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   dtroutma said, 3 months ago

   That Boehner tan rubbed off.
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   ConserveGov said, 3 months ago

   “Catastrophic”……….Lol.
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   Tyrone Hill said, 3 months ago

   Another victim of the left-wing propaganda campaign. House passed at least 10 budget plans for the past 2 years, but Dems in Senate refuse to vote on it. Stop shilling for the dems.
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   Respectful Troll said, 3 months ago

   The man on the right is a victim of both parties. He can’t afford to give the 2k maximum donation and he doesn’t own a corporation that can give unlimited funds to a superpac so he has no voice. Rs & Ds can’t hear anything unless the sound of twenty dollar bills being fanned under their noses accompanies the words spoken.
   I have also seen promises, by both parties, to protect the environment, children who are already born, and jobs placed to the side the moment the elections are over.
   I am very sympathetic Mr. Sheneman’s cartoon, I place a little more blame on the super conservatives that run the GOP, but I have watched this party over country attitude grow over the last 4 decades and would cheerfully support legislation for term limits, barring politicians from working for companies who benefited from legislation, as well as cutting all gov’t perks once they are no longer in office.
   Both parties have fulfilled Geo. Washington’s warning that parties would divide and weaken the nation.
   Respectfully,
   C.
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   Kylie2112 said, 3 months ago

   @Tyrone Hill

   A bad idea is worse than no idea.
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   JmcaRice said, 3 months ago

   Drew might want to brush up on his math skills. The actual spending reduction that will occur is a tiny fraction of the overall budget; a fraction of 1%.
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   Ms. Ima said, 3 months ago

   Can’t afford health care? Just force the rest of the country to pay for it. Problem solved… or is it problem starting???
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   momsaid said, 3 months ago

   The guy on the left only makes 36K? How ever will he afford the $20,000-per-year minimum Health Insurance coverage under Obamacare?
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   Harleyquinn said, 3 months ago

   Don’t the Donkeys make the same thing as the R’s in House and Senate? No wait they are among the richest. Well at least they are after they get elected. And Miss “you have to read it to find out what is in it” The old lady of the house Pelosi is one of the riches of all and they want her to be speaker again.
   So what was the point of this strip again? oh that is right YAAAAAAWN! Same old Obama Class warfare, wealth envy they rich, blah blah blah.
   Really need to get some new material.
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    ronald rini said, 3 months ago

    @Harleyquinn

    You are right . Why do the democraps think that thier people in congress will tax themselves If they cared they would lower thier pay because most of them do not need it they are rich already
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    ossiningaling said, 3 months ago

    @Tyrone Hill

    Perhaps you could use your logic on the Senate GOP to stop them from putting holds on nominees and judges?
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    furnituremaker said, 3 months ago

    how come we pay taxes on our already taxed income, yet we don’t have universal health care like nations who are at least
    honest about their taxation?
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    ODon said, 3 months ago

    @furnituremaker

    We don’t have universal healthcare because we let the “free market” handle it. Isn’t it nice to know that we fund so much marketing and additional layers of paperwork.
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    Fourcrows said, 3 months ago

    @Ms. Ima

    Universal healthcare would actually be the cheaper option. Health insurance companies never lower their rates, only increase them as they can, and most of their profit still goes towards executive salary and bonus payouts, not towards the customer side. I pay about $600 per month for insurance when I’m working a contract, but I’m not covered between contracts.
    You already pay for everyone else’s healthcare. If you have insurance, your premiums are based on the average of all healthcare payouts, so if more covered people have catastrophic illnesses, premiums go up across the board. For people without insurance, your taxes cover them already. Anyone who goes through a catastrophic health issue finds most of their expenses are still not covered by the insurance companies (like I did), and have to declare bankruptcy, which means YOU now paid for their healthcare costs, as well as any other debt they may have had at the time. For example, when my wife had leukemia, I had to take 6 months off of work, with no pay, to be a full time caregiver. That means living off public assistance, and maxing out credit cards to buy food and pay for extras like ambulance rides and rent. YOU paid for all of that when I declared bankruptcy, and YOU pay for the same for thousands of others every year to do the same.
    Universal healthcare can work by increasing taxes by about $150-200 a month per taxpayer. That is less than insurance companies charge, and you can eliminate what you pay them, so you come out ahead in your budget. Hospitals and doctors can still charge a copay, but you take away the “surprise – that wasn’t covered” charges. If you want a lower tax increase, cut out some of the defense budget (toilets don’t need to cost $12,500, and I can buy bolts for less than $73 a piece) and it offsets.
    The advantage – no more medical bankruptcies (the number one reason for bankruptcy in this country), which means now YOU don’t have to pay off anyone else’s debt, like you do now.
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    Bruce4671 said, 3 months ago

    @ronald rini

    You are being sarcastic but you have a very valid point. NONE of the people in office need a “paycheck” to get by. They are already wealthy by normal standards. So why DO we pay them?
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