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Bill Maher closed his show a couple of weeks ago with a similar point


Urging the democratic contenders to stop supporting issues that will get them 450 votes, but cost them 10,000.

He gave a few examples of one person coming out in support of the government paying for sex change operations for inmates. Or another in favor of inmates voting.

Now, I'm going to assume that some sort of logical argument can be made supporting both of these positions, maybe, somehow. The point he was trying to make though was "Great, gender reassignment surgery for convicts should be government funded. You just gained 450 votes from the friends of convicts who want gender reassignment surgery. But you just lost thousands of votes from moderates thinking 'geez, what are these democrats thinking?"

He did mention the medicare for all bit in there as well. His view...yes, give medicare as an option, but don't make it illegal for someone to insure themselves above and beyond that. Again, gain X votes, lose 10x.

(In response to this post by WarmHoo)

Posted: 11/07/2019 at 1:39PM



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How Trump wins -- WarmHoo 11/07/2019 1:15PM
  He's already won ** -- MasterRusty 11/07/2019 11:21PM
  The's the $10,000 question -- Beerman 11/07/2019 2:30PM
  That's the wrong question IMO -- Hfbyrd 11/07/2019 3:37PM
  No reason on earth to charge me -- Shenhoo 11/07/2019 2:35PM
  Medicare overhead is far less. ** -- Shenhoo 11/07/2019 2:43PM
  The Canadian system is not the model to emulate ** -- Tuckahokie 11/07/2019 1:51PM
  So what country should we emulate -- VaTechie 11/07/2019 2:01PM
  France. Seriously. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 11/07/2019 4:41PM
  France or Germany. ** -- BocaHoo91 11/07/2019 2:10PM
  Cool, I really want to know what others think. -- VaTechie 11/07/2019 2:11PM
  Yeah, look at that PDF -- VaTechie 11/07/2019 2:28PM
  It all finally makes sense. ** -- HoosWillWin 11/07/2019 1:48PM
  Pretty sure that was Warren too ** -- wahoo138 11/07/2019 1:59PM
  Our healthcare system is broken -- WahooMatt05 11/07/2019 1:37PM
  I’m just not a fan. -- fphoo 11/07/2019 1:23PM

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