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yes, democrats and republicans are very much alike (only their speech differs)
by coronadisaster 6y ago
yes, democrats and republicans are very much alike (only their speech differs)
- ceejayoz 6y agoI understand somewhat people saying this in 2015. I do not understand people who say it in 2020.
- coronadisaster 6y agoMaybe you don't understand anything... just wait and see when Biden gets the seat. (only look at actions, and not at what they say)
- runawaybottle 6y agoHe/she means it in the sense of holy grail budgeting with respect to Defense (and Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid (Holy Trinity?)), no one would dare cut it regardless of party. It’s important to note since it’s one of the largest beneficiaries of tax money allocation.
- harryh 6y agoSocial Security spending is significantly larger than defense spending.
- runawaybottle 6y agoThanks, you’re right. Still standing by my point, no one touches that stuff.
- ceejayoz 6y agoThat's not true, though. The current administration is attempting to get the ACA struck down, which would boot millions off Medicaid.
- coronadisaster 6y agodoes that include the black/secret budget?
- jariel 6y agoBecause populist politics has little to do with operational politics, and operational bureaucracy. The Tweeter in Chief (and his followers) has absolutely zero interest in any of the actual mechanics of government, and almost everything material flies completely under the radar of false Twitter wars is 'same old'. The dynamics of awarding contracts likely has not changed, and frankly is probably more regional (i.e. we want that factory or HQ in our county!) than ideological. Edit: By 'followers' I mean literally 'Twitter' followers. Not supporters in general.
- ponyponypony 6y agoProbably because you're focused on a narrow range of social issues. Outside their pet projects the parties are mostly the same. Yang, Warren, Bernie, etc. were just noise from the primaries, they were never going to win.
- 6nf 6y agoWho do I vote for if I want universal healthcare?
- iron0013 6y agoYou can be as cynical as you want about whether they “really mean it”, but it’s right there in the Democratic party platform: https://democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/ensure-the-health-and-safety-of-all-americans/ https://democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/ensure-t...
- 0xy 6y agoThat doesn't say what you think it does. Additionally, the Democrats had a super majority for two years under Obama and ended up passing a healthcare bill written entirely by insurance lobbyists. The ACA skyrocketed health insurance costs, by every objective measure. They had 2 years already. I don't see how the exact same elected officials won't squander another super majority (which will be hard to get). In my opinion, a D house and R senate is likely -- which means no universal healthcare.
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- ceejayoz 6y ago> Additionally, the Democrats had a super majority for two years under Obama and ended up passing a healthcare bill written entirely by insurance lobbyists. Super...ish. Loss of a single senator would've killed the bill. Lieberman strangled the public option in its crib.
- skinnymuch 6y agoIt took 3 seconds of skimming to see it does not remotely say that. It clearly says to have a public option and medicar for 55 plus only. This is a nudge of the status quo. Par for the course for Democrats.
- ceejayoz 6y ago
- jazzyjackson 6y agoI don't know I feel like there's a lot of votes that differ too
- hoka-one-one 6y agoI was going to make a joke calling you a white nationalist, but I'm just getting so bored of this stuff at this point.
- coronadisaster 6y agoyou almost did, why stop there?
- avs733 6y ago"see they overlap on this one thing...literally can't tell them apart on anything else"
- coronadisaster 6y agoisnt it the worst thing?