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Distant Quasar

(142 posts)
23. Too bad the Dems went all out to preserve the employer-based system
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 05:29 PM
Jul 2014

Now we're stuck with it. This absurd situation is just the tip of the iceberg.

Robert Reich on today's SC decision... [View all] babylonsister Jun 2014 OP
I think those five misogynistic bastards may have just cooked themselves Skittles Jun 2014 #1
yep - and I hope this one backfires bigtime rurallib Jun 2014 #7
*fingers crossed* Soylent Brice Jun 2014 #11
We need to do away with employer based abelenkpe Jun 2014 #2
Indeed. Medicare for All. LoisB Jun 2014 #12
All we have to do is retake the house, keep the senate, pass an amendment Warren Stupidity Jun 2014 #3
And we will still have 50 million people in poverty. n/t jtuck004 Jun 2014 #4
so when do propose we start fixing the mess the GOP made of this country azureblue Jun 2014 #6
Fixing it is different from pandering to a bunch of stupid actions that won't jtuck004 Jun 2014 #14
Turning Back The Neoliberal Crap Could Dirty Socialist Jun 2014 #16
Certainly. But that means HUGE investment, something I would bet this jtuck004 Jul 2014 #17
Seems that's what Warren is saying. Reverse what the psychos have done. rickyhall Jun 2014 #9
None of that reverses anything. All the scores of trillions of dollars lost in the past 4 decades jtuck004 Jun 2014 #15
I've read you postings in this sub-thread ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2014 #22
Employer based / insurance based is what is wrong. Single payer is the only way to go. Tell the YOHABLO Jun 2014 #5
Too bad the Dems went all out to preserve the employer-based system Distant Quasar Jul 2014 #23
why are employers the enemy? quadrature Jun 2014 #8
Yes, a lot of progress has been happening thanks to the christofascists getting more extreme. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2014 #10
Will corporations get bored with the First and start looking at the Second? Thor_MN Jun 2014 #13
That just blows me away: freshwest Jul 2014 #18
P. S. My blood pressure just went down. Thanks, babylonsister! freshwest Jul 2014 #19
Idiots! Instead of single payer in the first fucking place! lonestarnot Jul 2014 #20
A journey of a thousand miles begins. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #21
Off the rails I go!! Corporations ARE people. 7962 Jul 2014 #24
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