john clark

@TheEconomist what does the democratic party offer? more crime ? more taxes ? more trans rights ?

Some of Donald Trump’s voters in Texas are experiencing buyer’s remorse. But one expert says an improved showing for Democrats in the Rio Grande Valley does not necessarily mean Latinos are coming “home” economist.com/united-states/…

@kyleruth88 @mattyglesias law passed in 2010 , enforcement began in 2014. Penalties were instituted in 2014 if you failed to prove you had insurance coverage. Just out of curiosity, do you think obama had any faults as a president?

@ClarkJohn96138 @mattyglesias The ramp up took much longer than from 2014 and the IRS could never really enforce unless you self reported. It was weak from the begging and has nothing to do with the increase in overall cost, if anything it helped it.

I don’t think Trump was a backlash to Obama at all, Obama was very popular in 2016 as the labor market finally got good. Clinton ran to Obama’s left on several issues and was hobbled by saturation-level television news coverage of the fake email scandal.

@kyleruth88 @mattyglesias federal mandate started in 2014 and ended in 2019

@ClarkJohn96138 @mattyglesias Young people don’t have to pay for insurance as the mandate was ended and was only in effect for 1 year.

@kyleruth88 @mattyglesias So a simple question. Since everyone is paying for healthcare and young people do not use even close to those services ... where does the money go ? Most Medicare beneficiaries do not pay enough in premiums during retirement to cover the actual cost of their healthcare.

@ClarkJohn96138 @mattyglesias This is simply incorrect. Medicare is paid from payroll taxes. The ACA had nothing to do with that.

@kyleruth88 @mattyglesias Close, the ACA is paying for the baby boomers. It's a tax on the young to pay for the old. Because they didn't want to address the spending

@ClarkJohn96138 @mattyglesias Is your argument that the ACA somehow created then Baby Boomer generation?

@kyleruth88 @mattyglesias Medicaid Enrollment Growth 1988~23–24 million 2008~49 million 2026 (estimated)~78–85 million

@ClarkJohn96138 @mattyglesias I ran the numbers on your data points. This does not bode well for any of your arguments.

Yes, cost skyrocketed for healthcare at that time as well. What makes a difference between 1988-2008 and 2008-2026 was ACA. The increased cost was pasted down to younger Americans who will never utilize the healthcare they paid for, hence keeping costs rising since spending wasn't addressed.

@ClarkJohn96138 @mattyglesias You think the increase in costs from 1988-2008 was from Medicare spending alone? This isn’t a serious conversation.

@kyleruth88 @mattyglesias Again you're referring to Medicare costs and an aging population. We have a large population of boomers and Obama essentially shifted the cost of their healthcare to younger Americans and increased the cost of healthcare for all.

@ClarkJohn96138 @mattyglesias Go look at the date for the 20 years prior to that. The costs grew by even more during that time. You are upset because you are wrong.

I gave you data point to compare how costs have doubled and tripled since 2008. You gave me talking points. ACA was a lie and it skyrocketed costs for Americans while declining quality of healthcare and making insurers wealthier and Americans poorer. You're ideologically captured.

@ClarkJohn96138 @mattyglesias This is incoherent. As I said before, cost growth actually slowed somewhat after the affordable care act was passed. It was also illegal to throw people off of coverage and deny people who are sick. So it slowed the growth of cost and allowed for more coverage. Thank you, Obama!

@kyleruth88 @mattyglesias you're confusing an aging population that were spending on Medicare for older Americans, and ACA spending that skyrocketed costs for all Americans. So yes its Obama's fault.

@ClarkJohn96138 @mattyglesias The 20 years before 2006 saw an even bigger increase in healthcare spending than the 20 years since. America had been talking about the cost of health care increasing since the early 20th century. Is that Obama’s fault too?

Category2008Today (2024–2026 data)Total U.S. healthcare spending~$2.4 trillion~$5.3 trillionHealthcare as % of GDP~16%~18%Per-person healthcare spending~$7,900~$15,500Average employer family premium~$12,700~$24,500–27,000Average single-plan deductible~$869~$2,085Out-of-pocket national spendingMuch lower~$557 billionPrescription drug spending~$234 billion~$467 billion

@ClarkJohn96138 @mattyglesias The tax increases were in payroll taxes of high earners and the medical industry. The only way he raised any cost at all was by mandating that people buy health insurance, which was a good policy. The cost of health care increased substantially when the mandate was removed.

@kyleruth88 @mattyglesias Its a policy that skyrocketed the cost of healthcare. Once everyone had to get insurance, it overwhelmed the system, raising costs of healthcare.

@kyleruth88 @mattyglesias ObamaCare ... he created a tax on all americans to subsidize cost of healthcare. he expanded medicaid, which increased taxes.

@ClarkJohn96138 @mattyglesias Inflation was incredibly low under Obama and carried into Trump’s first term and didn’t really start to rise until the pandemic, so I’m not sure how you can say his policies increased cost on Americans.

@rewegreatyet @mattyglesias Obama spread DEI which discriminated against white people. What is interesting is you couldn't criticize obama without being labeled racist

@ClarkJohn96138 @mattyglesias Obama’s race caused racial division among racist white people

@Jrad623 @mattyglesias which part is wrong ?

@ClarkJohn96138 @mattyglesias Nothing you said is true. These arguments are from the babbling of Fox News idiots.

@Noahpinion Billionaires > Millionaires > Socialists > Communists

I am concerned that the Dems are becoming the party of "millionaires who resent billionaires". "I made my millions fair and square, but you cheated and exploited the workers to make your billions, you capitalist pig!"

@TheEconomist No body wants mentally ill western feminists

Some young men are becoming more conservative and seeking compliant partners. “Passport bros” believe moving abroad can make it easier to live out more traditional roles economist.com/culture/2026/0…

@WSJ It will be left and woke as usual

Veteran documentarian Ken Burns, speaking at WSJ's Future of Everything, shares how he chose voice actors for "The American Revolution," a six-part series on PBS about the nation's founding conflict.