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Alexandria Ocasio Cortez: Medicare For All Is Cheaper Because It Reduces Funeral Costs
Townhall.com ^ | August 9, 2018 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 08/09/2018 11:52:04 PM PDT by Kaslin

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is fun. No, I mean that in all sincerity; she’s a fun candidate. She’s now one of the faces of the emerging left wing of the Democratic Party. Some have even called her the future of the Democratic Party. Maybe they should slow their roll on her, but hey—a Democratic implosion of rising talent is always a fun show to watch. She’s feisty. She has her moments, but when it comes to the policy discussion for her television hits, she veers into rocky shoals.

casio-Cortez is clueless on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, playing whack-a-mole concerning whether there should be a two-state solution. Don’t expect anything rational from here on out. Three days after her interview on PBS’ Firing Line, in which she voiced her support for a two-state solution, she moved away from that position. She recently attended a conference with anti-Israel activist Linda Sarsour, so that’s all you need to know where she’ll probably land. The far left is viciously anti-Israel. You have to be in order to call yourself a proud left-winger.

CNN’s Chris Cuomo had her on his show, where she proved once again that she has no clue what she's talking about concerning economic policy. Ocasio-Corez thinks the military got a $700 billion increase, wrote a $2 trillion check for the Trump tax cuts, and the Medicare for All initiative isn’t bad because it would reduce the costs of funerals. Yeah, no one will die under a single payer system. Hey, not dying—sounds great on paper. Concerning application, you’d have to be on crack cocaine to think this would ever be cost-effective. It’s not. It has a $30+ trillion price tag. The three-decade price tag for the Left’s goodie bag—free college, Medicare for all, etc.—lands in the neighborhood of…$218 trillion.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Israel; US: New York; US: Vermont; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2018elections; alexocasiocrtez; aoc; berniesanders; chriscuomo; clintonnonnews; cnn; democialism; healthcare; incometaxes; israel; jerusalem; joecrowley; letshavejerusalem; lindasarsour; mattvespa; medicare; medicareforall; michellewolf; newyork; ocasiocortez; singlepayer; sochealthcare; socializedeconomy; taxcutsandjobsact; taxreform; tcja; vermont; waronterror; whcd
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It’s unfortunate that the keyword, “TijuanaDonkeyBarBecky,” has too many letters...

Just sayin


41 posted on 08/10/2018 3:46:23 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (They all get down, and arm up. Ready to take down tyrrany. The magnificient Seven.)
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To: Kaslin
Cortez intellect reminds me of this:


"I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some, uh, people out there in our nation don't have maps and, uh, I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and, I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, or, uh, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future. For our children."

42 posted on 08/10/2018 3:46:39 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Heaven has a wall and strict immigration policy. Hell has open borders--seen on a tee shirt)
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To: Kaslin

It will kill you faster, but hell, the funeral costs are lower.


43 posted on 08/10/2018 3:46:53 AM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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To: Reno89519

ONLY 28? Well my 28 year old daughter just got her PhD.


44 posted on 08/10/2018 3:57:32 AM PDT by mistfree (It's a very uncreative man who can't think of more than one way to spell a word.)
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To: Kaslin

This is the best George s could Coe up with. She is not s thinker.

Bostonuniversity shame on them for graduating her with a degree in economics.


45 posted on 08/10/2018 4:00:57 AM PDT by stanne
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

The girl is a looney tune.......


46 posted on 08/10/2018 4:02:18 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Slyfox
I really do hope she becomes the demoncrap’s presidential candidate for 2020.

It would always be nice to have anyone that stupid nominated. It won't be her. She is only 27 or 28 years old (going on 3). You have to be 35+ when you take the oath of office.

It would be nice if politicians would be that open in their idiocy. If we must die as a nation, lets get it over with. Let's see if the electorate is so stupid that even the 50% Democrat voters stay at that percent.

Bernie Sanders came pretty close. Tom Perez and every Democrat who praises this complete airhead as the new face of the Party help in this test of our future.

47 posted on 08/10/2018 4:03:55 AM PDT by stevem
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To: Kaslin

I hope that she remains the darling of the media and their party.


48 posted on 08/10/2018 4:06:20 AM PDT by Texas resident (Democrats=Enemy of People of The United States of America)
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To: stanne

This is the best george s could come up with? She is not a thinker.

Boston University - shame on them for graduating her with a degree in economics.


49 posted on 08/10/2018 4:09:04 AM PDT by stanne
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To: Slyfox

Unfortunately the Dems who control the purse-strings know she is dangerous - a public relations disaster that plays poorly outside of welfare areas. They never talked about Mad Maxine on a national stage for the same reason; they are just bundlers for low-information minority votes (no money coming from those communities).


50 posted on 08/10/2018 4:09:53 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Kaslin

ACO is an economic major? If she is, I think our 6 year old twins must be Einstein. Funeral Expenses will be reduced because of single payer? I’m confused, what does funeral expenses have to do with health care - unless you are having quanity discounts on funerals.


51 posted on 08/10/2018 4:14:32 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: Slyfox

She won’t be old enough to qualify for President until 2025. So she cannot be a candidate until the 2028 election.


52 posted on 08/10/2018 4:15:06 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: Kaslin

She’s the poster child for the funeral costs of the Democratic Party.


53 posted on 08/10/2018 4:15:47 AM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (The world continues to be stuck in a "all leftist, all of the time" funk. BUNK THE FUNK!)
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To: Kaslin

The cost for Medicare for all is over 4 Trillion per year. The entire budget. No wonder the Europeans have a hard time coming up with 2% of GDP for their military.


54 posted on 08/10/2018 4:16:55 AM PDT by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: ArtDodger
Actually, she is correct. Under socialism, there will be less funeral costs for the individuals.

Well, mass graves are cheap.

55 posted on 08/10/2018 4:24:33 AM PDT by Edward.Fish
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To: Kaslin

This goof graduated with an economics degree?
I think she was passed along.

Apparently she learned nothing but graduated anyway.


56 posted on 08/10/2018 4:26:28 AM PDT by Texas resident (Democrats=Enemy of People of The United States of America)
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To: kearnyirish2
Unfortunately the Dems who control the purse-strings know she is dangerous - a public relations disaster that plays poorly outside of welfare areas. They never talked about Mad Maxine on a national stage for the same reason; they are just bundlers for low-information minority votes (no money coming from those communities).

Good point. Auntie Maxine is for the Dem's low-information black voter base. Ocasio-Cortez is for their illegal Latino voter base.

57 posted on 08/10/2018 4:28:30 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)
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To: mistfree

ONLY 28? Well my 28 year old daughter just got her PhD.

Well, I’m sure they said “only” because someone suggested she should run for President, and you have to be 35. :-)


58 posted on 08/10/2018 4:28:48 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: Texas resident
This goof graduated with an economics degree?
I think she was passed along.

Apparently she learned nothing but graduated anyway.

Reminds you of someone else, doesn't it?


59 posted on 08/10/2018 4:30:25 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)
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To: Gumdrop
It’s true that only the delusional will support her, although you left out the people who vote Democrat without any knowledge at all. They are not delusional, but stupid or ignorant, take your pick.

It worked for 8 years...


60 posted on 08/10/2018 4:34:27 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)
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