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Demsrule86

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19. In France they rioted because of cuts...in the UK cuts are happening even as I write this...

Reply to Turin_C3PO (Reply #10)

Mon Mar 2, 2020, 01:14 PM

Mar 2020

And it will never happen here...we can however, building on the ACA, reach universal health care with price regulations as by the way France has, and other countries.

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