tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post3556259373659241082..comments2024-01-02T22:01:12.976+00:00Comments on Avedon's Sideshow: But they turned us out and they closed the doorsAvedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04702100335744054401noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-47621696361976758022020-04-13T06:02:19.507+01:002020-04-13T06:02:19.507+01:00I know - it's just an obvious gift to the insu...I know - it's just an obvious gift to the insurance companies and a slice of his elderly supporters that it's an out and out spit in the eye of everyone else. But nobody is supposed to care, since getting rid of Trump isn't just everything, it's the only thing.Avedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702100335744054401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-58320406560721903132020-04-11T01:01:26.530+01:002020-04-11T01:01:26.530+01:00Lowering it to 60? As a trade-off for Medicare for...<i> Lowering it to 60? As a trade-off for Medicare for All? And this is his charm offensive to Sanders supporters? Is this a joke?</i><br /><br />The proposal does three things for Biden. First, as Tim Faust points out, it helps insurers ditch those undesirable customers aged 60-64 who use more health services and eat into their profits. Second it tells Biden donors: "If you guys were worried I might move even slightly left to win over the Sanders crowd, rest easy! I'm only going to shift further right from here!" And third it is a deliberate calculated insult designed to piss us off and drive us away from the Democratic Party so they can get on with the job of catering to their base without having to make token efforts at placating the left. "We tried, you saw it, we made them a good offer and they just stormed off in a huff, you can't win with those purity bros!" Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.com