I want to know why I’m wrong- because this question has been eating at me for years- and I secretly blame the Democrats for all of the health insurance problems.
Why can’t California and New York bind together in an interstate compact, and create medicare for all of their citizens?
California and New York have GDP’s above most other countries in the world. In general, democrats hold majorities. Tell me why I shouldn’t blame the democrats for:
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Doing Obama care half assed, when something like 80% people wanted a public option.
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Not just doing it themselves. For instance even NYC by itself has a GDP above Denmark, and NYC is filled to the brim with the super rich.
I know in Washington State, everyone thinks it’s a blue state. Yes, we vote blue overall, but the actual politicians lean right as they cater to the oligarchs that have set up shop here. The oligarchs don’t pay their fair share in taxes.
Our governor, which I held my nose to vote for btw, is a POS. He’s a republican in democrat clothes. Every state has a different political climate.
The oligarchs basically act like mob bosses. That’s why Boeing left for Chicago, they didn’t like that there were so many unions and regulations here. The workers would never have stood for the shit that passed through inspection because they had decades of experience. As soon as they separated the white collars from the blue collars, you could see the disasters coming. It actually took a bit longer than I personally expected.
What I’m saying is, it’s complicated. The greeds run everything, not sure how to fix it.