I'm feeling hopeful about keeping the Senate. The Republicans have already lost this fight. They'll have to fall back to Benghazi. And good luck with that!

I'm hesitant to put faith in one poll, let's see what the next one says. There is plenty of time for improvement.

this should not be the way that the ACA is funded.

As it turns out, the majority of Americans say they are okay with businesses adding a nominal surcharge to each bill in order to help pay for their employees health coverage.

These charges should come directly from the outrageous profits already being realized by the elite/oligarchs instead of passed on
to the consumer so that these "people" do not have to spend any of their outsized profits that they are already getting by abusing
the rights of their employees and keeping them in poverty in most cases.
Compare American employees to real 1st world countries employees and by roiling back worker rights, it is just getting more unequal.

As to outrageous profits, how many restaurants do you think have outrageous profits? Excluding the large chains, I would guess that most restaurants are not run by people looking to make a fortune. The prices they charge are not determined by some powers that be, but are based on being competitive with other comparable restaurants. Only if you are better (on some dimension) can you be significantly more expensive. In most cities, this is as close to an open market as you can get.

The question is measuring ideology more than real willingness to pay. In real life, imagine that all restaurants for whatever reason raised costs by 25 cents an entree. Would that be enough that you would decide to go to the grocery, go home and cook when you had planned to eat out? What if you were out of town? If your budget was so tight that you could not pay an extra 25 cents a person, is it more likely you were already ruling out the most expensive items and would now have to rule out more of them? Switch to the cheaper restaurant down the street? If in some town, all or most people spent the same amount - changing what they ordered or which restaurant they patronized, it might lead to some or all of the cost being absorbed at the cost of the owners' profits as they tried to compete.

However, this is not what you would see as responses to a survey. I would bet if the political leanings of people and the average restaurant bill they paid so far this year were known, you would find some strange responses - where people paying bills over $50 or more might SAY a 25 cent increase would drive them away. Not to mention, if you asked the cost of their last restaurant bill they might not be able to remember within $10!

When Clinton wanted to add 4 cents to a gallon of gas, I remember one idiot complaining that he couldn't take a vacation then. If he drove cross country and back, around 3,000 miles at 25 miles to a gallon, he'd burn about 240 gallons. The additional cost would be $9.60. That would stop him from going on vacation? Some locals here in NY drive to PA to save a few cents per gallon on gas. They probably actually lose on the deal and that doesn't count the extra wear and tear involved. I should have said that conservatives usually don't put things in perspective.

That was part of the point I was trying to make - in addition to the point that you could have said one penny and some would have answered with the same no.

for the the wealthy should be eliminated. That income taxes should be progressive up to 95% over a certain (outrageous) amount.
My perspective IS that the ACA should be funded (as should infrastructure and most things) through these Progressive taxes
instead of "spreading them around" so that the majority (yes, people who earn under $50,000 annually are the majority) are not paying disproportionately for these things.
I also realize that IF the minimum wage had kept pace with rising costs, it would be about $28.00 an hour. That should be the case. Instead the wealthy with the help from MSM and paid for politicians (most of them) have convinced an entire generation of Americans that their profits are sacrosanct and "everyone (except them of course) should pay their fair share."
Look at actual 1st world countries. Their pay, benefits and rights are much better than those of average Americans.
BTW, the "fast food industry" realized a 40% increase in profits last year. The % of employee increases were 0.
Equality is worse in America than it was during "the gilded age", those who benefit from this fact are fine with it and believe the extra costs should be evenly distributed. That depends on your definition of "evenly" I guess.
As a disabled retiree on a fixed income, it is impossible to stay afloat while all prices are increasing and the increases are profit which of course are sacrosanct.

Republicans will have a hell of a time this election cycle...bye bye, creeps.

i will feel the way you do if we do well the day after election day.

that when it comes to the quality of your life, and those you love,( your children ) the Republicans will
not have your back.

PLEASE keep campaigning on the repeal of Obamacare without any alternative other than health care vouchers! Sure, some of your brainwashed idiots will still believe the ACHA is evil communism in action, but the more people are start to get it, as these polls indicate, the more you will be exposed as the greedy assholes and corporate pawns you truly are!

Pay extra to help someone get health care - I'm on board.

But the company can already easily afford it without my extra money tossed in. If I boycott the business, it hurts the employees more.

I'm so tired of these greedy assholes.

But that would have taken the insurance companies out of the picture, whereas with the ACA they get mandatory customers.