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SamCooke (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 03:16 PM Original message |
I fear we have no way to pay for Health Care. I think the Right is getting to me |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. We could take the 1 bil we're spending in Iraq |
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SamCooke (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That's not 2 trillion dollars. nt. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. 2 trillion over how long? |
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Synicus Maximus (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. At a billion dollars a month it would only take a lillle more than 166 years to |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. but we're not spending 1 billion/month in Iraq, we are spending far more |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. your Iraq estimate is wayyyy off: we're spending more like $150B/year in Iraq |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 06:57 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. It doesn't diminish my point |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. Fist of all Morning Blow is a right wing tool who you should |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. Public option will be paid for as a "fee" not a "tax" but will come out of paychecks |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. "Obama's numbers are starting to slip becuz people are starting to question..." - Says who? |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. Oh well, if Morning Joe says it, I guess it's true. nt |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. We ARE paying for it NOW..we just aren't GETTING what we pay for |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. +1 |
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Seldona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. Excellent post. |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. +1 |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. Roll back the tax cuts for the rich, and eliminate all the loopholes |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. I like the taxing of high frutose drinks |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. You & everyone else who questions the benefits of insuring ALL |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. We'll have to pay for health care no matter what. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. Watch Bill Moyers |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. I think we will be able to pay for it, |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
16. Nonsense.The overhead in the Current system averages around 30% |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. Why don't we start with Tabula Rasa |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
18. Universal Single Payer *Saves* Money. *Saves* Money |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
19. You are missing a big part of the whole point |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. you crack me up. you REALLLY don't know how it works? let me break it down. |
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ErinBerin84 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. step away from the Scarborough. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. Prepare to pay more taxes - its our choice |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
28. Single payer would cost millions less than we spend now. Watch Bill |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
29. Of course you can't pay for it. The USA lacks the economic might of countries from Canada to Cuba |
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JimWis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
30. I think most of the replies to this thread say it best - it would save |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
31. Consider the alternative: How will we pay for the much more costlier _current_ system? n/t |
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