Their constituents only believe **** that doesn't impact them or that doesn't exist, like transgender predators in bathrooms and ****. They do actually believe in reality when it slaps them in the face, like losing health insurance.

<wondering what I said that made suzzer block me>

Actually, what we're seeing is that their constituents are flooding their townhalls and voicemail boxes over this. They are legit worried about their re-election chances if they take away everyone's healthcare.

Maybe they could blame it on Benghazi? I don't see God fearing gun toting true patriots ever disgracing themselves enough to vote for a Dem.

Aren't all those protestors at the town halls paid anyway? That's the GOP line.

Look back at some of the old 538 articles from 2008 where that one dude went around talking to voters in the boonies. "We're voting for the n*****!" It can happen, but not when they are relatively comfortable.

I don't see how trade agreement services clauses inhibit implementing single payer. I don't know what US insurance providers are owned by foreign companies but if they took away primary insurance service from all health insurance providers I don't see those agreements being a serious impediment. Most of those countries we have those agreements with don't even have that industry in the scope the US does.

I just don't see it as a serious roadblock. Plus Trump can just blow up the WTO.

Probably tweet for Russia to hack their emails.

That's basically their plan.

The one twist is they know it is DOA in the senate and any version passed by the senate would likely be better (but not likely close to accept) for citizens. So then they would have to go back and vote again on a better bill but then vote against it because they really didn't want it to pass to begin with. It is a silly system but there are so many different motivations and levels it's going to be messy, I'm not convinced Ryan thinks this is the template for what actual passable legislation will be.

This

I believe the phrase for this is "useful idiot."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/power...440_story.html

Dat derp, tho.

Man, they get to pass this **** sandwich and they are holding out for a xenophobic cherry on top too?

Koch bros offering a special election fund that will not be available to anyone who votes for the AHCA.

Did you read it? That's literally what the entire report is about. No way you don't see how after reading it.

Edit
18 different potential violations listed on their own page in the report

Yeah I did read it. I will stand by my position that these 18 different potential violations would not inhibit the US from implementing single payer healthcare.

I mean the first one is creation of new monopolies. Government single payer does not do this and if fails to understand that health insurers would not just disappear.

Again these are treaties with other countries. Which countries are going to complain single payer healthcare in the US creates a new monopoly? Most of the other ones are dealing with healthcare providers and nothing to do with who pays for services.

The bulk of any of these issues relate to healthcare itself and not provision of payment. While it may be a technical concern it seems pretty unlikely.

They're obviously in the Dem's pocket!

For starters, the US would have to pull out the WTO for insurance healthcare services, which means buy out every foreign investor in the US insurance market.

You don't see any potential problems with that?

I knew all along they were a bunch of cucks!

sounds better than kicking people off of insurance/having people die because they can't afford the new premiums!

like, are you under the impression that single-payer supporters are going around saying "this will be a completely easy and painless process!"

So far the only person to respond to me has said it's no big deal. Though, he only skimmed the report.

Big dogs coming out to play. Last year Forbes estimated their fortune at 82B.

The Donald at 3.5B

Suddenly the Trump threat to blackball no voters in 2018 seems a lot less threatening.....

MM MD

No vote

loooooooollllllllll gop

Update thread title plz

Got any better ideas than THREEPEAT? It deserves an update, but nothing good came to me right away.

Hat trick?