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MoonlitKnight

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13. How ironic if the lack of "socialist" healthcare

Reply to DanTex (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2020, 01:03 PM

Mar 2020

Is the cause of a major disruption of capitalism due to a pandemic exacerbated by a lack of access to healthcare.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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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