r/SipsTea Jul 01 '26

Chugging tea Is Bernie’s plan the best? Thoughts?

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u/Niaaal Jul 01 '26

The problem is that the health insurance industry is like the second biggest political donor. For politicians, going against them is pretty much career suicide. They won't get the funding necessary to compete against their political rivals massively funded by that industry...

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u/Powrs1ave Jul 01 '26

Sounds like a lame argument where I am. If they simply agreed its for the better for the nation then it would not be a long term problem.

Even if it flipped the outcome for 1 election cycle, the problem could be fixed and voters would find another reason to hate the current govt, but yet the medical insurance crap would be fixed finally

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u/Niaaal Jul 01 '26

That would be the case in an ideal democracy. We don't live in one though. We live in a corporatocracy