Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders hit back at Joe Biden for questioning progressive agenda [View all]PatrickforO
(14,602 posts)It sounds like those who are telling us we can't raise taxes and use public monies to pay for healthcare for all because that 'divides us.'
I just don't buy that. Healthcare is THE kitchen table issue. What if I lose my job? How will I pay for healthcare then? And you have guys like George Will going around saying that a single payer system would 'take away insurance from people who like their employer-provided plans.'
Pardon me if I doubt that people like their employer-supplied plans. I don't. And I know a heck of a bunch of people who also don't. Most of us have crappy, rationed healthcare with financially crippling copays.
Why, I ask you, do we have to labor along under that barbarity just so some insurance companies can keep profiting? When are we going to stand up and say, no, we want our government to use our tax dollars to pay for programs, like healthcare, that actually make our lives better?
Why do we always acquiesce when we are told, no, you cannot have that! It will cost too much!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden