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Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 08:33 AM Jan 2016

Just a reminder, Single Payer healthcare is a ballot referendum this election cycle.

However, with the presumptive nominee of the Democratic party making overtures to Australian style gun confiscation the state that recalled 2 state senators and forced a third to resign over an ill-advised gun bill will rally to ward off a further intrusion against their rights but those same voters will drown out supporters of SP.

Of the two policy initiatives only SP has any realistic opportunity to actually save lives. Yet, both will suffer an ignominious defeat because fear mongering has down-ticket consequences.

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Just a reminder, Single Payer healthcare is a ballot referendum this election cycle. (Original Post) Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2016 OP
Yep Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #1
Why, are we electing a Monarch? bbrady42 Jan 2016 #2
It's a ballot referendum; like marijuana legalization before it. No monarch required. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2016 #3
An OUTSTANDING reminder!! pablo_marmol Jan 2016 #4

bbrady42

(190 posts)
2. Why, are we electing a Monarch?
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 10:00 AM
Jan 2016

Because that's the only way I see single-payer becoming law. Let's not kid ourselves.

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)
3. It's a ballot referendum; like marijuana legalization before it. No monarch required.
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 12:22 PM
Jan 2016

It made the ballot because they got 180,000 people to sign a petition.

pablo_marmol

(2,375 posts)
4. An OUTSTANDING reminder!!
Fri Jan 15, 2016, 01:15 PM
Jan 2016

Good on you, NU!

The fear that we're going to annihilate ourselves this election cycle is keeping me up at night.
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