I do NOT want to give in to them.

healthcare costs will hurt so many people.

to go to $1200 a month, and they have health issues and only work part-time, so essentially their job would only cover their insurance.

the MAGA cretins are having a hard time recognizing we are no longer the party of "nice"...we are no longer the party that bends over for the "good of the country" while the Republicans crap all over vulnerable Americans...

not let dump de-fund whatever he wants without going through congress. Without that last part we don't have a functioning government.

Unacceptable. We are a truthful party.

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and protect ACA. Then, all 250 of our delegations need to do laps around the country on what we are going for next year.

and they need to continue to do so.

per month for my disabled husband and myself on the 20th of the month. I only have $100 left on my account, just like every month, only now i can't see any relief in November and by December people will be desperate.
I can try to scrape by, but there's going to be a lot of people who cant. The point is is that I won't care what happens to healthcare by December 15th, and neither will 42 million starving americans.

Come December 15th people like yourself who say they don't care now will certainly care then. And what grievance do you suppose they will have? My guess is they'll be griping that Democrats didn't protect them, and not a one of them will understand that they didn't protect themselves. We need to stand fast and do what Democrats do - fight for those who cannot fight for themselves.

I'll be honest - I have never believed shutting down the government was a legitimate negotiation ploy (I despised it when Newt Gingrich did it in '95 and I haven't changed my mind since) and frankly, it doesn't work - eventually the pain becomes so acute that the side holding up the reopening of the government has to fold.

On one hand we have tens of millions of hungry people subject to a political party playing a game of King on the Hill. For them it goes beyond infighting in politics, for some it means devastating hunger. There are also tens of millions who will go without the most basic healthcare that the most wealthy country in the world can easily afford. For them it isn't only an inconvenience, it's life or death.
I won't say that one side is holding things up, but I will say one side has so little regard for the American public that they place ballrooms, private jets, and banquets above the well being of those less fortunate than themselves.

Is to win approval for their plan.

No more compromise. No more appeasing bullies. No more bipartisan moves. No more negotiating with terrorists.

So hell no!

Trump pre-blames Biden if government shutdown happens as deadline nears - Dec 2024

This is it. We either stand firm now, or we fold our tents and go home.

For compromise (see Hawley). Keep the pressure up.

It's a lose, lose proposition.

I wouldn't give those Trump.2 fascist fucks one fucking inch.......NOT ONE

Don’t get any benefits via SNAP, low/minimal impact to me on Healthcare costs. So I am solidly behind creating the line in the sand and taking the fight to the Repukes.

That being said, there are families much less fortunate. With that my adult children floated an idea yesterday. Cancel Christmas this year, reallocate the funds to needy families near us to partially offset the actions of this admin to partially offset the struggles of those immigrant families.

Only one party is fighting for Americans to be fed, healthy, and warm from the winter cold, and it ain't the GOP.

Responsibility lies with the aggressor. Consequence lies on the aggressor.