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yeoman6987

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12. Thanks. Tax top 5 percent wage earners

Tue Mar 14, 2017, 10:55 AM

Mar 2017

And then tax all brackets by income by a certain percentage. It may work. I know in Italy it is done this way. A friend received 2200 euros a month but brought home 1300 but everything was free so the 1300 went towards living. What a concept? Lol. Americans don't know what living is....me included. We work to bareful survive not live.

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Medicare for all is so much cheaper and simpler than subsidizing insurance companies [View all] ProfessorPlum Mar 2017 OP

But if we did do that then how would the CEO's be able to get their obscene pay packages? dhol82 Mar 2017 #1

But But But......That's........SO-SHUL-ISMMMMMM!!! (Cue Ominous Music: DUN DUN DUNNNNNNN!!!) ChoppinBroccoli Mar 2017 #2

Yes PatSeg Mar 2017 #22

And the throngs of people who work in the private medical insurance industry? Orsino Mar 2017 #3

The Demand For Treatment Doesn't Go Away; The Mechanism For Payment Just Changes ChoppinBroccoli Mar 2017 #4

We already know from multiple American examples that single-payer works... Orsino Mar 2017 #13

A Dem bill fix that adds "public option." pat_k Mar 2017 #17

Sounds good to me. Orsino Mar 2017 #18

Oh, Now I See ChoppinBroccoli Mar 2017 #23

well, actually a lot of single payers' costs go way down precisely because ProfessorPlum Mar 2017 #25

Yes we DO need a single payer plan IMO mvd Mar 2017 #38

Or introduce a Dem "replacement" bill that adds public option. pat_k Mar 2017 #6

It won't happen...better to spend time defending the ACA ... Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #10

And that is the thinking that makes it impossible to EVER generate the political will. pat_k Mar 2017 #14

Exactly right ProfessorPlum Mar 2017 #26

Dems can introduce a "replacement" bill of their own. pat_k Mar 2017 #5

How would Medicare for all work? yeoman6987 Mar 2017 #7

Here's Conyer's latest version pat_k Mar 2017 #8

Thanks. Tax top 5 percent wage earners yeoman6987 Mar 2017 #12

To be fair I should say that the Democrats didn't have the votes. Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #9

They should still be out there making the case. pat_k Mar 2017 #20

They should be out there saving the ACA...trying to do anything else plays into Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #21

"ACA sucks" v. "No it doesn't" is a losing argument. pat_k Mar 2017 #24

No, in the real world...that is how the GOP gets the aca repealed.... Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #31

Who said "attack it"? pat_k Mar 2017 #39

Of course it can be improved and the should be our Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #40

My suggestion is version with public option pat_k Mar 2017 #45

yeah, yeah ProfessorPlum Mar 2017 #28

consider Lieberman whom I dislike...was primaried Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #33

Who's attacking the ACA? ProfessorPlum Mar 2017 #36

We can't replace it...we must support it and improve it if given the chance...but that Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #44

Intro competing bill w/public option now, and.. pat_k Mar 2017 #46

Privatization guarantees nothing except government-funded corruption Orrex Mar 2017 #11

It can never work for health care because health care isn't a "commodity"... pat_k Mar 2017 #15

That is 100% absolute and perfect truth Orrex Mar 2017 #19

That would be another huge benefit of single payer ProfessorPlum Mar 2017 #29

Preach it! (nt) Orrex Mar 2017 #32

some things are best done by the private sector, others by the public sector. unblock Mar 2017 #37

Follow the lead of every other developed nation. pat_k Mar 2017 #47

Are economy is so strong we actually can afford the waste of subsidizing insurance for everyone Johonny Mar 2017 #16

It's not really about price, it's about social control ck4829 Mar 2017 #27

I've come to believe that as well ProfessorPlum Mar 2017 #30

God damn that's a cold-blooded assessment Orrex Mar 2017 #34

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OMG!!!!!11 COMMUNISM!1!!!1!! QC Mar 2017 #41

Think of the poor insurance company CEOs without their umpteen million dollar salaries! raccoon Mar 2017 #42

But then how could the rich profit... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #43