There are a lot of reasons to be wary about a Medicare for All plan: 1. The cost... people will point out that total healthcare spending is projected to go down, but it's not so simple to "move" the money that's spent in the private market today into government coffers to spend on M4A. It's logistically difficult but moreso it's politically difficult. People don't like taxes more than they don't like paying their employer for a benefit. There will also be people who pay more in this new tax than they paid on their old employer plan, they won't be happy either. 2. A main reason that overall costs would be projected to be lower is that Medicare has WAY lower reimbursement rates for providers. M4A basically represents a mass defunding of hospitals and providers. If you look at healthcare professions in other countries they are all paid way less. Big salary cuts for doctors, nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists, respiratory therapists, x ray techs... you get the idea... is not going to be popular. But you're forcing hospitals to take massive revenue cuts with these reimbursement rates so what else is there to do, labor is their largest expense. 3. Complete government control of what is and isn't covered, how everything is administered, etc. It's Sarah Palin's "death panels" but real this time lol. Obviously we have a ton of people on government plans already, and government run healthcare is fine if it's run by competent people who want to see it succeed and know what they are doing. The problem is that our country has a political party hell bent on making public goods and services worse and now they're full of cranks and kooks like RFK. I would much rather a system with private insurers where I can shop around vs. being forced onto a government plan run by a nutjob. 4. Most people like their current insurance plan, most people are covered by insurance, and we don't need to do this massive disruption to the system to cover the people who are currently uninsured. We can expand the safety net, offer a public option, lower the age to buy into Medicare, etc. There are plenty of "boring" reforms that would accomplish the goal of universal healthcare, they're just not as flashy or sexy as Medicare for All so a lot of people don't care because it's not actually about healthcare for them, it's about politics.

We need to regulate public sector unions. They aren't negotiating against a for-profit business. They're negotiating against the public and our tax money.

I actually want him to lose because we can spare one house seat and he's an astronomical fucking loser.

This is not helpful but not for nothing Jews in Michigan should obviously vote for AES even if he is a raging antisemite because the stakes in the senate are so high. Like I would vote for the Westboro Baptist Church leader for senate if I knew they'd vote for a liberal Supreme Court justice. You don't have to like him (I don't!) but putting your identity first at the long term detriment of yourself and the entire country just to spite AES seems.... short sighted. and to be clear I don't think he's a RAGING antisemite lol.

What can you even say at this point

Not sure about this but do love Mark Rutte!

Mehdi thinks it would be better for Mike Rogers to win than for Haley Stevens to win because she isn't being supportive enough of AES? Completely buffoonish and ironically it's the same behavior Stevens is engaging in by now being shady towards AES!

Letting people with severe mental illness and addiction rot and die on the street and completely dominate the public realm is not a progressive ideal. The families that rely on transit, libraries, parks and streets deserve safe, clean, comfortable, corpse free spaces.

Now where have I heard this before….

Progressives who are just as unintelligent and vibes based as conservatives sure do have a superiority complex lmao

Is Australia still in woke 1 or is this woke 3?

Reacting to Trump with “misogynist, racist, xenophobe” etc. just feels outdated and overplayed. I mean all true of course but I think you need something more

Every day I'm becoming more concerned about the infantilization of society. A 14-year-old can watch kids this age for a few days. It's completely fine. One of them got hurt at home and they did the right thing and called 911 and got help. That's what's supposed to happen. The replies to this have people saying that a 14-year-old couldn't possibly watch other kids for more than a couple of hours. There's obviously a balance to be struck here, but we have gone so far off the deep end that kids have absolutely no skills or independence whatsoever. They're showing up to college and they can't read. So maybe we should all take a step back and adjust.

Given that 50% of marriages end in full divorce I think it’s a good idea for people to maintain their social / support circles even once they “settle down” and have a family. You are all just mentally ill and antisocial and you’re reinforcing your own neurotic behavior. Stop that!

Yes this makes you a bad friend and also it’s not healthy to use your child to fulfill you like this. By not having a life outside of your children you’re setting them and yourself up for really unhealthy dependencies.

A lot of married couples with kids just don't want to admit that they don't want to put in effort with their other relationships anymore so they justify it by villainizing childfree, single people. I know married couples who have a strong village bc they still put effort!

This is jaw dropping lmfao

Also I go to all my friends children’s birthday parties if I can! Unless I have some other obligation, I go to my friends celebrations because I love them! Even if I’m tired or cranky or lazy! You show up for the people you love!

How do these fucking clowns get elected that have zero understanding of incentives?

The Boomer conservatives apologizing for this are so obnoxious. Old people also want zero property taxes. They basically want to contribute nothing at all to society and it’s eating a bunch of developed countries alive.

Cenk Uygur running an anti-semitic ad that is a harmful distraction to Abdul's campaign in the final week while Obama does turn out rallies for him is a nice capstone to #THEDISCOURSE.