Yeah. His advice on how to lose a record number of federal and state elected offices would be really useful for the Democratic party right now. Please Serious Adult, tell us more how the voters reward deficit reduction and paid for programs. That was such a successful governing strategy!

Totally, dude. The president is a dictator so they need to have the exact plan which will be the one which will be passed the day of their inauguration. There are no other branches of government which might draft and pass laws so there is no need to create just an outline of a possible plan leaving room for that other…

Because voters don’t care and programs don’t have to be “paid for”. Obama is framing the policy debate in a way that puts a thumb on the scales for those opposed to passing the policies. Considering his actual performance as leader of the Democratic party, it was abysmal if you look at the Democratic party’s electoral…

Sure, other than the ballot access in America is systemically rigged (not in a “cheating” sense but in a logistics sense) in favor of the Democratic and Republican parties, nothing is stopping them at all!

It’s not even cheating to them. If the gop was honest they’d admit they believe universal franchise for people over the age of 18 is bad. More than bad, immoral and illegitimate because it allows non propertied people to vote their vote impacts the propertied people's property. So all these actions by the gop are just…

Yes. I’m arguing if we desire people be allowed to exercise “personal choice” but also have “personal responsibility”, meaning no government either preventing us from doing things but also no government helping those in need, then why not have that philosophy guide all areas of society? It seems hypocritical to want…

Oh, the Associated General Contractors of America think there aren’t enough people available to work at the wage they are offering? How surprising! It’s strange how when I say there are a shortage of Ferraris available at the price I want to pay ($1000) people laugh and tell me to offer more money. But when employers…

It’s cool how “adult” has gone from meaning “human being of a certain age” to “person who shares my political beliefs”. You must be so Very Serious to want an Adult in Charge.

I read the excerpt at the New York Magazine website and it was a powerful look at the real life ramifications of involving yourself in an investigation in to a shooting in Chicago.

“Medicare for all does nothing to reform malpractice laws”

Hahaha! Good use of the word “niggling” instead of, well, you know. And I guess you’re a “liberal” in the continental sense. But that’s known as “right wing nut job” in America. Again, I know you like to use commonly understood words in your own “special” way. But the words actually mean something. Not what you want…

Administrative costs are actually one of the government’s primary advantages. It has been determined that the plan Sanders has introduced as Medicare For All would save ~$2 trillion over 10 years compared to the current trajectory. And his plan is arguably the most comprehensive and expensive plan.

“What you want is unconstitutional, which means it is a threat to the repulic.”

Fantastic article. As a lawyer who didn’t take any criminal law classes beyond 1L crim, I understand the basics of felony murder but would not have thought it could be used in this way by the state to prosecute such a broad swath of people. Scary stuff. Are there federal constitutional protections which could possibly…

Hey, I just thought I would meet you where you are by showing you even the kings of stupid re-definitions of common terms (Austrian economics people) even think you’re an idiot.

Do you know what the word “republic” means? Not the “right wing nut job” meaning. The regular meaning.

None of the plans require a tax increase in total. They are so far all cheaper than our current system meaning they must, by definition, allow for a tax cut. At least, if you include things like premiums as a “tax”. I guess if you define some payments as “taxes” and other payments as “different to taxes because of a…

Good point. I agree. We should do the same for private property. I shouldn’t have to deal with government interference preventing me from choosing to use things I want to use and someone else isn’t currently using. But I believe the freedom to make those choices should be coupled with the responsibility to make sure I…

Probably the major problem, and one not shared with the right and especially the HFC, is the CPC wants to implement actual “stuff”. This gives the people who couldn’t care less about that “stuff” leverage, since because they don’t care if it doesn’t happen they are willing to make their offer of compromise “take it or…