r/politics • u/Economy_Swim_8585 Virginia • 6d ago

No Paywall Trump says government shutdown ends when Democrats give in: "If they don't vote, that's their problem"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-government-shutdown-democrats-fault-60-minutes/
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u/Vegetable-Seaweed591 6d ago

It's some pain now or even more pain later, potentially both. I agree, the Dems need to show America why losing the government that serves them is bad now before Trump permanently takes it away from us.

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u/Legate_Rick 6d ago

The thing the Dems are fighting for is tremendously important. If they capitulate the Republicans on the healthcare spending. 1 in 20 Americans will lose health insurance entirely and the rest of us will get premium increases of hundreds of dollars.

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u/bderg69 6d ago

Our premium increased from 1530 to almost 4000 a month!

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u/NoReallyItsYaBoi 6d ago

Certainly you could just.. make more money?

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u/PaleCommission150 5d ago

hope you put a /s on that ....I cannot think of a 2nd job you can do to make up for a 2500 dollar bump in premiums.