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Warren's Support for M4A is a Total Fraud Because She Refuses to Admit It Would Necessitate a Middle-Class Tax Increase

Submitted by veganmark on Tue, 08/27/2019 - 6:51pm

Anyone with at least half of a functional brain understands that, medical care being as expensive as it is, a single-payer system in which the government pays for all warranted health care will require quite a significant increase in taxes paid by the middle class.

Dems Like Losing

Submitted by bondibox on Tue, 08/27/2019 - 10:59am

Democrats like to lose. That's my thesis for today.

When I was a young man, I came to the realization that the political parties weren't operating in good faith. Republicans were perfectly willing to thwart plans they previously championed if there was a chance a Democrat was going to get the credit for it. And when it comes to successful economic measures which would lift society up from poverty ... forgettaboutit!

Tuesday Open Thread ~ The Remembering Room

Submitted by Anja Geitz on Tue, 08/27/2019 - 3:27am

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Welcome to Tuesday's Open Thread. I'd like to begin by first thanking QMS for all the wonderful and thoughtful essays he's written during his tenure as an Open Thread contributor. I will miss his Tuesday morning musings and his humor but I can also appreciate the demands that life and work place on us at times. Stepping in for him, especially committing to weekly postings, gave me pause. What if I don't have anything interesting to say that week? Then you'll show up and do the best you can, a friend of mine reassured me. And that, as they say, was that. So, let's see what happens, eh?

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