• RadButNotAChad@lemmy.world
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    They couldn’t have passed healthcare for all because they didn’t have the votes. Remember, they needed 60. So they compromised and moved in the right direction. Also, in 2009 there wasn’t such an open hate for the LGBTQ community. States were legalizing gay marriage, and the defense of marriage act was overturned eventually also. It’s only the last few years that the hate rhetoric has been turned up. A lot of things changed for a lot of people. And they did raise taxes. Guess what was undone in 2016 by the Republicans who are so the same as the democrats. You’re unwilling to see it because you’re afraid of admitting you’re wrong regardless of how many times I’ve proven it. All you can do is scream the word Zionist over and over like a play-acting intellectual in between bouts of being demonstrably wrong

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        Ultimately to get the votes for Obamacare they agreed on a mandate that required people to have health insurance, but part of the negotiation was there could be no public option and they would have to purchase from a private insurance company but the insurance companies could not have exceptions for pre-existing conditions and could not have a maximum lifetime payout. That last sentence is what made it all worth it. And while there were people hostile to LGBTQ people, it was not like it is now. I find it amazing that everytime I come with receipts you just claim that I have nothing, but have offered zero counterpoints.

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            Yeah. That’s it. Not because I proved your nonsense wrong every step of the way. Whatever makes you feel better.