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Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Joe Biden breaks with Obama in moving to left [View all]Celerity
(51,140 posts)24. Biden calls for everyone having the choice to buy into Medicare
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/441232-biden-calls-for-giving-everyone-the-choice-to-buy-into-medicare
Limiting it to only 55yo and up is not remotely good enough.
I also agree with Joe on 4 years of free public university for all.
Biden Calls for 4 Years of Free College
https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/10/22/biden-calls-for-4-years-of-free-college
"Whether you're covered through your employer or on your own or not, you all should have a choice to be able to buy into a public option plan for Medicare," Biden said in a speech in Pittsburgh, the first major address of his presidential campaign, which he announced last week.
"Your choice," Biden added. "And if the insurance company isn't doing the right thing by you, you should have another choice."
"Your choice," Biden added. "And if the insurance company isn't doing the right thing by you, you should have another choice."
Limiting it to only 55yo and up is not remotely good enough.
I also agree with Joe on 4 years of free public university for all.
Biden Calls for 4 Years of Free College
https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/10/22/biden-calls-for-4-years-of-free-college
"I believe we have to level the playing field for the American people," Biden said. "And that's going to take access to education and opportunity to work."
"We need to commit to 16 years of free public education for all our children," he said, adding two years to the president's previous proposal of free community college for all.
"We all know that 12 years of public education is not enough," Biden continued. "As a nation, let's make the same commitment to a college education today that we made to a high school education a hundred years ago."
"We need to commit to 16 years of free public education for all our children," he said, adding two years to the president's previous proposal of free community college for all.
"We all know that 12 years of public education is not enough," Biden continued. "As a nation, let's make the same commitment to a college education today that we made to a high school education a hundred years ago."


primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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A higher minimum wage and the public option are hardly moves to the left of Obama
LongtimeAZDem
May 2019
#1
Joe - You're going to have to keep moving left, and then further left, and then more....
IndyOp
May 2019
#8
Not yours, but the headline is an unnecessarily negative spin on Biden "vs." Obama.
George II
May 2019
#10
Obamas hands were tied a lot of the time.. He would have been a LOT more left..
samnsara
May 2019
#13
what is the premise of this article - he should be welded to Obama? I don't get it.
EveHammond13
May 2019
#14
But as with all of them, you have to ask yourself if you believe they'll actually DO what they say
pdsimdars
May 2019
#15
If we do not take back the Senate, there will not be shit getting done. I am really starting
Celerity
May 2019
#17
TOTAL student debt is 1.6 trillion, we spend that each YEAR on the war/surveillance state
Celerity
May 2019
#27
there are around 13 million public university students (2 and 4 years) in the US
Celerity
May 2019
#29