Posted on 08/18/2020 3:09:10 PM PDT by karpov
Much of the first night of the Democratic National Convention pitched the nomination of former Vice President Joe Biden as a "return to normalcy" as viewers were bombarded with politicians, celebrities, and ordinary Americans expressing their belief that Biden is a decent and honorable guy who might restore some sense of dignity to the country's highest office.
The most notable exception to that theme came from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.), the democratic socialist who finished second to Biden in this spring's primary campaign.
Sanders, of course, paid the necessary lip service to Biden's centrist, restorative avatar as well, but the senator also used his speech to look forward, effectively committing a future President Biden to an impossibly long list of progressive policy goals, from promising a $15 national minimum wage to a nationwide shift to renewable energy sources:
Joe supports raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. This will give 40 million workers a pay raise and push the wage scale up for everyone else.
Joe will also make it easier for workers to join unions, create 12 weeks of paid family leave, fund universal pre-K for 3- and 4-year-olds, and make child care affordable for millions of families.
Joe will rebuild our crumbling infrastructure and fight the threat of climate change by transitioning us to 100 percent clean electricity over the next 15 years. These initiatives will create millions of good-paying jobs all across the country.
As you know, we are the only industrialized nation not to guarantee health care for all people. While Joe and I disagree on the best path to get to universal coverage, he has a plan that will greatly expand health care and cut the cost of prescription drugs. Further, he will lower the eligibility age of Medicare from 65 to 60.
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As you know, we are the only industrialized nation not to guarantee health care for all people. While Joe and I disagree on the best path to get to universal coverage, he has a plan that will greatly expand health care and cut the cost of prescription drugs. Further, he will lower the eligibility age of Medicare from 65 to 60.
I haven’t heard anyone talk about this. What about Obamacare? Doesn’t Obamacare provide health insurance for everyone??? Aren’t we all required to have health insurance??? Isn’t it a fact that Obamacare insurance premiums are subsidized for lower income people, and that the poorest of all are covered by Medicaid????
Between Burny’s heart and Byedone’s brain there’s a lot to hope for.
Biden: You’ve heard of the national debt? Just toss it on the pile. Taxpayers will take care of it. I have an election to win here.
The only real difference between them is that Biden is often incoherent.
Many stores and restaurants are calling it quits here in Florida.
Obamacare simply priced me totally out of the health insurance market.
Medicare is only 37 months away for me.
360 days to go for me
Had GREAT BC/BS policy for years. $300/mo when Obama took office and $1624/mo when he finally left
Wrecked my credit trying to keep up with the premiums, but I had some health issues that needed attention
Been gambling for the past 3 years, while some of those issues remain and worsen
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