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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums8 reasons a Bernie Sanders presidency would be great for Trump supporters
My title would have been something more like "How to convince your mouth breathing acquantances that Trump won't help them."
http://www.salon.com/2015/12/20/8_reasons_a_bernie_sanders_presidency_would_be_great_for_trump_supporters_partner/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
1. Health Care Reform
The Affordable Care Act of 2010, aka Obamacare, has brought health insurance to at least 16.5 million Americans who were previously uninsured. The remaining Democratic presidential candidates acknowledge that the ACA, in its present form, doesnt go far enough: Sanders would ultimately like to replace it with a single-payer system while Hillary Clinton calls for expanding the law and strengthening its protections. But instead of supporting universal health care, the modern-day GOP has fought it every step of the way. And sadly, there is no shortage of poor, aging whites with diabetes or heart disease who remain uninsured yet vote for the Republicans who would like to keep them that way. Some of the very people who need health care reform the moststruggling working-class whites who remain uninsured at 50 or 55can often be found at Trump and Cruz rallies applauding their desire to abolish Obamacare.
The Affordable Care Act of 2010, aka Obamacare, has brought health insurance to at least 16.5 million Americans who were previously uninsured. The remaining Democratic presidential candidates acknowledge that the ACA, in its present form, doesnt go far enough: Sanders would ultimately like to replace it with a single-payer system while Hillary Clinton calls for expanding the law and strengthening its protections. But instead of supporting universal health care, the modern-day GOP has fought it every step of the way. And sadly, there is no shortage of poor, aging whites with diabetes or heart disease who remain uninsured yet vote for the Republicans who would like to keep them that way. Some of the very people who need health care reform the moststruggling working-class whites who remain uninsured at 50 or 55can often be found at Trump and Cruz rallies applauding their desire to abolish Obamacare.
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6. Taxes
Many Republicans buy into the notion that the ultra-rich are unfairly taxed in the U.S. and that the poor dont pay enough taxes. But Americas poor pay plenty of taxes, from sales taxes to utility taxes. If Fox viewers knew their history, they would realizeas Sanders points outthat under Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the ultra-rich were taxed at rates as high as 91%. According to Sanders, Im not that much of a socialist compared to Eisenhower. But we are going to end the absurdity, as Warren Buffet often reminds us, that billionaires pay an effective tax rate lower than nurses or truck drivers.
Many Republicans buy into the notion that the ultra-rich are unfairly taxed in the U.S. and that the poor dont pay enough taxes. But Americas poor pay plenty of taxes, from sales taxes to utility taxes. If Fox viewers knew their history, they would realizeas Sanders points outthat under Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the ultra-rich were taxed at rates as high as 91%. According to Sanders, Im not that much of a socialist compared to Eisenhower. But we are going to end the absurdity, as Warren Buffet often reminds us, that billionaires pay an effective tax rate lower than nurses or truck drivers.
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8 reasons a Bernie Sanders presidency would be great for Trump supporters (Original Post)
Snarkoleptic
Dec 2015
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madokie
(51,076 posts)2. Bernie Sanders is our hope
for a better future for all people, near and far
Snarkoleptic
(5,997 posts)3. It's time to get away from corporatocracy and back to Lincoln's vision
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