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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:21 AM Original message |
When did DUers suddenly become conservatives? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. Bombs are Free, why can't Healthcare be? n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Actually bombs are NOT free |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. "you and I pay from our taxes to produce them" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. That is besides the point, In an ideal world I'd beat my swords into plowshares |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
44. Actually, that is the point |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #44 |
66. Again they are not free... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Me too ~ and so would the people we kill with them, free of charge |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Which, when you think about it, is a form of regressive taxation. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Look at Germany |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. We give them freely to the people we drop them on. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:09 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. They are not free to those we drop them on |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #26 |
41. You're right, see my post #20 |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #41 |
67. Well it is NOT romney care |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
2. We elected a conservative remember? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's Outrageous To Mandate We Pay Private Insurers. Outrageous. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I am sure German citizens would ask you WHY? |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
54. You do know that everyone in Germany making less than ~ 70,000 US dollars gets public insurance? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #54 |
68. You do know that every plan passed in the US stinks |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Which is why we need a Public Option. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. Proud to KNR! |
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travelingtypist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. Yeah, it's real liberal to give the fat cats at the insurance companies |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Which is why we need a Public Option. |
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travelingtypist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I'm a veteran. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Game. Set. Match: travelingtypist |
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travelingtypist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Thanks. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Thank you for your service. I'm a veteran, too. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:08 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Bullshit. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:18 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Don't you "bullshit" me. Read some of these "poutrage" posts. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:29 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Mischaracterize people all you want. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:38 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. "Not one"? O rly? |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:42 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Because I'm a liberal, |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:52 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I'm a Liberal, too. But I'm also a pragmatist. And if you can give |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:55 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. There you are again with that straw man. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:00 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. How is that a strawman? That is the core of the argument at hand. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:02 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. You're arguing with air. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:12 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. I agree with that, as I have said. There is only one problem. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:20 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. It won't pass because the President is quitting on us. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:55 AM Response to Reply #32 |
47. Whatever. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:56 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. It has another name than corporatism. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:04 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Well, good for you! I'm glad you can afford to pay out-of-pocket! |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #53 |
69. Forcing people to buy insurance from unethical private businesses.. |
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travelingtypist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:14 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. We do contribute. We pay taxes. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:23 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Then we would have to pay more taxes to cover Health Care. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:31 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Yes it makes sense. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. How "cute", And I was just hoping that maybe we could come to |
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travelingtypist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:43 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Too many talking points, too little time |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:57 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. And that's where the regulations O talked about kick in. |
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travelingtypist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #49 |
62. Many of us paid attention? |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. This is what sounds freeperish. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. But that is not what I am saying. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Yes. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:31 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Perhaps I have misinterpreted some posters, and to those I will |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. There won't be a public option. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
61. If I make $55,000 and my current insurance is employer-provided, |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. +1 |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
11. Is it really that hard for you to understand? |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. +1. do they really don't get it?? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:16 AM Response to Reply #11 |
30. +1 Best response ever |
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crickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
55. Yes, this. Thank you. -nt |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
14. It's really, really hard to tell the difference, oftentimes. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
21. It's just that it's |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
60. Fuck the rules is this a forum to exchange ideas or not? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
33. If you have to buy insurance you can't afford, it's a conservative idea and a mandate. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
50. When they elected a conservative |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
58. Bringing the IRS into it |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
59. The problem is you're FORCING people to give money to a corporation, man. Think about it |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #59 |
63. and here's what's wrong with that.:PROFIT. These corporations do nothing but act as a ticket taker |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
64. It amounts to a huge regressive tax. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
65. There's a difference between willingly paying a tax for government health insurance and |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
70. Since when is a mandated program of a huge giveaway to huge corporations NOT conservative? |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
71. Worst post ever. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. It's certainly one of the stupidest ever posted here, and the competition for that title |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
73. OK, not supporting Mitt Romney's health care plan makes one a conservative. |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
74. I think many DID think it would be free |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
75. *plonk* |
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