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Haven't these MFS been saying they won in a landslide have a mandate since January? Or am I just imagining things? (europe.pub)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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Ideally, I'd love for Dems to just start taking credit for everything MAGA brags about. Since apparently the Republicans aren't in charge.

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[+] -26 points 11 months ago (18 children)

Obama actually had a supermajority for a little bit, better than what Republicans have now. He accomplished making healthcare worse for many, better for some. He could have done so much. Democrats stood in his way. This is a bipartisan shutdown.

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  • [–] 23 points 11 months ago (10 children)

    Being pregnant was a preexisting condition that increased your healthcare costs or even made you unable to get healthcare before the ACA. The ACA sucks, but what we had before it sucked even more, shut the fuck up.

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  • [+] -28 points 11 months ago (9 children)

    It fucked over my family big time. I have a voice. Fuck off.

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  • [–] 17 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    I'm sorry you feel that way without providing any sort of story. Please explain how your family got fucked over by other people being able to get healthcare through the removal of preexisting conditions as a basis for rejection.

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  • [+] -28 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    I have a story. I almost started typing it but I have reason to believe you'll just disregard it. So I don't think it's worth my time. Why is it you think no one got fucked over?

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago

    No, I think you really need to expand on this horse shit you're trying to sling.

    Please explain how your family's situation got worse. NOT why healthcare is still a mess, because it is, but how your situation got WORSE after the ACA was passed. What was better about your situation before the ACA?

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago

    ... I think people will think you're a liar, and if anything, it looks like you chose to shut up, which is sort of a win for me?

    I, frankly, cannot find a possible way that the ACA fucked you and your family over more except if you ran a health insurance company, unless you want to argue your insurance premiums went up because insurance companies still wanted to make a profit after being forced to actually cover healthcare. But, in that particular case, the insurance company fucked your family over, not the ACA.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    "I've totally got a story, but people doubted my premise without hearing my story, so now I'm not going to tell you"

    Yeah OK mate. I forgot 12 year olds have healthcare-related stories.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    That isn't true, and even if that had been true, Obama left office 9 years ago, how is it even remotely relevant?

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  • [+] -17 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Tell me what specifically isn't true or fuck off. It is relevant because we're still fighting over healthcare today and he should have fought for single payer, but Dems are just as corporately owned as Repubs.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    The democrats (including the independents who caucused with them) had a 58% vote share in the senate and 58.8% in the house of representatives in the 111th congress. A supermajority requires two thirds, i.e. 67%.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    A supermajority in the Senate is 60 votes which can use cloture to shut down a filibuster. Obama didn't have one for long, but he squandered it. And yes, he had one.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/yydwro/last_time_a_supermajority_occurred_in_the_senate/

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    I once had a cat named Jamey and she would lick my fingers after I ate cheetos. She died when I was 16 and I swore I would think of her every time I ate cheetos. This is why I think cheetos are going to all spontaneously combust one day.

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