# OFFICIAL: 2008 ELECTION THREAD

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**Created:** [January 3, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-election-thread/41192 "2008-01-03T18:04:30Z")\
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You mean like how they try to do the same thing with Medicare (the socialized medicine program for old people program)?

> **[Universal Health Care Won't Work -- Witness Medicare](https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/universal-health-care-wont-work-witness-medicare)**
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> They're back. The single-payer advocates are out in full force, again, calling for universal health insurance for all Americans. This time they're backed by a bipartisan coalition including Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. Some of the current...

It’s funny how we’re hearing the exact same arguement today that they used in 1965 to get medicare passed.

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