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> We're going to get to single payer long before I ever expected to. I think you're right, but I think it will take a pair of full pendulum swings: 1. The GOP
by berbec 8y ago
> We're going to get to single payer long before I ever expected to.
I think you're right, but I think it will take a pair of full pendulum swings:
1. The GOP gets its way, and trashes the ACA more than it already has.
Followed by:
2. A huge backlash, including "middle America" who finally realize they shouldn't vote for the people most interested in cutting the programs they actually depend on.
I just worry the gap in time between #1 and #2 will be drawn-out, painful and; to some; deadly.
- k_sh 8y agoMaybe this is my blue city bubble talking, but I think we're slightly past the apogee of the right swing right now. The GOP (barely) failed to hack up the ACA this Congressional term, and I would be shocked if they came out of the midterms in the same or better shape than they're in right now.
- berbec 8y ago> I would be shocked if they came out of the midterms in the same or better shape More shocked than when Trump won in 2016?