re: Trump vows to replace ObamaCare with his own alternative

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He should not have signed any legislation until the border was secure. Massive failure on his part.

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I don’t disagree with that.

However, given the stance of the RINOs at the time, I would suggest that his veto would have been overridden in a “bipartisan” effort.

Nonetheless, he messed up in not forcing their hand.

Yes.

Focus on:

1. Woke culture / Dems being ridic
2. Border crisis (how we can give $100 billion to Ukraine but not $8 for our border
3. America First/ populist shite like no wars, taking care our our own citizens, keeping manufacturing jobs here

If Trump wants to be lazy he should pick Vivek as his running mate and have him do most of the heavy lifting.

Trump had his chance on healthcare and blew it.

There isn’t much defending him on this.

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What would he have gained from that? Do you think that would have changed anything? You would have had to get rid of the entire bureaucracy.

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I would guess that we agree that Covid, or more specifically - Covid response - was something like 98% politics and 2% heathcare. Yes, Fauci was dirty in other ways, but overriding all of that - he was a Dem operative, as is so much of the bureaucratic state. From the beginning of the pandemic, it was reported/known that Fauci had deep ties to the Left. Didn't we see "love letters" of his to Hillary?

To answer your question - assigning Fauci to something unrelated to Covid wouldn't have done much on its own, but clearing Fauci from the deck isn't the only thing Trump should have done. CDC/NIH guidelines like the death certificate matching program were understood by many (in real time) to be what they, in fact, were - bastardized science with a clear political objectives behind it. Trump needed to do whatever was necessary to shut that shite down.

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I also believe that removing the head of the NIH and NIAID and the leading "expert" on pandemics in the US, having led government efforts to fight the Swine Flu pandemic in 2009 and the EBOLA outbreak in 2014 would have been the same as firing him. Leaving him off that task force would have resulted in impeachment, as well.

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We didn't shut half of the economy down, curb individual rights, suspended educating kids, etc., over the swine flu or EBOLA outbreak. Fauci was not an expert on the vast majority of what was done for Covid response.

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Removing him would have been impeachable. No doubt in my mind.

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I don't agree, but even if I'm wrong and you're right about this - so what? I'd rather have seen Trump go down swinging than have his presidency (further) sabotaged while taking the knee like he did.

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People have been paying for Medicare their entire working career????

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Not sure what you are asking but to not have to pay Part A premiums you have to pay into the system for 40 quarters or more.

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If you paid Medicare taxes for less than 30 quarters, the standard Part A premium will be $506.00.  If you paid Medicare taxes for 30-39 quarters, the standard Part A premium will be $278.00.  Some people pay a higher premium if they don't enroll when they're first eligible.

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So do whores.

But whores aren’t supposed to be representing “We the People.”

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In an ideal world, but we dont live in one.

You dont get anything accomplished in politics without compromise.

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Hes been promising to end it for years, still really has no plan. he loves to make promises with zero detail.

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Holy shite, we agree on something.

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I won’t compromise on my beliefs concerning the “trans movement.”

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Trump already has.

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So you should be the happiest poster on TD.

Congratulations to you and your ilk.