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> You think someone who was completely bought and paid for by the healthcare lobby was going to allow Obama to deploy a government-backed healthcare option, in
by ZeroGravitas 3y ago
> You think someone who was completely bought and paid for by the healthcare lobby was going to allow Obama to deploy a government-backed healthcare option, instead of the mess we got with the ACA?
Are you talking about Biden, or every single Republican here?
- NickC25 3y agoBoth, actually. I'm well aware that the GOP sucks, but the corporate wing of the Democratic party has put their foot down and voted with the GOP for way too long...especially on issues that are popular across the country even among different political demographics. Drug reform, immigration, education, healthcare, gun control, etc... Corporations donate lavishly to both parties because it's just too easy and cheap to do so, plus the promise of having whatever party is in power completely subservient to your interests is quite appealing if you're a CEO. I'd love a president who actively goes out of their way to fuck Wall Street, Big Pharma, Big Healthcare, Bio Oil, etc... but the last politician to attempt to do that on the national level was Bernie, and he got shafted.
- orwin 3y agoI mean, from what I heard from west Virginia, you have the most pro-union, pro-work president since the New Deal, so hopefully that fucks up corporate America a little?
- ZeroGravitas 3y agoStill getting heavy "both sides are the same!" vibes, which really isn't helpful (or remotely true).