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It's basically true. The ACA drew a lot of support being compared to Massachusetts' healthcare when Romney was governor. The individual mandate, which was the necessary compromise to get it passed, was first proposed by The Heritage Foundation.
You ever notice how the republicans can't shut up about how much they hate Obamacare, but whenever they have enough seats to end it, they don't? It's because they secretly like it (because it's their plan) but they just don't want to give Obama or the other Democrats credit for passing it.
"basically true" that "all Dems wanted this instead of SP" because "all Dems are right wing??
No that is not "basically true" lmao
Why you put "all Dems are right wing" in quotes when what I said is that most are. Which is true. American politics are very far right of centre economically by the rest of the world's standards.
You can't backpedal from a lie by lying more lol
Except you're wrong? Most democrats are economically very right. Its why they're liberals and not leftists. The vast majority of US politics is right wing with the only difference being how much they hate minority groups.
US politics has people fucked up thinking reasonable policy is left.
Well they have us thinking politics is 1 dimensional. And have replaced the actual concept of left and right. The actual underpinning and economic organization. With the social axis. And just discard the notion that any economic model other than capitalism can exist. Acknowledging other systems brings up too many questions they can't adequately answer. It's so much easier to have us fight over whether we plebs deserve any rights.
Yes, most Democrats are right wing. They take money from medical, insurance, and banks who would very much like to prevent single payer. So instead we got ACA modeled on a Republican plan with a cop out mandate from a Republican think tank. (And the Republicans still lost their frickin minds). Yes, I vote Democratic but I have no illusions that they're left of center 'cept maybe Bernie.