Approval rating of Democrats in Congress signals major change is needed.

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47. Thank you so much

Glad I have your permission to express my opinion. As for the rest of your post, could you possibly be more insulting? "Playing revolutionary?" "Stop getting so angry?"

The idea that people will be unable to buy their own private health insurance is a right-wing talking point, as is this "forcing people" nonsense. I don't think people are advocating that - making private health insurance illegal. No, I'm advocating a public system and making healthcare available and affordable for everyone. And that's not about my personal wish, as you snidely characterize my position. That's about the needs of the majority of the public.

Of course "government" - the people's democratically elected representatives - can do a better job at almost everything. Public transportation, the weather service, environmental protections, education, weights and measures, health and and safety regulations, the Land Grant college system, the USDA, Cooperative Extension, public utilities, and on and on,. The right wingers wage all out war against all of them. Stop caving. Stop spreading their talking points. Leave the attacks on the "big bad government" to the Republicans.

The privatization schemes the right wingers promote are corrupt and I will continue to say that with or without your permission to do so.

No one is advocating the idea of "the government running health care." Again, that is a right wing talking point you are using. I say it is time to stop embracing the right wing framing of the issues and stop compromising our positions based on their talking points - their ever-changing and easily debunked talking points. When we accept their premises we are reinforcing their ideology and electoral prospects while harming our own.

People will always be able to opt for private insurance, just as they can opt for using private transportation and sending their kids to private schools. People can use FedEx rather than the Post Office. But we are all "enrolled" in the Postal system, we are all "enrolled' in the public school system, whether we opt to use those services or not. Republicans call that "forcing" and look for ways to sabotage any and all public programs, to loot public wealth, and to poison the public mind.

The entire public option versus Medicare for all debate is misleading and reactionary, like "school choice" is. It is another Republican stalking horse for privatization.

I have voted for every Democratic party candidate in every election for 50 years. Spare me your "support our nominees" lecturing. Sure I get angry when the Republicans win. Don't you?