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Please pass the pie... [View all] DanTex Mar 2020 OP
Give us some more deregulation and bankruptcy protection Joe. We still have a few cents left. CentralMass Mar 2020 #1
In America, Bernie's flavor of pie will never be cooked. honest.abe Mar 2020 #2
Some people have failed to realize... Sloumeau Mar 2020 #3
Fair enough; explain how President Sanders gets the pie baked... brooklynite Mar 2020 #4
All I see on your menu is lemon. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2020 #5
Who thinks a Pie-in-the-sky Dem Convention platform would be helpful? oasis Mar 2020 #6
Sure, what they don't tell you is IF you can afford to buy the pie AFTER you pay 75% taxes in France onetexan Mar 2020 #7
People in those countries are doing great. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #10
And the cost of that safety net is almost entirely paid by higher taxes on the lower and middle highplainsdem Mar 2020 #14
I'm not saying it's a paradise Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #18
I agree we need a better safety net. And Biden's proposals will help. highplainsdem Mar 2020 #23
Yes they will. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #24
Incrementalism is usually how change and progress are achieved. Revolutions tend highplainsdem Mar 2020 #26
True. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #31
BINGO!! onetexan Mar 2020 #30
some socialist policies are necessary, i get it, but with the pros there are alot of cons onetexan Mar 2020 #15
Fascism is a much greater Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #21
Depends on the country, and very few in my view have a better QoL. Those 3? No thanks. onetexan Mar 2020 #29
In France they rioted because of cuts...in the UK cuts are happening even as I write this... Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #19
Things aren't perfect overseas, of course. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #25
We do . But expanding on what we have works best I think. We need affordable Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #35
second that, and that is exactly what Joe has been saying - build upon and improve the ACA, but onetexan Mar 2020 #28
Exactly right. Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #34
What they don't tell you is that you'll still have out-of-pocket medical expenses after paying highplainsdem Mar 2020 #12
spot on onetexan Mar 2020 #16
And in Canada, you pay for your prescriptions out of pocket...no prescription plan. Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #20
There's always room for pie appalachiablue Mar 2020 #8
They don't tell you that the pie is rationed in the UK, per liberal Ezra Klein at liberal Vox: highplainsdem Mar 2020 #9
And it's also rationed in the US. And everywhere else. DanTex Mar 2020 #11
How ironic if the lack of "socialist" healthcare MoonlitKnight Mar 2020 #13
Canada doesn't have the South. Kingofalldems Mar 2020 #17
Yes, it does, but it is in the west. guillaumeb Mar 2020 #27
Canadian medicare started in one province, when Tommy Douglas was Premier of Saskatchewan in 1962... SidDithers Mar 2020 #22
Good post Dan. Farmer-Rick Mar 2020 #32
"Democrats, now is the time to unite behind a Democrat!" LanternWaste Mar 2020 #33
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