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In reply to the discussion: Urban Institute analysis of Sanders Single Payer Plan: May 2016 [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)I assume that you still have no evidence to back up the claim that "it's being fiddled with in private" by many, and are trying to switch the topic.
I posited that Bernie likely won't have changed much from his 2016 iteration, because he's not known for collaborating, or accepting criticism from those that don't agree with him (as his campaign's pushback on the UI analysis illustrates), and all media mentions are that it's "Sanders' Medicare for All" bill.
You state that there are co-sponsors, so he's not just doing it himself.
I point out that co-sponsors come on after the bill is written.
You say that no, there's no reason to think that, because "everybody knows" that bills are always written by several people. And you know that it's "being fiddled with" behind the scenes by those co-sponsors.
I ask you to back that claim up.
Now you say that "you don't care who typed the words or whatever the first form of the bill was." And ignoring all that I have posted, you say "What is special about this bill that you would believe that no one beyond its first sponsor is allowed to touch it, or talk about its future? Are you saying that it is essentially a prank, never meant to get voted on?" which is a complete straw man.
You can't back up your version of who authored the bill (despite Sanders and the media telling you) except that you want to disagree with anything I say, to the point of trying to derail the topic, and throwing up strawmen.
I'm out of the discussion.
Now go ahead and post a screed about how I am wrong, yet again.