April 2022, he proposed this as part of an amendment to the inflation reduction act, and it would apply to Medicare part B and D, matching them to another VA program. It was voted down because there were already other items in the package that the party was trying to pass. This is where the 99-1 number came from, and the Inflation Reduction Act ended up passing.
April 2026, Sanders actually brought forth an amendment that did reduce prescription drug prices by more than 50%, the number cited in the photo. It failed 49-49. Every single Democrat and independent voted in favor, 3 Republicans voted in favor.
Bernie is probably tired of this meme, since it discourages people from voting for the party that would pass healthcare reform.
This right here. The meme is very misleading and plays into the falsehood that is the "both sides are equally bad" narrative. Both sides just aren't equally bad, the Republicans are orders of magnitude worse than the Democrats. Are the Dems perfect? No, but they are significantly better than the Republicans and anyone who tells you otherwise is either lying or isn't that bright.
Just remember; not voting in the midterms helps the Republican party a lot more than it hurts them, and those who choose not to vote (or vote for third-party candidates with no hope of winning) are effectively voting for the Republican (as the action helps them whether you intend it to or not). Vote for the nominated Democratic candidate in November; you don't have to like everything they do, but you should be able to recognize that the Democrats and way better than the Republicans.
Any policy ever that would assist Americans in living. Take your pick. Naturally, the automatic “No, fuck off” veto system we know as Republicanism declined to have any form of economic or fiscal responsibility. Also probably something about stopping the really creepy inquisition into trans people, because we have bigger fish to fry than people I couldn’t give less of a fuck about. Talk to me about gas prices and groceries before trans, I genuinely could not give a fuck
I really couldn't have said it better myself! The Republicans are worse on every issue; culture, economics, foreign policy, healthcare, education, the military... One could literally name any policy subject and it would be pretty easy to explain how the Democrats are better than the Republicans on it.
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u/FlintKidd 17h ago
April 2022, he proposed this as part of an amendment to the inflation reduction act, and it would apply to Medicare part B and D, matching them to another VA program. It was voted down because there were already other items in the package that the party was trying to pass. This is where the 99-1 number came from, and the Inflation Reduction Act ended up passing.
April 2026, Sanders actually brought forth an amendment that did reduce prescription drug prices by more than 50%, the number cited in the photo. It failed 49-49. Every single Democrat and independent voted in favor, 3 Republicans voted in favor.
Bernie is probably tired of this meme, since it discourages people from voting for the party that would pass healthcare reform.