|
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend Bookmark this thread |
This topic is archived. |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:13 PM Original message |
Mandated Health Insurance is a necessity. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. How can someone get the counterarguments as wrong as you have? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Please elucidate. Show me where I am wrong. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. For starters, calling those without health insurance deadbeats. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. OK, poor choice of words on my part, perhaps. But anything of substance? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. I've addressed a post of yours downthread. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. And I responded to it. You have been misinformed &/or are |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #49 |
67. I'm in favor of a public option to control costs, among other reasons. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #67 |
79. Obviously, I didn't make that clear since several seem to have |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #79 |
88. Oh, I see - well I'm with you then. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #88 |
95. Sorry again for the confusion. I'm glad we are on the same page now. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
70. I can. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #70 |
83. I should have made myself clear - I do not support mandates |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not just "mandated"--mandated FOR-PROFIT, private insurance... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Not if we have a public option. nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. LULz. nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
36. The mandate without a public option WOULD BE a giveaway to private companies. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. EXACTLY! Thank you! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
54. Pretty fuckin cool, eh? Typical All American "reform." |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. no it's not-- single payer unversal health care for all ELIMINATES the need... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kpominville (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Wish I could Rec a response |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. True. single-payer is the best option. But how would we pass it? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. By strong-arming the Blue Dogs, ignoring (or preferably making fun of) the Republicans, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
90. Wish I could rec this post of your Lydia. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. worth repeating. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
56. How is that less compulsory? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #56 |
92. that's hardly the issue in my mind.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #92 |
110. No, I'm saying that there's a big helping of cognitive dissonance on display here. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
abelenkpe2 (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. If one cannot afford to purchase health care |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. The bills provide for subsidies for those who cannot afford it. nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kpominville (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. They give a $3500 subsidy for a $12,000 policy |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I note his silence in response to your very excellent point. $3,500 won't pay for shit. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Silence? Hey, give me a chance to respond. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. okay, but $8,500 (post-tax) is $13,000 out of someone's gross salary. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. You mean like me? I fall in that category. I have health insurance. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
abelenkpe2 (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #51 |
73. Mandating health insurance won't bring those costs down nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #73 |
87. It will if we have a Public Option. It's true that w/o a PO the |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
abelenkpe2 (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
78. Even at 80 thousand |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. where do the numbers come from? (just a question, i don't disagree with you, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:22 AM Response to Reply #16 |
119. $8.5K / 12 mo. = $708 a month. twice as expensive as the Kaiser plan i couldn't afford. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
39. not nearly enough.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Exactly. This is what I pointed out above - the difference between the subsidy and the cost of the |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
abelenkpe2 (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
59. So you want a handout to insurance companies |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Its a matter rearranging our priorities |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
43. It's not always a matter of refusal or priorities. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. I know. There will be folks who truly cannot afford it |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #48 |
103. self delete. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. The only mandate should be on the government. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. You forgot your sarcasm thingy |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kpominville (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. Mandates are harmful unless we have universal coverage |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. But we can't have universal coverage without a mandate. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BlueDemKev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
107. Exactly. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. we live in a plutocracy/kleptocracy, it's becoming more and more painfully clear. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
58. Chickens are bad without eggs. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. Its an unfortunate truth really |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
75. I think you hit the nail on the head with this statement: |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
101. I'm confused. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #101 |
105. Of course they are different |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. there's no comparison between mandatory private health insurance & social security. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. First of all, there are provisions for subsidies for those who |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. it's nothing like it, first & foremost, insurance companies are PRIVATE, FOR-PROFIT |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
65. Same basic concept - it only works if everyone participates. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #65 |
76. private insurers, "public option" & medicare system isn't anything like SS. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #76 |
93. The concept of "everyone in" is the same, even if there are other |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #93 |
99. the "differences" are what makes it "different" from SS. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
80. What are you going to do if |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. Ok, how do you force millions of unemployed and homeless to pay? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. They would get Medicaid under the current proposals. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. health insurance != health care access |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. I know a friend who teaches in a private school. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
60. Her employer will be required to provide her insurance. n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
abelenkpe2 (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #60 |
74. No they won't |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #74 |
91. Few schools would fall under the threshold. nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:31 AM Response to Reply #91 |
118. Many private schools pay very low salaries. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:30 AM Response to Reply #74 |
117. abelenpe2, Thanks for correcting that misconception that this mandates |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
abelenkpe2 (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
66. Teacher at my son's school lives in similar circumstances |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
77. Which is why we need the Public Option. I won't support a mandate |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:25 AM Response to Reply #77 |
116. Thanks. No mandated purchase without a robust public option. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
24. Then why are we even discussing any reform at all then? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. I would sign up for public health insurance in a heartbeat |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. We cannot afford free riders. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. So let's have universal public insurance for everyone |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. Well, again, the mandates would be for those who can afford it. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
34. So...because I lost my job, and am currently looking for a new one, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. No. I'm only talking about the ones who can afford Insurance |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
47. I won't be buying private ins. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
50. If it's mandated... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
bain_sidhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
52. Thank you! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. Exactly! Excellent analogy. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
53. Medicare-for-All: GOOD - - - Mandated Corporate Welfare: BAD - - - (As different as day & night..: : |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Which is why a Public Option is so important. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. I agree with you 100%, and . . . . |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
55. Exactly. Universal coverage is good because it's universal. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
62. Good start in helping us lose in 2010 |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #62 |
71. You are misinformed. First of all, I support a mandate ONLY |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
64. Good grief, if people on DU are still this stupid no wonder we are losing |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #64 |
114. Who says we are losing? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #114 |
115. I agree we are set on support but when you hear people talk about |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
68. mandated insurance, WITHOUT a 'public option' will be the downfall and destruction of the democrats- |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. I fully agree. A mandate should only be implemented if we have |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
69. It only works if in exchange for your payment you actually get health care. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
81. Make them individual mandates, while you're at it! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
82. Yeah, corporations can only pay out profits |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. The taxes would go to help support the Public Option. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Public option makes it a bit more palatable |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #84 |
113. You're wrong there. The President says it would be "unfair" to subsidize the Public Option |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
86. Social Security is a government run, old age, income supplement program. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
89. Anybody on this board who posts in favor of mandatory corporatist insurance |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. I see now I should have made myself clear - ONLY if we have |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #94 |
97. Yeah, I posted that before I read the entire thread |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #97 |
100. It's obviously my fault, judging by so many reactions similar to yours. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. What do you think the mandate is all about? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #102 |
108. The mandate goes all the way back to the primaries, and further. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
96. PUBLIC OPTION FIRST - MANDATES LATER. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
98. If it's an option it's not a mandate. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BlueDemKev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
104. My Mother-In-Law Would Hate You.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #104 |
111. So you support medicare for all then? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
106. Only if there is a strong public option |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #106 |
109. I agree with you. Sorry I didn't make that clear. As this other OP |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
generous ginger (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
112. I agree with you 100%. I remember the debate between Obama and Hillary |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) | Fri Apr 26th 2024, 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
Advertisements [?] |
Top |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) |
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.
Home | Discussion Forums | Journals | Store | Donate
About DU | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC