And there it is. The promised 'vote on subsidies in december' that the 6 dems cancelled the shutdown for. We all new what the outcome would be.
I feel for all those whose insurance premium is about to become unaffordable
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I feel for all those whose insurance premium is about to become unaffordable
Idk. I've been told a bunch of them are Republicans and therefore they deserve to suffer.
Pretty sure that's just a dishonest attempt to DARVO the people who acknowledge that republican voters don't care about anything until it harms them directly.
Not just Republicans. Most voters are fixated on local and personal issues. National politicians typically have a free rein on foreign policy thanks to the significant disconnect between international affairs and voter household issues. To add to the problem, Presidents can't be recalled. Judges serve for life. Senators hold office on six-year stretches. The only people who really face the wrath of a disgruntled populace on a regular basis are House Reps (and gerrymandering blunts that knife most election cycles).
If you really get under the hood of the GOP and ask what makes them tick, one thing that sticks out is the degree to which the fossil fuel industry's presence in a district/state influences the number of Republican voters. Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania are great textbook examples, with rises and falls in the profitability of petroleum products neatly tracking their success at electing conservative leaders.
One question you might want to ask, as a liberal who claims to love universal programs like health care and education and housing and public transportation, is why your own state leaders suck at it so much. California's the 7th largest economy in the world. And they've got broad control over their Medicaid dollars, same as any other state. Why aren't they doing Public Options or State Run Hospitals like their peers in Canada and the UK?
FFS, blood red Kentucky has a more leftwing health care system than anything in bright blue Washington State or New Jersey.
'blood red' Kentucky has one of the highest dependencies in federal programs in the country.
also, Mitch is just an awful "human".
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I’m sure Schumer’s brow is extra furrowed today.
Glasses just dangling off the tip of his nose.
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Yay, Senate Dems caved for absolutely fucking nothing!
These are some of the most horrible people in our society. They should be unable to enter into any contract or have custody over any living being.
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So what happens now? Do those Democrat senators provide their own swords to fall on, or do they get beheaded? What's the protocol here for senators who have failed as entirely as they have?
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Please tell me again how these fucks the FUCKS YOU elected “represent us”… y’all need to stop watching the billionaire owned media and understand how fucked up this shit is and do better use your critical thinking skills (if you have ANY) which are lacking right now and it’s savage that y’all don’t even know it!!!
“Obama’s policies aren’t gonna kill us.” It’s 100% Trump because he’s willing to put America citizens at risk of his billionaire friends!!
I am done being a millennial trying to work my ass off while I am dealing with crisis after crisis after national crisis after crisis after crisis, we can only do so much in own generation and y’all keep blaming us for this shit! It’s savage!!!!
Stop telling us healthcare cannot be a thing where we are paying billions for wars that we don’t even believe in!!!!
It must be frustrating to be caught between two parties, of which one is straight up evil, and the other is just spineless and craven, while both are corrupt. Honestly, y'all should just break it all down and start all over again. Your democracy is broken.
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Hey everyone, just buy TWO pencils for your kids. Having 37 pencils was obviously keeping you from being able to afford health care. THANKS, OBAMA!
Also, if you are not a billionaire or at least a centimillioniare, it is your fault! Too much avocado toast, having a daily latte, a large screen TV, a smart phone, and Netflix, I think.
So they kept their promise and held a vote? Amazing!
Who will people blame when they cannot afford medical care?
Cause Luigi is a folk hero, and all the people responsible for this should live in fear of the bullseye's they have painted themselves with.
Storm brewing.
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Hey republicans, when your grandparents die because they can no longer afford the healthcare they thought they had for life, just remember to thank yourself and your lard in savor…. These deaths that will follow from people losing their insurance will be on your hands whether you think so or not. Merry Grimas!!!!
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People with terminal illnesses and wounds are not bound by any law of this world. They are completely free to do anything their hearts desire with no regard to the consequences.
They'll shamelessly fuck us over on cost of living, then turn around and whine like a bunch of little crybabies about declining fertility rates.
You can focus on and fault the decision here, but the actual systemic failure is that a decision on the subsidies should have been finalized well ahead of the open enrollment start date, which was nearly six weeks ago on November 1st, 2025. The federal government has failed us (Republican controlled at this time so no surprise there) by waiting until there's less than 4 days for American citizens to make a decision -- the deadline is literally December 15th, 2025.
The ACTUAL failure was not switching to a nationalized single-payer system.
I'm shocked!
Also, fuck you congress repubs, and fuck you Schmucker.
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healthcare should be free
The AP article says the democrats “forced” a shutdown over the issue
Subtle but that’s how we know all media is fascist
Time to start framing it to the idiots that the cost increase is from "kickin all the illegals off of insurance" that they were never on.
If ya wanna get real racist with it, talk about how they grew up fighting mosquitos to get a drink of sewage water so they come to america and never get sick and just pay into the system.
Let it rip apart the Red Oblasts. They voted for the fucking mess.
My employer provided insurance didn't go up much this year, I can't wait for it to go up 40% next year.
This is all so dumb. We need socialized healthcare. If we did that and took all of the unnecessary grift/overhead and put it into research, we would probably be even better off.
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