@mike69 saidHahahahahahaha... this is like people deifying Charlie Kirk even though he's spent loads of time saying intolerant filth about minorities, about women and about people who pushed back against his fascism.
When I see sue talking about trumps death can’t happen soon enough with wildgrass and the violence that’s happened recently, yes it sets me off, I’m human and fed up with this mindset. The thing I pray for most is for Christ to help me to have a heart of turning the other cheek. I have done this my whole life and nothing good has ever come from it, but I do try and pray for it, and have the desire unlike others here.
@mike69 saidDon't put words in my mouth, you rabid hamster.
When I see sue talking about trumps death can’t happen soon enough with wildgrass and the violence that’s happened recently, yes it sets me off, I’m human and fed up with this mindset. The thing I pray for most is for Christ to help me to have a heart of turning the other cheek. I have done this my whole life and nothing good has ever come from it, but I do try and pray for it, and have the desire unlike others here.
@mike69 saidSaid the Trumpublican.
Because I’m an individual with my own thoughts and much better insight, common sense, and logic, compared to what you see in the lgbtq group. My Aspergers isn’t as strong, it’s mostly adhd and ocd if this helps you.
What did he say to cancel this week?
Is he over Kimmel yet?
@Mott-The-Hoople saidIt's not an increase, it's an extension of premium help already enacted in 2021 which Republicans jettisoned in their ridiculous giveaway tax bill earlier in the year (which will cost $4.5 trillion but you don't seem worried about that).
Why is there an ACA premium increase needed?
Is it true this will add 1 trillion more to the debt?
@sonhouse saidIllegal people who are illegal are the problem, it is in many news stories. Do you really thing they don’t end up being the problem.
And you could fking CARE LESS that the government is shut down because repubs insist on screwing millions of Americans out of the ACA and you think illegal aliens are the problem here?
What the HELL is with your priorities?
@MickeyD saidNo. the REAL problem is the rise of White Nationalists and Christian Nationalists, like good old Mikey, squeaker of the house, is BOTH and makes no bones about it.
Illegal people who are illegal are the problem, it is in many news stories. Do you really thing they don’t end up being the problem.
They want first, WHITE America. Then Christianity as state religion, but of course only THEIR definition of Christianity.
Beating down Roe V Wade was only one of SCOTUS running ultra right wing but had been brewing for 50 years and will not stop till they get Christianity as the state religion.
@no1marauder saidWhy was the increase needed in 2021?
It's not an increase, it's an extension of premium help already enacted in 2021 which Republicans jettisoned in their ridiculous giveaway tax bill earlier in the year (which will cost $4.5 trillion but you don't seem worried about that).
Why do you think giving subsidies to those making up to $600,000 per year is a good idea?
Why do you think adding $1 trillion to the debt to give wealthy people tax payer money is a good idea?
Why do you think using taxpayer money to mutilate young children is a good idea?
@Mott-The-Hoople said"wealthy people"? Premium subsidies will more than double for everybody in the exchanges if the 2021 changes lapse. That's 22 million people who won't be very happy. https://www.healthinsurance.org/obamacare/will-you-receive-an-aca-premium-subsidy/
Why was the increase needed in 2021?
Why do you think giving subsidies to those making up to $600,000 per year is a good idea?
Why do you think adding $1 trillion to the debt to give wealthy people tax payer money is a good idea?
Why do you think using taxpayer money to mutilate young children is a good idea?
@sonhouse saidYou and others write in tribal terminology. You are tribalists and do a good deal about separating people like tribe members
No. the REAL problem is the rise of White Nationalists and Christian Nationalists, like good old Mikey, squeaker of the house, is BOTH and makes no bones about it.
They want first, WHITE America. Then Christianity as state religion, but of course only THEIR definition of Christianity.
Beating down Roe V Wade was only one of SCOTUS running ultra right wing but had been brewing for 50 years and will not stop till they get Christianity as the state religion.
I don't like cutting and pasting entire articles but this one by Chris Truax in the Hill is an excellent one: https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5535620-democrats-obamacare-subsidies-shutdown/?tbref=hp
"Why are Democrats shutting down the government to save enhanced Obamacare subsidies?
I understand, in the abstract, why Democrats like Obamacare subsidies and how they benefit people who would otherwise struggle to buy health insurance. But politically, shutting down the government to protect these subsidies is the silliest thing Democrats have done since they stopped the Republicans from shutting the government down last September.
Republicans love farm subsidies because they view farmers as a central part of their base. And farm subsidies disproportionately benefit red states. But, as it happens, so do Obamacare subsidies. Four out of five Obamacare enrollees live in red states. Out of the top 15 states collecting Obamacare subsidies, Trump won 12 in 2024.
The effect of letting these subsidies expire won’t be trivial, either. The average Obamacare premium will more than double if they do, and the impact will be widely felt. In effect, this is a tax increase on more than 24 million people. In contrast, only about 600,000 farms receive direct federal agricultural subsidies.
Cold-blooded political strategy — something in extremely short supply among congressional Democrats — says you should make outraged noises about saving Obamacare while giving Republicans plenty of rope. If you want to really put the cat among the pigeons, you could float the idea of paying for the Obamacare subsidies by capping farm subsidies, 80 percent of which are collected by just 10 percent of recipients. Redirecting those subsidies to Obamacare would cover the cost and directly benefit several hundred times as many people.
The goal shouldn’t be to block Republican foolishness but to make sure Republicans own the results. Instead, the Democrats are, once again, burning political capital to save Republicans from themselves. The worst possible outcome now would be for Republicans to present themselves as responsible and statesmanlike by working with Democrats to end the shutdown and save Obamacare subsidies.
Democrats have fallen into this trap before. Back in December, they helped Republicans avoid a shutdown and pass a farm subsidy bill and disaster relief. In fact, more House Democrats than House Republicans voted for the bill. Democrats, of course, got no credit, and Republicans got to spend the Christmas break bragging to their farm constituents instead of explaining why they had turned their backs on them.
Don’t get me wrong, I recognize that being tough isn’t easy. It is to the Democrats’ personal, if not political, credit, that they are trying to stop bad things from happening to ordinary people. Unfortunately, the times call for sterner measures.
I can’t put it better than I did in December. “The country won’t be on the road to recovery until it is allowed to experience those consequences. If that means giving free rein to the collection of clowns with flamethrowers that now passes for the Republican Party, so be it. Democrats should resist the urge to intervene when the inevitable happens and they set themselves on fire.”
If the Obamacare subsidies are allowed to expire, by the time the midterms roll around in November, there will be 19 million furious people — plus who knows how many family and friends — in red states looking to take their doubled health care premiums out of their Republican representative’s hide.
Forget about red-state Republicans who might be vulnerable in a wave election. There will be two toss-up House seats in Ohio and 583,000 Obamacare recipients, two toss-up seats in Arizona and 423,000 Obamacare recipients, and two toss-up seats in Pennsylvania, with 496,000 Obamacare recipients. As four of those seats are currently held by Republicans, that would be enough to determine control of the House right there.
Elections do have consequences. It’s time for Democrats to stop shielding voters from them. End the shutdown and let Republicans end the enhanced Obamacare subsidies and fulfil their electoral destiny. It’s going to be tough, but we are in tough times, and I’m afraid losing some healthcare subsidies may be the least of it. The only way out is through."
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5535620-democrats-obamacare-subsidies-shutdown/?tbref=hp
@AThousandYoung saidIt shows what the ruling class feels is "essential" in a capitalist society, doesn't it?
It's pretty ridiculous that when the government "shuts down" they keep only the parts that help the rich people i.e. property protection
@AverageJoe1 saidHegseth refuses to allow women in combat. Sure, you can be a nurse, maybe an interpreter, but combat missions, no way.
Another lie, by you this time. Women are allowed in the military. I wish you would be a legit debater so that I don't have to show you out, I want to go play some golf.