OMG Politics, I'm over it already.

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I can't find it now, but yesterday some media outlet was reporting about data that suggests the removal of ACA without a comparable replacement would lead to 40K deaths annually. I really want to find to give it the once over. If accurate, it should be yelled from the rooftops...every rooftop in every city/town/village.

Here we are:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/post...43000-people-annually/?utm_term=.ffb427c8d176
 
Dogsinotpalc said:
I can't find it now, but yesterday some media outlet was reporting about data that suggests the removal of ACA without a comparable replacement would lead to 40K deaths annually. I really want to find to give it the once over. If accurate, it should be yelled from the rooftops...every rooftop in every city/town/village.

Here we are:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/post...43000-people-annually/?utm_term=.ffb427c8d176
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40k isn't enough. Citizens who support the removal of the ACA won't be swayed until that number hits at least a million.
 
jelloman said:
Pretty much all of this was the platform that got him elected...it's really not that shocking that they're doing exactly what they said they were going to do...

People are speaking out...but no one is listening at the moment...
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Well the policy-oriented stuff like the abortion thing, obamacare etc., yes. They weren't exactly bragging that they would be trying to undermine journalists and issue blanket gag orders for federal employees - but even at that I agree it isn't exactly shocking...
 
Lerxst said:
Look on the bright side, it's 40k less freeloaders who don't contribute enough value to society to be worthy of coverage. We're chopping deadwood off here. /s
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Add in those submerged due to global warming and there will be a lot less competition for all those sweet new coal mining jobs.
 
That is a rather potent image.

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Pine Apple Slim said:
I don't know that it's intentional but I see the strategy is Trump keeps the media distracted with outrageous bullshit while the hard right passes their agenda mostly under the radar.
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So far, they are mutually beneficial parasites. Once the hard right is done with him, they'll gladly let him go away by not opposing impeachment hearings. Pence is their man.



Trump has to be, not just A winner, but THE winner.
Trump demands to be the center of attention. He has mastered the ability to utilize the news media to constantly stay in the headlines. Yes, the people he claims to hate, he heavily relies upon. The rest is done by Twitter.
 
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