Episode 1056 of Democrats Are Worthless.

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    So Hakeem is getting his own private insurance and not accepting the one offered with his job? I would like to see the paperwork on that.

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    Fucking imbecile.

    To put it in a weird context: I am like 50 and I was so conservative as a younger man that I was nicknamed after Rush Limbaugh. OK? I was a pre-Trump right-wing asshole.

    And even I favored Medicare for All. As a conservative Republican.

    Why? Because it made the most business sense. You mean I can control my health care costs, cover everyone in the country, cut out like 2/3 of the paperwork, anyone can see any doctor, and I can let HR do something other than insurance paperwork? You couldn’t build a bigger political win-win-win-win-win.

    That’s actually the issue that drove me out of the party. Romney running against Obamacare (aka Romneycare) as if he didn’t invent the fucking plan was my last straw.

    If you’re a business conservative against Medicare for All, you need a new CPA.

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      IMO, it’s not just a business advantage, it’s a small-business advantage due to lack of bargaining power at small scale and the proportion of revenue (overhead) per employee. Big companies can bargain for better deals from insurance markets (bigger “risk pool”), and make way more per employee so it’s not as big a deal. So, it’s an tangible manifestation of “main street not wall street,” if you feel like turning talking points back around for folks.

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    Dear Constituents,

    Fuck you motherfuckers.

    Sincerely Hakeem “I’ve had my picture taken with Netanyahu” Jefferies.

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    Establishment Democrat Theater.

    Does a thing that would help the people have no chance of passing? They will proclaim their support for it.

    When that same thing gains enough popularity in Congress to have a real chance of passing, they no longer support it.

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    This is the corporatocracy in action. An unpopular GOP congress who refuses to check their own party’s Unitary Executive, and a Democratic Party leader who refuses to back a measure popular with citizens. Who wins? Health Insurance companies. Who loses? The poor who can’t afford health insurance, and those who have health insurance and can’t afford their deductibles, so they go without recommended healthcare.

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    This guy doesn’t even pretend. All of his mannerisms point to him being an elitist, out of touch POS.

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    Hakeem Jeffries has no business being in government.

    Any government.

    Any country.

    Any level.

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    Fuck Hakeem Jefferies. Traitorous scum should forfeit every penny paid by his salary and the rest of his money taken as damages.

    Probably can’t even quantify which of his assets are salary, insider trading, or bribes.