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In reply to the discussion: "But we couldn't *possibly* have gotten single payer!" [View all]Number23
(24,544 posts)Itching for a fight, are you? I may not be the best person for that.
When a president, a VP and Congress can't even enact a law that is supported by 90% of the population, it's obvious that something is wrong. And unlike Manny's OP, that 90% number was not cherry picked from one poll. Just about EVERY poll had the amount of support for background checks and extended gun control at around 90% and that was months after Sandy Hook. And still nothing happened.
My point and why I (mistakenly, I now realize) agreed with you was that you seemed to also recognize that if 90% supported background checks and nothing happened months after a monstrosity like Sandy Hook, then 75% supporting single payer is practically nothing and that yes, Congress has ignored the will of the people many, many times.