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zbdent

(35,392 posts)
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:00 AM Oct 2013

Hearing a co-worker (whining) saying that "I don't think anybody likes Obamacare", and it occurred

to me ...

I should ask him ... "Are you 100% happy with how this workplace is? No? Then I guess your only option is to quit and go to a place that fits your views 100%. Good luck with that."

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Hearing a co-worker (whining) saying that "I don't think anybody likes Obamacare", and it occurred (Original Post) zbdent Oct 2013 OP
Or perhaps a dismissive "Sure." Usually works for me. randome Oct 2013 #1
have him google "useful idiot" easychoice Oct 2013 #2
That's when you remind him that ACA was NEVER intended to be for everyone SoCalDem Oct 2013 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author The Wielding Truth Oct 2013 #4
Bubble mentality. Laelth Oct 2013 #5
 

randome

(34,845 posts)
1. Or perhaps a dismissive "Sure." Usually works for me.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:14 AM
Oct 2013

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Birds are territorial creatures.
The lyrics to the songbird's melodious trill go something like this:
"Stay out of my territory or I'll PECK YOUR GODDAMNED EYES OUT!"
[/center][/font][hr]

easychoice

(1,043 posts)
2. have him google "useful idiot"
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:41 AM
Oct 2013

the republicans and teascumbags love the help they get from the ignorant.

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
3. That's when you remind him that ACA was NEVER intended to be for everyone
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:45 AM
Oct 2013

It's the safety net for:

people with pre-existing conditions that formerly excluded them
people who made a teensy bit too much to get on medicaid
people (especially younger ones) with shitty jobs & low pay and NO company benefits they could access even if they wanted to

It was never intended to be a REPLACEMENT for people who currently have policies

Response to zbdent (Original post)

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
5. Bubble mentality.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 11:05 AM
Oct 2013

Seriously, there's a significant portion of this society that is so insulated from reality that they think their cherished and corporate-media-constructed opinions are in sync with the opinions of the majority of Americans. I had serious, intelligent people last year tell me that Romney was going to win in a landslide. They were wrong, obviously, but that was because they live in a media-constructed bubble that insulates them from the truth.

I suspect the woman to whom you refer is merely one of the fully-insulated pawns upon which the political caste depends for its very survival.



-Laelth

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