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ProudMNDemocrat

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1. What strategy? Mikey J. said he had "NO strategy" to reopen the Government.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 06:52 AM
Thursday

People are finally realizing that it is the Republicans who are to blame for the shutdown and that Trump ordered it.

The fact that Democrats have been hammering home rising costs for Health Insurance premiums are resonating with Americans. My costs are going up and I see my Doctors for preventative care. My goal is to stay out of the hospital for as long as I can as I get older. The LESS mail I get from Medicare, the better. The less medications I am on, the better.

But there are Americans who are not so lucky. They are seeing their premiums multiply faster than their incomes rising. Democrats honing on that pocket book issue is a WINNER. I tend to think in dollars and cents, as anyone else would. A new pair of glasses with a stronger prescription is going to set me back close to $400 even with Insurance. I have the money, but it is the principle of the matter.

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