IL JimP

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in the sense that all tax money is fungible sure, I was addressing the tax penalty and the new taxes…
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the Vox calculator only looks at the tax changes not anything else so no it's not off
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I would think anyone who has to file taxes
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they're exempt from the mandate and the pay for in the bill didn't come from poor people's taxes
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not sure if you saw the Vox calculator but it's not pretty and no eliminating premiums and co-pays don't make…
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every state has subsidies, the only thing that got state by state is the Medicaid expansion - which if someone…
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it depends how each poll defines independents which seems to be different in every poll
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favorable ratings have been the same since the beginning of the campaign - it's mostly due to extremely low ratings…
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I'm not concerned about Clinton's "weakness" because in 2008 Clinton won primaries all the way through to the end of…
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Doesn't Sanders vet his people? If this is true, seems like a failure of the leadership of his campaign
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That's a 1973 case, I couldn't find evidence that primaries were ever closed like this but I guess you were…
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I think we're defining open differently.  You've always been able to vote for either party's slate in any primary.  You've…
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IL has always had an open primary, not sure what you're talking about, in fact in 2010 some reps tried…
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all true progressives know this - there is no doubt we all know that the best way to win elections…
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nd soon the young people, the same people you so casually dismiss as stupid, idealistic, easy to manipulate and be…
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I don't believe that's the administration's position. They want the private capital out front with Freddie/Fannie as back stops. Whatever…
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as someone who shares most of your demographics (although I've gathered that I'm a little younger than you, but we…
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when did that start happening? doesn't seem to be true to me and a lot of the people I interact…
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Weren't the GOP threatening to go nuclear if they filibustered Alito? or was that a different time
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it's not a threat if they actually follow through, we'll see soon
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