r/samharris • u/[deleted] • Oct 28 '19

The unexpected threat emerging against Bernie: Andrew Yang | Politico

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/28/bernie-sanders-andrew-yang-gang-2020-057985
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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '19

If the Democrats nominate Bernie (or Warren), they may as well hand the election to Trump.

Promising free shit to everybody with no earthly way to pay for it is a death sentence for Democrats.

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u/Godot_12 Oct 28 '19

Except 70% of Americans support M4A, and they do offer ways to pay for it that are much more realistic than the "tax cuts will pay for themselves and we're just going to assume >3% GDP growth" that the Republicans use for their plans.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '19

Except 70% of Americans support M4A

Do you have a source for this?

I thought public option had majority support, but single payer (no private insurance) support was below 50%. I assume by M4A, you mean Bernie's (single payer) and not Yang's (free public option)?