really doing to them. The proof (filibuster of a
bill useful to the American people) is right there.

Why the Dems. kept on saying nothing afterwards, did get me angry many times.
Dems. do not have the luxury of a slough of Democratic news media to broadcast
to the people afterwards. This is a kind of self-destructing death-wish.


The Republican Main Stream Media certainly said nothing. The news media are 90%
Republican-owned anyway. Democrats have nothing to fight back with in this area.

I think, with Bernie and Liz working as a team, they would not hesitate to let the
world know -- loud, clear and long -- each time that the Republicans vote out a bill
that the Democrats want to pass that would benefit the American people, as a whole.
They can describe in detail what the American people had just lost in benefits, that the
Republicans were the ones who do not want the American people to have a better
life, And those bills made by the Republicans for the benefit of their super-rich
masters would be blocked by the Dem. Congressmen and Senators, so that the rich
would not get richer at the expense of the middle-class and the poor.

All this will be pointed out loud and clear and often. In time, even the none-too-
bright citizens will begin to catch on who means them well, and who is stealing from
them - the Democrats or the Republicans?

This simple plan must be repeated over and over again, and each and every time
an unfair blockage has taken place. Naming the names of the perpetrators, what
type of harm it would have on the American people. And if you are sick and tired of this
Republican nonsense, vote for (name the Progressive candidates) who will be running
at the next election.

I hope it will be quicker, but Democrats could quite possibly have both Houses of
Congress within 4 years (perhaps within 2 years).

For Bernie to get his agenda through, he and Liz will first have to concentrate on the
work of getting sufficient numbers of Representatives and Senators, where they cannot
be blocked or filibustered by the Republicans.

With Bernie in the WH and Liz in the Senate, they will be a tremendous team. Both
of them have bulldog tenacity, They will inspire others to work with them. They are
both winners.

to think well under these circumstances.

to insurance providers and medical expenses would go down. The NET would likely be lower overall expenses for the middle class family, but TAXES themselves would go up.

I trust Prof. Krugman on this http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/01/19/weakened-at-bernies/?_r=0

Again, as noted by Prof. Krugman this plan does not add up. Sanders proposed savings are hypothetical and unrealistic

The Sanders plan will save more on prescription drugs than is spent yearly?

supporting that hypothesis. Would you also come out with your figures?

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