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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Elizabeth Warren stopped cold by Colbert's question.
Clickbait isn't always a bad thing.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Elizabeth Warren stopped cold by Colbert's question. (Original Post)
Towlie
Sep 2019
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lark
(23,094 posts)1. I love how smart Senator Warren is.
Right now she's a strong #2 on my primary list.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Fan of Da Bearse
(75 posts)2. Actual Video
The question comes at the 5:21 mark.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Rhiannon12866
(205,237 posts)3. She was on with Colbert last Tuesday
I posted the video here:
Stephen Colbert - Guest Elizabeth Warren: A Country That Elects Donald Trump Is Already In Trouble
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287284528
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,131 posts)4. How long will Warren dodge on health care and taxes?
Link to tweet
None other than late-night host Stephen Colbert made it painfully clear that Warren is ducking. He asked twice about whether taxes will go up and practically begged her to level with voters. Ive listened to these answers a few times before," he said, "and I just want to make a parallel suggestion to you that you might defend the taxes, perhaps, youre not mentioning in your sentence: Isnt Medicare for All like public school? There might be taxes for it, but you save money sending your kids to school, and do you want to live in a world where your kids arent educated? Do you want to live in a world where your fellow Americans are dying?
Lets be clear: If Colbert and debate moderators can figure this out, her opponents in the primary and, more important, the Republicans in the general election will hit her again and again.
It is not simply a matter of the viability of her health-care plan. It goes to her core critique of the moderates: They are too timid and too scared to do the big things. Well, perhaps they have figured out what the big things cost and dont see they are economically or politically viable.
Warrens brand is truth-telling about the rich and powerful, but you simply cannot get the rich and big corporations to pay for all of it. The Medicare-for-all plan introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is presumably the basis for Warrens idea despite all her other plans, she has little specifics on health care. Sanderss plan posits a number of funding sources and specifies a premium for families (a typical family of four earning $50,000, after taking the standard deduction, would pay a 4 percent income-based premium to fund Medicare for All just $844 a year saving that family over $4,400 a year. Because of the standard deduction, families of four making less than $29,000 a year would not pay this premium). Now, there are a lot of people who consider themselves middle-class who might have to pay more, but at least Sanders makes some effort to spell out the costs and the savings.
Lets be clear: If Colbert and debate moderators can figure this out, her opponents in the primary and, more important, the Republicans in the general election will hit her again and again.
It is not simply a matter of the viability of her health-care plan. It goes to her core critique of the moderates: They are too timid and too scared to do the big things. Well, perhaps they have figured out what the big things cost and dont see they are economically or politically viable.
Warrens brand is truth-telling about the rich and powerful, but you simply cannot get the rich and big corporations to pay for all of it. The Medicare-for-all plan introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is presumably the basis for Warrens idea despite all her other plans, she has little specifics on health care. Sanderss plan posits a number of funding sources and specifies a premium for families (a typical family of four earning $50,000, after taking the standard deduction, would pay a 4 percent income-based premium to fund Medicare for All just $844 a year saving that family over $4,400 a year. Because of the standard deduction, families of four making less than $29,000 a year would not pay this premium). Now, there are a lot of people who consider themselves middle-class who might have to pay more, but at least Sanders makes some effort to spell out the costs and the savings.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden