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PaulaFarrell

(1,236 posts)
75. that's incorrect
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 05:12 PM
Mar 2016

around 11% of people are uninsured. Around 20% of people who do have insurance pat for it fully themselves. only 43% have employer insurance.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/186047/uninsured-rate-third-quarter.aspx

when did you become a republican? total RW bullshit litlbilly Mar 2016 #1
Raise middle class wages, not middle class taxes. JaneyVee Mar 2016 #5
No new taxes!!!! UglyGreed Mar 2016 #29
totally false; even the right wing tax foundation shows the opposite, amborin Mar 2016 #2
Provide links. JaneyVee Mar 2016 #11
Nice way it survives. TheBlackAdder Mar 2016 #3
No mention on savings on healthcare. But the word "tax" is an effective boogeyman. drokhole Mar 2016 #4
#BernieMath JaneyVee Mar 2016 #7
Will Bernie's friends at Fox bring this up? Hmmm... Alfresco Mar 2016 #6
This has already been debunked. Next! jillan Mar 2016 #8
Uhh...the report was just released today. JaneyVee Mar 2016 #9
And it has already been debunked. This claim was made month ago. jillan Mar 2016 #15
Are you hostile to facts? JaneyVee Mar 2016 #17
Nor is Hillary. MattSh Mar 2016 #26
And you are? LOL! (nt) CoffeeCat Mar 2016 #28
Why yes I am. I have economic degrees and economics is my job. JaneyVee Mar 2016 #37
You should check with your profile 2pooped2pop Mar 2016 #42
Which part? JaneyVee Mar 2016 #45
The part that describes your job 2pooped2pop Mar 2016 #48
Do you know what a UPM is and does? JaneyVee Mar 2016 #50
I do, and I know TM99 Mar 2016 #64
Gee, I sure spend a lot of time dealing with economics for a manager. JaneyVee Mar 2016 #66
But Janey, you are still not an economist. TM99 Mar 2016 #69
Federal taxation and govt spending was like day 1 of economics. JaneyVee Mar 2016 #72
You are educated. TM99 Mar 2016 #74
I trust Prof Krugman on this Gothmog Mar 2016 #87
This is a distortion of Bernie's tax plan Nonhlanhla Mar 2016 #10
Try this from liberal economists JaneyVee Mar 2016 #13
Try this from Bill Clinton's Secretary of Labor jillan Mar 2016 #16
Ma'am, that is about healthcare, we're talking tax policy. READ THE ARTICLE JaneyVee Mar 2016 #19
The ONLY tax that middle class Americans will see an increase in is for healthcare. jillan Mar 2016 #22
LOL. That chart is based on #BernieMath JaneyVee Mar 2016 #39
Oh Janey - I have provided you with the response to that letter already from other economists that jillan Mar 2016 #40
WHERE? JaneyVee Mar 2016 #51
but that doesn't fit her narrative dana_b Mar 2016 #52
Higher taxes for free stuff will never fly with voters. oasis Mar 2016 #12
Like higher taxes for free retirement money? Or healthcare when you're old? Armstead Mar 2016 #30
I'm not opposed to higher taxes, but I have only one vote. oasis Mar 2016 #33
If nothing else, he might be able to defuse some of the distortions about single payer Armstead Mar 2016 #36
I agree. Elected Democrats were gravitating much to rightward. oasis Mar 2016 #47
Exactly scscholar Mar 2016 #63
"If your description is accurate" dana_b Mar 2016 #35
Good. We need higher taxes. Gore1FL Mar 2016 #14
Doesn't the middle class make out better in this deal net wise factoring in healthcare, college, etc EndElectoral Mar 2016 #18
Are healthcare and college free? JaneyVee Mar 2016 #20
I posted a chart so you could see how Bernie pays for everything just above. jillan Mar 2016 #25
I'm probably one of those dead center people. Vinca Mar 2016 #21
With me it is getting rid of the insurance companies. I care for someone that has complex jillan Mar 2016 #24
+1 Go Vols Mar 2016 #89
OMG!! OMG!! OMG!! dirtydickcheney Mar 2016 #23
I gather the 'BernieBros are Stalinists' meme blew up in y'all's faces? HooptieWagon Mar 2016 #27
Everyone's Health Care Premiums will go to ZERO, more than making up for any tax increase. n/t yodermon Mar 2016 #31
Umm..Medicare is an 80/20 payment. JaneyVee Mar 2016 #41
Well, that's not good! People aren't going to like that. NurseJackie Mar 2016 #32
Downballot Dems can't run on it. nt msanthrope Mar 2016 #79
It's a recipe for failure. (ie: Super-majorities in both houses of Congress.) NurseJackie Mar 2016 #80
Senate and SCOTUS fall if he is the nominee. nt msanthrope Mar 2016 #81
The worst part of it? We get absolutely NOTHING in return! DefenseLawyer Mar 2016 #34
Hillary fans are so skilled at drive-by talking points that never stick CoffeeCat Mar 2016 #38
This article is about tax policy, not healthcare. JaneyVee Mar 2016 #43
The last Democrat to run on raising taxes on the middle class was redstateblues Mar 2016 #44
this is not 1984 anymore dana_b Mar 2016 #49
I don't care what year it is. No one will win running on raising taxes redstateblues Mar 2016 #85
was he proposing it as part of single payer healthcare? Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #73
Doesn't look to bad considering the trade off - Lans Mar 2016 #46
Only if we eventually change to single payer, reducing our medical insurance payments accordingly. raging moderate Mar 2016 #53
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2016 #54
My employer pays them. Like 90% of other Americans. JaneyVee Mar 2016 #57
Any tax increase on the middle class is a nonstarter, period. vdogg Mar 2016 #55
We need lower taxes for the middle class and poor. JaneyVee Mar 2016 #58
It's a guaranteed loser redstateblues Mar 2016 #84
Tax increases worked so well for President Mondale Gothmog Mar 2016 #56
God, just like Hillary, her supporters are little Hillarys themselves pdsimdars Mar 2016 #59
re: " That would reduce their after-tax incomes by 8.5 percent" thesquanderer Mar 2016 #60
90% of people have employer healthcare. And... JaneyVee Mar 2016 #61
Even employer healthcare often requires employee contributions. thesquanderer Mar 2016 #62
I meant covered, between that and Medicare. JaneyVee Mar 2016 #65
And then we still have to pay to access it via Kittycat Mar 2016 #82
that's incorrect PaulaFarrell Mar 2016 #75
But they would get so much more in return by way of free college tuition and free healthcare... Jitter65 Mar 2016 #67
well, yeah , they would PaulaFarrell Mar 2016 #78
The funniest part about these threads is Democrats pretending to not understand anything about taxes Nanjeanne Mar 2016 #68
==== thank you ==== Kittycat Mar 2016 #83
Deceptive and Misleading at best . . . . pdsimdars Mar 2016 #70
My working stiff taxes will go up $100. My healthcare costs will go down by $15,000 Doctor_J Mar 2016 #71
My taxes will go up a little. Svafa Mar 2016 #76
To get a ROI from My Tax fredamae Mar 2016 #77
I seem to remember the last presidential candidate that ran on raising taxes Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2016 #86
kick!!!! UglyGreed Mar 2016 #88
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