Dare them to say it out loud

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12. Yep! GOOD one! Matthew 25:35-45 can really punch their lights out.

That IS the one you quoted - the "least of My brethren" one. That's one Scripture passage you are GUARANTEED - NEVER to hear quoted in the press by any of these so-called "Christians" and other assorted holier-than-thous (I'm talking about YOU, Paul Ryan!).

I found an EXCELLENT rebuttal to the main arguments against the Affordable Care Act - in the comments section of a Washington Post editorial by E.J. Dionne:

UrbanProgressive
5/8/2017 7:05 AM PDT
DOps post is wrong on every count.
(1) The ACA is not imploding despite Republican's efforts to sabotage the program.
(2) Pre-existing conditions will once again become central issue for people shopping for health insurance if the AHCA or anything like it is passed.
(3) Premiums were rising by double-digit rates every year for the decade before the ACA was passed. There have been increases since, but even at their worse, they demonstrate that the ACA has mitigated the increases by significant amounts.

Though there is much room for improvement, the ACA has increased efficiencies and effectiveness in America’s healthcare system. It made it possible for people with chronic conditions to get healthcare services in a doctors office instead of the hospital emergency room. It has also significantly reduced the number of bankruptcies due to healthcare bills, and has allowed millions of people to have a measure of dignity in their lives.

Since the points DOps expounds are routine talking points in the rightwing media, perhaps DOps relies too much on them for his information. He (or she) and every American ought to understand that these sources are propaganda, are not fact-based, and do not reflect reality. These outlets are purposed to promote ideological and special interests. They are designed to obfuscate and misinform, and not to illuminate the issues.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/yes-house-republicans-the-heartless-health-care-vote-will-define-you/2017/05/05/86994c02-31cc-11e7-9534-00e4656c22aa_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.9f7c6bd48b58#comments

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Turning everything back over to the "sanctity of the free market" will only knock us back, by years, to the time before we had the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act came into being BECAUSE of the so-called almighty hallowed and sacrosanct free market. The fucking free market was what GOT US to the Affordable Care Act. The fucking free market was what NECESSITATED taking steps like the Affordable Care Act. TO RECTIFY how badly the precious fucking free market fucked people over. Premiums went up then, and are going up now, but they're going up now by FAR LESS OF AN INCREASE than would have been true if there'd been no Affordable Care Act.

And BTW - I'm NOT calling it "Obamacare." That's nothing but a smack. An insult. A sneaky little smack below the belt where a lot of people don't notice. It's a deliberate attempt to dirty up the good name of President Obama by laminating it repeatedly to something the CONS portrayed as bad, and icky, and deserving to be done away with. Because that's what they wanted for him. And it was a shrewd and sneaky way to tarnish his name while tarnishing one of his key achievements as President. I won't use their words. I won't use their phrases. It only reinforces them and cements them into place in the back of everybody's minds. I refuse to be in collusion with their devious messaging. They think they're being deviously clever and scathingly brilliant by pulling this shit. And they certainly have fooled quite a few of 'em out there. I WILL NOT BE FOOLED.

#TheResistance