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In reply to the discussion: How the extreme left gave us Nixon, Bush and now Trump [View all]George II
(67,782 posts)....so let's break it down:
There are roughly 320 million Americans right now.
Of those 320 million, 123 million are gainfully employed and getting healthcare insurance through their employer (okay, maybe it's only 100 million, I'll give you that), 55 million are on Medicare and 80 million are 18 years or younger.
So let's add that up, we have 100+55+80 = 235 million people.
The concept that a "majority" of Americans wanting single payer, or even know or care about what single payer means, is bogus.
As my favorite NY Senator, Daniel Patrick Moynihan once said, "You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts."
Yes, Senator Moynihan was MY senator. Despite your sly shot about my embedded flag, I am an American born in Brooklyn, New York (Bedford-Stuyvesant as a matter of fact).