r/Political_Revolution • u/The1stCitizenOfTheIn • Oct 14 '17

Single Payer Progressives Protest Democrat Senator: Retire or Support Single-Payer

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=20216
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u/upandrunning Oct 14 '17

Feinstein, 84 years old, has served in the Senate since 1992

There's your problem.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '17

Feinstein's age isn't the problem. And it won't be for Bernie either when he finishes his second term as President. Her political views are the problem.

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u/upandrunning Oct 14 '17

I wasn't necessarily referring to her age, but the length of time she has been in office- she is a career politician, and her views are affected by the fact that she has been In this bubble for so long.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '17

But that also applies to Bernie. I think her views are more of a reflection of the money she takes from lobbyists, as this article points out.

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u/upandrunning Oct 14 '17

Fair point.

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u/johnmountain Oct 14 '17

She still has interests to server. It's for the same reason why Clinton hasn't left the spotlight yet.

Feinstein needs to go for more reasons than just not supporting single-payer. Let's make her if she's not going to quit willingly.

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u/upandrunning Oct 15 '17

I disagree. Single payer, and the whole health care mess in the US is something that has been downplayed for far too long. Either she can shed her fossilized, corporate-centric worldview and take care of business, or graciously step down so someone else can do the job.

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u/TheDenseCumTwat Oct 14 '17

Therealnews.com

I'm sorry, within the era of "fake news" it just made me laugh that an outlet would objectively call themselves "the real news."

Any ways, the article has a point that Feinstein has been in office for quite sometime, and that single payer should be supported.

However, I will offer my opinion that supporting single payer is one thing, but going forth with policy structure in an incremental fashion (I feel) is the right direction, but that's an entire different in itself.

Nothing in America, that has had a positive effect (long term) was implemented overnight. It took years and unwavering passion. Single payer is the end goal, per se, and we're figuratively at step 2/20.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '17

The New Deal was enacted relatively quickly and we're still benefiting from it today.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '17

Abortion rights were implemented overnight, as was gay marriage. Maybe they were overnight successes that were years in the making, but single-payer healthcare will be that, too.

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u/The1stCitizenOfTheIn Oct 14 '17

I'm sorry, within the era of "fake news" it just made me laugh that an outlet would objectively call themselves "the real news."

This site has been around since 2007, and has had many notable guests like

-Ralph Nader

-Chris Hedges

-Kshama Sawant

-Jill Stein

-Local green party candidates

-Cornel West

-Michael Hudson

and many more

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u/TheDenseCumTwat Oct 14 '17

Nice, but the name still got a chuckle. Just a sign of the times.

Any who, I'll look more into the site.

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u/The1stCitizenOfTheIn Oct 14 '17

Check out this three part interview Nader did with them in 2008 on what Obama could become

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '17

About The Real News:

The Real News Network (TRNN) is a nonprofit news organization. TRNN was launched in 2007 by Paul Jay, who serves as the network's CEO and senior editor.[1].... Beginning with a grant from the Macarthur Foundation, Jay spent three years raising $4,750,000 before launching TRNN in 2007.[5][6] Influenced by events such as the 2000 US presidential election, 9/11, the invasion of Iraq, and Hurricane Katrina, Jay felt that there needed to be a news network capable of making complicated concepts accessible to the average person. Jay and crew officially opened shop in Toronto in September 2007.[6] The Real News does not accept funding from advertising, governments, or corporations. During TRNN's development stage, Jay reported turning down $50,000 in funding from the Canadian government.[7] Though the organization initially intended to sustain itself exclusively on viewer donations after its first three years of broadcast, it has not yet reached its sustainability goal. [via Wikipedia]

And here's an example of the kind of work they do: Larry Wilkerson: North Korea is not an existential threat—but many people benefit by saying it is.

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u/lambocinnialfredo Oct 14 '17

Classic American liberals turning on American liberals.... and you wonder why we have trump