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sendero

(28,552 posts)
22. And yet..
Wed Mar 4, 2015, 07:07 PM
Mar 2015

.....poll after poll shows that Americans are way more liberal than most of congress. What a curiosity.

Antonin Scalia’s unintentional humor [View all] Agnosticsherbet Mar 2015 OP
Maybe we are at the point where burning it all to the ground is needed. NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #1
So we we should force millions of Americans to loose health care? Agnosticsherbet Mar 2015 #2
Single Payer? TheNutcracker Mar 2015 #4
Frist, you must elect a party that will have a mjority in the House and a 60 seat majority Agnosticsherbet Mar 2015 #7
why is single payer such a hard thing to pass strawberries Mar 2015 #8
Because we did not have a majoirity in the House that would write such a bill. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2015 #10
And the REASON... sendero Mar 2015 #16
No. The reason is that a majority of voting Democrats would not elect such a congress. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2015 #18
And yet.. sendero Mar 2015 #22
Only something like 10 votes for it in the Senate. jeff47 Mar 2015 #11
This is an excellent explaintion of what happened. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2015 #13
No, I meant IF they do gut ACA, then the response maybe needs to be serious. NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #12
If they gut the ACA, then we need to elect a majorty of Democrats to the House and Senate. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2015 #14
What do people do while we spend 2 or 4 or 6 or 8 years to get complete control NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #17
The majority party in the House and Senate set the legislative agenda. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2015 #19
I of course vote, I was merely wondering what the poor and uninsured will do...guess they will NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #20
Well, I and my brother will find the money to help my sister. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2015 #21
My step daughter is in dire straights, and her kids, so we help of course. The good news NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #23
Scalia's about as funny as pancreatic cancer. Scuba Mar 2015 #3
not funny, but funny strawberries Mar 2015 #9
If Congress just made illness illegal, this would be a Criminal Justice Issue. Sarcastica Mar 2015 #5
+1, this congress doesn't have to be... they weren't elected by the majority of citizens uponit7771 Mar 2015 #6
And that is my complaint with a majority of citizens. A 36.4% Congress sucks. nt Agnosticsherbet Mar 2015 #15
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