Donald Trump and US politics

Top kek. Yes it's real.

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Head_Less wrote:

real question is why there are grown men who love My little pony cartoon

It's because the ponies are naked. =~[.]^=

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Budget_player_cadet wrote:

Even working from the premise that the ACA is kind of a mess, you can't deny the shift that it forced. It's almost certainly an improvement over what we had before, and the evidence for this can be found in that the republican party is currently scrambling to find a solution, rather than simply repealing it and going back to what we had before - because they know if they did, a whole lot of people would be very mad about losing their healthcare. So mess or not, it had that positive effect. We are now at a point where going back to the old system is no longer considered acceptable. Compared to where we were 8 years ago, that's pretty impressive.

This is a logical fallacy. If you make a wrong turn down a one-way street, you don't say you're better off just because you don't immediately make a U-turn.

Still, to clarify: I don't think Obamacare made things hideously worse in the healthcare industry specifically. The exploitation of the consumer by insurance companies is a predictable trend that began before Obamacare; while I can and do blame the ACA for failing to fix this, I cannot in good conscience blame it for causing it. For the most part, the ACA is snake oil: an expensive placebo in lieu of treatment. A good chunk of the cost is already spent and won't come back; the original disease remains mostly untouched, only slightly exacerbated by the false cure. If all we did was repeal Obamacare, the main benefit would be budgetary, which isn't meaningless at all, but it wouldn't have the effect of consumer relief that the American people expect from Trump; with the way the government takes on debt, budgetary improvements are mostly invisible to current taxpayers, and much more relevant to future ones. The Republicans need to actually fix the original problem, at least to some significant degree.

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SarahAustin wrote:

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Xavderion wrote:

Watch Trump actually implement universal health care. Would certainly blow some minds. That cuck Ryan should fuck off with his "Obamacare lite".

Trump wont create universal health care...many will lose health care as its always been with GOP health care plans.

I wouldn't be so sure. 16 years ago, Trump advocated Canadian-style single-payer. It's possible that his position on the subject hasn't changed so much as traditional conservatives and alarmist liberals may wish to believe.

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SarahAustin wrote:

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

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SarahAustin wrote:

Trump wont create universal health care...many will lose health care as its always been with GOP health care plans.

I wouldn't be so sure. 16 years ago, Trump advocated Canadian-style single-payer. It's possible that his position on the subject hasn't changed so much as traditional conservatives and alarmist liberals may wish to believe.

Why dont you wait and see?

Oh, I shall. I'll have a little over seven more years of entertainment.

tfw you accidentally became an occultist

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SarahAustin wrote:

Obama made america great, Trump is the one destroying that.

mfw i read this