Why is Medicare For All So Popular?
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"Pay more taxes"...that's a question I would like to see how it is worded.
Would you pay more in taxes? Yes.
Would the difference be greater than the cost of your employer-provided insurance? That's the real question. If the increase in taxes is less than the cost of what you now have, which you will no longer pay, do you approve?
Would employers actually give that money they pay as their contribution to employees as extra wages? Both conservatives (totally free market, fee pay, medical savings account stuff) and liberals (single-payer, national system) claim this.
Would you pay more in taxes? Yes.
Would the difference be greater than the cost of your employer-provided insurance? That's the real question. If the increase in taxes is less than the cost of what you now have, which you will no longer pay, do you approve?
Would employers actually give that money they pay as their contribution to employees as extra wages? Both conservatives (totally free market, fee pay, medical savings account stuff) and liberals (single-payer, national system) claim this.
Awesome, your link lead to me read this line of bullshit:
For one thing, Bloomberg remains vociferously opposed to weed, appearing to tie drug overdose deaths to marijuana legalization. "Last year, in 2017, 72,000 Americans OD'd on drugs," he said, according to CNN's Donald Judd. "In 2018, more people than that are ODing on drugs, have OD'd on drugs, and today incidentally, we are trying to legalize another addictive narcotic, which is perhaps the stupidest thing we've ever done," he declared, presumably talking about marijuana. "We've got to fight that," Bloomberg added.
Bloomberg was likely referencing Centers for Disease Control statistics showing that 72,000 people died of drug overdoses in 2017. But it's hard to see how that relates to marijuana legalization. As I pointed out in December, the Drug Enforcement Agency did not report any deaths from marijuana in 2017. According to David Schmader, author of Weed: The User's Guide, you'd need to consume 1,500 pounds of the stuff within 15 minutes to fatally overdose.
At least this stupidity alone means he will not be the Dem POTUS nominee should he run.
https://reason.com/blog/2019/01/23/michael-bloomberg-legalizing-weed-is-per
For one thing, Bloomberg remains vociferously opposed to weed, appearing to tie drug overdose deaths to marijuana legalization. "Last year, in 2017, 72,000 Americans OD'd on drugs," he said, according to CNN's Donald Judd. "In 2018, more people than that are ODing on drugs, have OD'd on drugs, and today incidentally, we are trying to legalize another addictive narcotic, which is perhaps the stupidest thing we've ever done," he declared, presumably talking about marijuana. "We've got to fight that," Bloomberg added.
Bloomberg was likely referencing Centers for Disease Control statistics showing that 72,000 people died of drug overdoses in 2017. But it's hard to see how that relates to marijuana legalization. As I pointed out in December, the Drug Enforcement Agency did not report any deaths from marijuana in 2017. According to David Schmader, author of Weed: The User's Guide, you'd need to consume 1,500 pounds of the stuff within 15 minutes to fatally overdose.
At least this stupidity alone means he will not be the Dem POTUS nominee should he run.
https://reason.com/blog/2019/01/23/michael-bloomberg-legalizing-weed-is-per
