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RobeBryant's avatar

Although your coverage is as usual much better than the rest, presenting those stats is IMO the first error, which is to somehow accept the GOP intentions and fact check them. Even if the pie chart was 100% Not Working Due to Whatever, It is wrong to take healthcare away from people that don't work, period. It's complete BS the idea that someone would choose not to work and not have money for anything just so they could pay for something they might not need at all. Someone that doesn't have a job has obviously more financial issues than someone that does, so it defeats the entire purpose of Medicaid. People who also get sick from lack of healthcare might then become unable to work at all (if I was a Dem, I'd always run the slogan: "you can't have a healthy economy with sick people"). Finally, why only Medicaid? Why not taking away other benefits to people that don't work? Your house is on fire? Sorry, firefighters are not coming, you don't have a job. The principle is f**** up.

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Jordan Zakarin's avatar

Oh I don’t think we should take healthcare away from anybody, but it’s also important to call out the lies that prey on American cruelty to justify it

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RobeBryant's avatar

I know you agree with me and it's fine when it stays within your audience but it's the type of data that, when shared by the broader media industry, implicitly admit that it's an acceptable principle and that at most the GOP is ignorant about these facts

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Victoria Pawlick's avatar

The BBB should confirm, to anyone still in doubt, that Republicans are black-hearted, souless demons whose only purpose for existence is to slavishly serve their oligarch masters.

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Jordan Zakarin's avatar

I’m a little confused as to what you’re talking about

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