uncle bernard

1) They had the votes to pass the public option. They tanked it as a gesture to bipartisanship (also to placate their own donors). It was one of the stupidest decisions in political history - and why Obama was a complete failure. They sabotaged their own system in hopes the Republicans would be nicer to them moving forward - which of course they weren’t. 2) Bernie’s plan didn’t eliminate all private insurance. It still allowed for supplemental private insurance in addition to M4A if people chose to do so. The UK has private health insurance. It’s not super popular because the essentials are already covered under the NHS.

@Husker_Du Care to respond to this? From one of your own!

There's a difference between supporting tariffs in certain situations and the absolute insanity that is the Trump tariff policy. Putting huge blanket tariff's on almost every country in the world is crazy. We should not have a trade surplus with every country in the world. The United States cannot produce tons of important, everyday products. For example, America has never had, nor will it ever have, a major coffee industry because it is not a local crop. We do not have the climate to produce it at scale. So, we import almost all of the coffee we drink. Now, Trump has put 10%+ tariffs on Columbia and Brazil, where most of our coffee comes from. All this does is make your morning cup more expensive. It will not result in the booming of a domestic coffee industry. There is no purpose to this other than virtue signaling to stupid people.

You can never solve that problem without heavily regulating domestic industry and strengthening labor power (specifically union power). Corporate power - through their agents, the Republicans from the start and later the Democrats - worked extremely hard to dismantle that labor power and outsource their labor to cheaper international sources. There is zero possible world where Trump is willing to address that issue. The tariffs are like putting a bandaid over a gaping wound.

How are they working out so far? Like you expected? Feeling good?

What do our resident conservatives think about this repeated lying? @Husker_Du @mspart @Bigbrog @Scouts Honor and anybody else?

Are we tired of winning yet?

You should have voted for Bernie Sanders if you wanted this.

He's referring to you supporting deporting people without due process (since you're not smart enough to figure it out yourself). To answer your question, his case is ongoing in Romania where he was charged with rape and sex trafficking. With the help of the American right and Trump admin, his first trial was stopped on a legal technicality. They are rebuilding the case now. He also has been charged in England and has not yet faced trial. And on top of all that....he's just been accused of sexual assault again in the US, this time by his girlfriend. She alleges he choked her near unconscious against her will during sex. At the hospital, she was diagnosed with a concussion and her facial bruises were photographed and documented. A real stand up guy! Trump imported an accused rapist and it looks like he might have raped an American. Isn't that what you guys are all supposed to care about? And yet, we all know you'll find a way to excuse this and explain it away. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/andrew-tate-us-visit-girlfriend-er-report-b2722591.html

Plans to bomb targets in a foreign country are classified you moron

One of the funniest side effects of this scandal is people noticing that this guy was following a gay porn account on twitter lmao

Weren't you one of the guys complaining about unqualified DEI candidates? And now Trump hires a tv host to run the department of defense and he's done something so mind-boggling stupid, you're measured and restrained? lol Also, what do you think about bombing a country without congressional consent? Aren't you also a constitution guy?