Bernie will win because most Americans worry far more about health care costs than they worry about socialism

[MADem]

38. I don't think either Clinton was a scared bunny rabbit.

There was nothing to be done with that gridlock, and to characterize them as scared/unable is just wrong.

That was the worst it's ever been--it's why some of the procedural rules in the House and Senate were changed; to make it harder for any one group to be total assholes.

It's not a question of people not "liking" us or being scared--it's appealing to a majority of people. And any time "the people" perceive that the government has their hand in their wallets, they aren't happy. That is NOT a winning look--unless you have no money and you're counting on someone else's money to pay your way. Then, it sounds just swell!

I'm not saying we can't do it, but we sure as hell can't do it with bullshit sunshine, lollipops and rainbows and wishing and hoping. VERMONT proved that. They QUIT, they GAVE UP. They couldn't make the math work.

We need a PLAN--not words, not blah-blah-blah, not "we should"--but an actual plan. First thing we need to do is develop a formulary of affordable drugs--that's one of the biggest blocks to affording health care. The government should look to the MILITARY for this--they have a wide ranging formulary and they rarely have to go outside it. Then we have to find a way to do it WAY WAY CHEAPER than VT--because people just aren't willing to pay that kind of dough. It's not a "can't - couldn't - never" thing....it's a cheap assholes thing--and no amount of "leadership" is going to make people put up with a ten percent or greater rise in their tax burden.

If the price doesn't come way down, give it up. That's plain truth.