• TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    But what about the profits of private health insurance providers? What about their shareholders? Won’t someone think of the shareholders?!

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    The Medicare for All PAC survey found that not only do 94 percent of Democratic voters support a universal public health insurance program, but so do a majority of moderate and independent voters. It also found that Medicare for All is a winning issue in battleground states, where Jayapal said progressives are constantly told to moderate their messaging on universal health care.

    Overall, 60 percent of participants said they favored Medicare for All, up from 54 percent in a similar but not identical survey last year. Even in the more conservative battleground districts, support remained at 55 percent, “well ahead of partisanship in those districts,” Jayapal told reporters on a call last week.

    Maybe the Democrats could get out of their own fucking way and stop criticizing progressives for actually listening to voters, holy shit.

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    8 days ago

    As if politicians wages were the issue.

    The issue with us politics are their secondary revenue streams.

    A politician, in general, should be paid well enough such that they arent vulnerable to corruption.

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      When Trump was first running, they said he wouldn’t steal anything because he was so rich he didn’t need to. Some people will NEVER have enough money, and will even go to the trouble of becoming president to get more.

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      NaN error when attempting to calculate amount beyond corruption. You give them enough for it to be unreasonable that they go for more, then prosecute the hell out of violations.