Dartz Wrote:Canada has had universal health care for decades (funded and run by the government, not private insurance companies), and we're not socialist. Equating the two is not only fear-mongering, it's demonstrably false.Rajvik Wrote:yes i do, its insanity, its also insanity to think that if you dont stand your ground at some point and stand on principle, that your not going to get walked over for the rest of your existance. If the republicans dont stand their ground then there might as well not be a house, let it just be the senate, or for that matter get rid of the lower and upper houses all together, just let Obama be Emperor of the new American Socialist Empire, because thats what it will be, a liberal socialist pile of drek that will make the Soviet Union look like a McDonalds Playland.
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The United States is in no danger of turning Soviet. Quite frankly, that statement is rediculous - to the point where I'd almost call it a joke. There're many flaws with the ACA, but SOCIALISM isn't one of them. It's almost anti-socialist, but specifically requiring people to buy a privately sold product.
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