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| | *In a new advertisement available December 2, Buttigieg once again abused the Bible as being in support of his planned policies, stating "In our White House, you won't have to shake your head and ask yourself, 'Whatever happened to I was hungry and you fed me, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.'" However, as one commenter expressed, texts such as this are not speaking about wealthy leaders, who, rather than using their own wealth (or much of it) to help the poor, instead take the money of those who earned it in order to "buy" votes of those in whom they inculcated the demonic "victim-entitlement mentality, which they appeal to. And that contrary to the charge of liberals, evangelicals have been and are at the forefront (possible the foremost) providers of humanitarian aid thru private charity.<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3797876/posts#34 [Pro-Abortion Pete Buttigieg Quotes Jesus Christ In First SC TV Ad Of His Campaign]</ref><ref>Olsen, Andrew (May 2016) [https://gordonconwell.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2019/04/USMissionsSurvey_FINALReport.pdf Evangelicals and International Aid Insights from a landscape survey of U.S. churches] Gordon Conwell. Retrieved 12/04/19</ref> | | *In a new advertisement available December 2, Buttigieg once again abused the Bible as being in support of his planned policies, stating "In our White House, you won't have to shake your head and ask yourself, 'Whatever happened to I was hungry and you fed me, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.'" However, as one commenter expressed, texts such as this are not speaking about wealthy leaders, who, rather than using their own wealth (or much of it) to help the poor, instead take the money of those who earned it in order to "buy" votes of those in whom they inculcated the demonic "victim-entitlement mentality, which they appeal to. And that contrary to the charge of liberals, evangelicals have been and are at the forefront (possible the foremost) providers of humanitarian aid thru private charity.<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3797876/posts#34 [Pro-Abortion Pete Buttigieg Quotes Jesus Christ In First SC TV Ad Of His Campaign]</ref><ref>Olsen, Andrew (May 2016) [https://gordonconwell.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2019/04/USMissionsSurvey_FINALReport.pdf Evangelicals and International Aid Insights from a landscape survey of U.S. churches] Gordon Conwell. Retrieved 12/04/19</ref> |
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| − | *In early December Buttigieg also promised easier access to abortion (under the rubric of "reproductive care") for women in the military, under the premise that easier access to abortion is necessary to overcome one of the "barriers to women’s success in the armed forces," thereby inferring to women that part of being a "success" is killing your very own child, and not just enemy soldiers.<ref>Nancy Flanders (December 2, 2019). [https://www.liveaction.org/news/military-women-abortion-soldiers-pete-buttigieg Military women are expected to be ‘good soldiers’ and have abortions] LIVE ACTION NEWS Retrieved 12/04/19</ref> | + | *In early December Buttigieg also promised easier access to abortion (under the rubric of "reproductive care") for women in the military, under the premise that easier access to abortion is necessary to overcome one of the "barriers to women’s success in the armed forces," thereby inferring to women that part of being a "success" is killing your very own child, and not just enemy soldiers.<ref>Nancy Flanders (December 2, 2019). [https://www.liveaction.org/news/military-women-abortion-soldiers-pete-buttigieg Military women are expected to be ‘good soldiers’ and have abortions] LIVE ACTION NEWS, Retrieved 12/04/19</ref> |
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| − | *On December 2, the Republican National Committee Research Team published a video clip of a video Buttigieg telling a women in Spanish that under his proposed "Medicare for All" government health plan, the opportunity to buy this subsidized plan would be for everyone regardless of their immigration status.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/02/in-spanish-mayor-pete-buttigieg-promises-government-health-care-for-illegal-immigrants/ Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Sunday told a Hispanic worker in South Carolina that illegal immigrants would have access to government-funded health care if he was elected president.] Breitbart News, Retrieved 12/04/19</ref> | + | *On December 2, the Republican National Committee Research Team published a video clip of a video Buttigieg telling a women in Spanish that under his proposed "Medicare for All" government health plan, the opportunity to buy this subsidized plan would be for everyone regardless of their immigration status.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/02/in-spanish-mayor-pete-buttigieg-promises-government-health-care-for-illegal-immigrants/ Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Sunday told a Hispanic worker in South Carolina that illegal immigrants would have access to government-funded health care if he was elected president.] Breitbart News, Retrieved 12/04/19</ref> |
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| | + | Buttigieg clarified that his "Medicare for All" (presently) means for all who want it (at taxpayer expense) versus the full version of Sanders and Warren that replaces private insurance.<ref>Peter Sullivan (10/25/19). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/467478-buttigieg-i-never-believed-in-medicare-for-all-that-ends-private-insurance Buttigieg: I 'never believed' in 'Medicare for All' that ends private insurance] The Hill, Retrieved Tuesday, 01/21/20</ref> Yahoo Finance columnist Rick Newman warned that a variety of analyses estimate that at least $3 trillion in new spending would be required for Medicare for All, which amounts to approximately as much as the tax revenue the government presently receives,. now.<ref> Rick Newman (October 28, 2019). [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-democratic-plan-for-a-42-national-sales-tax-202549219.html Why Medicare for All could come with a 42% national sales tax] Yahoo Finance, Retrieved Tuesday, 01/21/20</ref> |
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| | *Buttigieg has proposed an aging and retirement plan, termed "Long-Term Care America." Under which spending plan benefits worth $90 per day would be provided for seniors over age 65 who require assistance for two or more activities of daily living, and would continue for as long they needed care. The plan would require massive amounts of new entitlement spending and is criticized as being akin to Title VIII of Obamacare, which established the "Community Living Assistance Services and Supports" (CLASS) program. | | *Buttigieg has proposed an aging and retirement plan, termed "Long-Term Care America." Under which spending plan benefits worth $90 per day would be provided for seniors over age 65 who require assistance for two or more activities of daily living, and would continue for as long they needed care. The plan would require massive amounts of new entitlement spending and is criticized as being akin to Title VIII of Obamacare, which established the "Community Living Assistance Services and Supports" (CLASS) program. |