Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg are infuriating the so-called “Resistance” base of the Democratic party by trashing left-wing policies on taxes and health care. However, Bloomberg embraced the left’s “Green New Deal” on Tuesday — albeit a more “achievable” version.On Tuesday morning, Schultz slammed the “Medicare for All” proposal embraced by many Democrats, including presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), who told a CNN town hall Monday evening that she wanted to “eliminate” private insurance. That’s not American,” Schultz told CBS This Morning, referring to Harris’s proposal. “What’s next? What industry are we going to abolish next? The coffee industry?” Bloomberg likewise dismissed the idea of “Medicare for All” in speaking to reporters in New York on Tuesday. “I think you could never afford … [Read more...] about Liberal Billionaires Blast Democrats on Medicare, Taxes — But Bloomberg Embraces ‘Green New Deal’
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Michael Bloomberg: ‘You Could Never Afford’ Medicare for All
Billionaire businessman and potential presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg slammed Medicare for All on Tuesday, suggesting that “you could never afford it” and that it would cost the country “trillions.” Bloomberg traveled to Manchester, New Hampshire, this week as he continues to mull whether to run for president in 2020. During his trip, he was asked if he would support eliminating private health insurance and replacing it with a single-payer, government-run health care program otherwise known as “Medicare for All.”Bloomberg nixed the idea of Medicare for All, saying, “You could never afford that, you’re talking about trillions of dollars.” Several studies have pinned the potential cost of Medicare for All somewhere between $32 to $38 trillion over the next years. The billionaire’s comment arises as 2020 presidential candidate and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) called for eliminating all private insurance and replacing it … [Read more...] about Michael Bloomberg: ‘You Could Never Afford’ Medicare for All
Howard Schultz on Kamala Harris Backing Medicare for All: ‘That’s Not American’
Possible 2020 presidential candidate and former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz took aim at a potential future opponent Tuesday, going after Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) for supporting Medicare for all.Schultz slammed Harris, saying Medicare for all is “not American.” “That’s not correct. That’s not American,” Schultz declared. “What’s next? What industry are we going to abolish next? The coffee industry?” He continued, “The Republicans want to get rid of the Affordable Care Act. I don’t agree with that. The Affordable Care Act should stay and should be refined. But to think to get rid of the insurance industry, this is the situation, it’s far too extreme from both sides.” Follow Trent Baker on Twitter @MagnifiTrent … [Read more...] about Howard Schultz on Kamala Harris Backing Medicare for All: ‘That’s Not American’
Kamala Harris Pushes Medicare for All, Takes Jabs at Trump in Official Bid for Presidency
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) slammed President Trump’s plan for a border wall and pushed for “Medicare for All” as she formally launched her run for the Democratic presidential nomination Sunday. “I’m running to fight for an America where the economy works for working people,” Harris announced to the crowd in Oakland, her hometown. “I am running to declare, once and for all, that health care is a fundamental right, and to deliver that right with ‘Medicare for All.’ To declare education is a fundamental right, and we will guarantee that right with universal pre-k and debt-free college.”Harris, who was elected to the United States Senate in 2016 and previously served as California’s Attorney General, condemned and criticized the Trump administration’s hard stance on immigration and considered the wall to be “a medieval vanity project.” “Folks, on the subject of transnational gangs, let’s be … [Read more...] about Kamala Harris Pushes Medicare for All, Takes Jabs at Trump in Official Bid for Presidency
Pinkerton: How We Got to ‘Medicare for All’ — and How AOC’s Pet Issue Will Affect 2020
Medicare for All—Or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for All?Here’s something interesting: According to a new poll from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 68 percent of Americans believe that providing “Medicare for All” should be an “extremely important priority.” We might note that the “internals” of that number show us that 84 percent of Democrats support Medicare for All, as well as 70 percent of Independents—and even 39 percent of Republicans. Other surveys show similar numbers. For instance, a Reuters/Ipsos poll from August showed 70 percent supporting Medicare for All. It’s tempting to say that this is just the glamorous handiwork of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). After all, the political comet—now so well known that she is identifiable just as AOC—burst on the scene in June 2018 when she defeated an incumbent Democrat in a Bronx-Queens primary. Since then, like her or not, she has lit up … [Read more...] about Pinkerton: How We Got to ‘Medicare for All’ — and How AOC’s Pet Issue Will Affect 2020