Good day all. Since he had the Democrat nomination for President stolen from him by the DNC and Felonia von Pantsuit, Comrade Bernie Sanders has been pushing hard to institute communism in the United States.
One of the things Comrade Bernie and his Bernbots have been touting is “Single Payer” healthcare, better known as Socialized Medicine. There have been several states that actively looked at instituting their own versions, one of which was Comrade Bernie’s home state of Vermont. California came close to passing a soviet style system, until someone actually looked at what it would cost and the plan was tabled.
Now Bernie is pushing for single payer on the national level and is forcing the Democrats to announce where they stand on it. Here are some of the details from Fox News:
One of the latest hints of support for Bernie Sanders’ single-payer health care plan came not from a liberal enclave like San Francisco or Brooklyn – but from West Virginia’s senior senator, Joe Manchin. The proposal “should be explored,” Manchin told Bloomberg News earlier this month, while clarifying that the Senate should consider all options and that he’s “skeptical” single payer is the “right solution.”
Allow me to assist. It is exactly the wrong solution. It has failed everywhere it has been tried. In the end, Socialist Medicine rations care and kills people, sometimes literally. (Forced euthanasia) There is the added problem for Manchin in that his constituents hate the idea of socialist medicine and voted for President Trump. Manchin is one of the democrats up for reelection in 2018 and his chances aren’t looking to healthy right now.
While the statement from Manchin – whose state overwhelmingly backed President Trump last fall – was cautious, the senator’s willingness to even consider Sanders’ costly health bill shows how the legislation has caused major political complications for Democratic congressional candidates.
Not so long ago, moderate Democrats avoided single payer at all costs.
That was due to Democrats not being a wholly owned subsidiary of the Communist International. Those days are long gone now and the Democrat National Committee is considering adopting “The Internationale” as their party theme song.
Now, to use the parlance of the left, it has been “normalized.
Actually, the only thing “normalized” about this is how far off the left wing cliff the Democrats have gone.
The bill, introduced last week, already has been cast as a litmus test for Democrats eyeing a White House run. And well before 2020, Democratic candidates will face pressure from the liberal flank to get behind the bill in exchange for support in the 2018 midterms.
And this is why the Democrat Party is imploding at an even faster rate then the Republican Party. The hard left has taken control. It long ago drove out the conservative Democrats, and now is driving out the moderates.
Manchin – an unlikely ally for single payer, but also one of the most vulnerable Democrats in 2018 – is just one candidate who could find himself torn between the party’s national activist base and his state’s constituents on the proposal, estimated to cost tens of trillions over a decade.
And Manchin should remember that he represents the State of Virginia, NOT the other 49 states. But, telling the Marxist left to take a flying leap requires something that 99% of all office holders have removed the moment they take their first Oath of office.
Meanwhile, the Democrats facing reelection in 2018 are trying to “thread the needle” as it were.
Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota said her chief focus is preserving the Affordable Care Act, better known as ObamaCare. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is pushing legislation to expand Medicare to people who are 55 and up.
The Democrats are wedded to Obamacare, originally known as the “Affordable Care Act.” They refuse to see that it is in it’s death spiral and think that with just a little tweaking, and threats from Washington D.C. to insurance companies, it will work. Sherrod Brown’s idea will also fail. The problem the Democrats and, unfortunately, to many Republicans fail to see, is that the “Top down, centralized control” they like so much can not and will not work. They refuse to listen and just keep digging themselves in deeper.
But Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., is all in for Sanders’ bill, tweeting, “I’m proud to announce I’m co-sponsoring @BernieSanders’ Medicare for All bill. Sign if you’re with me!”
The liberal MoveOn.org pointed out that Sanders pushed the same bill two years ago with zero supporters. The same group also touted the nod from Sen. Manchin.
“[I]t isn’t just liberal Democrats from deep blue states getting on board. Joe Manchin of West Virginia—a state Donald Trump carried by 42 points—says it should be explored as well. Joe Manchin!” the group boasted in a fundraising email.
The Republicans, who actually know how to do math…sort of, are rubbing their hands in glee over the dilemma now find themselves in.
“Bernie Sanders’ $32 trillion socialist health care plan will force Senate Democrats to choose between liberal activists and common sense,” Katie Martin, communications director for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said in a statement. “Democrats must come clean on whether they back Sanders’ plan for government-run health care, or if they will stand with taxpayers against this unrealistic boondoggle.”
Let’s take a look at that number, shall we? If a soviet style system is installed, the costs will be through the roof. That $32 trillion is over 10 years and is considered to be very conservative. It’s probably going to be closer to $50 trillion dollars. Long story short, Comrade Bernie and the Bernbots want to double or triple the budget each year. What is missing from all this is how they intend to pay for it.
Long answer short, they intend to massively increase taxes. When I say massively, try doubling or tripling what you’re paying now. The Bernbots will chant their favorite mantra of “Tax the rich!” and “Tax Big Business!” What these mathematically challenged moonbats refuse to do is look at the examples of other countries that implemented Comrade Bernie’s plan. Countries like Venezuela for instance.
Sanders proposes options that include imposing a 7.5 percent tax hike on employers and raising the top income tax rate to 52 percent for incomes of more than $10 million.
That won’t even begin to cover the costs. A more realistic set of numbers might be 30 percent tax hike on employers, (To start), and a tax rate of 70 percent on anyone earning more than $10 (ten) dollars a year. However, the chances of Berniecare passing are very low and for a number of reasons. First, of course, is that the Republicans control all three sections of Government. The House of Representatives, The Senate and the presidency. The second reason is Obamacare.
Grace Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, a free market health care research group, said the problems with ObamaCare will make it nearly impossible to sell voters on more government in health care. She noted a single-payer plan collapsed in Sanders’ home state of Vermont.
“They may promise you can have everything, but people will no longer believe that,” Turner told Fox News.
the 2018 midterm elections are shaping up to be one interesting fight. The Democrats are pushing their current offices holders further and further to the left. The Republicans are looking at potential primary challenges on their current office holders who have shown themselves to be nothing more then lying members of the Establishment Uniparty.
There are already a number of members who are looking at being forcibly retired. Hopefully, a large number of these worthless incumbents will be shown the door in 2018, and Comrade Bernie’s litmus test might just do the trick..
Thatisall
~The Angry Webmaster~
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