Senator Chris Murphy
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Yeah, and Sherrod, you know, I mean, Sherrod's bona fides on choice and gay rights, on climate, right? Rock solid. But like Bernie, Sherrod A. just chose to spend 80% of his time talking about an economic message. And B, I think the perception in Ohio, even though he lost, was that he was less judgmental of people who thought differently than him.
And, you know, we have applied these litmus tests. We just have as a party. And, you know, we let... The online left engage in a pretty regular shaming of anybody who isn't inside the conventional orthodoxy. And I think in the past, I've been a part of that. I think a lot of us have been a part of that, either in taking part in it or looking either way when it happened.
And, you know, we have applied these litmus tests. We just have as a party. And, you know, we let... The online left engage in a pretty regular shaming of anybody who isn't inside the conventional orthodoxy. And I think in the past, I've been a part of that. I think a lot of us have been a part of that, either in taking part in it or looking either way when it happened.
And, you know, we have applied these litmus tests. We just have as a party. And, you know, we let... The online left engage in a pretty regular shaming of anybody who isn't inside the conventional orthodoxy. And I think in the past, I've been a part of that. I think a lot of us have been a part of that, either in taking part in it or looking either way when it happened.
And when I think about how the Democratic Party recovers— I don't necessarily think it's in sort of becoming more moderate on economic issues. I think it probably is confronting the failure of neoliberalism pretty directly, but it probably does mean becoming less judgmental and less preachy on the non-economic issues.
And when I think about how the Democratic Party recovers— I don't necessarily think it's in sort of becoming more moderate on economic issues. I think it probably is confronting the failure of neoliberalism pretty directly, but it probably does mean becoming less judgmental and less preachy on the non-economic issues.
And when I think about how the Democratic Party recovers— I don't necessarily think it's in sort of becoming more moderate on economic issues. I think it probably is confronting the failure of neoliberalism pretty directly, but it probably does mean becoming less judgmental and less preachy on the non-economic issues.
So this is at the heart of the corruption story, and it's a bipartisan corruption story. This town is owned by the healthcare industry, and that's been true for 30 years. The reason healthcare costs are so high in this country is because the for-profit healthcare industry has been able to rig the rules.
So this is at the heart of the corruption story, and it's a bipartisan corruption story. This town is owned by the healthcare industry, and that's been true for 30 years. The reason healthcare costs are so high in this country is because the for-profit healthcare industry has been able to rig the rules.
So this is at the heart of the corruption story, and it's a bipartisan corruption story. This town is owned by the healthcare industry, and that's been true for 30 years. The reason healthcare costs are so high in this country is because the for-profit healthcare industry has been able to rig the rules.
So that they are able to collect a large amount of the total dollars spent in healthcare, whether it be on the private pay side or on the Medicare and Medicaid side, and keep it for profit returns to shareholders or massive CEO salaries. It's just not a coincidence.
So that they are able to collect a large amount of the total dollars spent in healthcare, whether it be on the private pay side or on the Medicare and Medicaid side, and keep it for profit returns to shareholders or massive CEO salaries. It's just not a coincidence.
So that they are able to collect a large amount of the total dollars spent in healthcare, whether it be on the private pay side or on the Medicare and Medicaid side, and keep it for profit returns to shareholders or massive CEO salaries. It's just not a coincidence.
That America, you know, is obviously spending twice as much as other nations on a per capita basis, and we don't utilize the power of the federal government to control and regulate prices. So there's no way ultimately to solve for this problem, the massive crisis.
That America, you know, is obviously spending twice as much as other nations on a per capita basis, and we don't utilize the power of the federal government to control and regulate prices. So there's no way ultimately to solve for this problem, the massive crisis.
That America, you know, is obviously spending twice as much as other nations on a per capita basis, and we don't utilize the power of the federal government to control and regulate prices. So there's no way ultimately to solve for this problem, the massive crisis.
massive amount of money that the government spends on health care without the government getting involved in helping to curb the amount of profit that the drug industry, that the hospital industry, that the hospice industry is making off of health care. And it's sort of private equity game in healthcare at scale.
massive amount of money that the government spends on health care without the government getting involved in helping to curb the amount of profit that the drug industry, that the hospital industry, that the hospice industry is making off of health care. And it's sort of private equity game in healthcare at scale.
massive amount of money that the government spends on health care without the government getting involved in helping to curb the amount of profit that the drug industry, that the hospital industry, that the hospice industry is making off of health care. And it's sort of private equity game in healthcare at scale.
And, you know, the for-profit hospital companies and the drug companies, you know, they are thieves, but at least you can kind of see the thievery when you get to the point, you know, five, 10 years from now, where half of the