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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 07:59 AM Original message |
If they pull off this corporate control over health care, SS and Medicare will be next... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. Bullhockey. Prove it. nt |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. it remains to be seen, but |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I think you mean paradigm not paradox |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. I meant paradox, actually |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Eh . . . What was Bush doing in trying to move SS $$ to Wall Street . . .??? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yes; he tried. And he failed. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. And everyone now recognizes that it will probably take the Democrats to pull it off . . . |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Did he succeed? Who's forgetting history? nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Are they giving up . . . ? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. k/r |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. Not gonna happen. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. insurance companies don't want forced clientele they can charge through the nose? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. They want people who can pay. Old people on fixed incomes can't pay. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. uh, on the contrary |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. What a freaking laugh . . . turning Medicare into Medicaid escapes you . . .??? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Oh, fer fuck's sake... |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
37. .. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Right ... Pharma didn't want any part of Medicare Part D...drugs???????? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. That's a looong way from the whole Medicare system. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:14 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Yeah . . . would be hard to figure how they could swallow the whole system . . . ??? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
6. I ain't buying. first of all, this legislation, flawed as it is |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. Oh jeez........ |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. You miss the critical point that health care was never through the government |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. The overall problem we face is CORPORATISM/FASCISM . . . |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
11. History is on the side of entropy. All good things must end sometime. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
12. If You Haven't Noticed We Already Have That... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:20 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Why agree to "fear based" downward spirals . . . ???? |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Our Government IS A Corporate Interest |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. What you're saying is that the "people's" government has been betrayed to capitalism . .. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
23. The health care system has more corporate control right now |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:22 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. There is no competition for corps or control on pricing without Public Option . . . |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:24 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. wrong. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
28. Yep, here it comes. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
31. Horse manure |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
32. The administartion is already considering an independant |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:54 AM Original message |
Sounds like a freeper talking point to me. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
33. Pull it off? They've already pulled it off |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
35. Blah blah blah,,,,,,,,,if the GOP got its way SS would have got to Wall St.. |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
36. The administration's hired White House "adviser" Zeke Emanuel opely advocates PRIVATIZING MEDICARE |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
38. Any politician who fucks with Social Security will be denutted and sent back to where he came from. |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. That's where the "independent commission" comes in...to get the scapegoat role that Lieberman got... |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
41. Unfortunately - I agree with you |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
42. Of course. This bill goes after Medicare. |
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merkins (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
43. Agreed .. like setting up bowling pins (nt) |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
44. BS... |
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