2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton is now campaining against Single Payer health insurance [View all]Uponthegears
(1,499 posts)OP about Hillary policies has devolved into a collection of Hillary supporters launching ad hominem attacks on Bernie ("ooooooh, he's sooooo angry" instead of defending their preferred candidate's newly-found anti-single payer platform.
Shocker
For all of you who are supporting the new Hillary platform with comments like "it can't be done without middle class tax increases," let's take a stab at responding to see if ANY of you are actually willing to discuss that comment.
Even without raising taxes, any working class tax increases should be offset by working class families not having to pay for ACA insurance. Single payer health care has lower administrative costs, no costs to create profit. It is a cheaper way to provide health care. It doesn't require more revenue to provide a less-expensive product. EVEN IF IT DID COST MORE, dare I mention that there is $7 trillion + of new wealth created every year in this country that goes almost entirely into the hands of the .1% and IS NOT TAXED AT ALL. It is called unrealized capital gains. Hillary has a tax plan that will add $50 million/year? Tax unrealized capital gains at even the current capital gains rate and you're talking 17 TIMES more revenue every year and enough revenue to offset the (what should be non-existent) additional costs of single payer many times over AND not add one cent of taxes to anyone who draws a paycheck. I'm not saying that's the way to go, BUT saying it "can't be funded without hurting the working class" is repeating 100% REPUBLICAN RIGHT WING HOGWASH.
So what GOP talking point are you going to use next to attack Bernie . . . you won't get to keep your doctor?