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BR_Parkway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-08-09 12:57 PM
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If all these states can block gay rights at the ballot box, why don't they enact
single payer at the state level? Seems like they could simply outlaw insurance companies, create a state run single payer system and as long as they declare that marriage is between one man and one (or more) women - it'll fly
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POAS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-08-09 01:04 PM
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1. Senator Bernie Sanders is on the same page with you!
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drm604 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-08-09 01:07 PM
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2. Do you really believe that a state that blocks gay rights would enact single payer? n/t
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-08-09 01:10 PM
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3. Because that's being blocked at the Federal level
Edited on Sun Nov-08-09 01:12 PM by kenny blankenship
since it would be bad for the profits of the insurance cartel.
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