• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Did they bring it about? I seem to recall “Entitlement Reform” as bipartisan issue.

    FFS, look at the Michael Bloomberg campaign. And he’s practically running the national party at this point.

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      3 days ago

      Did they bring it about?

      Did they vote for the clowns running this circus?

      I seem to recall “Entitlement Reform” as bipartisan issue.

      Always laughable to hear republicans call for ‘entitlement reform’, because the reform is always ‘fuck you, you don’t get this anymore’. Or they sell the service to a private company who gets to wring you for every cent, then tell you ‘fuck you, pre-existing condition, go die’.

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      3 days ago

      Did they bring it about?

      Yes, clearly. They put these people in power. They happily voted for a guy who had a health care policy that amounted to “concepts of a plan” for like a decade now.

      The people who didn’t vote for Republicans don’t deserve it. The children and dependents of Republicans don’t deserve it. The adult voting Republicans do deserve it. They did it to themselves, I have zero guilt nor sympathy for them specifically.

      I seem to recall “Entitlement Reform” as bipartisan issue.

      I don’t. I can’t think of a single time from last election season where this was agreed upon as a bipartisan issue. Also, health insurance has never been lumped in with this. Your argument that both parties wanted to end ACA subsidies is absolutely asinine and totally divorced from reality. More lazy “both sides” nonsense usually originating from people who want to feel superior to everybody while also not having to do any work.

      FFS, look at the Michael Bloomberg campaign. And he’s practically running the national party at this point.

      What Bloomberg campaign?

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        2 days ago

        They happily voted for a guy who had a health care policy that amounted to “concepts of a plan” for like a decade now.

        They were the same guys voting for Romney in 2012, the man whose health plan was good enough for Obama to crib wholesale.

        I can’t think of a single time from last election season where this was agreed upon as a bipartisan issue.

        Joe Biden Has Advocated Cutting Social Security for 40 Years

        What Bloomberg campaign?

        He’s the thirteenth most prolific campaign financier in 2024

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          They were the same guys voting for Romney in 2012, the man whose health plan was good enough for Obama to crib wholesale.

          Yeah, and then you fucking dumbasses started calling it “communism” and yelling about “death panels”. Did you forget? If you’re proud of that achievement, why did you reject it entirely four years later?

          You’re seriously trying to act like we stole what you think was a good idea after the way you acted? You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. Are you seriously trying to pretend that Republicans support nationwide universal healthcare? No one can be that stupid.

          I don’t understand what you think you’re supporting with the Biden link. Your assertion was Republicans somehow didn’t bring about the situation they currently face. Did you forget, you fucking dumbass?

          You seriously just some random thing that in no one supports your argument. You’re to pretend you never made that argument to begin with. I don’t even know what to say, how the fuck does that dispute the text you put it under?

          You said that he “runs the party” and your link his 13th? How fucking stupid can you be? How is being 13th give him unilateral control over the party?

          Stop making ridiculous you can’t even remotely support, it’s just fucking sad.

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            21 hours ago

            you fucking dumbasses started calling it “communism”

            Oh sure. That was half the joke of 2009. Insurance lobbyists going on TV and predicting America would become Venezuela for getting subsidized private coverage.

            And Democrats were happy to play along. Lieberman filibustered the Public Option from within his own party because the TV news made the bill so unpopular