Zone1 What "progressive" policies have turned out well in the past 50 years?

[Greenbeard]

it causes rates to go up,,

Not in the individual market, it has zero impact on anyone buying on their own. And not much impact in the group market, either.

 

[progressive hunter]

Not in the individual market, it has zero impact on anyone buying on their own. And not impact much in the group market, either.

it does for the rest of us,,

but hey as long as youre happy who really gives a fuck about the rest of us,,

 

[Dadoalex]

I was trying to think of a "progressive" policy that has worked out well during the past 50 years, but I couldn't come up with any. Can you?

Hmm,...
Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid have helped to raise the life expectancy in the US by more than 10 years since their inception.
School Meal programs have made for better fed, healthier, and better educated children.
College and training programs have increased the workforce capabilities significantly.
The EPA has helped reduce air and water pollution

There's loads more...

How about you produce a single conservative policy that has improved the lives of Americans?

 

[Dadoalex]

Others may have had different experiences but I personally benefited greatly from Obamacare. Keeping my kids on until they turned 26 was a windfall and cost the insurance companies almost nothing. Win, win. I know of others who benefited by the elimination of pre-existing condition restrictions. Our country's healthcare system is horrible but the ADA was an improvement and would likely have been even better if the GOP had not been trying to sabotage it for mainly political reasons.

Thanks
I forgot to include that one.
Providing health care for millions of people between 19 and 27.

 

[Dadoalex]

It was a disaster for me. Not only did the plan I had and liked disappear, but my premium and deductible both went up significantly. And my regular doctor didn’t accept it, so I had to switch.

Then, to make matters worse, I developed a medical condition (since resolved, but took years) for which NO specialist was in-network and nobody would accept the Obamacare plan. After days on the phone, calling every specialist within a 50-mile radius, I finally found one who would accept cash, based on what Medicare would have paid. So, in addition to the higher premiums, I had to pay for my doctor. I was out a fortune, and yet Obama considered me “insured.”

The only thing that allowed me to escape the nightmare of Ocare was turning 65.

Blame you insurance company.
THEY changed your plan.

Not Obama.

 

[Dadoalex]

Well, they sure have "progressed" society right back to the day when a person is judged on the color of their skin rather than the content of their character, haven't they?

So you mean the US has become more conservative?

Sorry, being racist is a conservative thing. Check your mirror for MAGATS

 

[Lisa558]

Blame you insurance company.
THEY changed your plan.

Not Obama.

In response to Obamacare. They had to add in stuff, and the original plan disappeared. Happened all over the country.

Obamacare was a nightmare for millions of people. You were often better off paying cash. Nearly $1000 a month for a useless plan, so that other people could get it free.

 

[Lisa558]

So you mean the US has become more conservative?

Sorry, being racist is a conservative thing. Check your mirror for MAGATS

Bigotry is more common among the left. I live in a liberal county, and we’ve been warned not to wear Jewish jewelry, and we now need armed guards at services.

 

[alang1216]

The insurance companies weren’t losers because they didn’t get extra premiums to cover your adult children. People like ME were hit with massive premiums to make up for it.

Liberals need to learn that there is no free lunch. When your affluent family is getting something for free, middle income people are paying for it.

Except the costs of healthcare for my children between 21 and 26 was minimal. Since they weren't working immediately after graduation, I would have picked up their premiums. The reality here is that I would have been subsidizing the health care of others, possibly people like you.

 

[Dadoalex]

In response to Obamacare. They had to add in stuff, and the original plan disappeared. Happened all over the country.

Obamacare was a nightmare for millions of people. You were often better off paying cash. Nearly $1000 a month for a useless plan, so that other people could get it free.

No, they didn't.
But as long as you get to blame Obama why worry over facts.

 

[Dadoalex]

Bigotry is more common among the left. I live in a liberal county, and we’ve been warned not to wear Jewish jewelry, and we now need armed guards at services.

BULL SHIT.

You can lie to you but you can't lie to me.

 

[AHZ]

when nI was growing up they said we would be in an ice age within a few yrs,, 50 yrs later its just another boogyman,,

best to not live your life like the world will end tomorrow,,

ok.

but sometimes it really does become unaffordable for the next generation to carry on in the same way.

just saying.

attitude matters, but so does reality.

depression occur. it does mean everone is a loser.

i used to be a dumb neocon too, who judged in this manner.

 

[progressive hunter]

ok.

but sometimes it really does become unaffordable for the next generation to carry on in the same way.

just saying.

attitude matters, but so does reality.

depression occur. it does mean everone is a loser.

i used to be a dumb neocon too, who judged in this manner.

more so when they take on student debts for jobs that dont exist,,

their attitude is the world owes me,,

wouldnt want to be them when reality hits them smack in the face,,

 

[AHZ]

more so when they take on student debts for jobs that dont exist,,

their attitude is the world owes me,,

wouldnt want to be them when reality hits them smack in the face,,

partially true. yes.

but still they were advised to do this by adults in theirs lives, teachers, counselors, parents....

doesn't mean they should get bailed out. im not for that either.

but empathy? yes, we can afford that.

maybe we can learn to not mislead the children?

 

[progressive hunter]

partially true. yes.

but still they were advised to do this by adults in theirs lives, teachers, counselors, parents....

doesn't mean they should get bailed out. im not for that either.

but empathy? yes, we can afford that.

maybe we can learn to not mislead the children?

whats this we shit??

I have never misled a child and always warn them about the struggles of life,,
thats why my kids are doing better than I ever did,,

what you shouldnt do is make excuses for bad behavior and decisions,,

lifes tough,, buy a helmet and give it hell,,,

 

[Flash]

So I take your question as "What Democrat policy has actually benefited Americans?" I come up with one, Social Security. That's all I got. Oh wait you said the last 50 years. Then it's zero.

Social Security is a Ponzi scheme.

If you are too damn stupid as to plan for your retirement and need stupid corrupt government bureaucrats to force you to do it then you are an idiot.

Failed program.

 

[Flash]

The PPACA

The EPA

OSHA

The Civil Rights Law

Fair Housing Law

Non-Discrimination Laws

Minimum Wage Law

Examples of great conservative policies in last 50 years

Declaring an embryo a child

 

[Greenbeard]

it does for the rest of us,,

but hey as long as youre happy who really gives a fuck about the rest of us,,

Doesn’t impact me, but that has no bearing on whether it was a good and widely popular policy (it was).

 

[progressive hunter]

Doesn’t impact me, but that has no bearing on whether it was a good and widely popular policy (it was).

well as long as it doesnt impact you I guess the rest of us can go fuck ourselves,,

 

[Greenbeard]

well as long as it doesnt impact you I guess the rest of us can go fuck ourselves,,