Democratic Primaries

doompatrol39

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8. Anyone who gets asked that question needs to respond to the obvious...

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 11:12 AM

Apr 2019

...why does nobody ask that about tax cuts for the wealthy? Why does nobody ask that with regard to military expenditures, wars, or any number of other things?

That fact that far too many Democrats not only DON'T push back with that response but actually FEED INTO that false narrative is infuriating.

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

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"How will you pay for it?" is not the hard question with Medicare For All [View all] Recursion Apr 2019 OP

Should a single person pay the same tax as a family of four...or six? Kahuna7 Apr 2019 #1

Should a family with no car pay taxes that support roads? Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2019 #10

Yeah? I'd like to see how the politicians explain that. Right now.. Kahuna7 Apr 2019 #14

That's not a reasonable analogy, even if a family doesn't have a car they rely... George II Apr 2019 #16

So my federal tax dollars don't go to infrastructure? Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2019 #21

Libertarian Underground! progressoid Apr 2019 #46

And they also rely on the health of the people providing the goods and services delivered via roads. InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2019 #51

What does that have to do with it? SMH. George II Apr 2019 #52

Can someone help him out? I've given up. InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2019 #53

SMH II. George II Apr 2019 #54

Try selling that to the electorate...we go down in flames. Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #19

And, I'll tax you to give you Medicare for all but you will still have to purchase supplemental Kahuna7 Apr 2019 #20

Right and those poor suckers on the ACA paying all their usual shit plus higher taxes while they Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #26

That's how taxes work. Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2019 #22

Everybody doesn't pay the same taxes. There are different filing statuses for Kahuna7 Apr 2019 #24

That isn't the same as the libertarian crap you are talking about. Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2019 #36

No that is how we lose. Attempting to force an ideologically driven program that few want Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #25

"few want"? Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2019 #35

Not when workplace insurance goes away...17 % approval. Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #39

Nope. 13%-17% depending on the poll Recursion Apr 2019 #50

Should I have to pay for a F-22 fighter jet? Yavin4 Apr 2019 #42

Or F-35s? George II Apr 2019 #55

The answers to those questions should at least be generally... WeekiWater Apr 2019 #2

It is all moot BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #3

+100000 Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #5

Sanders' totalitarian plan agree 100%. However, there are Hortensis Apr 2019 #11

Payroll taxes zipplewrath Apr 2019 #4

And in the meantime what about those on the ACA? Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #6

They're already covered zipplewrath Apr 2019 #7

They won't be. The ACA needs work assuming SCOTUS doesn't use MFA TO destroy it. Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #13

I suspect it won't happen...so those who can't get it for who knows how long Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #17

This is not what Sanders is proposing and that's part of the problem. marylandblue Apr 2019 #12

What he proposes would upend the entire Medicare system and I can promised you.. Kahuna7 Apr 2019 #23

Everyone will vote against it except millenials on their parents insurance marylandblue Apr 2019 #29

Right now it's just a pithy slogan. I don't support any of the candidates Kahuna7 Apr 2019 #31

Everybody doesn't work. You can't tax people who don't work. A VAT maybe? nt Kahuna7 Apr 2019 #15

Anyone who gets asked that question needs to respond to the obvious... doompatrol39 Apr 2019 #8

And those answer will never work. Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #40

We are acculturated to believe that wealthy people are superior to us Yavin4 Apr 2019 #44

Because too many Dems have bought into Republican framing... doompatrol39 Apr 2019 #45

:) But how will we pay for what's not included Hortensis Apr 2019 #9

There's a whole lot that Medicare doesn't provide for young people. Keep Kahuna7 Apr 2019 #18

Yes. The devil's always in the details -- the final ones. Hortensis Apr 2019 #43

Average Cost of Aircraft Carrier . stonecutter357 Apr 2019 #27

Sure, so run for ending the American empire, and you'll free up lot's of money marylandblue Apr 2019 #30

Cool Story, Bro , ! stonecutter357 Apr 2019 #32

Have you never thought about why we have so many expensive aircraft carriers? marylandblue Apr 2019 #37

why we have so many expensive aircraft carriers? stonecutter357 Apr 2019 #38

And what do you think an empire does? More importantly, marylandblue Apr 2019 #41

Start with a Medicare buy in. You will see some early retirements, freeing up long held jobs. Freethinker65 Apr 2019 #28

Medicare buy in for ages 50 and up. Medicaid buy ins aka ACA for everyone else. nt Kahuna7 Apr 2019 #33

An "unlimited" buy-in or complete move to M4A is my standard this primary season... TCJ70 Apr 2019 #34

And yet, virtually every other first world nation has managed... tkmorris Apr 2019 #47

So why skip them? (nt) Recursion Apr 2019 #48

those seem like good questions KayF Apr 2019 #49

They'll screw it up and keep money flowing to the insurance companies madville Apr 2019 #56

Right now, people with no insurance, pay for the insurance of others. rickford66 Apr 2019 #57

12%, not 20%, and that includes administration Recursion Apr 2019 #58

Before the ACA I believe it was about 20% rickford66 Apr 2019 #59

They don't really. That 3% is their overhead before they hand off to the private insurer Recursion Apr 2019 #60