@Phoebe Loosinhouse

who was a colleague of Warren's at Harvard for over 20 years--it's a lie.

He said that Warren was always a 'centralist' (his words) all the years that were law professors together.

(He said this in conversation with program host Smercomish on XM Radio.)

Months ago, I posted a New York Magazine piece about Warren being recruited by Reid, Schumer and Murray, at the same time that the Dem Leadership had several of the Dem Party progressive 'front groups' leading a faux fight to nominate Warren. IMO, her nomination is an object lesson in the Dem Party Leadership's ability to manipulate its Base.

Mollie

What a wretched stupid and condescending descriptive used by that reporter, towards both Warren and the "activist base".

@dkmich

The resistance may have to morph into the Great Compromise soon enough if the health care of millions is to be saved.

"Great Compromise"? We already have that. It's called the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare.

All or nothing. We either get single payer, or we let both the Republicans and the Democrats lay in the beds they made. I didn't vote Green and put up with Trump just to sell out to the Democrats. No compromise. Our way or the highway.

@Phoebe Loosinhouse @Phoebe Loosinhouse

Peterson Foundation

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giving tax cuts to the wealthy while killing off the poor and the elderly in the same bill. It can't be done. As a result, as a point of contrast, there will NEVER be a better time to introduce Medicare for All with pharma price controls included.

It is both the morally correct stance AND the most fiscally responsible one. Yes, your taxes will go up, but it will be more than compensated for by the drop in healthcare expense for the average family*. Who is going to complain if their taxes go up 1K but their premium costs go down by 5K, or 10K? The one objection some conservatives might have can be answered by saying that no one will be forced into it, anyone who wants to pay more for less by sticking with their for-profit insurer is welcome to.

*When I used to write about the ACA vs single payer a lot, back in the day, I liked to link to a table of healthcare costs from the public health site of British Columbia where the average cost for a family of FOUR was $1200 a year as their tax contribution. Does anyone know of any family of four in the US who pays $100 a month for complete coverage without co-pays and deductibles? Didn't think so. And no, Canadians are not lined up at our borders and clogging our emergency rooms because of their deaths panels and rationed care, in fact, when it used to be allowed, our citizens were lined up at their borders in buses filled with US citizens trying to take advantage of the lower pharma costs in Canada.

@Phoebe Loosinhouse

I had dinosaur benefits that included a pension with paid medical, vision, and dental benefits. The vision and dental aren't much, but the medical is top drawer. My point is that it could cost me more, but I'm not complaining. There is right and righteous, and I am one of the lucky ones who can afford to contribute. What I don't want to pay for is bombs, wars, tax cuts for billionaires, and the salaries and benefits of the political whores at their bidding.

giving tax cuts to the wealthy while killing off the poor and the elderly in the same bill. It can't be done. As a result, as a point of contrast, there will NEVER be a better time to introduce Medicare for All with pharma price controls included.

It is both the morally correct stance AND the most fiscally responsible one. Yes, your taxes will go up, but it will be more than compensated for by the drop in healthcare expense for the average family*. Who is going to complain if their taxes go up 1K but their premium costs go down by 5K, or 10K? The one objection some conservatives might have can be answered by saying that no one will be forced into it, anyone who wants to pay more for less by sticking with their for-profit insurer is welcome to.

*When I used to write about the ACA vs single payer a lot, back in the day, I liked to link to a table of healthcare costs from the public health site of British Columbia where the average cost for a family of FOUR was $1200 a year as their tax contribution. Does anyone know of any family of four in the US who pays $100 a month for complete coverage without co-pays and deductibles? Didn't think so. And no, Canadians are not lined up at our borders and clogging our emergency rooms because of their deaths panels and rationed care, in fact, when it used to be allowed, our citizens were lined up at their borders in buses filled with US citizens trying to take advantage of the lower pharma costs in Canada.

@Meteor Man I will just say that all these groups now lining up with the "Resistance" could perhaps have saved us all from having to resist if they'd instead bothered to endorse Sanders and not HER. They shot us in the foot almost as much as she and the Democratic corruption cabal did. Just sayin'....

From a Tom Sullivan article over at Digby:http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/work-eye-by-bloggersrus.html?m=0

The Denver Post reports:

Organizers at numerous “Resistance” groups, chastened by their premature celebrations after the House’s repeal push seemed to stall, said that they’d use the recess to ramp up public pressure on Republicans. CREDO Action, which had organized 45,000 phone calls to Senate offices, planned to increase that number when senators went home. NARAL, Planned Parenthood, MoveOn and Daily Action were organizing their own phone banks, while Indivisible groups were organizing visits – and perhaps sit-ins – at local offices.

All of that would supplement under-the-radar but attention-grabbing TV ad campaigns from AARP, Protect Our Care and other progressive and industry groups. The goal, said activists, is to educate voters and break through to local media, which had not often put the development of the Senate bill on front pages or newscasts.
The Obamacare repeal has been cut over the eye. Don't let your guard down. Keep punching and work the eye

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