Reply #14: Because we may have enough to get a simple majority for the budget, but we definitely [View All]

[SemiCharmedQuark]

do not have a simple majority in the senate for single payer health insurance. And Obama is no liberal. He doesn't support it himself. It sucks. If Single Payer was in the budget, then the budget would be spectacular. But it's not and it is not likely to be. That doesn't change the fact that this budget provides money for many desperately needed programs that *I* don't want to see get watered down for no good reason.