A Giggles Thread: Jokes, Cartoons, Parody, Satire, Sarcasm & Irony Post #30466 • Liberal Forum

crimsongulf » 28 Aug 2019 4:14 pm » wrote:
Misty » 28 Aug 2019 11:27 am » wrote:Pretty sure that the people whose land he is going to seize in order to build his wall won't feel like he is making their life a dream.
1. The land is not worth much, won't grow anything and they will be well compensated for it.

Tell that to the people who own that land, like cattle ranchers.
Or to this Native American tribe.

A border tribe, and the wall that will divide it.

I'm sure you would have said the same thing if Obama had told his people to take people's land, and even and if they had to break the law to do it he would pardon them, right?

crimsongulf » 28 Aug 2019 4:14 pm » wrote:2. To my knowledge, no one has lost a farm.

Farm bankruptcies rise as Trump's trade war grinds on.

crimsongulf » 28 Aug 2019 4:14 pm » wrote:3. Is anyone being deported that came here legally?

Actually U.S. citizens have been detained and deported.

Under a program called 'medical deferred action' sick kids were allowed to stay here while they were being treated for serious diseases like cancer.

Trump is now ending that program, because cruelty is the policy.

crimsongulf » 28 Aug 2019 4:14 pm » wrote:Now, how about the millions that lost their insurance because of barrycare. Where is your compassion for them?

How about all the people who gained health insurance under Obamacare?
Aren't you happy for them?

Anyway, that 'millions' figure is an iffy right wing talking point.

Critics of the law now say millions lost their health insurance. But that’s misleading.

Those individual market plans were discontinued, but policyholders weren’t denied coverage.

And the question is, how many millions of insured Americans had plans canceled, and how does that compare with the millions of uninsured Americans who gained coverage under the law.

There is evidence that far more have gained coverage than had their policies canceled.

It’s true that insurance companies discontinued health plans that had covered millions of people who had bought them directly rather than through an employer.

That’s because those plans didn’t meet the coverage standards of the new law.

But those policyholders didn’t lose the ability to have insurance.

In most cases, insurers offered them an alternative plan, though there were some instances of companies exiting the individual market altogether.

Whether offered an alternative or not, individuals could shop for insurance on the federal and state marketplaces, or through a broker or insurance carrier directly.

Many were likely eligible for federal subsidies to help pay for insurance, resulting in better coverage and lower rates for some.

https://www.factcheck.org/2014/04/millions-lost-insurance/