Billionaire Republican says single-payer healthcare is the solution

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Sunday May 07, 2017 · 6:42 PM PDT

2017/05/07 · 18:42

Charlie Munger is a Republican and the billionaire vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway. In an interview with Yahoo Finance, he states that a single-payer system is the healthcare solution for the United States.

“A benign despot would create a single payer system with people being able to opt out into private care that was a little faster or a little fancier like all of Europe and Canada,” he said.

“I think you young people will live to see a healthcare system that looks a lot like Canada’s with a better private opt out system,” Munger said. “I won’t.” (Munger is 93.)

The release of Romney's tax returns is a National Security issue

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Wednesday July 18, 2012 · 2:37 PM PDT

2012/07/18 · 14:37

As we've seen from Mitt Romney's answers on TV recently, there is obviously something in his tax returns that he doesn't want to be made public.

Imagine this though: What if Mitt Romney were actually elected president without releasing 10 years or more of tax returns?

If there is something truly politically damaging in there (as Romney himself has practically confirmed), it is possible that a foreign government (through espionage, etc.) could learn of the damaging information, and actually blackmail the President.

The release and vetting of Mitt Romney's tax returns is actually a matter of national security.

“No president ever has been treated like that, ever.”

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Wednesday September 09, 2009 · 9:10 PM PDT

2009/09/09 · 21:10

I think Rahm Emanuels's quote, in response to Rep. Joe Wilson's (R-SC) "You lie!" outburst, pretty much says it all.

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Monday June 02, 2008 · 7:58 AM PDT

2008/06/02 · 07:58

This will be short & sweet.

In retaliation for Keith naming Murdoch as "worst person in the world" on Friday's show, the Murdoch-controlled NY Post has actually published Keith's home address in a BS story about him owing a small amount of taxes (which MSNBC confirms was resolved months ago). The post includes his home address in the story "according to public records."

Murdoch is truly a scumbag.

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Friday March 07, 2008 · 2:48 PM PST

2008/03/07 · 14:48

Before March 5th, Barack Obama kept his campaign above the political fray, creating enormous political energy by holding huge rallies and giving inspiring speeches. For balance, he gave substantive debate performances and began to include more policy specifics in his speeches. The Obama campaign was riding high.

Then, a few days before the March 4 primaries, in reaction to Clinton's constant, nonsense criticism of his campaign being based only on speeches, Obama began holding town hall-style meetings instead of large rallies. The energy of these town hall events was noticeably lower than the previous large rallies. At the time, someone in the Obama campaign explained that they didn't want him to become a caricature of his large rallies and lofty speeches.

NAFTA-gate then hit. (In retrospect, it looks like Obama may have been smeared.) That was a political punch that landed, and Obama lost Ohio and the Texas primary. As a result, the Obama campaign has freaked out and gone negative against Hillary, instead of doing what made him so successful in February.

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