If (when) health care passes - how does it effect the midterms for Democrats?

[Torie]

When do young people start paying higher premiums than they do now to build the war chest for the big spending dump to subsidize sick old folks down the road?  When that happens, the sh**t will hit the fan. If the GOP handles this right, they could get back a big chunk of the youth vote is my opinion.

[Torie]

When do young people start paying higher premiums than they do now to build the war chest for the big spending dump to subsidize sick old folks down the road?  When that happens, the sh**t will hit the fan. If the GOP handles this right, they could get back a big chunk of the youth vote is my opinion.

The GOP is never going to give up old people for the young.  Remember their open embrace of socialism with the Medicare Part D expansion?

Maybe, but I tend to doubt it. If I were a young person, I would ask myself, why should I be asked to pay a disproportionate part of this subsidy, rather than it being paid for by taxpayers at large?  Would not you?  It is not as if young folks are loaded with cash as it were, in general.

The ski resort vote has been the single most dramatic cohort swing to the Dems, as a geographical matter. It has been massive. Look for the GOP to make a big comeback in these pockets is my guess if this goes through. The GOP will take back Mono County!

[Torie]

When do young people start paying higher premiums than they do now to build the war chest for the big spending dump to subsidize sick old folks down the road?  When that happens, the sh**t will hit the fan. If the GOP handles this right, they could get back a big chunk of the youth vote is my opinion.

The GOP is never going to give up old people for the young.  Remember their open embrace of socialism with the Medicare Part D expansion?

Maybe, but I tend to doubt it. If I were a young person, I would ask myself, why should I be asked to pay a disproportionate part of this subsidy, rather than it being paid for by taxpayers at large?  Would not you?  It is not as if young folks are loaded with cash as it were, in general.

The ski resort vote has been the single most dramatic cohort swing to the Dems, as a geographical matter. It has been massive. Look for the GOP to make a big comeback in these pockets is my guess if this goes through. The GOP will take back Mono County!

Wouldn't the youngs be one of the biggest beneficiaries of these subsidies? I suspect those with the least to gain will be the 30-45 age group.

No, unless they are at the bottom of the income scale. They will just pay $220 a month rather than $80 a month or something. And I think that kicks in pretty quickly. Well that is for folks say up to 35. Over that, both numbers would go higher.