Five years guaranteed income for unemployed insurance company employees?

[RandySF]

Where can I get in on that action?

[msongs]

1. seem like many of them would get jobs in an expanded medicare operation nt

[George II]

6. But thousands of them would have to move to where the SS offices are.

[MichMan]

9. Why bother if you were guaranteed your salary for the next 5 yrs. ?

[boomer_wv]

2. Everything solutions Bernie has had tonight...

is that the government will just pay for it.

Bernie looks like Odell Beckham after the national championship game handing out wads of cash.

[UniteFightBack]

3. I can hear it now...FREE FREE FREE. nt

[squirecam]

4. But

The magic unicorn comes with bags of cash

[UniteFightBack]

5. A 'moderate' must win. nt

[squirecam]

7. No

Amy is progressive. She’s just realistic.

A “moderate” or conservative dem is Doug Jones or Manchin.

[UniteFightBack]

8. Whatever you want to call it...one of them must win!! One of the realistic, pragmatic candidates.nt

[ecstatic]

10. I know right? If I get hired by Aetna a month before the election

can I still get paid for 5 years?

In fairness, our government has no problem printing money when it comes to war/etc.

[Demsrule86]

11. it is never going to happen...we would lose the ACA and never get M4A through...the public

option and a reformed ACA will get us to universal. I like Amy's idea...make it a non-profit public option...

[mike_c]

12. go to work for an insurance company, and vote for Bernie Sanders :-)

You know, my first inclination was "Hell no!" But then I reconsidered. As long as we're not talking about the golden parachute executive class, it might not be a bad idea. First, the execs WILL depart with many millions, so why should regular workers carry the burden of their plunder and get nothing? Second, I don't know, but I'm guessing we are not talking about a huge number of former employees, many of whom are quickly re-employable, especially if they have a financial cushion to keep them afloat until they've either found new employment directly or are in training programs to enter other careers. I'm happy to have my taxes support a program like that.