Posted on 11/20/2013 1:59:44 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The current battle over Obamacare — particularly its focus on those losing plans or seeing higher premiums — goes right to the heart of a political problem the law’s proponents have had since the beginning: Many perceive the law as an expansion of the safety net for other people, i.e,, poor people, not something that will help them or the middle class.
A new National Journal poll illustrates that this dynamic is very much alive — but it also explains why Democrats are still better off sticking with the law, and even why the GOP position of full repeal may not be a winner over the long term.
The poll finds solid majorities of Americans still believe the law will help the poor (59 percent) and people without insurance (63), but minorities of Americans think the law will help the whole country (42-51) and middle class (39-53).
But, crucially, there is a divide on this question that breaks down on racial and class lines, with core Dem groups continuing to believe the law will benefit the whole country, while core GOP groups think it will only help others. Ron Brownstein digs into the numbers:
On this question, Obama continues to face enormous skepticism from groups traditionally critical of him (about two-thirds of noncollege whites, just over three-fifths of rural residents, and nearly three-fifths of whites above 50 thought it would make things worse for the country). But, compared with the question about the law’s personal impact, the president rallied more support from groups favorable to him, with nearly three-fifths of minorities and almost exactly half of college whites saying the law would do more to make things better than worse for the country overall....
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In before the GIF of the little black boy screaming That’s racist.
When you are a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
When you are a racist, everything looks racist.
Such is the POS turd Greg Sargent from the Washington Post.
Or, perhaps it’s not the OPPOSITION to Obamacare that are racist, but the supporters thereof.
Sargent is a huge Obama hack and shill. He’s really quite embarrassing.
core GOP groups think it will only help others.
Actually conservitives understand it will hurt everyone.
Pretty much all the journ-o-list crew were.
Sorry, Leftys. You violated the number one cardinal rule:
DON’T **** WITH PEOPLE’S MONEY.
You can do lots of things to people, but once you COST THEM, you are dead.
Costs will rise and service will go down. Death rates from preventable/treatable diseases (like early stage cancer) will rise (they've already said to raise screening ages by 5 years for men and women).
Oh, all of their policies cost people money, but...
the key is to make the costs invisible and the benefits visible.
They messed up on this one and exposed themselves.
and blacks are supposed to say "oh, ok then...so we still support Obamacare then, right?"
Yeah, right, it’ll help the poor. The poorest person I know is a young man I am mentoring right now. He barely scrapes by working two part-time jobs, and he is constantly told that companies are no longer offering FT work on account of Obamacare. However, he cannot actually get Obamacare in Georgia. We did not expand Medicaid, and he has ZERO money to pay for insurance. As it is, he is expecting the government to confiscate his federal tax refund to cover the fine.
Duh. The law is a massive transfer of income from one race to another.
A white racist cracker peckerhead, Greg Sargent, tries playing the racist card and fumbles the ball at the 2 yard line.
I would say that in many cases you are correct.
There are people who think we should support Obamacare because if we oppose it, we are, de facto, racist.
Hmmm....¿Quién es más racista? ¿Harry sucio o Ricardo Montebahn?
Hahahahahah...great graphic!
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