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Not sure how many time I have

Jason Everett Miller — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:05:09 +0000

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Not sure how many time I have to tell you that universal health coverage and single payer are two totally different things. A single payer health plan, as designed in HR 676, will not only not work for a variety of reasons, it will never get out of the House.

Far better to contribute a

SleepinJeezus — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:28:55 +0000

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Far better to contribute a 15% to 25% surcharge to the insurance companies to gain health care I suppose?

I see absolutely no credible argument made that retaining insurance company parasites will result in less expensive health care as we move toward universal coverage. It's simply counter-intuitive.

This is perhaps the most

Jason Everett Miller — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:19:56 +0000

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This is perhaps the most ironic and self-defining sentence in this entire blog:

It sheds light on how they are unable to realistically or accurately assess the things they believe and the things they do.

Cue the shit-spewing duck.

Big surprise that you would

Jason Everett Miller — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:17:15 +0000

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Big surprise that you would chime in with nonsense.

Actually, Medicare only works

Jason Everett Miller — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:03:22 +0000

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Actually, Medicare only works if people are willing to blow-off 20% of their bills that Medicare doesn't cover. The system is also unsustainable as it is currently set up. Perhaps it is you who should check some facts.

Last time I looked Medicare

AJM — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:53:44 +0000

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Last time I looked Medicare was single payer and was working. Check your facts.

Our "small fringe party"

Jason Everett Miller — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:12:16 +0000

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Our "small fringe party" already took over. Did you miss the Bush years? These are the loud-mouthed losers on their way out of the party after being 86'd by the bouncers. You are confusing a dying fringe ideology with one that is on the rise.

That is a pretty apt

Jason Everett Miller — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:10:39 +0000

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That is a pretty apt description of the how many around here would see the country's health care system reformed. They would rather defeat the GOP and install a single payer system that doesn't even work on paper and most certainly won't work in practice.

That still doesn't make

Jason Everett Miller — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:07:53 +0000

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That still doesn't make sense. I decided that hysterical and hypocritical liberals such as yourself would make the democratic party unbearable - it damn near makes TPM unbearable- and was tired of being an independent because it seemed like a cop-out in a two-party system.

Where else would I go but somewhere that I might have a chance of talking sense to people who are more comfortable in the middle of the political spectrum?

The chances the democratic party is going to change anytime soon are non-existent. They are on the rise, so why would they change? They will continue to pursue "progressive" ideas at the end of an ideological bludgeon. Like this blog.

At least the GOP has a history of very progressive actions at its roots and a widening number of disillusioned moderates who can't stand the shrill voice of the Rapture Right. The chances of the GOP becoming more moderate are a lot greater than the chances of the democratic party becoming more effective.

Well, I have actually read

Jason Everett Miller — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:59:38 +0000

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Well, I have actually read their books which you apparently have not or you would see how ridiculous this blog is not to mention your continued defense of said blog. Gore Vidal is especially cognizant of (and has written extensively about) the bipartisan nature of American authoritarianism.