Far too many ostensibly progressive people play the 'taxpayer' game, but it's ultimately a downward-punching weapon that exists to give license to oppression, bigotry, and cruelty.
Interesting that, given the witness was testifying about employer-provided insurance, no one seems to have pointed out there would therefore be no "taxpayer dollars" involved in the first place. Instead, it turned into yet another festival of pearl-clutching over that nasty Rush Limbaugh, who was a master of propaganda the left would do well to study and analyze in-depth. That, above all, seems to be one of the weakest links in the New Left chain—they're so poorly educated they simply aren't capable of generating effective propaganda. Instead, they're firmly entrenched in Field-of-Dreams thinking, meaning all they have to do is march in and bury people in facts and there will be immediate mass conversions. It's especially endemic in the Medicare for All movement.
Interesting that, given the witness was testifying about employer-provided insurance, no one seems to have pointed out there would therefore be no "taxpayer dollars" involved in the first place. Instead, it turned into yet another festival of pearl-clutching over that nasty Rush Limbaugh, who was a master of propaganda the left would do well to study and analyze in-depth. That, above all, seems to be one of the weakest links in the New Left chain—they're so poorly educated they simply aren't capable of generating effective propaganda. Instead, they're firmly entrenched in Field-of-Dreams thinking, meaning all they have to do is march in and bury people in facts and there will be immediate mass conversions. It's especially endemic in the Medicare for All movement.