Y'all are out here whining about cost when people literally do not go to the doctor or hospital because they can't afford their deductible, copays, and out of pocket expenses. Lots of people outright refuse an ambulance because of how much you can be charged for just a ride an emergency room visit.
We paid over $6k to have our daughter two years ago because, immediately as a newborn, she had a deductible. That was on top of all the premiums I had to pay. Everyone paying into a single healthcare system would easily be cheaper than rolling the dice on whatever insurance plan your company provides.
It was awkward for sure. I really didn't like it even though you know I'm definitely for Bernie. Just have to remind myself that this shit isn't going to really matter for primary voters in the next few weeks.
It's just mind-numbingly stupid that she didn't get an easy victory by going on the record and saying "I don't know who leaked this, but I never stated that Bernie made a sexist remark like this, we're good friends and I have a lot of respect for him." I can buy that her side did this without her knowledge or possibly someone else, but she stepped on it when there was no need.
holy shit, are you for real? Every single stupid thing they could fling at them they did, misrepresenting past things he wrote, stupid old public access video tapes, his wife's supposed financial wrong-doings in whatever college she was trying to get a stake in. Like do you not have Twitter?
Bwhahaha, fuck that piece of shit. I saw someone on twitter warn he was going to post something a few days ago. Yeah the guy who dressed up like a fake pimp to harm women and people of color who used ACORN is absolutely trustworthy.
I don't know Hugo, she could have simply said "We had a private conversation where we had some disagreements blah blah" especially since her actual statement had the phrasing "Bernie and I agree on most things." It's fanning the flames that are going to hurt both candidates.
For her to sit on it this long until less than a month out from Iowa? If Bernie did this shit you'd be so pissed he was punching the second most left candidate.
Honestly I think he could open up a bit more about himself because he really tries to never talk about his private life, but I get it he's so hyper-focused on things that matter that it isn't worth trying to appear more human to people that really aren't the ones he's trying to reach.
edit: probably already read this Hugo and I'm still pissed off about the stupid crap last night, not really necessary for me to get mad at you on this dumb thread.
I assume he won't say anything, because it's only going to make him look worse regardless of how much and good faith he could be. He's friends with her and he's going to need her support big time later if he is leading her in delegate count.
Yeah, I'm skeptical too, anything is possible. I'm sure there are shitty people that are being negative in calls that aren't supposed to, but I would be outright shocked if the campaign told phone-bankers and door-to-door volunteers to smear Warren and Biden. Bernie is going to need Liz's support and it would probably only hurt his campaign Iater if they started organizing against her.
My fucking TV internet are still out, almost the entire day and they don't know what it'll be back up. Having a drink and listening on the radio at least.
I'm very privileged because of my race, upbringing, and how those enabled me to save and pivot to software where I make probably way too much money for the amount of work I perform. Would absolutely not mind paying more in taxes for universal healthcare, much better and more equal access in primary education, large scale public transit, etc. I know lots of people my age who think similarly, and unsurprisingly meet older people who think that is somehow actual communism.
We can hem and haw about the ramifications of more robust social systems and the welfare state, but these ideas are only becoming more popular with millennials and zoomers. I do see this becoming something the US shifts towards even if Biden wins in 2020 and every non-woke Twitter leftist thinks we've somehow returned to normalcy.