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Music Man

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12. The sheer number of candidates has made it impossible to dive deeply into the issue.
Wed Jul 31, 2019, 09:13 PM
Jul 2019

It's a shame, because there's a true, grand discussion to be had about health care. Real distinctions between private plans, a public option, and single payer. I love getting into the weeds in this topic (especially because I'm a proponent of single payer, and I appreciate when it's put to the stress test--I want it to work). But it just becomes silly questions and talking points where they're talking past one another:

Q: "Will you raise taxes on Americans?"
A: "Overall costs will go down."
Q: "BUT WILL YOU RAISE TAXES?"

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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