…but today (and yesterday) on Morning Joe he is.
“I don’t understand about Wall Street and I don’t pretend to.” but when it comes to how bills get passed how things work on the finance committee he knows it. He compared it to turning a triple play yesterday. “The rules committee is a total scam”.
“They didn’t want the ‘I voted for it before I voted against it’ defense” that is the slaughter rule. “You are voting to amend a law that doesn’t exist.”
As he put it, they lose one seat in Massachusetts and they all go nuts.
Crammer is now talking about what this bill is going to mean taxwise. “I’m going to work for the government till September then it’s all mine.” This is not unusual in the North.
He is talking about a huge “ghost cost” to NY. “They are delivering a long term burden to the states.” this is in terms of medicare. That is the Nebraska deal. He calls it “subsidizing the health insurance companies.”
He compares covering an 85 year old needing a hip replacement to selling fire insurance for a house on fire. This is why he supports a single payer.
I suspect a lot of e-mails are going to the Morning Joe team from the White House right now screaming bloody murder.
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We should have a single payer, coverage for all, system in the United States. But since thats such a “socialist” idea the democrats quickly gave concessions (for no reason! ZERO votes!).
So they need to pass something, anything. As soon as its on the books amend it. If people actually think that that the first thing passed is the official end all document than they are morons.
Heck it took 19 amendments of the Constitution to grant Women the right to vote in 1920! It took a 13th amendment to abolish Slavery in 1865. 18th the prohibit alcohol and 21st to repeal it.
Like the constitution, this bill is a living document, freely to be amended until the right/adequate situation is accomplished.