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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen conservatives start trumpeting the "Most Americans want the ACA overturned" polls...
...ask them, since they believe so strongly in "majority rules" polling, if they're willing to accept Marriage Equality.
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When conservatives start trumpeting the "Most Americans want the ACA overturned" polls... (Original Post)
brooklynite
Mar 2012
OP
Ask the GOP a-hole when they are going to introduce bills to make marijuana legal
anti-alec
Mar 2012
#6
Pab Sungenis
(9,612 posts)1. What they are missing is
that most of us who oppose the law oppose it because it doesn't go far enough. We're not going to stand for a return to the wild west system that was there before (and to too much of a degree is still there today).
Vincardog
(20,234 posts)2. Reply that "Most Americans want Single Payer".
Lasher
(27,597 posts)5. A good reply, but arm yourself when pointing this out.
Wikipedia sums it up nicely:
According to the media criticism organization Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, a 1987 New York Times/CBS poll showed 78% of people saying that the "government should guarantee medical care to everyone." Between 2003 and 2009, 17 opinion polls showed a majority of the public supports various levels of government involvement in health care in the United States. Many polls, such as ones administered through CNN, AP-Yahoo, New York Times/CBS News Poll, and Washington Post/ABC News Poll, Kaiser Family Foundation showed a majority in favor of a form of national health insurance, often compared to Medicare. The Civil Society Institute and Physicians for a National Health Program have both found majorities in favor of the government offering guaranteed insurance, and a Quinnipiac poll in three states in 2008 found majority support for the government ensuring "that everyone in the United States has adequate health-care" among likely Democratic primary voters.
In contrast, a October 2011 Rasmussen Reports poll showed only 35% of respondents in favor of single-payer health care, with a plurality (49%) opposed. Politifact rated a statement by Michael Moore "false" when he stated that " t)he majority actually want single-payer health care." Responses on these polls largely depend on the wording. For example, people respond more favorably when they are asked if they want a system "like Medicare," less favorably when stated as "socialized."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-payer_health_care#Public_opinion_in_the_United_States
In contrast, a October 2011 Rasmussen Reports poll showed only 35% of respondents in favor of single-payer health care, with a plurality (49%) opposed. Politifact rated a statement by Michael Moore "false" when he stated that " t)he majority actually want single-payer health care." Responses on these polls largely depend on the wording. For example, people respond more favorably when they are asked if they want a system "like Medicare," less favorably when stated as "socialized."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-payer_health_care#Public_opinion_in_the_United_States
PolitiFact has again shown that they have an agenda when it comes to health insurance. And it should come as no surprise when Rasmussen sings the same tune.
karynnj
(59,504 posts)4. Not to mention, no study says the majority want it overturned
anti-alec
(420 posts)6. Ask the GOP a-hole when they are going to introduce bills to make marijuana legal
After all, 70% of all Americans support marijuana.
It is a true cash crop, and it will create many jobs.
emulatorloo
(44,131 posts)7. Most Americans are against Death Panels and unplugging grandma (tm)
But when you tell them what is actually in the law they like.
The better polls cut through the Republican disinformation and ask about what's actually in it