Reply #55: Your statement was that if a majority of Americans wanted it (single payer) [View All]

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it would be policy. I would assume you were expressing a belief that those policies a majority favor are enacted. Or is your premise only true for some policies? I saw reports that support for HCR goes up to 82% with a PO included. The support for a mandate without a public option is well below 50% but that's what we're likely to get. Polling in December showed only 33% favoring a mandate with no public option. Your premise that if a majority of the people wanted (insert anything here), it would be policy is, patently, false. Our representatives no longer represent the interests of the majority of Americans. And single payer is no exception. Polls could show 90% support for it and we still would not get it.